Wilmington daily gazette. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1872-1874, 1872-06-21
What Kate Found to Do.

avail now. Kate" said Aunt Mary, ait is
t;rhL,y' isn'tit? Should've have thought
Wv ~, # / hadn't heard Jane just now Wishing
o'", happy new year. Eighteen isn't :"
"N,. I'm nineteen to-day.
char me. how fast YOU are growing up.
va. 40 get me my work basket Aud that
W.. ,he sum Of Hates conversation with Aunt |
Va. rssnectng her nineteenth birthday. !
There are not many girls whoaie very settled
Il CORY happy at nineteen. Tney laugh and
' an -, N mrties read some books, make cais,
u ,", their dresses aud do thousand auc! |
.noy. that are necessary; but by this time they
n,rs done them all good while. And the
,houoht will not be crushed, SIS this the whole
n,,e~ Now such question ~ this was the
sct,a knot in all the tangled mass of thoughts
,h.t had filled Rates mind through the duh
o5,b dsy of December birthday. In other
,,v.-only few short years ago--a wreath oi
III herries around Il little cake. and special
t;ss ali around, had quite satisfied her; but evea
81 nineteen there are fewer lips 10 give the
hr,hd,y. Besides, life had actually come now.
Th,, wonderful future she used 10 dream about
vas right here. She was already in it, aud the
,houvh, indeed the question would come up,
"Whs, am doing? don't see but am busy
Ill The lime When get through shall have
no,b;no to show. There's Annie Wilson. She
o,n draw and paint, and understands music
ace how she can fill her life up, we'll enough
And there's Carrie French, who il going next
month to teach school; bnt as for nc. ! can't
see my way out.
Pour Kate! Something definite was what
che wanted. Of vague energy and eacerness
.he had enough. She didn't need SO mnch to
he taught Whatsoever thy had hndeth to do.
doit with thy might" az bow TO find something
10 do. 1t is true of half the young Christian
girls who want to serve and live ~ real pur-
nose, but don't know where 10 begin. When
thew come down from abstract thinking TO the
regular, hopeless Monday, and Tuesday and
Wednesday, it is as If they had come in contact
with blank stone wall
Hates home was pleasant one. Her father
was a stirring man of business-here and there
and everywhere. The only brother who was
left was in a store in the yilIage-a kind, good
natured sort Of man, who moved on in Ger
tam even way, loved Kate, and told her :,
scmetimes but knew az much OF her inner Iii.
as the Queen of England. At home every da,
re her mother, this unmarried aunt, and on.
servant Her mother was thoroughly practica
woman, busy with her dairy and her garden
and more industrious than her sister, who bus
tied about all day long in sort of dsconnecte,
WHY Between Hates secret thoughts and thi
home circle, there was most impossible guilt
They could help her less than she could herself
only this mig the burden seemed too heay,
away 10 cry over ii. She had tried that before
She was in no mood for reading, so she tool
her unfinished dress,put the shade Oh the LAM
and sat down to sew the braid.
"Tinkle tinkle," went the door bell "Dea
me-" she said to herself 81 cannot talk tc
night" bui she went TO the door.
20, Mrs. Jackson, good evening" And thi
good lady had hearty kiss and welcome.
Something i'll her quiet eyes met Hates moo,
She unl,ed the strings Of her friends viii,
hond, and sat down close by her with a yer
wl-tiul look Now they were alone, if Mr.
Jackson would only talk to her a little How
ever, it was only by intuition one could ha,
told her thought She never knew how to spea
FIRST
I'D, you know, Kate" said Mrs. jackson
when they had talked a little about commo
place things, 81 often wonder if you are quit
contented?'
Kate Looked up quickly, and read somethil
In the th"nghtful face that opened her heart.
She hadn't much to say for her trouble W
rather Intangible blank, a sense Of life sli
ping away with no real thing done.
II sew" said she, "for John, and dust Il
rooms every morning, but most of the thin
mother would rather do herself; then Aunt
takes good deal Of care, no | don't seem to
very necessary. The weeks 60 ON, and dor
See what it all amounts to-"
l0u finished school last summer, didn't v,
Kate9'
YES. father thought had been long enough
besides. my head troubled much when l "
studying. It WAS of no for inc to try to 90 o
oh dear Sometimes l wish l were so poo,
should have to support myself believe shou
b happier"
Mrs Jackson was silent a minute, ponderi,
while she drew Kate to her with n carrssing n
uon. Il understand" said she Ave liv
nrouph it all l think the great thing for v
Eow Is, to know just what you ought to do. Y
want To lind the right path between yielding II
'ssy way to circumstances, and trying to fol
your dreams against Providence Suppose
eink things over and see little"
swell" said Kate, :" have wanted to 90 W
eAsrle Preach, to teach school. believe KIN
Enough Tor that But, you see. can't STIR a ST
IN the only daughter, and they think I'm
etronR 30 l never could persuade fs her u
mother that 1t Is any thing but nonsense. Their
w use thinking amy more of that II lived
sAfee town theru'd be plenty to do tor poor ~
pc out you know how 1t Is here There it Is
SEEM TO be 80 shut up" Aud her lips auivere,
ntue as she went round the old hopeless cir
again.
but Kate, dear. God means to have YOU
SnIething that calls out all your powers Ii
'aes you up here In this village, the work is he
Know what you want to say. You have Ii,
mere 90 long with everything going on in re.
al way you can't break through You do
Hh ow now to get anything to begin with 1t
o putting out you hand to take an apple IL
Tam-lnst as you put it out you wake up
nate looked up with q smile, and eyes brimm
'set This was Just the trouble
@, mn. jackson was silent another minute or I,
Sns Knew Kate didn't need to be directed into 3
sa nodne dutss better just now, She was alreu
nnh kAN