The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1856-11-20

owy ones of the invalid. '-Ai
Il have been asleep, Margaret says
the latter, 'and now feel better than l
have done for days. Only think, dear,
l have been dreaming Of that Ann who
once lived with US. etr .u.r
What, that girl that robbed US of all
our ready money, and so many other
things, when we first came here p
'Yes. l dreamed she was kneeling
here before US, and asking to be for
given.' o. rs ;...g.vI. .t.. 4,of
Well, Nelly, that she has been, long
ago. You and I, l think, have not
proved that we nurse up the memory of
wrongs. But come, dear, the clock has,
gone nine, and you must have your sup
per- p t.t.. .4..s..,,.., ....r.
Stay, you haven't heard all. After
we had forgiven her, I dreamed that
she sent us five pounds of the stolen
money in letter. . .'. r.7y sa. a...
= 1 wish she would adds Margaret,
with a sigh 1t would be most accept
able this Christmas time. But come, a
dream must not lead me to forget you
Thus saying, she takes the candle goes
forth into a very large ADJACENT kitchen,
in which the fire for thrift, has long died
out, sets neatly on tray the materials
Of very frugal supper-some bread
and glass of milk for herself; some beef
tea, which has been stewing in jar in
the oven, for the invalid This last she
warns as she now comes back into the
parlor, and gives it to Eleanor with the
sippets of toasted bread. Supper thus
over, and the invalid still more revived,
she clears away, and comes back to her
post beside the spider-legged sofa.
Dear Nelly, you are stronger to-
night, I have something to tell you. I
do this most reluctantly, as it will give
you pain. Indeed would conceal it
longer, but that need your concur
renee in a step I fear 1 must take. =
Dear Nelly, the last penny went to-
day
Il half suspected it, Margaret weeps
the invalid, though for my sake you
have been hiding all with cheerful
couutenance. But what can be done :
Cannot we manage till the quarters in
come be due, or get paid for the last
needle work we sent awayi' a...
'Recollect dear, that the first is but
seven pounds ten, and is in part fore
stalled, on account of our difficulty about
Roses music-master the other we may
have to wait for, as we had the last No
dear, I have thought of everything, till
my brain foels sore, and my heart is
broken. No, it has come to this at last.
Our fathers beautiful copy of Sophicles's
plays must CO. -.-.
What, to the Canon, at the miser-
able price he offered when you mention
edit to him three yerrs ago' This, when
it is worth four times the sum-for the
edition is Of extraordinary rarity-and
more than all to us, that papa's dear
head lay on it when they found him
dead
Il know it, know it, and the aged
sisters wept iu each others arms.
Bat in a little while Margaret grows
calm again, reasons with her feeSler sis
ter, lays all before her, points out to her
their stern necessity /; that, though not
in debt, save in reference to the above
mentioned little matter of the music
master, the house is utterly destitute Of
every available means of light, warmth
and food that more than all, the NOR
row is Christmas eve, and that perhaps
with it may come their only earthly
friend-their darling neice, their pretty
Rose. She is the only child of o dead
brother, years younger than themselves /;
and, having brought her up and educat-
ed her, she is as dear to them as though
she was their own daughter. SO the
invalid giving at length her tardy con-
sent, it is arranged that Margaret shall
set forth TO the distant cathedral town
early in the morning, provided that no
fresh snow fell in the night, and thus
render the roads worse than they are.
But you will ride, won't you, Mar
paret p asks Eleanor. We can owe
Broom, the carrier, till We get the mon