The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1857-04-29
for father, and couldn't think of such

as you think, and shall be better in a E,.
tie while. | cough more than usual this
morning, from having walked 50 fast
Miss Durand returned to the store
more thoughtful than when she entered
It. She did not get near the five hundred
dollar !urs, but took out set at one fifth
OF that price, and departed-leaying her
friend and the clerks astonished at her
sud- change of taste.
Great was the Indignation of her fash
ionable mother, when she learned the
result Of her daughters shopping.
'Nhy, that is not the set chose said
she, when the boxes were opened.
i know 1t mother, out | preferred
these
You have strange taste, must con
tcSs. Anybody can ;et stone marten.'
Then | shall be a Ia n,ode,' replied her
daughter, with smile.
Yes with the vuIg&r herd said the
lady. scornfuly.
These are pretty, equally comfortable,
and did not cost near 50 much as the sa.
bic, answered Alice, in "xlcnuation. But
her mother WAS not to be molilied
what bad you to do with the cost I
Did not your father give You enough to
pay tor the Others
Yes maam nud more too
/ 'llow Clara Morgan will laugh when
shr sees those ol! fashioned things. And
well she may
4 care not for that, and shall enjoy
mine none the less Tor seeiug her With
more costly ones.
10 AVOID further rcmon>trancos Alice
! retired to the library, aud addressed a
note to Dc. Weston, he family physician.
! She begged him 10 cali that evening AT
No. Ii Ann street, aud prescribe for the
two mvaIl!s there. Enclosed MAS one
hundred dollar bill, from which she wish.
ed him to deduct his fee, aud appropria' {
7 the remainder to the necessities of the
family. There was also a request for him
To keep the matter secret. lie understood
and appreciated tins, for more than once
! l.e had bccH the almoncr of Miss DuranIS
county and lie would not abuse her con
Glvnce.
a few d ,ys afterwarl the dress came
hcmc. 1t Was neatly made and beauti
! fully embroidered. As Alice examined
The graceful design and elaborate needle
work, she thought of tie trembling fin
gers that wrought it.
Yielding to the impulse OF her heart
she set out for the residence of Mr.. Les
ter Something told her that she would
/ find Jane at home and sure enough.
she had become so much worse, that il
was impossible for her to leave the house,
/ yet she was trying to sew, that the family
! might not star,e. The doctor had found
Jane and her father exceedingly i'll but
as they We're in comfortable house, bare.
y furnished with necessar,es, it is true,
for not superiluous article was there, he
feared TO wound their pride by Offering
more than his professional services. 1t is
needless TO say she returned the money
sent by Alice, on the first opportunity
Alice To whom the contrast between her
own luxurious home and the checrless
one she MAS in, suggested real poverty,
which, the feeble efforts Of Jane to continue
at work confirmed, felt that something
mOre WAS needed.
This surely, is disobedcn"c to the doc
tors orders she said, gently taking the
work from the invalid.
Now you must not plead necessity
he continued, for here is a reply in AL.
vance TO that argument and she slipped
her purse into James trembling hand.
No word of thanks fell from the poor
gIrIS qulvering lips, for the generous aid
50 derlcateIy given /; but her gIistening
eyes aud silent pressure of the hand that
bestowed it, told her gratitude.
Many visits after this did the child of
luxury and wealth make TO the dwelling
Of the sick girl, whom neither her loving
care nor physicians skill could save
Gradually she paled away very gradually
her strength failed, but her heart grew
stronger all the while--slrohg to endure
the sundeIing OF sweet ties that bound
her TO the earth strong to meet the ter
rors OF death, SO near. Her father was
recovered, so tho meek daughter WAS fe.
signed since the little ones would have
him to provide for them.
Alice was returning home from visiting
the Lester family one day, and had Just
emerged from the cross street into Broad
way when gayy decorated sleigh pass
ed, filed with ladies and gentlemen OF
her acquaintance. She did not observe
them, but Clara Morgan caught sight Of
her, and said to young man by her
! side
We'll, if there isn't Alice Durand com
| ing out Of Ann street and on foot too l.
What in the world can she be doing
! there
Not visiting any Of her friends, i'm.
agine,' said Mr.. Benton.
There is no knowing, she takes very
curious freaks sometimes. Only think Of
her purchasing a set of cheap furs, when,
tony certain knowledge, her mother wan.
| ted her TO have some like mine
She certainly could afford the most
fashionable and expensive
OF course and that's what makes il
appear so strange
II seemed somewhat strange to George
Il