Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1869-09-09
BERTIE'S PENITEN c ]


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heLd up nv nnger, warnihsss e''h 'e
be silent, Tor MINNIE had pass very
'leepless night, and there was p 'eVer.sl
sio" ou ner litsie dlmPiea 'ac7, nuice l
dla ho' Iihel'o see. cue nao @neu ii.'o
rot wi,h her. to he disturbed.
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But you promised, mamma, the t-'z1
: fine day, to start very early IN the morn NOR
ing and be all day on the oeach. "Ah-
not you wake n-hhIe cue wants 10 70
as much as do.
Il have tod YOU, BERTHE, [ would cot
have her disturbed Go into the parlor
and wait for Us there"
He slowly obeyed me mutterIng as he
went that the children next door had been
/ out this half hour.
: We had been on a visit to nv mother.
who kent larce farm in Kent Nv
t YOUNGEST sister who was not much older
/ than Berthe had lust returned from the
seaside, where she had been tayipg with
some friends and brought su ch gb wing
accounts of the delights of pla ying Oh the
: beach, that my children tea seu' me into a
: promise we would call at Yarmouth
as we went home, and spent a few days
| there.
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at Yarmouth We had already been there
: two davs. and the weather h ad been most
Iunfavorable. Incessant rain ha d preven-
4 ted us from going outside the door
a The only time we had ventured out, a
heavyshower overlook us bef ore We reach
ed the beach, and We had to hurry back
5 to our lodgings, wet through
NJ wonder tbon that moor BERTHE hail
o. the third morninr whict, WIS warm
5 and bricht with Measure The beach,
: that dejirhtcd reoion where bis little aun.
l tie had nicked up beautiful shells and
: nebbIos seemed to his voun9, mind a sort
: If f,irv land which he now had the on
portunity of entering.
A soon az was ready to 90 in TO
: breakfast 7 leaned over nv little Minnie
"a Gsto,.d - bor on;ck ir,ar.ular breath
inr An EXPRESSION ofsafan contracted
he7 forehead as T watcheaner. and be-
gan to feel uneasy about her. Just then
: her hluc ewes opcned and she started up
: IN bed. took her IN my arms and ks
sed her' teIIihs hcr now me 'he morning
was, ana now ANXIOUS Derac was 30 90 10
n the bcacA.
She had been as eager as her brother
r about it before but now my poor little
girl showed no interest IN what | told her.
/ ShG leaned her hot fae' against NINE and
: sa''' NY 'a'o"' N"''S i'e'
y bertle had heard MS SISTER moving
n and came running ~ i9er9 was some me
' tainG contagious IN MS deN5ht at the l'ne
n morning. MINNIE raised her ar?oplhS
y head, and let me dress her, and trlcd to
o enter INTO her hrothers plans for oul!u-
y ing sand houses and keeping shop win
e shells and PEBBLES. Neither OF the chii-
d dren ate much breakfast; Berthe was too
/ much e1clted-Nlnnle was too ILL.,
| saw the difficulty with which, she
swallowed some tea, and | did not feel at
all sure that it would be prudent to take
: her out SO | said to Berthe, Your sis
:. ter is very poorly, my dear boy. You