Ashtabula weekly telegraph. [volume] (Ashtabula, Ohio) 1853-1873, 1859-01-15
WHOLE NUMBER 47S.

end of it, Precisely because / wish my
| girls to have some time something to man
| age, and live upon, and not be dependent
on others when they get old, precisely for
this reason must | manage aud save for
them. Aud SO / shall continne to do even
il they are ungratefu know, however,
that one day they win be thankful to me-
Yes, bat Director, / still think that
Mams,l II Alma and MamselI Hertha are old
enough and sensible enough to be able to
manage for themselves
'You don't understand it. / know bet
ter Alma is good girl, but too weak to.
be able to takeEeare of herself And Her
tha is headstrong, selfwilied girl, who
hneeds to remain under guardianship all her
days.
Nay, look now, say that the Director
does her great injusticel' exclaimed An
ma, with the boldness of faithful old SER
want; and her deceased ladyship Hard did
not understand her any better But this /
say, that though she has arhead and will
of her own, that she is really an uncommon
clever young lady, and does not deserve in1
Justice, and could manage both town and.
u nation, if it came to that. She has not
been at all like anybody else ever since she
was child, and may be little peculiar.
and proud, but SO goodshearted and SO noL
ble-hearted, so reasonable
1T was you aud her mother who spelled
her with talking in that way interrupted
the Director She is stubborn and self
willed, ] say, and needs, discipline. 1t does
not do for girls to have their. own will or
to be their own advisers And it is now,
as it has been, my will that my daughters
shall direct themselves according to my will
and not say or do anything which is con-
trary to it. / am master of my own house,
hope, aud they are my children, 4 that's
posiiiyeI If my daughters are wise they
will find it best to obey their fatherr
But if they should die?
| What do you mean?-What are you
talking aboutp said the Director violently,
why should they dieF 4, 4
'Ay, believe, that-MamselI Alma will
not be very long in this. world. believe
that sorrow has taken very deep hold upon
her'
1t is yoar foolish fancy and superstition
said the Director as before. what is
amiss with her? Is she not in every day to
dinner, the one day like another? see no
change in her.
But she does not come up ia the evenings
j any longer, and she looks so deathy of late
Aud l know she hasgot no sleep the great
er part of the night, ever since
Stupid stuff stupid fancesp again In
terrupted the Director angrily. She has
been somewhat complaining for some time.
| But the doctor sees her twice in the week,
and she will soon be better But if any
of the girls complain yeu think directly
that they are in the agonies of death. It
is nothing but stupid superstition! Now
then help me into bed, and give me over
that little chest
Old Anna was aGronted by tie often re-
peated accusation Of stupidity and said
not another word, doing only, as machine
that which her master desired her, He
now therefore dismissed her, saying coldly:
Good night see that tbs FIRE is carefully
taken down in the kitchen, and dont't leave
till it is all black on the hearth. Do you
hear?'
When the director was left alone, he op-
ened, half sitting up in bed, the little chest
or cash-box, and his wrinkIed angry copn4.
tenance grew brighter, as he opened, exam
ined with the candle, aud again folded to-
gether various small strips of paper. AZ,
ter that he smiled with satisfaction, L said
half aloud to himself:
Not so bad! not so bad! Old Falk is o
wcll-to-do man; well-todo mana substaH-
tial fellow, rich man. Ay ay nobody
shall look down upon himl People shall
take their hats of to him--a rich mani
And so saying he laid the chest under
the pillow, extinguished the lamp, = turn
ed himself to sleep, whilst bis thoughts re-
peatod to him, like a lullaby. "A rich mani
A rich mani l
And no warning voice whispered in his
ear, Thou fool! this night shall thy soul be
required 70 freei
THE SISTERS.
When IIertha left her fathers chamber,
she found Rudolph in the dining-room, who
stood as il waiting there, with the now
nearly burnt down candle in his hand He
advanced toward her, Aourishing the candle
as he said;-
Hertha will you-will you 7 Say only
word; win do whatever you wishl
What do you meant asked Hertha as
tonshed
1t is so cold here Don't you think
that it is very cold nowl-coldi Tsaw yOu
shiyer Do you know, ] believe. that is
TuSNSI Will Stb oliJ bObbSi s-suii'
Go to bed, Rudolph, you'll be warm
: there. Go TO bed, poor Rudolph, \ sleep,
aud dresn and forget. Good night, dear
Rudolph!'
t will light you down, Hertha,'
Not this evefdSg, Rudolph. ! win light
t myself Give me yehr candle for tonight
and let the moon be your lanthOrn into your
garret, thus you can Obfige me, RudOlph.'
Pll go with you for all that said Rn-
dolph, because something might happen to
you on the stairsP And he attempted to
put his arm round her waist.
Hertha pushed him gently away, 4 said
in determined manner will go alone,
I Rudolph / can light and help myself
? Good night, Rudolph
) She went, locking the door behind her.
4 Rudolph stood moment silcns moody,
! muttering to himself
I We'll, well, she'll haYe to ny to me for
! help some time-befors she thinksp and
+ passed through another door fsm the dln-
! klng-rOom. which led by q windiR0 staircase