The Union and journal., 1861-12-27
.woll you must not feel anxious. Jus.

'Weli you must not feel anxious. just
leave that till tomorrow. Then II you are
not able to go, I will find a place for you.-|
1t cannot be difficult matter to find one as
good us this. At any rate, tomorrow you
shall see me again; and in the meantime the
pay for the work little Jane brought home
will make you comfortable r.
So saying, she put into the girls hand
twice the customary price for the embroidery
she had done. and without waiting for the
thanks which trembled on Anne Hadlys
pale lips, she went out Of the room, down
the stairs, and returned home after her lint
charity visit. ...... ....... ....
On the way she stopped but once, and that
was not to look into any Of the windows gay
with autumn goods, or to exchange her hun.
dred dollar note On the Suffolk Bank for
silks or satins. She only went in for mo-
ment to a neat, respectable looking house on
Myrtle street, and then hurried home.
She met her husband, when he came to
his five o'clock dinner, with beaming smile.
The meal was we'll cooked and neatly served;
the wife opposite him was young and fair |;
and when John Stirling rose from the table
and went with her into their coy evening
room. il is no wonder he said to himself that
this being in ones own house wasn't 30 bad
o thing after oil. r . ..
what is it, NellieT he asked, after o
while, in answer to questioning, hesitating
look in his wifo's eyes. She drew nearer to
him.
'You arc sure, John, you can spare me
that Eve hundred dollars without doing any
injustice to yourself or your business-wth-
out putting aside any rghtiul claims1'
Il hope, Nellie, il had not thought SO, !
should not have given it to you, much us
love to please you.' ...
Then what she spoke hesitatingly, what
i'll wanted very much indeed to use it for
something clser
Il don't understand what you can possibly
mean ...... .....
For answer she detailed to him the events
of the day. When she was through, she
said:
"It seems 80 hard. John, for that poor
girl, minister's daughter too, to be suffer
ing for food and living, or rather dying by
inches, in that miserable, damp, unhealthy
place. can SEQ how, with hundred dol
lars, could make her 80 comfortable. ]
stopped in at Nurse Sme,d's on my way home
to-day, and I found that she had a nice
bright, good.sized room, wherc the sun le'
half the day, which she will let for seventy
dollars year. There Is q stove in II already
and carpet on the floor, and thirty dollars
moro would supply It with everything needed
for comfort. Now if could pay the rent Of
that room year in advance for Anne Hadly,
and fit it up neatly ,whata fine start II would
be for her 1t would give her such rest
such freedom from care \! She would have
time to get well. She is very skillfull with
her needle, and with the work she could
easy do she could live SO nicely, and Jenny
could 90 to school. l have 1t all planned
and there, with your permission, goes the
hundred dollars in my pocket.
John Stirling looked at his wife, and Il
seemed to him, with tho generous, unselfsh
Illuminating it, her face was rs the face OF
an angel. But he did not say 30 then. lie
answered, in the tone Of one raising an objcc-
ton. n
Trust me for that. can wear my wed.
ding dress. It is such q rich, heavy white
silk, aud it is not soiled at all. With q little
different arrangement Of the trimmings it
will be us handsome as anything should get.
But are you quite set upon giving the party,
JohnT
Are not you, dcar1' '
u was
There was pause ofa few moments, in
which Nellie tied and united the tissles OF
her little silk apron several times. Then she
looked up, an eager light shining through
the mist which had somehow gathered bc.
fore her eyes. .a.. ..
u suppose there are many people in the
city, John, just Us worthy as Anne Hadly,
and needing help just rs much" ..,
Without doubt, Nellie; plenty Of worse
cases. especially now that winter is coming
on
Gould you not help me find them?'
q think could. Some cases Of destitu-
ton, which he cannot afford to relieve, makes
a busines mans heart ache almost every
day. 1aa m ,a...-, .,-i.,,
Then four hundred dollars extra, which
you would not have given otherwise will do
a good deal, won't itT ,..g u.r.r -.-
YES great deal. It is q largo sum-
yes, tits a large sum, as you said last night,
John, to be spent on single evenings enter.
tainment for those who do not need II, bu,
not large when we compare It with tho want,
Of those who suffer. John, I have no wish
to give that party. Will yoa take the money
for doing good7' ,.., '., ~. -,
But those who have invited W. Nellie
The Hurlbus. the Graysons-all your many