The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1868-05-15

Il NIL CsSt oAASS AnCW mn, ouu otu
to night as far from the result aa
when I first begun, said Rebecea
Dean, bitterly.
You always seem to be having q
genteel QUARREL said the other wo-
man; and If anybody could make
you hard and wicked, dear, T think
this Mr.. Mack could. Ialways knew
you didn't like him,
Rebecca Dean turned her eyes to.
ward the light, and in them was a
doubt self-put, and on her lips a
smile so bitter, it was well-nigh a
sneer. - sEzslj2 T-5.iF
'Comep, she said, suddenly starting
up, siet us 60 into the house.
Minnie Dean, she said, abruptly,
lpausing in the lighted hall and IA
icing the slight, delicate woman who
falowed her quick, impatient tread,
i envy you from the bottom of my
hearth -
A trifie taller than the woman ad-
dressed "a Minnie-Dean was she who
had turned and laid her hand on
Minnaes Deans head, looking down
into her quiet blue eyes with gage
that was fill Of regret and disoon-
tent. Looking at her, as she stroked
the igkt,hair that grew only a little
above the mild blue eyes, you would
have said she gas mNch taller than
the other woman, for the attitude
was suggestive Of STOPPING and con-
descension; and, looking at the dis
content in the brown eyes and the
wrinkles that reached up to the edge
OF the raven hair, YOU would have
said she was much older. Truth to
tell, there was q mark on door
post where the women's heads had
rested, and the fair-haired woman
had stood only an inch below the
other. There was q bible In the
house, too, where Rehecca Deans
birth was recorded twenty-six years
ago, and another Bible was withess
that Minnie Frazier. now wife Of John
Dean, was born a year previous.
Women like John Deans wife are
mute before the grief of those other
gomep Of whom Eebecca was type
y don't understand Johns sister,
she had said, when she first knew
her. ] admire her. What is more,
/ love her,; but she astonishes and
confounde me-. Sometimes think 1
know her, but then she cones to me-
il new phase ofcharaeter, and ! am
bafAed. r think / shall never take
her all in.'E4Afterward the same
woman wrote from Niagara, ! am
delighted, but shall 60 home dissat-
isfed.. ImmensitY confounds me. i
might stay here forever and still feel
that my mind could not take in the
greatness of these waters. The Falls
affect me as some people, among them
Johns sister Rebecca In her heights
and depths OF emotien.'
That night when Rebecca Dean's
discontent burst into envy, Minnie
Dean stood quite helpless, kn6wing
the woman spoke the bitter truth from
q grieved soul spoke with q bitter
ness, too, she had never felt, from a
depth Of grief she could never pene-
trate. She knew, too that this very
was the thing Rebecca Dean
most enyied her. Powerless to BRING
mental force to her rescue with suit
ing speech, her heart dictated wo-
manly deeds, and the pale delicate
hands drew down the dark, regretful
face and kissed it tenderly.
Res5seecca Dean understood and
smiled her thanks as she put away
her mood With an effort Of her strong
viii srse-s.-- -c1i1
.Rebecca Deans claims for admi-
ration were based on different
grounds from those belonging toI
most women. She was not handsome
or wealty. Nor she had not even
youth to make her pleasing In eyes
that always find beauty in freshness.
And yet she was called very charm
ing. think the secret lay, as it lies
in few. rare people you and / meet,
in her intense sympathy and self-for-
getfulness. Not only men liked hen
az she met them on their own ground
and comprehended what was best and
holiest in their natures, but woman
felt the quick sympathy that inolud.
ed their little loves In q larger, and
were proud to cau her friend.
Minnie Dean felt the sympathy
in the thankful smile. and moment
latter John Dean felt the selfforget-
fulness. s.-51
sJohnr exclaimed the two wo-
men, as they entered the little library
where . weary man bent his brow in
close calculations over long columns
Of figures.
These bank accounts needed in
vestigation,' answered the man,
scarcely hitting, his head. DO not
wait for me. Minnie. Goodnight
Rebecca, and be thankful you are not
q man, 81
zRebecca colored. Being such q
woman, she had sometimes wished
she was something different; either
q woman like Minnie or man like
John /; either something less or great
eerxthsn she was. 1t was~snot often
her rich life brought her discomfort
as on-this night.
Tell me what you are doing, she
said to her brother.
60 to bed was his irrevelent an.
Not till have helped you fathom
that sea OF figures, was the determ-
iped answer
John Dean knew his sister and her
moods. He kneV, too. she could rem
der efficient aid. A few words OF ex-
planatlon, and the woman's head was
bending over the papers, and the
womans fingers deity working with
tie figures in q way that indicated
comprehension and ease Of execu-
1t was q late hour when Jehn Dean
closed his books and dressed over to
the sofa where Minnie slept. He
smiled to see the book she had been
reading then turning to Rebeccs
with q grave rebuke.
-rNever envy apoorer nature than
your own, Rebecca. The sun should
glory in shining for all the world
and mot envy the lesser work of tht
stars"
Rebecca went away smiling through
Iher tears. She had received hel