Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1873-04-12
,sfst me help you, Susan, ? said a pleas

Tin me heip you, Susah, sa'u pie"'
ant, manly voice.
SEE, extricated herself from the macs
ofthe tablc-cloih, TO find Charlie Gooa-
man beside her. Charlie was WORKING 10
his south lot, which Joined the Whitakers
garden, and seeing his neighbours distress
had come to the rescue. like the kindheart-
ed fellow he. was.
"Oh, thank you, Charlie" said Sue,
with perhaps more color in her cheeks
than She was solely responsible Tor IL
was so vexatious to be caught looking SO.
And Sue fastened to pull down her
sleeves. and conceal her bushes under her
sun.bonnet. while Charlie hung up the Ia
bic cloth, and let the line down within hef
reach.
Il Is as pleasant for a woman TO be help
I'D. rs for q man to help. Sue felt quite
glow Of gratitude to Charlie. =,
"How nice il is to be tall n she said.
I'm ever so much obliged to you
mot at all. l am glad to do it. A
little BODY ike you ought always TO have
a tall man round somewhere handy, TO
help her," said Charlie, looking not unad
u,irinQly down ON the flushed face and
tangled curls under the sunbonnet.
"Nonesense, Charlier' laughed Sue,
shily STOPPING to pick up clothes pin.
Charlie went back to his work, wonder
ing he had never noticed before what o
pretty girl Sue Whitaker was.
Somehow, Charlie found great deal to
do on the south lot that faIl. Any de-
ficiency on his part, hitherto. in noticing
Susan, was more than atoned for now.
He always had an eye out in the direction
of the Whitaker mansion. The number
of errands he discovered that necessated
his ..just running over" there, was really
surprising. OF course, he was often
thirsty, and obliged to step into the kiteh-
en- for drink Of water. Then. nothing
could be more natural than that he should
stop and spend few minutes with Sue.
Rogers might often have found pleas
ing model for statuette group Illustrative
Of New England life, in the Whitaker
kitchen, consisting OF Sue, in her big bib
apron, that only served to set oil her
plump. rounded form, with sleeves rolled
up. pie plate gracefully poised on one
little hand. with The other deity cutting
the edges of the crust, listening with rosy
cheeks and downcast eyes to Charlie, who
looks manly and handsome, in spite Of
his shirtsleeves and overalls, as he leans
straw hat in hand, against the pump, ant
talks with his lips of the weather, perhaps
with his eyes, Of far different topics.
The interest Charlie took in Mrs. Whita
ker's health was truly touching. He call
ed so often to inquire for her, and listene
so patiently to all her symptoms, tina
Mrs. Whitaker took great fancy TO him
and was always telling every one what
remarkable nice young man Charlie Coco
man was on which occasion Sue genera
~ discovered she had an errand in tn
kitchen, or anywhere out of the room. !
short, Charlie not only loved his neighbe
- himself, but a great deal better.
As for Sue, the memory of the youn
school-master had faded like mornin
dream. She came to feel such an inte
est in Charles prosperity, that. rattle
than have him waste so mucn time, sh
consented, in the spring, to move permi
nently over to the Goodman house. Su
made as brisk and blooming matron a
one often sees, and "they lived happy foi
ever afterward as happy, at all event;
as is possible in world which sometime
has sharp trials for even the most lovin
and united hearts.
If any one still asks what cured Susan
| shall reply by quoting Miss Alcoti
Love and labor, two beautiful old fasl
ions, that began long ago, with the fir
pair in Eden. Springfield Republican.