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C. F. READ & H. H. FRAZIER, EDITOR.?.
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00011 HP.II.IIT AND WILLING HAND.
Dr C7tARCIES MACEIIY
In storm Oir shine, two triend.s of wine
GO forth.to wbrk or pfity,
And where they visit poor men's homes,
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They bless them by the way. ' •
vri s , w illingihand! 'tis cheerful heart!
'Pre 'WO best friends . ' know, •
A rc h i d the hearth come joy and mirth
Wherel4r their faces glow ;
Conic shi - ••7tis hright! come dark—'tic light!
COme Celld—'tic warm ere long!
o heavily!fall the hammer stroke!
Ilcrrily„ound the song!'
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Who falls_ ay stand, if good right hand
It'first, hot second best; -
With weep's may sin , . if kindly heart,
Ha& lodging in hi:breast..
The humblest board has dainties poured, •
- When tliq sit dOwn to dine; •
crust they eat is honey sweet,
The water as good as wine. • . '
The . fill the purse with henestgold, ,
They lead no creature:Wrcing; •
So ljeayily :fall the hammer stroke! •
Merrily :Sound the song! - •
Without, thiese twain, the I•oor complain
Otevils hard to bear,
But With tlient.poverty grows
And finds a loaf to spare!, -
Theft rooks; arc fire—their 'words inspire:--
Theft- de C ds give courage high ;
Abont . their knees the children run,
- O elintb;, they know not 'why. '
Who sails, or rides,: r walks with them,
Ne,er find's the journey long— .
h Cat- ily fill the ham Mer stroke!. '
ITtlrrily sound the song! -
b: 1 61 1 oiT of fije,
HOIiELY HANDS:
inn}diNd
.PROM' APPEARANCE'S.
it ,
geld: to Afac's soonest by, taking a
crosscut thrOogh . Eq. Keiiall's lane that
run's deist: by that great red h o use; who's
but *remember afterwards how, when ! Was •
carried into the house; the fair lady in white .
screamed and grew so faint.that she had to
leave the room ; , how. the! old farmer looked
fiindly after her, and said,' ' Cora can't do
nothing.
she's So tender hearted, call Susan ;"
how that Susan appeareld and turned very
paK but after a niomeht busied herself in
washing and binding up * wound on myhead
which had covered my flee. +with blood; and
hOw, while everybody coininiserated me, and_
asked t' how I. felt, sh alone was cold and
silkiit, tlid
I began to t4ik she did • not. eon,
skier me ninehhurt, though I wi;lied.her val
uable mother would tollOw hey valuable ex
ample; for the pain I shffe f le
red took all
disposition to answer qutions. One of my
limbs was broken, but the surg“in who had
been sent for did not reach Alton till the
next day. ' : ! .
Sonic weeks after iny'acc:dent.lwe were
all assembled in the nailer; which, indeed, I
had ' but left. sines. first•ilarouAt therc—' I
think your :work. very ';;beautiful,' I said'' to
Ova, who was embroid'flring with worsteds,
and whose fair hands Iliad long been watch.
ing with a sortof idle pleasure, as they moved
abhut their graceful task, and thinking host.
much I should like to ciasp—to kiss one of i
those beautiful dimple& hands. ' You do 1
this so skillfully, that I think you must have
employed yourself often in this way before,'
'Yes, I have embroidered considerably, I
am very fond of it,' said 'the yoting - lady. '
'Then I. hope ycill; .will sometime give me
the!mute of seein • the former .triumphs •
P g :
. 'of your needle.' • .i 1
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I had heard of Cura Kendall the beauty:of '' Oh, certainly, since vim are so kind as to
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,he whole regiOn.• , I had My ;dreams too, of take an interest - in ma' poor efforts,..yru shall
clasping some fair, white hand looking into see them now: she replied with a ready, -yet
some sweet truthful eyes, and • askinr , some - modest acquiescence, which emitrasted favor
dear girl to *are my lot when it had become ably with the manner'of those young ladies
brighter. '.: Perhaps it might be Cora; at any who hive - to be. entreated by the hour for a .
rate I wishedto' see her. „Siiddenly. 1.1s:oil - tie.
..,sketch or sung of which they are •secretly vain
altiost tratnifised with ' surprke mid delight. all . \ the titiie. ' Susan i , dear,'e continued,
A young gitAH-beautiful as Aniangst, I revers 'you know where they.itre, y s c u
have been•
catty thought—stood iu ii little porch,almost revolutionizing Our chainber so thAt I. never
overhanging that green Itine,l gazing at the could find Mein if I were to try,'
steamer sunset. Het•faee seemed inspired: ' I put them in' your'drawer:•said ShSan,
The parted lips;, the uplifted eyes, every .fea- without raising her eyes. . . . . ,
ture seemed ;radiant with entrilasiasin. I was ' Ah, but—it is far , andyou - are nearest
close to tier4-the veliet turf; gave forth.; no the stairs, so be my little page this once,' said
sound; but Just,then a twig Cracked 'under Cora; sportively. with such sweet entreaty in
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my horse's (apt, and
,she started -- looked her eyes, that l'.' longed to be her page. Per
down—arid I caught gazing at-her in such. a paps it had some influence on Shsan, for she
trance,' had recourse to MeL'eed's direction. laid diwn t her , work good humoredly, and .
The question ;seemed simple enough; but she brought the embroideries. .- •,•
stammered and: becanie So painfully red and . -' And now. show us yours, Susan,' I said
confused, that,' pitying her enibarrassment, I t When these bad beeri.sufheiently admired ;
involuntatily,' averted my eyes; they fell upon 'lave - you not executed sonic of
_this needle
'her'hand;:which rested on '.the white trellis painting?' .
