The democrat. [volume] (Weston, W. Va.) 1868-1874, 1872-04-29

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flush mounted to his forehead, ard | saw
his brows meet darkly.
"lf 0clavia wishes, he said, al can
very easily draw a check upon the bank
for her expenses
Mamma breatlCd quick and short
Jeanue.tO opened wide her honest blue
eyes,
at wonll DO delightful n said Miss
CorHelia Bydegter. to whom one or two
hundred dollars was no more than they
would 10 to the lilies Of the field, which
"tOil not, neither do they spin" And
poor mamma, who knew very well that
the hundred and fifty dollars at the bank
were imperatively needed for the already
over due rent, skillfGlly engineered thr
conversation away from the rocks and
shoals which porlended tho shipwreck Of
our domestic peace.
"Yes, indvet,n said Miss BydeSter, un.
consciously following mamma's lead, and
plunging into tile great service" channel.
"l'ye been very badly treated; but SER
wants are n thankless race. Louise has
left me, the ungrateful tliingl Forty dol.
lars n month was paying her, too
"That Is n great sum to pay" said
mamma and | knew tho pang with
which shs was thinking that that was ex-
aclly the sum in which we were indebted
to DR.. Mortlmore. Not a large amount
In itself, to be sure, but enough to make
US shrink from encOuntering him. Had !
not gone good quarter Of mile out of
my way, only yesterday, to avoid the
necessity Of passing bis door Alas do
the rich ever dream Of tile thousand
barbed arrows of modification which
daily and hourly pierce the souls of the
poori Think not.
SWELL" said Miss Bydezter, playing
with the handle oil her diamond.studded
eyeglasses, "shc wasn't exactly q ser.
want, you know, Mrs. Halleigh more Of
companion. She read to me, and did
my hair sweCtly, and kept all my laces in
such charming order. lshall never, never
be able to replace Louise. ! offered her
fifty dollars to stay on with me, for 1
didn't know how on earth was going to
manage without-iust as / was going to
New York, too. But she had got n pack
Of silly nonsense into her head about
some Young Frencllman or other that she
wanted to marry. Marry, inlerdl Such
people haven't any business to marry,
and AN sure Louise will live to repent
it.m
Thus Miss Cornelia BydeStcr ratified
ou. quite certain that the trivialitieS Of
her daily lie must possess deep interest
for her auditors, for no one had ever von'
turcd to tell the millinnaires daughter
that she was tool. Heard her without
hearing, although | was listening all the
time-the plan which had flashed into
nv head seemed SO ridiculously vi ionary
and vet 50 simple. And when she rose
to take her leave rose too, trembling
slightly and clasping ny hands neFyously
SPapa,n I began, all have been
thinking about it, and II you and mamma
do not object"
"Wrll2" Papa looked little surprised,
perhaps because 1t was so seldom that l
yenlured in bis presence to express an
opinion OF my own. :,
Ill should so much like to goto New
York with Cornela"
"You dear little thingr said Miss By
dexter, smiling, and patting my hand with
her mothcr.of.pCarl handled fan: you
will be exactly like fairy princess"
Where the similarity exists nobody
knew, nor did Miss Bydcxtcr take the
trouble TO explain She was accustomed
to have people take her meaning for
granted. &,
Mamua looked at nc in bewi'derrd
way, n s.ft tcproach' shining out Of her
eyes. could read her face as If 1t were
an orcn cook. Btlorp popa she dared not
say out the Truth: I'VE want money for
our rent! Oh, how can 0ctayia be 50
strangely fOrgetful Of all our household
needs I?
avery well" usscntCd papa, in his grand
Lord Chesterfield style. "Jeaunctte,
bring me my desk. Aud ill that musty
old siundish with fresh ink. Do you hear,
child2n
And while Jeannettc, who knew that
ink in our house was among tue things
that were, tluttered into the corner bakery
to borrow little out Of the stone bottle
that always stood on Mrs. Bailey's cash.
desk, papa went on, talking lofily OF the
probable pleasures that l should enjoy in
the great metropolis Of the Western world.
al am told that the coming season
promises to be particularly brilliant In
New York." said PAPA, graciouslv ''and |
only, wish, ladies"-with stately bow
toward Miss Bydexter, which would have
done no discrcdlt to "Deportment Tutyey'
drop"-"that was young enough to be
YOUR escort. Jeanette you have been a
| long time bringing that ink; but nobody
hulrics themselves 10 perform my betc'ts
nowadNys,p
@Papa, . pleaded poor Jeanette, turning
red and white, 81 went as quick as
could.n
PAPA did not notice her words, but with
shaking hand, and many an unnecessary
flourish, he drew the check for tho last
hundred and tilty dollars we had in tue
world until the next dividend day, siS
months of, should reinforce the fountain
gl Paetolus. And all to deceive Miss BY
dexter who wasn't deceived in tbc least.
"Herc, my daughter be said, folding II
deliberately aud handing 1t 10 me, while
mamma looked on in bieatiles' dismay,
and Jeannette's eyes grew bigger and
buer than ever.
l followed Miss Bydcxter down to the
| donr and fhn tt.haeIs of tho HE chnenlntn.
colUIed Bydexter carriage were thundetine
of over the uneven pavement, when
mamma came down also, looking pale and
perturbed.
"oclavla, my daughter,n she began,
"how could ycu-n
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