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f A 1 I V HroVp w i a r j sp cm jt WNLL r j ALn v scmi rYA i I I I I ri X Cr i ff i vf7 rruti e- ajiujnl ckuuul i IN THE LIFE OF AMELIA BUTTEBUORTH VcTDYANWA kATHAPINF flPEFNr BtillNO COPYRIGHT IB97 CY ANNA K ROHLFJ ilnllv lciir -T I ltlttl Vtlf I UllrtlJ IjII AlVi 1 IOKQUT MY AUK Oil IKHIIAIS Illll IT Mr Trobnt did not tlisnpjKiiiit myux icutatioiiH In another moment I saw him MumliiiK in the tinea doorway with thu most genial Miiilo on his lips Misslhitterworth said ho I feel loo honored If yon will deign to net-opt ti seat in my liniw I shall only ho too happy to drivo yon to tho Knol lys gate 1 lmvo always liked tho manners of ronntry ccntlninen There is just a touch of fotinality in their hearing which has hoon quito eliminated from that of their brothers in tho city 1 therefore became gracious at oneo and accepted tho seat ho offered 1110 without any of tho besitation 1 might have shown to ono personally as agreeable but not in my own way Tho heads that showed themselves at tho neighboring windows warned us to hasten on our route Mr Troltin witli a snap of his whip quite youthful and gallant touched up his horse and we rode in dignified calm away from tho hotel steps into the wide village stieet known as tho main road The fact that jUr Gryco had told mo that this was tho one man 1 could trust joined to my own excellent knowledge of human na turo and tho persons in whom explicit confidence can bo put inado tho mo ment one of great satisfaction to mo 1 was about to make my appearance at tho Knollys mansion two hours beforo I was expected and I was thus enabled to outwit Lucottaby means of tho ono man whom 1 would have chosen out of all in the town to lend mo this assist ance Wo wcro not slow in beginning con versation Tbo lino air the prosperous condition of the town offered themes upon which wo found it quito easy to lilato and so naturally and easily did our acquaintanceship progress that wo had turned tho corner into Lost Mans lano boforo I quito realized it Tho en trance at this end offered a sharp con trast to tho ono I had already traversed Thero it was but a narrow opening be tween somber and unduly crowding trees Hero it was tho gradual melting of a village street into a narrow and less frequented road which only after pass ing Deacon Spears house assumed that aspect of wildnoss which a quarter of a jnilo further on deepened into something positively somber and ropellent I speak of Deacon Spear because ho was sitting ou his front doorstep when wo rode by Being Deacon Spear and ono of tho residents on this road I did not fail to take notioo of him though guardedly and with such restraint as a knowledge of his widowed condition rendered both wise and proper Ho was not an agreeable looking per son at least not so to me His hair was fileek his beard well cared for hiswholo person in good if not prosperous condi tion but ho had tho self satisfied ex pression I dot est and looked after us with an aspect of surprise I chose to consider a trifio impertinent Perhaps ho envied Mr Trohm If so ho may liavo had reason it is not for mo to judge There had been upio now only a few fcrub bushes at tho sido of the road with here and there a solitary poplar to enliven the dead level of tho grass grown road but after we had ridden by tho fenco which sets tho boundary to tho good deacons land I noticed such n cbango in tho appearanco of things on either side of the road that I could not but exclaim over tho natural as well as cultivated beauties which every mo ment now was bringing boforo me Mr Trohm could not hido his pleas tiro Theso are my lands said ho I liavo bestowed unremitting attention to them for years It is my hobby madam Thoro is not a treo you sco that has not recoived my careful attention Yonder orchard was set out by mo and tho fruit it yields Madam I hopo you will re main long enough with us to tasto a cer tain raro and luscious peach that I brought from Franco in ono of my visits thero It givos promise of reaching its full perfection this year and I shall bo gratiflod indeed if you can give it your approval This was politeness indeed especially ns I knew what valuo men like him sot upon eaoh individual fruit they watch ripen under thoir caro Testifying my appreciation of his kinduess I endeav ored to introduce anothor and loss harmless and perhaps less personally in teresting topic of conversation Tho chimnoys of his houso wero beginning to show over tho treos and I had heard nothing from this man on tho subject which should liavo been tho most inter esting of all to mo