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'of the. porch -,!.rid such a hand! large, coarse - 'I have male,' she said.
and red ;''any: eyes, ; could ie it lieii,!%: , ..' them. . You surprise nie, 1 don't see hour you can
Isehes; but traveN;.d up the sit.eve of stollt I ra-zi.l site temptation of doing sonic of 'this'
gingham to Stie'. if that hand was really an ap- b ea utiful work, when jibis' see the leaves and
Iceclage" to the ; face I had recently almost blossoms growing, under your sister's fingers.'
orshipped.,.,:.Sbe was still stammering out 'indeed, I should like it, but I never find
directionl was'still gazing at her band, time.' • , -•
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sort of bewilderment; when two other I "I should think you . did 'try once; it al
hands ftillapon it, like hakes of light, most , makes me! die With laughing, now. to
th§ir owner, ;looking over the shmilder of think . what a' piece of worlyou made ofit,'
. .:flue, greeted 'ine with'a graceful self- 'cried' Cora. -
iote. andtava the direction. id a few 'That was hardly-a fair trial,' replied her
lidding:Seine witty remark, deseriptive sister coloring, 'since I. used stocking yarn
inith,..yvhich set us all laughing, and re- instead of worsted; for you remember Cure,
the awkwardness of the interview, for that you were afraid you should not have
I felt verkgrateful. - !worsted enough to finish your hewer piece,. Sig,' rifle said, ' was such a timid if I wasted any; yet my best efforts would
:hing, and,Saw me so near her :that she , never eetnintre with Cent's,' she-added turn
would have (*fleeted her,senses enough ink to me, ' foil have not the talent for such
meian.Yth4ift.' 'Dear Sis' loo s ked down • things, which she hai.' !'
'tray Withdrew. lier•hatid, Whicktho*e '' I :think Susan's talent; seem to distinguish
ceifingera were caressing. The other thamielves more in her.: preient line of-oecu
to.takennnotice of this, but pot back . patron than.anyether ; I must confess I don't
Is; with her liberated fingers and I knew what dear papa Would do for clothes .
with regret from her fascinating "face. without her; for such Coarse work makes my]
*hose IYiiaeity.the firatiseetneTtame fingers bleed; if ever I try to 40 it °. .1
1 ;:for the - aunset glory had faded from I - wondered within:aiyaelf if"Nattire was a
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upletely-i a g from - !the ',dim forest to-. thoroughly demberaficinstitution—if she had
ieh I sells turned, - deeply pondering not made some patricians. How:naturally
11, 'had seen Coin Kendall. It could the, inatiners and oceupatious °fa lady seemed
the luStlapeaker,- for i • elited ih that th'imilong to this elegiutt creature . ; - While her
place where would stia acquire those sister-did nut seek to, go beyond the homely,
ng manners; or the taste displayed in Deem:pities. iil life. - Very uSeful — this hitter.
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igenielit . elthinie clustering curls atid. class, but not so -agreeable or .onumenfat.
s'y dress: thin: and delicate Si a mist The *Hence
,was broken by ,
_Sloan; who'
, bout her ? HUr o (veld - a farmer's said, as-abeilanced _ from the:www,,.. vast.
wear White at . all, in` the kitchen oe Is A fine 'carps& tor : thia place i . 7, -
tre.she- ta_ust assist 1 !fort .knew the .: Z)h,. it •I'Llust be thi . new ther:44‘4llll""
tept ni.i.servantii. :.‘l,Mpossihic,ske Deßent,' cried Corr;with : xpithath*; spring !
ve lads. fruits the highest of ing fano her-chair AO AO WitidOW, thelow
f o4 0 " Ao3v - thoughts,'. I :44',9111.; • navy chair cocking :bidi A w ay.. against lay
T' . l*n. - 2404 ,:hoarever ..iiid ::not ,bgifileaa loot; 4.1111114.. bildoWd - 40 . 4 1 111W! 4S
4 e rgh4. Ntrlinti the first one 'away loefgre it. rocked baCk againi While. tiara
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- I d 10 P' she P‘wwwwi such . . -started 'in her 41e* at the groan o(.o*Widelt
dig the sunset, .t-fPI O.:. wken riinw . ~...tenuid not-,4resa. 'Oil liost,,Cru - eVt,liat
ii,id lied captive -..u),.iruht,surprosed *a....f ln et bow eareleasr cried Cora," 'Jim
Thad lie d ' * can I ever f"Vive myself !" nil the sweet
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sick over- there • `:..
himself, the sine driver
told diet f thought he liVed'• on this • street,
and therefore did not ask his direction' •
I gueSs Mae aint •any.sicker than liquor
'll riiiikean3,aid th e „loud natured c entry.
:man had asked - - my direction.—
* i7d advise
_von . ' young . man, not' to waste
mild] phrsiCloa him, you'll get nothing but
curses do what-you, may.'
• This datiip'ened -somewhat' the•ardor with .
which Iliad (fume thus far. was myfir-
pati e nt; tied there I had been!' located' in the
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eillae Alton Go. two "months ;iti;alF the
verdant inc.xoerienee of ho l ,r , iu all - the.ttnap•
preciatcd lot of my liard earned di
phirna. Iht d thought"myse 1 prepared tiir
this. I k i neW that:in all probidiiiity, I should
hive to sfilitee myself witn `;hope I .l,f, T r e d'•
Until I had •aitii: ed the prestige of age; but
as th ' s.uthiner days wore" by, I could
not repress iMpatient yearnings to enter upon
thuSe duties `;tuts- which I had !so laboriously
prepared . knySelf: if the patients, NV ho sent so
far fur Di. Pe . ,Pray, were only a little less
patient, and
,wOuld.send fur me, Would not I
have liked to cUre. them ! I glad of any
opening Siwcycr 'unproinii.i l ng;, so I turn
ed up die deSignated Pine, rather slowly ;
however.' .1 lelt some interest itt. E'sq. Ken
dall's lattie,*id noticed with pleasure the
taste disitlayt.4 around it; the vines and
flowers so util (cared • for be.sPoke . a 'refined
and cultivatd mind: I wasi very hind' of
(lowers_ .and cultivated some clioice. varieties
about my offita: : I had plenty of tiinclor
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I Yet there would be • no propriety ib Saying
to her, "-Lay thy- sweet hands
. in: mine and .
trust to me." I' was sure , l . ne%er 'could love
I her, not that I had decided on employing that
particular form when II should have occasion
Ito make so momentoini a request. 1,, tried
~ t o convince myself that: it was not becau se I
I prized mere physical delieacv and:regularity
above the indwelling beautiful soul ; but to
My shame Hinted here; hew else could I ac
•count for my repugnance?- ..
