Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1873-06-26
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tellectual and benevolent, butit would
have taken an adept in the art to de
cipher the expression which habitu-
ally spread over his leatares. There
WIS g. weary, hopeless haunted look,
which told OF great suffering either
mental or physlcal-probably the for
mer, for the deep lines about his
mouth and eyes were of that char.
acter which Is worn BY sustained
rather than .spasmodi dicz zactisEf afthe
E.niuscfes. He Was a man with 4 ter
rible because secret sorrow. l do
not say that you you'd hsve gathered
all this on the present OCCASION, for
whea Rs Mss in hef socsts 9 tie
Maplesons lie was a different befng.
He was a lonely man; most workers
have two lives, a professional and q
natural one, but until quite lately he
had, been aystudent and nothing else;
stadying for hisaivelihood !stadyfig
fof companionshp, even at meaftimes;
studying to find an opiate. But since
.hs Ead formed a1f aedaaintanceship,
which soon ripened into friendship,
with the young brother and sister,
life had aeauiYtdx hewi Interests. fog
him, and. that little parlor was an ark
'eT the salt waste of his existence.
He promised iodine with them on
Michaelmas day; and then Susan
gave him his greatest treat-some OF
Mendelssohn's music He would sit
and listen till the water came into
his eyes; and this, was not such q
very curious phenomenon, for though
the gfrf was not any cyesys brilliant
performer, treating her Instrument
IKE a musical trapeze, and going
through all sorts of wonderful gym
.nastie feats upon it, she played With
rare feeling and expression, sending
the notes in the heart, as it were. At
half.past ten the party broke up.
Harry Aaapiesenr considered that as
his sister rose early to look after do
-mes6e matters and get his breakfast
for him (for even a small establish
ment requires considerable attention
When you have only got the third
part Of servant to ado" for. you),
she ought, to be early: at the other
end of the day, too: so he invariably
yawned and went up to his room at
the top of-the house before eleven,
But when he got there he made nc
preparations for going to bed but put
writing materials on table, and
drawing from his pocket the papers
which, he had, receiyed, from one q
the heads of the departments sbefore
leaving the Office, he sat down tc
work. 1t was three o'clock before his
task was accomplished.
GA slice of luck this" he said tc
himself on turning in at last; "just
as 1 was wondering how I should
meet these payments I had overlook
ed without cutting off some little ex-
'pense,; whGfr wonld show Susan that
!! Wis hard up. | get this extra joh
1t work, Which Will SET ME straight
What IA manager shat .irl is aEl
afraid she s,ints herself III dress, ant
,h:,t though, which must not be; ii
shall not be. mother, if can b lp it.
And thlnkiug,oi her who Was gone
he fell asleep.
su:an sb.dr,v.i communicated witt!
the parior. and wi.rn her brother and
Mr.. Nicholson went mp. stairs, she
passed ii.,o it returning again soon
with al qua,.iily OF millinery .matcri-
'.ls, .f.om which size proceeded to eial.
coct one of those articles of feminine
ado,1Hment, which fathers and hus-
bands pa, so highly for
Poor old Harry" her thoughts
ran, as her ninble fingers worked.
He thinks that do moi see that his
salary is too little for our expenses.
and / durst not remsnstrate with him
when he wastes his money upon things
that 1 do not really want; it would
disappoint him so! How fortunate
it is that I have got this knack Of
making things, which secures me EN-.
pleylne at my. own. home! How
Little he thinks that l 50; often fhow
him iht6 London, carrying my work
Is the Shop when it i is : Completed
Tie ordinary seamstress work l tried
at first was not worth while, but they
pay well for this. I wish Harry
weuhgRend v little more upon HIM
Self ) : durst net:give him new coat
or hat in return5ior his mantillas and
bunnets. The. idea of his getting me
that bonnet; how surprised he ould
be to learn that l made It'll"
The airs Harrow- -on-the-Hill must
be pscaliaflyybraeipg, IF the proven
bal sentiment abodtAthe bird of St.
Michael, attributed to the boys edu-
'sted there. be founded on. anything
Ike practical experience. The goose,
they say, is an awkward. dainty be-
ing, too na6btfear onssana not enough
'f5f two. Tknow that HI had two
sons who "asked for III ore" after fn-
ishing O. goose at a sitting, should
write to she Times. It IS true that
there are geese and geese, and the
specimen sent to the Maplesons may
.haye -besn exceptionally fine; but
though they had gone into training,
as it sere, by dining at 6 instead Of
L, and tboagh they had the. fellow
lodger TO help them, they left pick
,ings !. and. it some Harrovian curls
the lip 81 scorn, cannot help it;
truth is my hobby.
When they had got their first glass.
es OF sherry after the meal. Harry
.aid: We must drink the health OF
Mr.. Anonymous, please. "S
Mr. Anonymous repeated Su-
san. slipping.
/, M. Anonymous, echoed Ml,
-Micholeoa, who dwpk and then all
aed, 'ssome .reahfea'} ;!<i-
|. a don't know replied Harry
:, II. 10 o doed ar rather O sncnhscin,,