at this moment And ho was tho only persou in town I was at liberty to really confide in and possibly tho only man iu town who could givo mo a reliablo statement of tho reasons why tho Knollys wero looked upon as kance by tho polico as well as tho cred ulous villagers I begau by an allusion to tho phantom carriago I hear said I that this lano has other olaims to attention beyond thoso afforded by tho mysteries connected with it I hear that it has at times a ghostly visitant in tho shapo of a spec tral horso and carriago Yes ho roplied with a seeming understanding that was very flattering do not spaio tho lano ono of its honors It has its nightly horror as well as its imd r i i y Lia d JeV M 1 i -1 i i V V- Aimin ftrMurtrtKHA fr OTll lArF aartb poor that mtaib next dogs UTC LIC 1 wish tho ono were as THE NORFOLK NEWS THURSDAY NOVEMBER 2 1899 un- real as tho other You act as if both wero unreal to you said 1 Tho contrast between your appearanco and that of some other members of tho lane is quite marked You refer ho seemed to hate to speak to the Knollys 1 presume 1 endeavored to treat the subject lightly To your young enemy Lucetta said 1 Ho had been looking at mo in a per fectly modest and respectful manner but he dropped his eyes at this and bus ied himself abstractedly and yet 1 thought with some intention in remov ing a fly from the horses flank with tho tii or his whip I will not acknowledge her as an enemy said ho quietly and in strictly modulated tones L liko the girl too well and her sister The fly had been by his tinio dis lodged but lie did not look up And William 1 suggested What do you think of William Mowly lie straightened himself Slow ly ho dropped tho whip back into its socket 1 thought ho was going to an swer when suddenly his whole attitude changed and he turned upon mo a beam ing face full of nothing but pleasure Tho road takes a turn here In an other moment you will see my house And even while ho spoke it burnt upon us and I forgot mysdf that 1 had just ventured on a somewhat hazardous ques tion It was such a pretty placo so beauti fully and exquisitely kept Thero was a charm about its roso encircled porch that is only to bo found in very old places that liavo been appreciatively cared for A high fence painted white inclosed a lawn liko velvet and the house itself shining with a fresh coat of yellow paint bore signs of comfort in its white curtained windows not usually lo be found in tho solitary dwelling of a bachelor I found my eyes roving over each detail with delight and almost blushed or rather had I been SO years younger might havo been thought to blush as I met his eye and saw how much my pleasure gratified him You must excuso mo said I with what I liavo every reason to beliovo was a highly successful effort to hido my confusion if I express too much ad miration for what I sco boforo mo I have always had a great leaning toward well ordered walks and trimly kept flower beds a leaning alas which I havo found myself unable to gratify Do not apologize ho hastened to say You but redouble my own pleas ure in thus honoring my poor efforts with your regard I havo spared no pains madam I havo spared no pains and most of it I am proud to say has been accomplished by my own hands Indeed I cried in soino surprise letting my eye rest with satisfaction on the top of a long well sweep that to mo was ono of tho picturosquo features of tho placo It may havo been folly ho re marked with a gloating sweep of his eye over the velvet lawn and flowering shrubs a peculiar look that seemed to oxpre s something nioro than the mere delight of possession but I seemed to begrudge any hired assistance in tho tending of plants every ono of which seems to mo liko a personal friend I understand was my somewhat un Butterworthiau reply I really did not quito know myself What a con trast to tho dismal grounds at tho other end of the lano This was more in my usual voin oven in its tone lie seemed to feel the differ ence for his expression changed also Oh that den ho exclaimed bitter ly then seeing mo look a little shocked ho added with an admirable return to his old manner I call any placo a dcu whero flowers do not grow And jump ing from tho buggy he gathered an ox quisito bunch of holiotropo whicli ho pressed upon mo I likosunshino beds of roFes fountains and a sweep of lawn like this we see boforo us But do not lot mo boro you You havo probably lingered long enough hero and would liko to drivo on I will be with you in a moment Doubtful as it is whether I shall soon again be so fortunate as to bo able to offer you any hospitality I would like