Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1873-02-21

Smith experienced religion and then run
away With my silver sugar =
"This is Mr.. Ralph's room. is it p fale
Martha, with her hands in her rufaed pock
cts, as she stood regarding the apartment
that had just been opened to be busted and
aired.
Yes, this is my nephew's room" said
the old lady. HE comes out once IN
while. and I always keep it ready for him
I've no family of M own, you see, and
Ralph seems very near to me-"
dear me! = said Martha. "what lot oil
photographs over the mantle !"
Miss Rachel nodded.
"That middle one-it looks little bit
! like you, Martha, declare"
Does it 2" lisped Martha innocently. as
she looked into her own smiling, saucy eyes,
under a fringe of crepe hair"
"I,'s my ncphe~'s sweetheart" went on
the garrulou. old lady-.the gal he loves
the best in all the world"
care they engaged y Martha asked. the
the tell-sae roses dyeing her cheek as she
gently spoke
] swell no.. not exactly | guess she's
rather pretty, but she's got nothing of her
own, you see and there's Almira Playlair
the one on the left-hand edge Of the CHM
uey-"
1.-The one with the twisted nose ? roguish-
y asked Martha.
"Her nose may be little to one side, "
severely demonstrated Miss Rachel; but
handsome is that handsome does. and Almira
has thirty thousand dollars in the tank. )"
"Myr' cried Martha, opening her eyes
wide Thirty thousand dollars, ma am !!
I should think Mr.. Ralph woull marry her
at once"
so be ought" said Miss Rachel, rub
bing her spectacle glasses vehemently
Shed have him in minute-so all he
neighbors say But he's possessed in love
with that little Peronel girl. He'd rather
work for crust day. with her to shars it,
he says, than to marry Elmira Playfair with
all her money"
sThat is noble of him." cried Martha
with sparkling eyes. II respect him for
it Ii mean | should respect him for it
if"
Well, l don't see what it is to you one
way or the other" tartly broke in Miss
Rachel Just give the room good dust
ing that's all ask of you, for as like as
not Ralph will be here to night.
'ro night" cried Martha, agbast.
eyes, tonight. Why shouldn't be ?"
That was just what the little serving
damsel could not answer.
II must 20 away this very evening" she
thought to herself as she polished away at
the claw-footed old mahogany table. "Be
cause if be should come and find me here
Oh good gracious"
She dropped her duser in dismey. for
there stood Ralph Penrhyn before her, with
all his six feet Of altitude, his brown eyes
twinkling mischisveously beneath their long
lashes
Patty" he cried. /, this the story Of
Cinderella and the Little Glass Slipper ?"
"No," she answered, coloring like a
whole garden of roses. "It's the story of a
naughty little girl who could not be satisfied
without finding out whether"
Whether Ralph Penrhyn really loved
her or not be finished thu hesitating sen.
tepce. "Well. what do you think p
The question was what Aunt Rachel
thought some ten minutes later, when she
came in, and found her nephew and Mar
tina the housemad whispering behind tho
muslin curtains I know what should
have thought-thas wedding was very ina
minent.
So 1t was; and Aunt Rachel con,oed her
self that after all, ten thousand dollars was q
very snug little fortune.
A HEART MovINa ScENE.-One of the
grandost spectasles We ever witnessed was
put upon the stage at the Masonic Temple,
Louisville, during the session Of the Grand
Lodge Of Masons. The hour Of adjourn
ment on Tuesday afternoon, arrived, and
Grand Master Jones announced that the
bod! would adjourn without the signs as he
had reason to believe that evesdroppers were
behind the scenes He urged the members
to remain, and all ret ined their seats. The
gavel sounded, the bell tinkled the curtain
uproee. and before the astonished Grand
Lodge, sixty orphans stood. wards of Ma
sonic charity. The very sight sight Of these
fa,herless ones moved strong men to tears,
and many eyes unused to tears rem.
dered tribute to this silent appeal A
welcoming song was sung. the sentiment Of
which touched every heart, and tears fell
down many cheeks like rain. There were
other exercises-speeches, dialogue, songs,
ETC., all Of them adapted TO the occasion. and
in succession iDtensiiying feeling until the
peut. up hearts could contain no longer, and
soos were audible all through the vast hall
When the exercises concluded, there was
spontaneous call long and prolonged. from
six hundred brethren in the auditorium tc
send the girls down for a collection. 1t
taken, and the treasury Of the "Home" wa
handsomely reinforced. All opposition te
this institution was disarmed and every one
turned away away resolved to do something
to build up aud render permanent an insti
tuition whose first fruits were so rich, Ken
tucky Freemason.
SUDDEN AppEARANcE.- Spicer, o
Brooklyn, N. Y, died some ago leaving
large estate. Elizabeth Spicer appears ane
brings suit for $40 900 dover in the estate
claim ing that by reason Of a secret marriag,
with the deceased. Spicer, she WAS entitled
to that amount. Upon her examination il
Court she stated that she was born in Maine
but went to Boston to live, where she me
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