• • $o absorbed was I with this knotty ques--
tion, that I scarcely noticed a stout boy yth
his yoke of oxen dragging' a tree, with all - its
h.r:lnches; down the preciptouS road. before
me, till I felt 'myself datihed upon a rock-cim
siderably beloW the forest path, here broken
Iby ledges;- for my horse , having just realized
. that' a tree top was mowing along the road
without any visible cat44e, was startled into
a -iaidden shy, which too- me completely by
siirt,rise. 'l'll not be such a toward as
to' think I'm killed; said I/to . myself.
I had thought sti, in the Ifirstimoment of ag
ony. -,
' Hallo, there, are youl,hurt r said the, boy,
coming up'with much concern in his counte s
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`_No, not,nitich,' and I made an effort to
spring up; but everything turned 'dark - , and
faded froni my senses. 1
When I became conacious, the-neighbors
had gathered around, and were plac:ing me
on a litter. 'We must take bum to the tear
{ =t' house,' said one. `3i , ii - kins' house is the
near , :-4 ; bat then Jel,ki44' wife is i e li," :s a id',
an..ther.' , .., . . 1 ' . •
• We',l better take . hini 'up to nq house by
•--al odds, it's .m
.ti'ost a- high, and : an easier
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road.' . , ,
`I believe I ton considerably hurt,' I inter
posed ; ' can't I go t0 , ..41r.. Kendall's r
• ' Why, yes, that's just-what I was saying,'
.resumed the last . speatyou'd ' better
come up by 'all means, ,fe . e've got plenty of
women folks to nurse and tend ye; and you'll
need- it one while, if that's where you fell,'
he.added. With a glance at the rough' rock.=-•
I scarcely noticed at the fitne.what followed
66 1FREEp0RA ARID POOKlllzinalmov @ILAWER'T 4"]D V7G2OrLaUci99
girl took both my\trands, impulsively, be
tween hers as if she i ' •
herself the pain she luh.
ed. Good, kindhearted
your tears. I felt urof
momentary pang, by
those fair hands.
The kitchen, where
wnvit'of the farm hou
at right angles with dm
and it thus happened,
rooms being open one
beta' tte. the unwilling
which gave me some new ideas with regard
to the two•young girls of wham I had already
seen so much and as 1 now. found knew so
little.
wish, Cora, dear, you would •go .in and
sit by Dr. Joune, you can take your book
right along; I want to finish up these•dishes
before mother comes in, for she ought not to
do so much hard Work this warm weather.'
'I, indeed !' anMwered the other, who must
have been Cora, though her Voice seethed to
lack its usual sweetness,. 'do you expect me
to go in there with this - ragged dress, and my
Air all iu strings? . I expect you will ask
me to wash up the grey dishes next!' .
`No, Cora, I am too proud of your pretty
hands myself, to be willing, yon should spoil.
them so, and I don't want you .to go, either.
. did not think of your • dishabille.' I will
leave the dishes.'
• - Let him lie alone awhile, it won't hurt
him. sulky and cross al he is sornetitnes.'
`0 Cora,. how caul .you say so? He is",
never cross, and if his spirits are low some
times, it is not strange that an active, ener
getic yining man, as I think he . is naturally,
should find it hard helpless whole weeks
and months.' ••
My Pee glowed with shame; I had 'been
inip:itient, hut it• was towards her whii now
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generously defendeti me—never, 0 revered your , aintentuiee looks very bed, I'm con
and queenly Cora, to thee. But a light step cern • ,atelut you," said: my hostess, as She'
had entered, my eamo, and I met the blue was p. seeing through
.the ,parlor lane morning.
eyes still tender with the compassion which' It is the: effect of a severe headache 'and
had animated her last words. . shield 'ss night ; which has awakened youreon-.
'I - shall want nothing Were noon, my tern ; . think it will scion pass •ofl," I said,
kind little nurse, except a glass of fresh water, while hrohhinr , pain increased, and I asked
you have brought. Perhaps I can sleep, I my e.. cting heart why Susan, Who wes,qui
did not. rest much last night." As I spoke etly a ranging the room; ha not noticed hoW
I could mot help thinking how pretty she il! I ‘4'.}l. But her another said, t` Susan, why
looked with her smooth brown,hair and rring.• dont du Magnetize his head? You 'always
ham dress, contrasted with the figure whieh•l ease ins headache Mid put we to sleep.'
her sister's words had described. ' ' t wil try;• she . answered as she laid. her,
' A Mlle household goddess she, - duste in the closet, and came forward.. '1
. That witeheth all for good,' - did tuft know that youposessed the:mesmeric
I thought, as I heard her all . through the power!' ji do not claim to,' was the answer.
morning hours, tripping about tier work, and i ' I sii6posei it is the chafing which eases the
singing blithely, the perfect embodiment o 4 pain. 1 They say one:must close 'his eyes if he
cheerful industry. . I began to have a dlin wisliek to be put to sleep,'she added in .a . tone.l
idea that nature had madesomething superi- which waOicither cold nor kind, as she seat-'
or to' the patrician order; after aft Coradid edherself On the edge .
. eft . ,.the crouch.lYhy
not occupy so preniinent a place as usual in , would she riot bear a_ moment the f, yes that
my day-dreams.- . . wortshippea . her ? 1 longed to dose; down - the'
'So-you and Cora want some new dresses?' crus i ng lies upon my agonized thotights i also;
said Mr-Kendall to his 'daughter, one even- but lowly they changed under i that kind
big, as tie- laid down his paper and took her touc • 'I tilt—l could not deny. that it4its
fondly on his knee. ' Why, father, do you fern stly kind, , no mere mechanical manipu
think we look Shabby ?' ~` No, I shouldn't lation. And then it was such a novelty that
know the 'difference if you. were dressed in she should 'touch MO at all, I could not re
tow cloth, - tis your grandmother used to be; member that 'shelled even done it before,
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but Cora says she ain't , go to church again, evetaia shake bands; I forgot the pain entire
till she has a new dress • so'l supposes you ly. i
can't eithcr—what.will ;hey cost, and' what ' e's fast asleep, Susan, you needn't work
will my Sasy wear ? scarlet, green, or yel- any onger; I want you to help toe_ fix. my
tow?' hair,
,I lwar l d Cora say as she-.carne inua the
- Non :•' ' 0, hush it little while, I -It
All at a tithe if you like them, Either.—
But I have seen some delicate blue bareges
at De'l'ont's, Which I think would be pretty
for us; such a dress would cost four dollars ;-
if yen can spare the money, I should really .'
like to have one.'