to bring you a glass of wino or for I soo your eyes roaming long ingly toward my old fashioned well would you liko a druft of water fresh from tho bucket I assured him I did not drink wino at which I thought his eyes brightened but that neither did I iudulgo iu water whon in a heat as at present at which ho looked disappointed and caino somo what reluctuntly buck to tho buggy Ho brightened up howover tho mo ment ho was again at my sido Now for tho woods said ho with what was undoubtedly a forced laugh I thought tho opportunity ono I ought not to slight Do you think said I that it is iu those woods tho disappearances take placo that Miss Knollys has toldme about Ho 6howcd tho saino hesitancy to talk I had seen iu him beforo I think the less you let your mind dwell on them tho hotter said ho that is if you aro going to remain long in this lano I do not expend any nioro thought upon them than is barely necessary or I should have to leave my roses and my fruits And that Miss llutterworth they are all that keep mu iu this neighborhood 1 wonder par don me tho indiscretion that you could bring yourself to enter it You must be a very brave woman 1 thought I had a duty I began Althea Knollys was my friend and I felt I owed a duty toward her children BosideV Hhould I tell Mr Trohm jny real errand in this place Mr Jryee had intimated that he win in the con fidence of the police and if so his as sistance in case of necessity might be of inestimable value fo me Yet if no such necessity should arise would 1 want this man to know that Amelia llutter worth No 1 would not take him into my conlldenee not yet 1 would only try to get at his idea of where the blame lay that is if he had any Besides He smiled after wait ing a minute or two for mo to continui Did 1 say besides was my innocent rejoinder I think I meant that alter seeing them my sense of I he importance of that duty had increased William es pecially seems to be a young man of very doubtful amiability Immediately the noncommittal look loturued to Mr Trohms face 1 have no mult to llnd with Wil liam said he Hes not the most agreeable companion iu I lie world per haps but he has a pretty fancy for fruit a very pretty fancy One can hardly wonder at that in a neighbor of Mr Trohm said I watch ing his look which was IInciI somewhat gloomily upon the forest of trees now rapidly closing in around us Perhaps not perhaps not madam The sight of a full bunch of honeysuckle hanging from an arbor such as runs along my smith walls is a great stimu lant to ones taste madam Ill not tlo nv that But William I repeated deter mined not to let the subject gn havo you never thought he was a little indif ferent to his sisters been given me of a really cheery homo and pleasant surroundings This morning I looked upon you as a somewhat daring woman the progresi of win wo stay heie would be watched by me with inleiist but after the com puuionhip of Urn ht half horn I am coiwioiiM of an uiiicly iu your regard which makes me doubly wish bat Miss Knollys had not mo out fiom her home Aie juu sine you wish to enter this house again iiuulain 1 was suipi1 ed really surprised at the feeling he showed If my well dis ciplined heart had known how lo Hut ter it would probably have Muttered then but happily the restraint of years did not fail me in this emergency Tak ing advanlageof tho eiuol ion which had betrayed him into an acknowledgment of his real feelings regarding the dan gers lulling iu this home despite the check he had endeavored to put upon his lips 1 said with an attempt at nit ivele only to be evcused by tho exigen cies of the occasion Why I thought you considered this domicile as being perfectly harmless Von like tin girls and have no fault to llnd with William Can it be thai this great building has another occupant I do not allude to ghosts Of them neither you nor I eiu think it worth while to lallt Mis lhitterwmlh you havo me in a corner 1 do not know of any other occupant which the bouse can hold avo I lie three young people you havo men tioned If I seem lo leel any doubt of them but I dont feel any doubt I only dread any place for you whicli is not watched over by someone inteiestcd inyouritetciio Thedanger threatening the inhabitants of Ibis lane is such a veiled one If wo knew where il lurked wo would no longer call it danger Sometimes 1 think the ghosts you al lude to are not as innocent as mere spec ters usually are Hut dont let mo frighten you Dont Ah William I m tiim fail il vf i aft i r cr TTi WAS XOT AX AQMUIA 1UF LOOK ISO SOV A little madam And a trifio rough to everything but his dogs A trifio madam