Show the wrong ause house ty A new years story uy T C 11 arbaugh written ritten Iv for this paper HE E well to do home of the morless was in a quiet street and as an they were quiet people they could not have been better suited the house itself was not unlike its neighbors and but for tho the number over tho the door which was ono one not acquainted quain ted with the iho street might have taken some other house for it if ho he were wera hunting tho the morlena Mor leya loys ono winter day a tiny hand drew arow the heavy curtains cur tatna aside and a face appeared at one of the front panes everybody know hester heater morley a prim little woman of pleasant ways the busy president of a charitable circle and withal a person to be admired she looked at the snow which lay in the street and over the pavement and for a moment watched one of her neighbors who swept the white covering into the gutter A boy who knew hesters face hurried past and glanced at the window to receive a rind nod from her and to throw back as ha be passed A happy now year miss hester heater tho the girl sho was scarcely a young woman yet s smiled 1 at the boy and watched him out of 0 eight in another moment tho the bell rang and she turned as the maid was heard to enter tho iho halt ball A stranger maam said tho the maid looking into the parlor 1 I am sure I 1 dont quite like his bis looks and what does docs he want ida 1 I cant tell ile ho insists on seeing the lady of the house bouso and ive said she in but it does docs no good let him come in then hester heater walked over to in an armchair arm chair and beating heIr herself self waited for her now new years yeara visitor she was not mot kept waiting long for ida had admitted tho the caller and she heard bi his astep step in the hallway she looked him over from head to 0 o foot as he entered tho the parlor a talt tall somewhat Bome what uncouth man tn in the he thir fles with strange shuffling ways and to tier her out of place placa in li tho the cozy room miss wemyss I 1 believe ho he said bowing to JI hester ester alsa miss morley was waa the correction this to Is not tho the wemyss residence reside but tho the man looked caked confused cont used it used to bo be did it not he queried yes sir air rather father purchased it if from jacob the sugar merchant three years ago and changed it and i tho family 7 I think they left tho the city soon aft erward tho the old gentleman died he ha was a widower at the time you may Te remember member and miss wemyss t married ai P married not very queer women do that I 1 know marriott married you say bayt I 1 cant quite grasp it hester looked pityingly at the man ile he seemed to have received a blow 1 I seen her tor for five etva years said he 1 I went away on now new years day and I 1 came back on tho the same anniversary niver sary gary so youre alias morley hester bowed again find studied tho the face aco before her it was waa strong and handsome despite the uncouthness uncouth nesa of it 11 1 I dont look like city people yet its ita because ot of my life 11 fo in the mines he ha said eald with a smile if its not lust just tho the life that tends to keep one up you see my name nama la Is sydney you may have leard the Wern Wemyss roses es mention me bogging bagging our pardon I 1 did not know them personally you say eay you have been living in the tha mines I 1 once had bad a friend who went west took to mining too 00 I 1 believe out but never mind mr sydney I 1 trust you will find your friend the once miss allas Wei nyss and permit nse me to wish you a happy ne new year after this miss smiled the man after coming back to tho the city after anve years yeara absence and on new years ay sva ay too getting into the wrong house and nd introducing myself to a strange ouva indy it seems seeing like a dream hester heater was about to reply when the door bell rang sharply and idas voice waa vas heard in the hall ball in another moment the servant was wag at t the parlor door her pretty face quite white and her voice in gasps the police allis Ue stert cried the girl and vanished the stranger started from the tha chair ahalt he had bad taken near the fire and threw a looka of horror toward the door ilu m sorry miss ho he said this il IT jm arring an otherwise happy new years yeara day for you they may be looking ter for me rind then ho he fastened his bis eyes upon the door which opened ato 0 o admit an officer aff icer 1 I tag eg pardon miss marloy Aror loy said the policeman glancing first at hes hea ter iett its A queer now new years yeara call but ftp duty you see bee I 1 am under the necessity cassity of 0 taking charge of your caller ho he yon yoner Ter the returned miner seemed to increase half au an inchan incho in stature as tu glared at the policeman emU his equal la in physical strength and for a moment resler hester heard the beating of her heart chos the warrant for off officer Icar ho he asked Ill hiram ram rowan but mr air gentry the gent lemans name Is sydney put in hester ile ho has just assured me of that you ladles ladies will ever bellevo believe man was the emans answer tho the miner stood rigid in the middle of the room lie he had bad none of the criminal calm about him and in a little while ho he had bad enlisted hester morless Mor leys sympathy you watt wait ull he explains mr air gentry she said addressing the officer why no miss aless hester you see hes but a common the man took a hasty step toward the policeman and his hand shut but he be checked himself you represent the law however often of ten it blunders ho be said stepping back hester stood like a statue of marble in the tha luxuriantly appointed parlor her face was very white and as the miner spoke their eyes met guilty no she turned to the officer Is the he chargo charge upon which you have arrested this gentl gentleman emun a serious one she asked quite so miss la Is it a crime that la Is under tinder the laws oh yea then send for hester morley when he needs ball iam worth enough in my own right I 1 suppose my stars yes cried tho the policeman take you for hester smiled without tho the wind was waa shaking the tha leafless trees along the gutter and into the rooi came the sound of 0 bells RL L d wio the tha warrant for FOP officer ta in the tha nearest steeple the clang of 0 the heavy front door aroused hester morley and she started forward ile ha look like it miss heater exclaimed ida whom she bhe encountered in the corridor dut but then you cant always tell by onos onea looks and today too why its now new years yeara and thereisa Th ereIda broke in hester its A terrible mistake I 1 feet feel it ile ho got late into the wrong house he bo was looking for or miss wemyss that used to be my old mistress yes I 1 believe you told me once that you lived for a year with the family I 1 17 she sent a young man off ono one time in a poil I 1 ill never forgot it it as new years night sho she had bad a temper miss wemyss had but she aho was beautiful I 1 remember seeing him in this vary hall under tho the chandelier and he told her that when he carne backli cl as AB rich as aa she was why shed be ba glad bind to seo see him hesters breath seemed to go in gasps you yeu dont remember his name ida she bho cried it was jeffrys sydney ill never forget tho the name 0 0 down donn over the great city caroe came the flakes of airy white everywhere jingled aled bells and resonant laughter was on every breeze it was in an auspicious opening of the new year that Is jeffreys sydney said idi ida with as she looked at the prisoner at the pollee police court bar there were a few questions a story of lire lira in the he western mines and the rotund gentleman in the high backed chair said I 1 discharged I 1 congratulate you mr sydney and wish you happy new year A little color came to hester mor ley leys cheeks and she left tho the room with ida the wrong house proved his falva lion after all miss hester said the maid mald there was waa no answer but the little lady who heard board pressed her cheek near tho the carriage carr lago window and looked halt drea dreamily rally into the street perhaps uhe he heard the bells perhaps sho she heard the word discharged as it had lust just fallen from the lips of the police judge at any rato rate at least she smiled smile A it 11 was wag a happy now new years yeara day for two persons persona jeffreys sydney dawone saw one form vanish from his memory and another took its place and hester morley marley just a year later board beard bolls bells that chimed many blad wishes r on her k wedding edding ik day |