Well, that won't break me; there's four
fOr eaen of you; I want. my children to have 1
clothes fit to go to church,' he added inischiev.
nasty. as his daughter left the room. 'She's
'a good girl, quitecs good as Cora, though, as
.her mother says, she'll never make no show.'
4 lt is quite natural,'l answered, 'that a'
mnther.shonld be proud of Cora's rare beauty
and accomplishments, hin, Susan is quite as
lovely, though she does not know it ; and I
certainly never saw a temper so sweet and
even, under all circumstance's, as hers.'
Well, Pin glad you've found it out,' said
the farmer heartily, for it seems tome as if
nobody. knew how good, nor how handsonie
neither—though that ar's a small . matter—
SUsan is, while everyiaxly , pmises Corit. ) .', •
. -For several days after that, I saw the, sir.
ters employed on a delicate blue material,
which I thought must have-cost more than
the sum Susan had mentioned. She still sat
up and worked after the family had retired
on Saturday night. 'I will take my .work
into another r o om now, so that you may
,he s No, 'i;it. here; y ou
'do not
'Jeep half the night, from being so idle thro',
the da):, and I should like your etimpany.
ainticip.ite the. pleasure of seeing you come
out in that beautifUl dress to-morrow; I am
suro'it will became you! •
'Oh, no, I have no new dress, this is my'
sister's' she said, with a shade passing over
her face.. "Why, t thought ycu both had
dresses like this?' "There was not money,
enough_ to get two dresses of this kind, and
Cora, who has more taste than I, says light
blue is only becoming to very fair blondes,
and I Was afraid .the dress I wanted would
not suit my appearance, so I concluded not
to get one. ' • Why, dear girl, what are you
but a blonde If your cheeks are. more rosy,
and your' hair . . darker than your sister's, It
does not. make you any less fair. or .'beauti
ful.' • .;
9, there you are wrong,' she said earnest-.
ly, yet blu-bing as she spoke, 'everybody
knows that Cora is much handsomer ' and that.
is another reason why she, ought to have this
dress though I ean have none, for everybody
s ill look at her while bo one notice: how 1
am dressed.'
Then . I cannot agree with everybody, thou
naivest of reasoners.' •
Hours. flaw' hi; ,the 'great kitchen 'clock
struck eleven. . 1 I'm afraid, Susie, your eyes
Will - be dim in morning. I 'would let
Cora set up 'to finish her own dress, another
time.' ,
That she would have done t _but, she cannot,
gage hod set on the rube, which is whaVl.em
doing, •
• e /Ilea she is not so skilled at-needle,vork
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as you'
• She, is more: *Oka than 1, only she has
never tried--I wake * b e ,leis never )cavned
t
to do his, pirileulir Oaf) es eekbe
exPillted g 9 do usitliing wik.x4 4 94.1 11 °'
two, you keeneb4 Wye itd vies#lll( dig;
for I have _gaged ~her dry end mother's
forseveral years, it Avouhl be ,un,pardonable
if tabeeldimui excel her, when .ahe his culy
tricd a tel tines.'
And failed ?'
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\MONTROSE, TORSDAY,t MAY 28, 1857.
'Pa
it hoof
you kt
rti lly so, her work. as not quite right;
not be expected till.she learnacl how,
Ilia, an eloquent &lender, yet: there
ecuse for you, no encouragement in
was n.
your
tured ;
of berj
keenly
ner on e
dignit
from
If. .
eat attempt at emkoil,deryf
rt $ low time. A inoMetitary change
tram:went count showed how
she bad felt her ar'is slighting man..
that occasion; but e she replied with a
ilhich I never eciiild `have expected
et.-i- 7 - , - • .
he ;is sometimes impnsiderate, persons
tikeCo!ra can well afford tt? haVe some faulty.'
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'I eiltrOtt your forg,ivsmesS; sit noble an
an well : shanies me ; , pray forget .my idle
wo s,rit Is the first time,,,tiusain.'
'Th4ll pet it be the last, my friend,' she
said, sailling' kindly ligain,as she folded•awav
the coliiplB4. , -
As I wtc v
the disposi
tions•l thief ied out in
ten thus? lake tip human
happiness long for the
love of th e heart, whose
Constaiit of my hour and
every tu
1 . .hose-around.
But sh . i 'i , of her care,
grado, iy. . ire and more,
from t ie i ing her moth
er, who co_ - ... ~ommg 04, Cora, to sit
by me; while she took her plaeOn the ktteh.
en. I
,she wa ; ever leil alone with me she
would go imd bring some one in, ima ediate
ly, with a platisi ble excuse, noticed ou by .
the sddly: keen sense. of jealousy; all he
while the was kind to me with is quiet, sister
kindness. 1 Having 11(? chance by active ex\
_ert.icin to -;divert or shake . off iny unhappy'
thongt
ta, they preyed upon me until I grew.
f
act uall , sick —sick with a malady for which
my in ks ;prescribed . no 'cure.
' IV y Doctor, you're. 'Worse this morning;
room. _, nese, wait a little while, wain
he should sleep soundly first; don't you see
how ill he look 31" Well if you wont do it,
mother will,' said Cora, shutting' the door not
very gently, while my goOd angel patiently
stroo to charm away my pain, And I dared
not t eL her knowthat, I was awake, after what
I so inalapprOpriately heard. Scion she
ha i
cautiously discontinued her chat ngouid rose
tog , then resting tier arm on the pillow be
yond my head, she bent over and pressed her
fresh, young cheek fondly upon my forehead;
anotber moment ihe had left me, but never,
dear s beart„ 9f love, has that happiness left me,
conferred by that mute caress. !Even now I
seem to feel again the joy that: flooded my
Who e being thrilling to my finger ends ; my
thoughts rehearsed, and never Wearied of re
hearising the. tninutestcircumstinee; even the
cool !touch Of her braided - hair, damp m
. fro the
morhitrg bath. My blissful reveries:grade.
ally: 3 1 lost themselves in refreshing sleep, and
wheitl awoke Cora came to sit beside me.