The girls I was almost angry on the contrary seem devoted to him Women havo that weakness And act as if they would do what would they not do for him Miss llutterworth I have never seen a more amiable woman than yournelf Will you promise mo ono thing His manner was respect itself his smile genial and highly contagious 1 could not help responding to it in the way ho expected Do not talk to me about the Knollys It is a painful subject to mo Lucetta you know tho girl and I shall not be ablo to projudico you against her has conceived t ho idea that I encourage William in an intimacy of which sho does not approve Sho does not want him to talk to mo William has a loose touguo in his head and sometimes drops unguarded words about thoir doings up thoro which if any but William spoke But thoro I am forgetting ono of tho most important rules of my own life which is to keep my mouth from bab bling and my tonguo from guilo Influ enco of a congenial companion madum it is irresistiblo somotimes especially to a man living so much alono as my self I thought his fault very pnrdonablo but did not express it lost I should frighten his confidences away I thought thero was soniothing I said Lucotta acted almost afraid of you this morning I should think sho would bo glad of tho friendship of so good a neighbor His faco took on a very somber look Sho is afraid of me ho admitted afraid of what I may seo or havo seen of thoir poverty ho added with an odd emphasis I scarcely think ho ex pected to deceivo mo I did not push tho subject an inch further I saw it hail gono as far as ho would allow it at this tinio Wo wero by this time in the heart of tho forest and rapidly approaching the Knollys houso As the tops of its great chimneys rose abovo the foliage 1 saw his aspect suddenly change I dont know why said he but I luito unaccountably to leave you here I thought the prospect somewhat un inviting myself after tho pleasant ride I had had and the glimpse which had have brought hack your guest you see I couldnt let her sit out the noon hour in old Carters parlor That would be too much for even so amiable a person as Miss Butterworth to endure I had hardly realized wo were so near the gate anil certainly was surprised to find William anywhere within hearing That his appearance at this moment was anything but welcome at least to me must be evident to any one Tho sen tence which it interrupted might have contained the most important advice or at tho least a warning I would he the better prepared lor having But destiny which was against mo said no and be ing one who accepts the inevitable with good grace I prepared myself to alight with Mr Trohms assistance Tho bunch of heliotrope I held was a little iu my way or I should havo man aged tho jump with confidence and dig nified agility As it was I tripped slightly which brought out a chuckle from William that at tho moment seemed more wicked to mo than any crime Meanwhile ho hod not lot mat ters proceed thus far without putting more than one question And wheros Siiusbtiry And why did Miss Butterworth think sho had got to sit iu Carters parlor Mr SiniHbury said I as soon as I could recover from thominglod oxertion and embarrassment of my descent to terra flrma felt it necessary to tako tho horso to tho shoors That is a half clays work as you know and I knew that ho and ospooially you would Ixi glud to havo mo accept any means for escaping so dreary a waiting Tho grunt ho uttered was eloquent of anything but satisfaction Ill go toll tho girlg ho said But ho didnt go till ho hud soon Mr Trohm cuter his buggy and drivo slowly off That this did not add to my liking for William goes without saying To ho foiitimioil Soxt Weoki KIDNEY 8a decoptivo diseaso thousands havo it thai idi r I KUUtSLL and dout know it If you want quick results you can inako no mistake by using Dr Kilmers Swamp Hoot tho great kidnoy remedy At druggists iu f0 cent ami 1 sizes Samplo bottle by mail free al o pauiph let telling you how to find out if you have kidney troublo Address Dr Kilmer Co Bingham ton N Y air i nmniiKi iMihUAII im illbY THUY SHOULD HE KLIT TULL niOfV 0U3T AND MUD Ililinl Semplim Willi II line Ilifcin lile In Mnelllne YnHi Sinni Mmiilil lie IIiiiKimi Uliiii Nc Un leiliil In ifillii Hlotie loads should be fiequeiitb scraped ho as lo reiuoVo all dust nix mud Nothing dcslroyn a sluno nun quicker than ttusf or mud The ban method of scraping with n hoe is nui Hidered best No mailer Imw iiirefiill adjusted the machinery buill r hi purpose may be it in liable lniiieli road by loosening Home of the hIoiui The gutters and Hiuface draiim rilmuli