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THE WEST SHORE.
igution, that lif t mo an example of patience and sub
cm ion,
M'Mtim With Mason waa making manifest the
m-wn-M u jjcr Btuwcu juwDiion 10 remain in me
-..I . ... . .
mil xniiey ami croaw for herself a home. Within a
" " ww i wjiu uijr iuimibuhjuo ill uib UUm-
&-i Ui'U, jiurchaaM a lot in the suburbs of Yum
Yam, prdcarrtl building materials, and set two men
M ..,.11 Ti . 'ill
... , mnifj a munil VUUAgU. 11 was ft COZy 111116
aiTair, and money waa not spared in rendering it not
only thoroughly comfortable, but beautiful within
and without It was situated on a little, sloping pla-U-au,
overlooking the town and commanding a view of
(hp grr aW part of the undulating valley.
Yum Yum, aa may be suprwsod, was somewhat ei
wil over the Adrcot of this new and evidently well
Mo rodent There waa the usual amount of indi
nrt rationing and round-about attempts to get at
tl prmt, imtory, pat and present, of the new
r. bfa, herself made no secret of the fact that
.7 7, ? P M mkkm k their midst for
- Ipngneartl e grave of her husband She
ltu,b hold her there, the natural beauties of
ruliW inducement to remain Tn a- l
w Tom,,.,,,,!;: ioti.
' tl -ir ni,i, l, ,i. ' ""6 PmJmiI ragged
pmi in. ib (.Mil, j " m:. ""i fa-
l'h' "'" r,, ,L ,,, " in spirit
Ihi. ... . "J lhlKl Could col ..
Vm, ft, lUjiM V 'nhabiUnt of
luiiom Liiu ni:.,i 'tD(wwhere, nnrw.i
at my so freqneBt
widow, ,uch inn, thMwoQbin
.l-arabk lri cl, rcDJorcU them almost
I LaL huWnvnr U..
ir ... "nifortof knnun . .
wiaisho
rr'a.r,j,,.,,,,,wtoi,
and one ways that ever lie within the scope of kiD(j
ness and true sympathy.
Her visits to the grave were frequent go frequent
that 1 often marveled that an almU j j.v .
bUt ouu uencate a
frame could bear up under so much mountain climb,
ing. As the warm days of summer drew on, I grew
accustomed to looking from my door in the early
morning, and seeing her coming slowly around the fir
grove, with black Martha closely following, bearing
the small writing desk, which never was left behind
She had a favoritA nnnt
. wuujp oi young
firs on the margin of the little stream, a few steps
distant from the crave. wWa aha
, o , "uiuBHuour aiter
hour, dreaming and writing, seemingly shut off from
all mankind, living an ideal oTintA
w 'v-w xu au xueai
world, all her own.
I soon learned to U
hers, or rather, to baffle tha foffi;
v ungues oi ium
mm. Her aDnearftno n h i .
iu i iuuuuuun was usualJv
he signal for me to discover that I had business to
attend to in town, and sm ,
i i , ..... uoxucdo was rarely con-
oded unfl the bine smoke.curling np from the chim
ney o her cottage, fold me that she had returned
home to her 0:00 o'clock tea.
Things went on in this way till near the middle of
and Z t " H announcing new discoveries
n urg ng npoa
erl,, AT L8"611"- After delit,
eration, I decided tht T u t
verv timl nf i 7- 1 W89 growing
n Sr wf WB affairs 'Wle waiting
tain pride in the LVA eld
and Dleadin i " 7 fa ' uul 1118 mction of time
'he first of SL f east 1 woald rti by
meantime I Lu i 6 IltUe womal1- I" the
that aly ettel?' f" rth fte
son. 11X11 aaa call for them in per-
When T nn , .
Puturf, Bhe w MT Mra Man my intended
fT vine, over tL .,aduig.0 th e, training
&rJ the rustic croT a P'8 ffloraine 6lorie8
looked at me iTf,T '' ber f 9
" Coin, ...I, n,!tar'lei wnder.
etr8 it will eem w Ur- B1. ko wj
yoa... eem here without you. I shall miss
IlimOfct ChlUll'lr I
t frankness! 8h ? to me 5,1 ier k
Me had risen, and was looking at