Cory was an excellent reader, and a sweet and
1 . hdd
new pis singer, and many ;' weary hours
had shortened by her kindness, though
ha F een
I - . lately'eome to feel that It'was the cru
el ki'ndile.o of a coquette, constantly seeking
the triumph of winning what she would not
trouble herself to wear; and now as she
coined illyi hair, and rolled it into curls With
1 ,0
' her fingers small and fair,' I felt as if that.
soft uch lscked something. I seemed to see
the gold deceit in' those blue eyel, I could not
admire the glossy, golden -curls. that swept
my pillow ;i while she reed Lallah Rookli,
~I
listened for.the homely, Monday- sounds of
refilling, pounding and rinsing clothes, from
the kiteben,-.whexe I knew edear, true heart
direed willing hands. • i •
I ha d no proof that Susan loved me ; her
coin :issaioniite nature would have dictated all
the kindness; I had received, but she had pitied
—she did, not despise me; and this certainty
with the sweet,..eansciousness Cf , returning
bealih raised my spirits to their Mend level of
youth and, hnpa. , s .
A tew dap after , -this - -what shall I call it?
—reversing of My life, Mr. fret' , Ail! Came
he film the village, with the news that
tiliDenyali hall returned arid w4OO reopen her school for young ladies on i the
st :,,o
first of
Sep ember. ; , - , . 1
. ' .b I I should delight to go to School_ there
*gal?: cried Cora with enthusisem ; . Shall I
, go, ear papa V - • i .•
•hy, I was thinking,' he said, ~'ea you
hav , been well Already, and Sitso never
bas had $ chinos at ticiooling, sit i
She mug
ald tine s girl, ought 4o go no , a_nd you
tak her place, and help your mot .
`ls, qua! Cora couldn't do anything to
help me, obi ain't gum% enough. '? It , would
make her.ock..to 'take bold of thebeftottbe
aid 1 4 1‘ 4 4 1 4 1 . -
Meow* most hire • girl ; tor susa4
o schbol t slll4'sfixed-rifsbe Wll4lll to; fiey,
I .
do,weat to m ery mom, Esthe r;' widths
tided:l44 which lighted her sweet- t empest
e, showed, more , thin w_ortis,_4o iukostt
telt: 4 ;apt ,Imwaulther: wati4 te ciatip44o.
ilithuon,;wirs a rick - mews . 'end'
113 &94isoPaPall b f r . _ ji(4111461*-
oth white kAOILIif Vsit4oemsarAwwuta b ot
rWata bT= erisiipthmipp stones and-*owls, sod
iog herd, names for them ; besides, Wigs:
I 01140- WOW!. things Miss Deo:
ih teaches t !ehe would u't be a biOlitTerent.
i
4
You'd never know 'ber ways she knew
anything more than common folks.'
'But edueati3u is a great thing • wife ; we
that never had rnneh can't judge about' it.'
' I know,' she replied, ' folks are •thought
more on for being eduested, and I'd be glad
Susan should have herd way, if 'twarn't for the
work: Now Cora could be. spared just as
well as not, she has kpatural. turn that way,
too.' .
'As for the work,' nswered Mr. K. 'you
shall have plenty of elp, so
. Susy, see that
you are all ready to g by September.'
-Mrs. K., evidently d her own thoughts
with regard to help, b "she , did not express
them, and the Subject seemed settled.
, Well,Susan, I should think you meant to
do up the family sewing for at least ten years
to come,' - said Cora,' t i t an) Sultry day, about
lo
three. weeks after the nversation above re
corded, as she leaned back in .ber rocking
chair, and surveyed th pile of shirts her sis
ter was cutting out. Papa won't want any
shirts till next summe , if he does then—and
the piles of towels, sh to' and pillow slips-:-
Susan,' added thelivel girl, suddenly inter
rupting herself, ' a thought has struck me.
Are you going to perpetrate quitriniony, and
housekeepatg - homediatelV t' .
' Not exactly,' wasithe laughing ans Aer ;
'but I make things be tuso I've nothing else
to do navy.'
' Why then I'd trea t myself to a little leis
ure; what's become oflyour peisehant for her
mit walks? You haven'tibeen to the pine woods
for near a thou 1 I '
I yell.
' It's too warm to
before I reached the
Nevertheless the
ca one long look at
owe .1 that tnagnifit
watclW yearningly
noon.
• • Well, -on might
'that story o Lettice
you much, 'S coot
take Weyer to uli
' Never mind nt .1
this number; she ' %
before I shall want it.-
And thus it. was for ~
led her usual induatry,l . - dl,
self time to eat. I be gan
ally anxious about her
.healt
late she plied the swift needle; o ,
a household task, often wit)) playfu ,
ing her mother from the kitchen ..
eyes greW.brighter, her rosy cheeks r,
and her step more elastic thart•ever.' L S
'there was a power whiOil had not taken • 1..
my estimate Of the' foreci : of . nature-enth. -
siesta, which none catlld expect - under that
calm demeanor ; the pleasure...with which she i
loulad forward to the ' pporttinity for study
and' improvement , ma e l heary'latx)r light to
(i)
her. It seemed "tut if tbeiuttnest.' IMpc,,of her
lite was..about to be realized, and the thought
nhing too hard to de tin.
,those who might
sit er inconvenience from) her approaching ab.
se cc. 1 .
4 I saw Beeman . to daY,' said. Mr: Kendal:
a tea; 'end he says he'll have a- gang Of
/.
hands here to cover my new.barn by the 20th.
[told him I couldn't have the. frame exposed
to the weather any longer; when that's dune,
I want the East' barn shingled over,
and other
little jobs 'tended to, so d o ve shell have the car
penters here a'most all te fall.' 1 . . • .
Mrs. Kendall sighed . h6vily ; she was not
Strong, and moretiver. lied a special headache,
that day. Susan looked at her with tender
concern. - . • .
