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Show THE LOST OLD LADY. "Ijo-it. fcnold lailynf modlum halght. In a black himhailne dniaa, blak allk apron, plain white not nap, gold rluiwd epoo-lanlea, epoo-lanlea, whlrh rvpoaa upon har eoft white bnlr when not tnanttvaaerrlne. hw ahoaa, whhhahe call a 'Jeff artMitia,' and In har hand a 'retletile, which holda har knitting knit-ting end alwaya mms poppfftinlnt tlropa far hor grand. 1,1 Id r. n. '1 bla old lady baa a pink oolor upon hor ainootb ohaoka and a amlla ui-on har 11 pa fur every child whom aha meete." "Whnt a charming old lady, and how and that aha nhould ha loalt" tha manor eiclaltna. ooly tn glanradown thaoolomn ami loam that the mhulng lady la not lha aged relative of any paraon In particular, but that tha alMTe la theannounmtnvtit of thaloaanf tha type of old ladyhood that blaeaod tha ehlhlhond and youth of thn writer. Lovely In tha ratrueiM, aa In the vaallty, waa thli unlrarard grandinothor, who, gnlllloaa of falaa fmnta or of tha vagarlaa of faahlon, waa alwaya to be found by har own Orralde. Mora aha turned the beaU of luooaaalva atmklnga to m worn by tha rlntng ganrra-tlott ganrra-tlott and aweeu-nod th-.tr hvna with hnlf way rrgnlna of gtngwhroad and molaaaoa candy, all undUraayed by the dleoonoert Ing admontitona of pnranta, who, In view uf the Inornaaa of dyapopala, or tha da-eraaae da-eraaae or viuuiiy among niodorn ohlldran. hava laaned a etarn adlot agalnat all auch euolheuiua dellghta of youlh. Adulw of today, who hava eurvlved thta older and mora ganlal dlapenutton, oan raoall a ehlldhoud epant nndar the banaflnent Influaneag of lha grandmother and tha candy ahop. Thay may prove by anaiiawerahie Ingle that tha growing rhtld It batter without tha ladulgntit grand-molber, grand-molber, and that tha world baa gained hy Uta ajnhango of tha old laU of fjie flrolda for the ar 'Ira woman of eonlaty and of affaire, whoaa middle aga la prolonged Indefinitely, In-definitely, hut who reitlly bollere thrmf Without anterlng Into thn merit of thU qoe.tl.rn, In whlnh aa mora logli lana thry undonlitofily hnva tho Iwt vl the Argument, Argu-ment, wa mill find oiirarlvo nnroaaonAMy lamonilng Dm paaing awnrof a aen-uo and noinfortlng flgura from the h.vk-ground h.vk-ground of our too rotlea-.y pn.groaiive aim, tha paaelng away of mmv ona to go out from, aomo uiio to ruma hoina U, one around whom tall eoni ara proud to rally, and una to whom married Imighlom ra-Joli-a to rot urn with thulrofT-prlug. ruling lure i if a patient and aympi.lhtlv lUteiwr to tha miMt moiiotonona nureery di iallH. Ono driy In ihn hny orowil upon one of tho thorimghrarfe of a gmil city I found injaelf following a I all, tpare flgum lu plnln iMirmot, mnntllln, rtfl. ul, muhrella and all the ottn r ntmoat frwttm tra , phernalla of old IntlylxM. ThrnwnA at ran go fnarlnallon aUut thowt eoiru nnd l unAilornml out 11 he whh h In aoma lndi-11- nlta manner rarrlMl with tlnua nn atiii'-! atiii'-! phera of famff i hildUh day, with their . mliatioo of aimpln pleaauree and aorrowa 1 dlintmd and ahmlowNl !iy ilULinra. I wnlkM behind tha figure, tban ho Ida It, longing to poar bencaih lha aheltorlng old fAMih.nrd t-.nnet 1o aoa whether tha fara of tha wearer vtaa graiidinorharly and kind. jut aa tha ennrkUh young hlmloa of tha laalootitury miint often hnvalongnd to, anddoiihiloM did aouierltnea, at the pretty giiAkr fw-ea h-iieath tlo ir Jalou ly guarding roaiua of patelMnnl and allk thnt, hldiitua In theiuwlvni, only eorvnl to make fair erorn morn fair. I Thnpurjoiti of a young and beautiful i maiden la a trite enough tuhjt, although I It atlll forma thn groundwork of iut r. mancM, but It hn romalix-d for ft inodarn writer of Union to nhooae for hi thame lha trlali and dlaappolntmante of an alder ly widower In anarch of an old Udy to HI) hit heart anil honr hla flreldn. Tha chief dlOlnultlea of tha haro of thla tngtmloue lala, whloh appeared In rrreut Kngllah monthly, ware lha alualva unture of lila oollar butlotia and the trreproaelhle and dlHiirAglug youthfulna of thn la-dlea la-dlea whom ho mat at hiKeia aud boarding houa. tha dlaiMiorageinent lying In tha fAot that thay made thla modem Ovleha apponr old hy mnlraat. one night In the etc I tame tit nf a flra to the hotel where he waa flopping ihare emrrgnd from her apart niont, in nomlv erript fHMiuma of nlghump, arant mii-ooat mii-ooat and fur oape, a genuine old Iwly, with no youthful air aIkimi bar. 'lha prograaa of the Urn waa fortunately aooii arroatad, hut lha lady mrva, jarrvd hy tha un won tnl atlr and auilfty, rwqulrnd tha gentle allniulenuof tua and aympn-tiiotlu aympn-tiiotlu oomiMiilonalilp. Ttie former auAooft waa furnlahed by har own tna arvlo, whloh aha tuwl brought Into the ha4l for anfaly, while tha Utter oalholloon tha auraptu.vd widower waa happy to aupply. A bllanful and all too flnatlug hour Waa ajmut ivir amok Itig cupe of tea, the proaldlng gen ma of the fut navar uuce caualug hor o.niMUilon lu f col old by contract. On Ihoothor hand, ahe spread alMuit hir. oven ainbl the ooufiuth.u and wreck n ii of the llro, a awoot and ant-lafylng ant-lafylng atiiioaphore of middle agml oom furt and home chatir. Thn pair nartMl friend, aha to enjoy what "tmiiiity aloip'' might atlll Im hud, he to dream of boino blaeaed with the preaence of a oongenlal and not too youthful youth-ful oonipanlon, hut, alaa, when Ctrlelal mot thn naaeinhhtl houohdd luiicbooti tha neit dny, hla friend of thn fire and tha ta oould not ho round. Sho, fm-llng n-altlve n-altlve or. tha acora of tha rot hut u noon von-ttonal von-ttonal otMtumn nnd olrt umaianra of their mevtlng. hwttaltHl tu odilmee him, whlla he failed tu rrrognlia l tie lady of hla dreamland or bla brief acquaintance In the youngish looking woman before hint In luiurlaut frtutw, eallor hat and jaunty gown. Thua ona hapiy hntianhnld failed to take Ita place among tha hmnoa of Knglaud, and a lonely widower ant led dnwn lu tha ehaorleaa Ufa of a hoarding houaa, whore ilia women were all painfully young, "be-oauao." "be-oauao." aa the wrltaruf tbeatory raiuarka, "while raallilng that buy a will alwaya ba boya, he failed to graap ttte aiore lmpoa tant fact tbat woman will In girl lu tha and of the auapter." Philadelphia Frees. |