The Cadiz sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1864-1911, 1867-01-23
LITTLE MAUD'S SUPPER.
BY MARY KYLE DALLAS.

A bran new house 1ull OF bran new 1Ur
nture, bran new rich man. who knew,
perhaps how to write his name and spell
it over when he had written it, but very
little more. Wife aud daughters in bran
new clothes; coach and horses as new to
the establishment as the rest Of its belong
| ingsA-this was what the sun shown on every
morning when he rose, and every evening
wien he set and the name on the bsass
ate wa NJ. Simon Shoddy. Time was
when the man hal been hard working
journeyman tailor, and probably he had
borne the trials OF poor man as well a 5
others. But out Of them he bad brought
no mercy for the rest Of the worlds poor,
and as he, by degrees, struggled up the
money ladder, bis only thought was to grind
these below him with bis ascending heel -
So women had worked and starved for him.
and men had grown desperate over day $
work that would not buy bread for the day
And when the war beneath North and South
broke out the grand chance came, and n
contract built tie house, and stored it full
of vulgar-ine furniture and vulgar. fine
people. ....J..
What did Mr.. Shody care if blue jackets
dropped to rags-and added to all other
soldiers priyations came that Of half clad
bodies. What did he care for the scorn of
good men and the by-word they had made
already of his name? Nothing, 50 lorg as
his wealth increased, and his importance
among money worshippers grew greater
They were soldiers wives who looked at
him as he passed them in the street, with
looks no good man would have ever seen,
and mained soldiers who could point him
out as one who had coined gold from their
privations But then there we're others,
who used to pass him by, who took off their
hats now to Mr. Shoddy, whose big
house arose above its neighbors, and whose
wife traiIed the costliest silks imported thro'
the mud of Broadway; for it is wonderful
how golden gloss will hide the blackest
soul from some s6rdid eyes.
Mr. Shoddy had not retired from bust
ness yet, for there was more money to be
made, one way or another. He Kept FAC
tory going, and had in his employ host
of half starved women, who stitched from
dawn till midnight to keep roof over them
and a loaf in the colset-b Apply if they
could do that
One of these was named Rose Edwards,
and was rose herself for beauty.
But she lived in an attic, up some broken
fights of stairs, was often doubtful about
supper, and still more doubtful about break
fast, and though but Just eighteen, had no
earthly friend to look to. Nay, more; she
l. four years old-put into her arms by her
dy ng mother who had said with her las.
breath, and her last memory of the sweet
old lines:
Child, be mother to this child
ID l. I 1 I
ry Acton stood beside her, her betrothed
husband, and she had looked forward to
being his wife so soOn-even after being
drafted, and marched away, leaving his
heart behind him; inr loving letters came
very often, and she believed God would
hear her prayers for his safety. ,n m
But the Omnipotent works in a myster-
ious way, past mortal understanding, and
the time came when poor Rose waited vain
ly for any tidings of her lover; no letter
came, no message, no news. III name was
not in the list Of killed and wounded She
was not sure that he was dead, but could
she hope that he was living while weeks
and months brought no word from him?
At last Rose left off watching for letters
folded those she had received away with few
relics o. her d ad pa ents, and know that
her hope of being Harry Acton's wife in
this world was peris| ed dream.
The little sum her mother had left was
in the bitter winter weather, drawn from
the bank. Little by little the comforts de-
creased, and at last it come to an attic home
and working for Mr. Shoddy Rose was
always neat and respectable in her dress,
but she paid for that by doing without many
0 meal Maud was too young to know that,
while she eat her humble supper, her sister
was content with stale crust.
One day Rose carried home her weeks
work. and found young Jeff. Shoddy, the
.on and heir of Shoddy senior, presiding
over the h,ystenes Of pay day, as he often
did. She was late that day. and when her
rn come no other employee was in the
shop 1t was a good sight for JEFF, and
when he handed her the little pittance she
had earned, he caugl her about the waist
and kissed her rud ly .....,
sIts what I've wanted to do quite
SPELL" said jeff "Lor, new, it tastes
good. :" #sts.
Rose was young and modest; she felt the
insult keenly and burst into tears as she
hurried toward the door. jeff. was alter
her. his great boys paw on her shoulder.
''Now, [ say what great goose you are;
nobody seen me. Airs and aces amt no
use.e Gals like'to be kissed by good lookin
Young felers, / know. Stopl will YOU! If
YOU don't make me mad, it will b. good for
you. ! often pay, you know, and the old