be kept open ho Unit nil water fallin upon the road or mi the adjacent groiiin may promptly How away If the load melal be of soft materia which w i mis easily II will icqiiiiocoti slant nupeivinioii and small lepair whenever a rut or depresuloii may up pear Material of Hilt kind binds read ily Willi new material that may Ik milled a ud may iu thi i manner fro quenlly be kept in pind ioiiditiiii with out rivet dillicnlty while ir not attend rtl to at once when wear begins to show It will very rapidly incieasi to the great detriment of the road In mnkim repairs by this method the material is commonly placed n little at a time and compacted by panning vehicle The material used for thin purpose should be the name as that of the mad mitTaee and tint fine material which would noon red iico to powder under the loads which ciiinit upon it My careful atten tion fo minute repairs in Ihhi manner n surface limy he kepi in good condition until it wears so thin as lo require re newal In en mm the road be of harder ma terial Dial will not ho leadily coinbine when a thin coating H added repairs may nut bit frequent as the suilaee will not wear ho rapidly and immediate iitleiitiun is not so important It is usually more satisfactory in this case to make more extensive repairs at ne time ns a liirsrcr iiuantil v nt nialeiial S r Q wi s cv ss3i A v F V KKM UOIiSH DKSTIlOVKie added at once may be more readily com pacted ton uniform surface the rcpuini taking the form of an additional layer upon the road Where tho material of the road sur face is very hard and durable a well constructed road may wear quito even ly and require hardly any attention be yond ordinary small repairs until worn out It is now usually considered the best practice to leave such a road to it self until it wears very thin and then renew it by an entirely new layr of broken stone placed in tbo worn surface and without iu any way disturbing that surface If a thin layer only of material is t be added atone time inrrder that it may unite firmly with the upper layer of the road it is usually necessary to break the bond of the surface material before placing the new layer either by picking it up by hand or by u steam loller with short spikes in itssmface if such a machine is at hand Care should bo taken in doing this however that only the surface Iujit be loo ciid and that the solidityof the body of the road bo not ili turhcd as might be tho cuho if the spikes are too long In repairing roads 1 ho tinio hinored cubtom of waiting until the road has lost its shape or until tho Mil face has become filled with holes or ruts should never be tolerated Much good material is wasted by spreading a thick coat over such a road and leaving it thus for passing vehicles to consolidate The material necessary to replace defects in a road should bo added when tho neces sities arise and should be of the best quality and tbo smallest possible quan tity If properly laid in small patches tho inconvenienco to traffic will bo scarcely percoptiblo If such repairs aro made in damp weather as they ought to be littlo or no difliculty is experi enced in getting a layer of stono to con solidate properly If mnd fills tho rut or hole to be repaired it should bo care fully removed beforo tho muteriul is placed Wido tires should bo used on all heavy vehicles which traverso stono roods A four or livo inch stono or gravel road will last longer without ro pair when wido tires nro used than an eight or ten inch roud of the sumo mu teriul on which nunowtires aro used Winning Wa Money suld the philosopher may often do more barm than good Some times the mighty dollar Is a uiuui worst enemy Yes answered Senator Sorghum and I often feel that a number of peo ple love mo for the enemies 1 have made Washington Star A o Cliliu ne Willi Pennsylvania manufacturers have just shipped y steel railway bridges to China says tho Kansas City Jour nal Chlueso walls either at borne or abroad tlo not seem to be inter fering seriously with our forelgu trade One Ah villi First Ctrl Do you bee that baiul lome fellow by the piano I rejected 11 in once Second Girl Thats nothing dear 1 I ejected him twice Stray Stories liMm Beayty i PTpl lb i ii i hi i for lriiif esses bub tin ir lniMty by i nvi ritifj liw t i ill tli f ir c with a veil i Aniiiii i id- 1 6 wmil n i lii lb 1 WaWSXS to NT TN if ml V f in iny f 1 Iter ni nl tills Wi iklli S 1111 Mi km sb pei ti lt u to the sex If the Kgypl iun iisloin pre vailed in tliirt iiiinlry iimiiy stiiTiM cih would be glad to over their - - Ccn re iii it til r 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