==l=9
d y,l should be Melted
rk :stopped, while she
tit cool depths and shad,
ice t forest, which I . had
t rough many a sultry
t.r 1 '
I U
r
id • the last Harper •
hold that interested
ad. I should like to
il i a, after - tea.'
JOu't care about reading
ilOtave time to finish it
If Stisan wasn't going away %would be d if
fererh, but I dont see hOw I 'out possibly get
along and do the work for them;
'Why Susati ain't the only person. in the
world that can wash dishes and conk. I'll get
you a hired girl before they come. Miss Her
rick says we can hire Mitty Dingwell, that
helped while she was sick. , I'll go and be
speak her to-morrow.' .
Dingwell,,,indeed; I wouldn't have
her round the house for her weight in gold.
I'dont see how Miss Herrick could put up
with her dirty ways. Why I - saw her with
my own eyes washing the candle-sticks with
'the dishes,' _
Thus with unwonted energy. snake
who was a pink, I had almost said ' thorn,' of
neatness in her domestic affairs. I made up
my - mind when Irish Norah was here, that I
never would have another hired girl in ,my
house, nor I won't, so liing-as I can put one,
foot before the other. I can -drag through
the work some way or - other,"'she added with
a'weary sigh.
•That you shall not, mother; I'll stay, at
home,' cried Susan, whO bad several times .
opened her mouth to .peak; during the last
few moments.
'No you needn't, Susan, . 1 wouldn't have
Intigive up your school when von have been
reckoning so much on it., though I don't know
as,hard work is, anything to be reckoned on..'
'That's nothing mother, I shall be happier
at home, after all, perhaps; you know I never,
was airay, and I might get very homesick,
and wretched, staying away among strangers
for months.'
' Let your mother do the work alone if she
swill have it so, you needn't stay at home,'said
Mr. Kendall moved beyond his wont.
Dear father,l'd rather stay,' she answered
in, a low, constrained tone, with her hand up
on' tbe nor, through which she immediately
passed—could n ne of them guess Why
'1 wish'yfiu w 'Lao particular, wife: It's
a pity Susan has git.,up everything she
likes.'
I dont think Simon aces very - much about.
going to sehOol, she has said very liulo about
it,' remarked Coro, indifferently.
You beard her say she'd rather stay 1' said
the mother.
' And so the sacrifice was aCeepted, without
a wort of thanks, without the slightest appre
ciation of the_ generous deception which eon.
coaled her bitter disappointment. Thus'etid
ed her weeks of hopeful, übnoticed toil !Dear
girl ! how my heart yearned to follow her, to
tell tier law noble and disinterested, bow an
gel-kind,she was:- watched impatiently, for
her revperirance in the': morning. How
could they help , noticing through her :mourned
cheerfulness, the_shidow in her eyes, and the
tone to her voice, which told so tuttehingly of
secret tears. Mil had sacrificed not oats ber
pleasure or ease, but her mind--the opport*
nity of mental development—to serve those
Weraltbayworthy ftt
thei -daservilltaysuth • wealth ordivetion;
ishOuld be poured oitt•thr thimi the 111 , 1 *Plim•
Adatiiiei i irbo Naiad wholly undkinatiOui . .that,
they bad recetTed any , favor *, who r eturned for
her rich Yove not eve a caress. ' .
'. She and Tier fitther,sat the front
%titiiine,ln'd ilia been mit
.eeks. Suaan redoub
lly allowing her
feel profession.
as early and
• flitted about
' force driv-
A r M. her
her,
!
1 H. H. FRAZIER,
nearly recoiered that I should soon cease to
tax - the hospitality and kindnetiot for which I
hover could feel sufficiently , grateful; and he .
had, replied in his kind hearty Atilithal they
should be really lonesontee it would seem
like missing one orthe family to' have ms
gone, yet be was lieirtily—stad . that I was
" picking up" so welt.' Susan `lCaned low
her work and was silent. -
' What do you say, Sumy ? ain't you glad
the Doctor is so near well r said herlather,
turning auddenlY, She seemed startled, made
an effort to speak, but burst into tears, :and
hurried from the room. .
It seems like she was Gerry you ever got
well," be said, but his honest Sice belied his
jesting wcids, as he looked anxiously after
his child, and then with earnest;almost stern
scrutiny, seArehed my cnuntenance, to see
what effect her emotion had upon me.
It ryas ari cpportunity, and I told him
.all, and asked permission to woo his Alaugh
ter, when
. 1 should be able to provide a
home for her.
Pm glad you like her.. I'm, heartilY glad
on't,' he said, • there's nobody I'd' rather 6%1;
fur a son-in law ; I made up fay Mind about
you,-Dr. Jeune, long enough 'before I knew
who you was. Last . spring, when , 1 was
teamin' on it down to town, I MO to -pima
through lhe village middlin' early , and 'when
I always saw you at work ' afere
(though you was only raisin' useless poaies)
I said to myself that you was a right . smart,'
industrious chap, and hi...and to make a BA» ;
that's why, I warn't afraid to trust • Susy to
you, though she's a young thing,not eighteen
till Christmas. You spoke aboet, waitin t ;
but business comes slow to a young doctor,
and ifyou set so much by her, , it'll be lone
some waitiu,' and lonesome - for ber.too, - poor '
girl ! fur I reckon she loves you already: .
• Indeed,l begin Auhope so, but l cannot
ask her to leave a happy home, while I have .
none at all to offer her. . "
We'll talk about that,' be. answered.--
While you're single, you buve to,pay Your_
board and Pay pretty highly too, as prices:
are going. You pay office rent/keep your .
horse at the - livery stable, and hire. all your
washing, Making and mending done. NOW..
if you hada '`place; ` big cxt + iugfr to
pasture your horap,ritfid may be, a - - efiw ' und
a' house with Your office in one of the front
rooms, you'd find it would not; ake so much
money for. two ; as it does now for one.
•• But,dear. friend, you forgot I haven't 'the
little• place ; world to Heaven 1 had.'
