Litchfield enquirer., 1871-02-23

excellent flowers in wax and in muslin. She had worked for the stores until she fell sick. and Lillian found her in Holly Street, and interested some ladies to give her or ders for her beautiful work, with pay in advance, at better prices than the stores gave. AIhis kindness helped Madeline to get well better than did medicine, for it l relieved pressing needs, and yet she was not allowed to feel that she was receivin 2 charity. As strength slowly returned, she worked for 8 little while each day, and felt that she was little by little discharging the | obligation. Hers was refined, loving na- ! ture. Surroundings were most uncongen- ial, but her brave spirit never complained. Lillian was growing to love her very much. The next day, lizzie Fairchild entered her cousins room.
 ''Ah, hanging your pictures over again, Lily? Why. what have you done with the other landscape?"
 ''It is going to Madeline Jarvis" Lilli. an never prevaricated. even where she knew she would meet with no sympathy. ''Why, Lily, you are certainly dement, l ed! That lovely picture! and it must have been expensive, too! Jeannie!' calling to her sister in the next room, ''come here! Lillian is going to send one of her hand
 
 Imogene looked around the walls and missed the picture before she quite com. prehended what was being said to her. "Better send her bottle of fathers old | port and some of mothers grape jelly | they will do her more good!''
 70. Jeannie," said Lillian sweetly, twill you add those? Do, please; they will do her good, know.''
 "And you will not send the picture?" ''I cannot promise that. Madeline loves beauty. One might know that from hel work, and she has not pleasant thing to look at around her."
 ''Such people do not have time to miss such things, said Jeannie, oracularly. "Il they are fed and sheltered, that is all they aspire to-"
 "And that is all any one need aspire to, dear. But the whole nature wants food mind and heart, as we'll as body. Every faculty and affection need their own prop. CT nourishment, and the eye craves beau. ty," said Lillian. ''There are more stary. ed souls than bodies-a great many more, and especially here in the city. In the country one has Nature. In the city those who toll have little that the eye can rest upon with pleasure"
 "But the everyday needs press, Lii. They can't eat beauty.
 II think they can-feed their souls with 1t, and in so doing many times forget the needs and pains of the body"
 ''Think how out of place that beautiful picture will look in Madeline Jarvis's room. There will be nothing to correspond with 1t" said Jeannic.
 "Madeline's eyes!" smilingly suggested Lillian, ''and ivy will make all the rest right
 Cant you find another picture at LOT raine's?" suggested lizzie; ''something that will answer instead of this?' "I looked, but found nothing I liked so we'll patiently stated Lillian. ingly. "there might be old associations that would make you dislike to part with this." The pain that the wound of the chance shot gave was so keen that Lillian must speak, must say something, or lose self. control. Hence she said involuntarity what she would not have said had she been inwardly as calm as she was outwardly. Perhaps it is better, more strengthen ing to pat away old associations altogeth-
 The slightest shade of despondency or regret, though very seldom observable on Liliian's part, was always, in their crude effort to comfort, construed into a person al affront by her uncles family.
 '.l am sure," began Jeannie upon this chance word she had wrested from her cousin, i've all try to make you happy. Ma and pa treat you with the same consid- eration they do us, and Izzie and I would be glad to please ycu if we could P
 Lillian's heart was sore and aching from this jarring talk. Argument would be of no avail she we'll knew, so as usual the stronger, sweeter nature yielded to the weaker.
 She went to Imogene and kissed her, and said very simply: 'You and lizzie are very dear cousins. indeed" And Imogeno's shallow nature inwardly triumphed, as she thought, Il always make her ashamed o1 her own ungratefulness in the end.''
 Early in the afternoon Lillian went tc Holly Street and glorified Madeline Jarvis's room. It was pleasant work. and, as if in appreciation, the sun, which had not that day shone before, came out when all was finished, and finding his way where vel. come was most eager, gilded everything with beauty, and made the two friends glad.
 CHAPTER IT.
 few days later, in pleasant parlor on Elk Street, little figure sprung suddenly from a corner of the luxurious sofa and ad Hrocsa6 tho ouook. .1ookino 1o1u rvb, eok :,