Mineral Point weekly tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1859-1868, 1865-02-08

crisis, and relic cd me in my difficulty
Bat often altcrwArd during that day
laughed when | thought Of lady Thorn.
tons piece Of information. Teecie Ray
woman Preposterous
One morning, when it twanted but n few
days of the party, n curious event occur
rcd The heads Of the house met in con
sultaticn on the matter, in the library, be
F.. fore breakfast IN extraordinary Thing
] had arrived from London at Rutland Hal
/ The Thing was large wooden ease, di-
rectcl t. Teecie Ray On being eagerly
/ opened, It was found to contain pair ol
crutcheS.
4 And such a pair OF crutchcs Light and
symmetrical, and funciful works OF art in
their way. TCrtoise-shcll stems with 81 :
cr mounting, cf exquisite workmanship.
capped with dainty little cushions OF EN-
hro;derei velvet IhUnders erickea were
the ders Of the house. "Who could have
done this thing2 was on every lip Who.
indeed? Who outside Of Rutland Ha 1
had ever heard Of Yeccie Ray? Those
crutches were costly affairs. | knew the
conclusion they came to, one and all
They pitched on Sir Harry rs the en- prit
j was thorn in their side, and | rubbed
my hands in glee.
Having considered the question in their
dismay, they decided that Veccie should
be kept in ignorance Of her mvstcricus
present II twas not fit for her to usc-it
would fill her mind with absurd ideas =
And So III spite Of the arrival OF her beau
t.tul new crutches, poor Te"cie stj J sat
helpless III the nurSUry, the wooden case
ana its contents were hidden away. and no
word was spoken OF their existence
, i
would rclent, but to no purpose. The lit
tie bird still pincd on its perch no kind
hand seemed likely to open the care door
and let it fly. There sat Teecie, day after
day, in her nursery chair, hommiug an
apron for nurse, or darning the children 5
stockings looking len~!n-ly out Of the
window, ana growing pale Tor want Of the
pure fresh air Sti never rebellln@, new
cr complaining.
Meanwhile the stir Of Christmas prera-
ration was agitating all the househo d. and
the children were lul! Of rapture at the
prospect Of Lady Thorntons Christmas
party. There was great excitement in the
nursery about pretty new dresses, won
der!ul tussing about ribbons. and muslns
and fripperics Teecie alone sat 81 ent in
her shabby lrock Bv-and-by, her hands
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