• . „I was going to say if you hadn't stopped •
me, that if you liktsci 2114 plan, I'd give Susan.
such a place as that; and let her get married
right.off if she wants to. l„ean't give her no
ther as 1 see. She's . - .always worked hard
c 'ry minute,and always'lt hoe to while she
stay ; at home: I caught his two rough hon
est.h ds in mine, and pressed their: in vat
itilde; but for a moment Words failed me-;,-
then the ftill tide of my joy retived a cheek;
a pretty effectual cheek; too, in the thought,
that possibly she might not' want
The next day . was Sunday. l coUld'al
ready walk about a little, and.- was to leave
on Monday. . The finnily went to ehureh,ex
.cept Susan, she. volunteered to stay; and .pre=
pare tea,. against their return.
.'Now I must decide my fate today,' tho't
I, with some trepidation, as they drove from:
the door; but she band ed me the
-last papers
afid then absorbed herself so . t .ompl e tely in
a book _ that I did nut like to interrupt 'her.
I read a id reread the advertisements, which
somehow I couldn't very Clearly understand;
in act, one column lasted me.all the morn
ing, and a part of the afternoon, while
_the
dear cause of all this tlistraction' sat, qiiietly
on the lounge before me, and though her eyes
sometimes wandered sadly. from the .page,
they never wandered . towarOs me ;. and would
after a moment, return resolutely to her
reading again. 4
An incorrigibly vulgar hand; isn't it—so
different from Cora's!' she said; quietly, as
if uttering' my thoughts, • as 'she-.looked up
with an arch.smile. lUtruth; my eyes had
been fixed upon her haul ;- but, without see
ing it, for I was turning over in my brain,
for the thousandth time; what..l should say
and how I should say it. '
And why is.it vulgar! In the service of
love, it has received marks more • honorable
than, a warrior's scars ; but every- - one is is‘
proof of the unselfish deviniim of heart.
0, Susie, 1 should be more proud to win this
faithful, hand, than the . fairest' fingers ever
nursedby selfish idleness-may I not hope
sometime to call it mine* .
Oh, u by' di) you talk so to me ! Indeed
you forp,et yourself,' she said, springing up,
with a look of mingled astonishment and re
proach. 'Poor Cora! havoyou been trifling
with her
' Cora does not love me. = I have never i elusively dispnTemg the old adage aliOnt slo
sought for any heart but yours—if . I must yens washing on that day. I.— - ' ..-,--':';.
despair of gaining that=-O, it will be hard to She becanns !Mich interested - in her=-school
live !' I ended, passionately ; while"a sudden and stn dies, and I - soon grew' uite proud of
conviction that all was lost, seemed to stab .the positiou she held among her elaisitak•
me with its-deattdrehill. My paleness put many of them older" that herself. 'No one
the dear girl's reserve to flight... ' - could' be more pleased About-All this thAnber
' I love ysnr new, indeed 110%9 you r_ she fitther, who, asserting that.itv / ies his basinces
said, chang ing her firs tune of simple earn.
:to educate his daughters, insilted• On paying
estness, to one so sweet and fervent, that - it her tuition, Which - was quiten assistance to
seemed to her thrilled listener like the very US, just then. , " ' - - ' '• _ - -
utterance of a soul. Then the thought a Tree ' years have Pa - since then — .
nu l i
what she had said overwhelming her with Three short sunny years . ' 80 ... has not hen
sweet confusion, she would have berri e d - at School all the time. - --gne iartnahe devot
away, but I caught her in my arms,and.proi isl to entertaining an old Aunt, my only' rd..
sed a fund kiss upon the,,sweet lips' which" . ntive, whom she persuaded to leave her lone
had given me more than lif e .. - Thee I te m ly home And visit-us. At an Aber tiuse,tike,
her what pain I had suffered,•frenn her avoid- nursed me through "a contng ens -fever and
ance ; and the ;pinky. little way* in whichsbe • SiUYed;'fruni sehe 3ol " aftere rds fn t' fear I
had eeemed to show indifferencetowards me. should come in tired or -sick, and - need, her
And she said—t shall never forgot with care wh.en she was tiv;aY. -- --' - '
what mingled con fi dence and timidity; whet " She has lately discovered i old thesis of,
flitting blushes and smiles and teaki—thatithe mine, written to' provetthst be 'one should
had tried not to think too much of me, ever enter upon the - doges of - matiimooy - , , before
since we first met; had tried to replies in the age of twenty-five, wlikit shozseys gives
Curs's happiness, for she had nut once -tbust her plentrof timator .1g •education be.
it!possible that she hervelfaiuld be preferred; fore- her Matrimonial- dohs begin; i. but • I
that sometimes when she heard Me speak ais- amnia Imagine how thosedu as otits more
paragingly of mere beauty, she bad thought- faithrullyporkinned, than the aro n01h,.,- - -
she might have . been the• one beloved, had:::Her cultivated veies equals- esint's - in - the
she been educated as. well sty Cora., „In this -village-Choir, Slid -far eat‘warbleit itattiiine.
true confidence the time tleur.by„, , till, SuSle - Her - vivacity, thinituialover efaharipy,
-
thought of the chuich piers, and Ica ,. . . innocaet heart; astonishes `: th sivishb - - - knew
When I Saw tier graceM ferni Swallowed ' Instnilett,- - - - iisted- - girlthookhatui. liar
up hy that everlasting kitchen se eisetir'ss . :' *nieriner has* ollysertufred thatindeautih.
it had always been- balms, - the sunshine' able galvk:this rarest Chttrni•O'hfialbille,-- or
seamed to: have - vanished _ witti- . her, end ri ,etiqaetuivhieht believerepringanineedireet
, Oared may: hankies' bad • 141, been n # So ea p l .ducats, 4ritimit , ',4l W. Certainty , of-'fleaudne,-the 'titui
till she re turned through the rkii,bm,on me- - , thallium adtutred,-ihmits impend
lionselxild errank.andlier'eyeii iteralike tiiii.' :ty Imo - gine& Herlmuty, Wow 'Wait is now
Idlrtifitilne,' and datheritig tenfidiaidalrent-v tiny lititi - Vidndif 7 , 'l'idenowledgedy by shw a .
