The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-03-13

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Most young ladies, I grant you.
observed Eugene, s'but not all, Hele-
na.
And you are the very one 10 be i'm
posed upon and blinded" said Miss
Helena Russell, who had never vet left
of regarding her brother as a very
small boy, who required admonishing
and looking after in every respect.
Now you are Judging unfairly, Hell
ena. You never have seen Minnie
Akerly.
"I have heard of her though. said
Helena Russell, dryly. "She waltzes
and sing, and plays croquet.
g Is any of the three a capital crime,
Helena p laughingly demanded Eu-
gene. .Et
g Nonsense-you know that isn't what
I mean. But it would be a great deal
more the point If she eorld sew on but
TONS and iron shirts.
81 Perhaps she can, . suggested Mr.
Russell. ~.
is it likely ?" contemptuously re-
torted Miss Helena.
Suppose we declare a truce upon
the subject, said her brother. 1t is
quite plain we never shall agree on it ;
and in the meantime, what do you say
to going around with me to see Mrs.
Maloney?"
Sc Mrs. Maloney Oh the laundress.
Yes, suppose we ought to see her
about the summers washing. But Is it
necessary for me to go myself?"
It would be better, I suppose"
And rather grudgingly. Miss Russell
went to put on her walking habiliments.
"a sad, disagreeable part of the city
to come to, !" she said, elevating at the
same time her skirts and patrician nose,
as they wended their way to the region
of tenement houses, groceries and small
thread and needle stores that stretched
westward, not far from the palatial
mansions of Fifth Avenue itself.
'' Yet people live here Helena"
eyes, and suppose they like IT.
Why don't they go West? ? I'd send
them there if was government, wheth-
er they would or not"
"Then 'tis fortunate that you are not
government" dryly observed Mr.. Rus.
sell.
This is the number, believe. Hal.
loo my little man, to a dirty-faced
urchin padding in the gutter, "does
Mrs. Bridget Maloney live hereP"
Master AIaloney picked up his ears.
cts my mother" he said, 6" am its
in the basement you'll find her."
And with twist of his bristly head
in the direction indicated, he dived once
more into the gutter.
Mr.. Russell, with Miss Helena aus
terely by, tapped once at the door
twice, three times, before Tsrs. Nalo
ney,s fine contralto voice shouted out
Come in. whoever xou be, aud dnn'
stand there knockin' the door down
Och, an beg your pardon. [ did'nt
know that it was the quality
But Eugene Russell stood still in tn,
door, his eyes glued to the scene tha
met his gaze-AIinnie AkerIy, in but
calico dress aud white apron ironing
diligently away, with pile of snow
shirts on her left hand, and basket o
sprinkled linen on her right. And Min
ME herself, colored like a cred rose
for a minute.
Why am ASHAMED ?" she resoIutel!
asked hel self. ''Am doing some
thing wrong? won't be such fool I
So with this doughty resolution il
her mind, she glanced calmly up, tn
pink shadows still glowing on he
checks.
Good afternoon, Mr.. Russell" sh
said calmly.
And Eugene stammeringly Introduce
her to his sister, who had stood judi
ciously cycling the whole scese.
90 It's the gentleman wantin' Of hi
shirts, an sure they're not done yet,
cried blundering Bridget.
) but they will be soon, " said Mir
ME < Tn on the last one now-if Nj
Russell viii sit down and wait fe'
minutes"
[ "You Miss Aksrly. ironing m
] shirts %
1 ." Even so" Minnie answered. Th
truth is, Mr.. Russell, we are poor; an
+, although ironing shirts is not so gente'
an occupation as giving music lesson {
o making wax flowers, I am glad to ear
little money in any way. 1 belie7
those shirts will give satisfaction, an
. she smilingly glanced on the complete
e pile.
i Miss Helena came forward with h,
e gray eyes fairly luminous with satisfa
i tion.
e my dear. said she, "I oouldr
: have done them better myself, sar
u that's saying a good deal. -
J And she nodded, in an approviI
= way, at her brother.
Minnie Akerly went home with Il
It dollar and half in her pocket, the mo
u triumphant little capitalist you ever b
held.
d "I dent think Mr.. Russell was We
II much shocked" she said to here
g for he said he would keep my seer
$ from papa, and promised to call IL
Is evening""
N And three months afterward, VIII
Eugene Russell was married to MINI
y Akerly, he wore one of the very sim
N that had been washed and ironed
70 the brides fair hands.
II ''I could not be half so proud of Il
1t he said, eff it were fashioned out
+ cloth of gold.
to THE referenc suit to determine {
so rightful possession of Eva Grifiing
young quadroOn. who was adopted a
m taken from her parents in the South,
IT her infancy, by Frederick GrifiiDg
Id Brooklyn, and whose mother has be
IL seeking to obtain possession of her, y
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