Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1874-07-18
enough for her, an if she hadn't Il better


hoping that the sun would come out and
whiten the neat clothes, She talked Of the
child incessantly, Rosa answering as she
rinsed and wiped the silver mug Mrs. Ray
mond had brought as the babys drinking
cup, till at last, a. if in answer to the good
wile's appeal, came the lady across the
neatly shayen lawn, with her little girl
clinging to her hand.
Through the window nodded Mrs. IIar-
rington to Rosa, as ii to say, "l'll find out
now - and, as they passed beside her, to
watch her busy at her work, she broke
forth abruptly
"What is this cIid's true name, Mrs.
Raymond"
Mrs. Raymonds white hand wandered
over the lite head half hidden in the folds
Of her skirt bat her eyes never ALTERED.
"TeIl her yolrsaIf, lot, She said, quiosIy
and firmly.
The little girl raised her ~weer face to her
mothers ere she answered. Then she lispcd
forth, timilly.-
Jessie Ernc~tinc Manning Raymond
Good Mrs Harrington cla<ped her fat
hands together in astonish.nent Gre sne
cjacuated,-
''Ele>s my heart Four names! How
does the child carry them alp
Then, as the lady walked away, she
glanced at Rosa, leaning ON the window
sill, and shook her head knowingly.
''Thcrc' a mystery about them two, she
said. 'I'm most sorry we took 'em. If it
wasn't that they pay good price, I'd turn
en- Oft wuuldl'
Rosa returned to her dishes renactively.
81 wouldn't say so, mother 1t is moth
ing to us il there is q mystery, They pay
well, and give no trouble. Besides, think
the lady is vcXing herself over something.
She looks like it. However, can't help
liking her, and the baby is Il darling"
swell, well, Rose, keep still now, and
help me wash these potatoes for dinner"
cried the good woman, busting in with a
dish Of the said articles. ''Gct Il knife and
set to work, else it will be noon before we
know it, and | reckon your father will be
/ hungry, poor man.
So Rose obcyed; the subject dropped, and
next day there came two extra boardcrs to
the farmhouse.
These wera gentlemen. One was tall,
slender, nobly-formed man, with light. curl
ing hair, aad blue eyes; the other a hashy
gentleman, who made himself quite at
home, and Wore a diamond ring on his little
finger.
Mrs. Raymond carefully avoided both,
after her introduction at table, much to the
satisfaction of the hostess, who thought She
was il true woman, after all, or she wouldn't
/ have done So
But after a few weeks, they all began to
/ make the old kitchen thcir abiding place
during the long summer evenings. for i, was
sheltered partly by drocping elmS, and was,
on the whole, quiet and shady. There the
pipe, and Vivian Wallace, the hashy, talka-
tive gentleman, make love to pretty Rose
when her mothers back was turned while
Lincoln Patten played with baby Jessie and
| talked with baby's mother
For this man, Mrs. Raymond felt a strong
liking, despite her determination to the
contrary; for there was something about
him which reminded her of friend long
since lost to her So she was ever respectful
to him, and talked to him, because he talked
to her babe, till final. they began to take
walks and rides toget II; and at the end of
the summer months, Ariel awokc to the
consciousness that she loved this Lincoln
Pattcn, the young, sturdy lawyer.
As this knowledge came to her, she tried
to put the temptation from her, for her
welded life bad been an unhappy one, and,
in spite Of the wealth showered upon her,
her husband had never had her heart.
Years ago, when but a schoolgirl, she
had loved. The object of her choice bore
the name of Manning Percival. lie was
her love, her ideal; there were none like
him; and, before she knew it, she loved
Bat then her pride prevented her from
showing her affection. Perciyal was dig
nihed, sober young man, who showed her
bat little marked attention before the world,
though he dreamed continually Of hel when
in private. But he was poor. She loved
wealth; so, when he found courage to con-
tess his love, she refused him, and denied
return Of his affection. The week following
she welded Squire Raym md, and took her
first lesson in LIES misery. After that, her
soul cried out more and more for Manning
PerciSal. Yet, when she learned that he
had fallen heir to vast property, and lad
gone abroad, she tried to forget, and lived
on silently till her babe was born. Then
hopes grew triIle brighter, and, after the
sudden death of her husband, she, finding
herself mistress of all his estates, shut up
her house, and visited till the time she found
herself at the farmhouse.
During the first portion of her widow
hood, she watched long and earnestly for
Manning Percival. Then she called him
unkind and false and at last loved Lincoln
Patten with Il stronger affection than she
had ever felt for the ideal Of her grlhood.
But he was SO kind and attentive that
she could not help it, Besides, he loved
her child, and in that way had won the
mothers heart.
Mrs. Harrington saw at once how things
were: but the good farmer laughed, and
said he guessed Ariel colld take care of her.