what they read there; P me -- bleemed widt-aavv: vial 'emdditt* ate It - hefele, -: thotigh she is
elthese kkeke--bowahall I,:deeetihe ANN' #, - ' - iiitfili :tared not toe Wiese Cura:--
rupu
atikr9. vf9r 6 fiSf i n io gliftllo .t. , lea,4:ihOr JP)T 4 ' . ' DearlittimiltSididtloveiol' • •i , Pe. o4 .* 4 e.*
, ness, to ono wiles_ has ilpvii'fav it-t•-alie 01}S' .talitevith: , v , ituele,"lbi'cror sunny nitting
acar 'l4in ' Ioed-145eV Elitif chtlielliith room, whenever he comfit e
,fiii Allsigectind
MN
f
=I
the confidence of petted children, ,xle4thng
in the heart, where,they were sure . protell
comer -- Iboks, that. brighteli .tvith-their. lOreo
every daY of my life, nolv;"0 )ilgeltlorsu•
cry -hoards to cheer lonely, sqd
eight watches -
Mrs. consent ' -to 9ur-P l soAkt -
WAS granted ; more readily tNtu ,blittidPitss
A. Profftsiould tusus. however Peuntlfulk..4
considered-a br4. 11 . 4 ", 01 4 111 ,d . irslimo, A, -
that her denghtliaid.rtuuleAuch - :*etilqutstt.,
though she e_videatlY troti 4 4!l 0 itA*4
nit been gum. 4 ;
it WA Y ili q t I 4 va S IVI VP!Pe II Uttl
1.
weelhiesetaihielt.. Ca**, roam, to ,win
Silvia consent tet.-Pir,,jukuusAiti . inginla itC•
indeed. I th;tik it rat ad fast ,to :the
het,.thatr* widowed
.4hite;,- Or : het 11'62 . 14
hatlnifbeen invited toil* '', ‘„taiiit,ii: With
iiiin,,ptoiiiid .to ba.vett inipiiNaiiiid indoitri•
oust and-t*iftaT' , 9fiVelit,sSi*lct,etti) 3 fri
Kendall. : ' ' . I ,
,- _ ''.
ti i
Whit COra,thiitight 4 -it, _ n.eFee kne*l ,
she husiesthei:Self iniiit ; tip a -Wedding
'-- * ' i t 'Tow 'l4
lo'
Part) ; uili)iiien,"ted in ,thitli* - at - Whit.
Obi- ithaig:'Vg*em,l9, .eOO.O 1- 44er sbikilii
geritle bride reeetystf more lii?Mige finin one
heart„ - ilitin'inerissigitrtichil gr . !
.tee ever elio.
ted fre*erv*iii._ • ..;•' --.-.: ... -
we We were - Inunedintel established :in
4 e,
the little home' at' the Yil - ` which ,litr..
Kendiill'a generosity
.had'proiridedi` .. it bonus
which its presiding angel ; tome More tally ~
such than'the proudest palace *lid_ have
been 4160PC:such a spirit. liken 'Wes:not
a particle of distrust in Sysie's nature; and
the assurance of being loved and niidi, .
dissipated that Coldl.enerie_whieh had, Made
ber ' ebiracteFieeni 4011 1thege - at first.,: To
me, She expressed herse "with Ali* Cong . -
deuce and freedom rifthinkink ithitid"; and _I
was surprised at the depth of her . feeling, the
truth and freshniss of her thoughts. on sub
jecta : which her.. former silence, When
,the
were discussed, ltd me to suppose -she'toiik
no interest hi. It was &pleasure to - explain
anything; to her; . she seemed to liken , with
such inteliifent interest, to comprehend , so
readily. ut once, When I had - heen-illus,A•
ting, at some length, an illu i 7m. which Priz:
zled her, she sae* into aye brown. odi.
-, `Susie.'—and I sat down 'bftiide he - 'the
room is changed with your I clianie iiiCe e ;
1 1 .....
even the firelight 'seems a 1 very - ditterent
thing; what can make you Sil serionv,love 'l'.
tt
'She laid her head omy sheulder, , and
fairly burst into_ tears.
' I am thinking you will,
ce so
my ignorance; :I I cannot undo
be a companion for you, es 11
then—though I know you , m
love;me; dear, faithful Jeune,l
you can help wishing , you '.
other Woman.
- . 'There is not another woir.:in in
_ilie wide
'world wiser than my darling -wife;
.. in_ that
which iricist concerns our' bappineis" and
that wisdom .I can never cease to love, .to
reverenee,while I yet live; 'yet,if you imoula 4
like to study—l believe yiiu would ' like--"-.
'why cannot you go to !alum t Miss rteri
yeti's first term his riot: bein i eimititericed .a
-
week yet,' and you Mid - irici yesterday that,
your house-work was solittlei, lyou'wriled - I
would find you - something
~ to Ido ;AA. ter - slice
you have finished all the sewing, I ;111 Want
none for a long tune ; there iiin't seem to be
any tt 'Met elsoly. .at my indu rious little wife
atiout. e 'Cot".let me wipe a ay those tears ; •
and tell me what-you think f a it--wouldn't tworildn't
You like to giirs,
'Oh, no, I cannot think o i'jt; tot whit
.51
would you dii - for Ainner, hen 4 1- Wiii. at
school ? 'lf yOu 'will - Showre ' about it,
_I
should like to Study at hiriric.
'You would' find that very dill, ' the
order and-vmulatiiiii of school, makes the l& ,
her of acquirement much - loss,. I - Will, look
over the lessons with-you in the evening. "I .
want to refresh my knowle4/03, of those half
forgotten studies ; and we tan recite to each
other, till you outdo all the Young lailieii tn.
school. As for dinner, We esti eat bread .
milk; and someof that exeellint fruit, which
grows in the garden. I should like that bet.
ter than to have you weltering over estotii,
to get so many hot meals , every day. - It
would be healthier for us too ; - yoir don't
know how I . have' longed, for such simple
food, at greasy boarding hriuseic where a
profusion of unwholeiome dainties took the ,
place of fresh fruit and good read.' - - -
Susie finally consented to' ty the school
for a week, though she Sill seimned afraid
that I should suffer in - some way ; but the
t on
housekeeping wen is 'l:nu:Kiddyaz maid.
. .... - .
She kneW so thoroughly well
rything in 'the quirked and 1)4
it "seemed to take very :little -
We had iinrm Suppers,
and the'washing was done on
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