The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-11-03

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OUT I'm THE RA4N.o.,
sgriaklei rainl ehoWegl hight down
Lille li Warmers :, tasteful ,littits hat and
faesfnl qhonl dersI mp ataoted save by
thin ahavl, notwithstanding the be-
yes thata oyer lod dRsa mp tfo cloud in
Whom dMillie Noame, to O large white
rMshyuees she very gladly, and rather
hsSiillj 1{Sef inAt5i then tIiere was q heavy
esl ., thInd -oppened the. gate and
lent mp the AoWer- r-hordsred path to the
,ouee etaud Knocked for admittance.' No
0dy answered, and as another peal of
h1Rdefs was; heard,; accompanied by
ivid flash soS ightning, Mile entered
lit,z6ut ceremony. She took in at
aISs tho epnt tshts' OF the room she came
b-TTS large Tsquare room, plainly but
e.ently fuIpi6he edrrthe cape-seated chairs,
heIpFett3 ichintz-oOvered lounge, book
hse filed with books and sheet music;
PEI violin in the caae' in the corner,
:. ha vase ef faded flowers, and the orna-
henta On the mantel. There was no one
hefe, dbutlshe heard D childish voice in
he optG,uaep4 AgHin knocked. A dark
HedGir1 OF htePb or eleven years opened
he room. yaE -43riE !t .i.rl,.It-A
Milde g8klaiped t'Wby she was there.
Fith the, ,sasS and g66d ,mArners bf one
hunh older. $he child bade her welcome,
laoed o. chair near tho stove, and took
aillie'e e'dFipping' hat and shawl. t.
@" Was Just beginning to get dinner,
hat was the reason 7, didn't hear you
nook e win be, o longtime before the
hover De ofers and you tnust stay with
p 70 dinner. tS5YiiL hS ready by the
fme Ben. comesa lhstawill not be
Or an hour4P i. IIq&YtP - ~
"Rs diunie'll be weddy when Ben.
"a years. Z II. II
4 The older child, whose name was
Gotty, resuiAaa-4 ihsan 'IHasiaf-@ y
2uitaf afSl8 S5ngi.l Isl Bkn % ssys i I'd 40, )
Sioely. he puts 1t on for me and 1 see
p it, but he does not ellow me to lift off
ettles. for fear I will burn or scald myself;
ls sE SaaPgsa ssaay to i5s sS 'sss ss
Then he comes in tired and hungry. 7
au'e>uoake bisaait-tI wish I could, for
Ben. likes them ever 80 much; but Mar
Iha, who comesin tc make bread for us,
lays she will teach me-"
"W8afais ydhk 6ther?" asked Afillie,
Rf the little Eva, when Hetty WAS out of
he room.
"We is got no mudder but Ben.," the
litflAs one iisped. ~. Il
WSeH Hetty came back. MilIie said:
Wow 7 have got nicely warmed, and
by dress will dry as we'll at work as sit
ing still, 80 VIII help you get dinner.
e you like, will make some biscuit, anG
f7e'will have dinner ready in very short
}ime." f.pI.!-sr a ..r.
Hetty .was delighted. Ben. would be
kla3s i8ht she look on and learn hoy?
Alilli young, and frank, end gy,
hnd she and the children soon became
kery we'll acquainted over the biscuit.
Phe said presently. trying potato, with
fork: ~c o.
Ehe water of, 80, then. put them on to
dry. That win nuke them mealy. In o
few minutes we will peel them, and then
dinnef viii be all ready except taking it
The dinner seemed very meagre to
little Hetty, as she ran over the items in
her mind, potatoes, peas, pork, biscuits,
butter, oucumbers, milk, water. She
had wanted to make tea for her visitor,
bat she declined decidedly. The poor
child said, apologetically
"When father and mother WIS alive
We used to have o good many things for
dinner, and Martha, our hired girl, used
TO get them all; bnt when they died, and
Squire Johns said he bought a mortgage
on our farm. aud that we had got to pay
every cent the day it was due or lose
msny things. "a and we g. are re- very ~ Door now, oU1
and Ben. lis afraid we can't have enough
to pay it. and they, all say we may look
for no mercy from Squire Johns, for he
is very hard man to the poors and he
has always wanted our farm, because it
joins some Of his own land where he
wants to build. Iheard all about it when
enc of the nrighbors was talking with
Ben, thoughh he didn't want me to know
about it,"