The Lincoln County herald., 1869-05-13

49, '7Tt Ni Tf'sFi9 fscdi - ~ ~ i@-AStr
relate, she hsd I Nv dissugagsd days.
So seut 1 insAesngsr aSd received word
ID return thatASAe would b with me early
bh Mstdtt aA6sAibg. "''" :, '''"'7
'aWss I. sslitAed stnsnf' Not duIts, 4
ptfangs tuq6st cxm6 SSss pSAau unrest
that increased % thS distance between the
a.i.'Sf I! !tss 4 engagement, aud M'lODday ken.
9fb make ssbis ssdiisk slsAr, Y Iu.s con.
fees that I ip' of . peculiar temperament.
EmployeSs Sf III kinds 6oM 1 mystsriods
power over me. Isshrink from ny
waiter. eifi.. and feel coGdemusd 10 the
presence u iny cook. Sometimes I an
Almost 9bmpteH 70 bsy, "Excuse 'mG Ann
fSfgivs ms Kitty. sitis mot entirely ny
fioit thss ySmS must work while others
piAy, II know you IL iaf''mots clever at
washing windows, ireaibg and cooking
than :kayld b. b. ! t'ysr 10 shs world
6Sif d chsefdily end patiently % You.
In afraid f.wodidnt hsst NE fSvsisSds
TO fiSs o. snowy, wintty nofossgs and
attend carly mass before commencing .
hard days wofk. I am not sure that I
could deny mysslfxs you do, in order to
send hosSy over dt6e water to bring my
cousins scfoss. TusKSft, Ann and Kitty,
II life seems hard ~ you II my kitchen
II dreafy, and ny. visitors too many, for.
give me-bear With DE. You miyht
either Of you, haveb been apoor isd help.
less lady you know" I'' h..''.
The same feeling comes when with
those who, higher i'd the social scale, still
serve me |; fof oil mankind ere, after oil,
servants in some sense, I always submit
my pulse depreciatingly to my physician,
fearful lest my case be too animpovtant
for 90 august . parsonage wonder Whist
I should do # I had to consult . lawyer /;
and 10 church I sometimes feel 90 crest
fallen and ashamed, that II the Sexton
were not 30 very like the Lord Chamber.
lain, IN suppressed greatness and nofselcss
sublimity, I would during the service,
ask him to 20 to the pulpit and tell Dr..
Blast that II my particular case Of sinful.
ness aggravated him I would willingly
get up and 90 home. "'2
Even the shopmcn arc Formidable cres.
tures in my eyes. When At Stevart's I
can never throw "a the Impression that
the clerk who waits upon mo owns the
entire establishment. But all this is
nothing to tho appalling influence Of
fashionable milliners and dress makers.
Only the thought Of tho lilies Of the
6eld can sustain me when 10 .hsir pres.
ence.
What wonder then that dreaded this
particular Mondsyl It came oil the
same, however, aud when, just before
breakfast, the door bell rang, Ann was .
.grander, lig.her.he.rted young woman
than her mistress, who stood in an upper
room bracing herself to meet the coming
presence.
-, In . moment Ann came up, saying,
ny seriously: "She's down stairs, mum,
and she's had her breakfast. Nyi but
she's the quare looking orsyture though -
"Show her ap, Ann" 10
She eptsred-a quiet looking old lady
OF seventy. Y r.r .u,.. .'.,,.
/ had not expected this. Fancy had
oopjured up . dressy, fussy young, pet.
son, With Z manner ,as quick and shipping
as her sc,ssors, aod . ron Of fashion
plates in her hand-somcbody with "a
irou win who knew the sxsrt size lady
waist opght 10 bc-lungs o. no lungs.
But this quaint, sober old body, clad in
dingy black, how could ! ask her to make
= GOOD. mornjppis !, this, Mrs.. Bold 2
| asked, half hoping, thtt il Was not. y
, n believs,i il ." she answered, with .
pleasant smile, taking Of her shawl and
bonnet a. The spoke, ,sad. sdjusting her
spcotaclcs carefully 30 40 not to tear her
simple white cap. -. Shall I sit here,
oh, ye:, :: 'ees,rr.a.inly," and ,.esshev,
before I knew it, the old lady was outing
out . 'iining,' ssd"I wAs up stairs seain,
(after having taken . hssty brsskfsst)
and sssted .1esr ohes suspius, np the
breadths Of . SHIRT, everything just "
easy and natural "a possible,
Yes, she tsv slow but ] think e Has
because she took 80 much iutetsst'iA het
Hsrt, 4 ~ shs ssthse ,Asgsud essr Il.
II was weaderfal totes. how shs wpald
turo . refractory bit Of goods this way
tud that, until st last, Il Wodld' NJ ID ex-
actly thssv it &as sssdsd; wonderful to
go 5hsrS stifahj stitch, in asheh steady
rssolute way, and An the sltissS With, that
ylaeid sxpressioa % hss facs, &sr 'sriptled
latle mqgsh, ,pursgd up, and hsr gray eye
brovs prchipg mildly over her spectsclss.
s Az eleven O'clock in the forenoon,
without looking up from her wort. sAs
sAia :, nHAltsa D., weslA Il b askiug
.tea Nush ifA wanted .Alssp ef,tss atlspsh
time .. s1lt keepa ~ sWsks,for the afses-
nopq, spd ! can do bsttsr justies e. the
'silA.sts y y! for tho 'sfssrnoon' Poor Old
"OsrssinIyt uot At slll'' I sxolaimsd.
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