The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1874-10-29

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tremely sensible for Miss SOmer
mad referred several disputed point
70 her, upon which she lad given he
OpiniOns In few terse aud well-time,
sentences. By-and-by the converse
ton Jagged, and Miss Somers think
ing her nephew asleep, for he lay will
his hand over his eyes, requested Mis-
Wynne to read.
"Let US have The Letter L, ," salt
Miss Somers. ~ - ~
Som there broke in upon Brown
musings sweet voice, to which hl
listened dreamily (; nor took in tn,
! words, until the sweet voice said
.:He drew letteron thesaad-
Then be listened and heard the who'll
sweet story, and looked through hi.
! fingers at The reader, with q new IN.
,, terest In bis eyes and a new feeling il
his heart-a feeling that for a momen
made him see himself as he was, anC
made him feel little and mean. Now
by just what process of analysis Brown
arrived at this conclusion, I do moi
know but / do know that Miss
Wynne was possessed Of beauty o
which Miss Laura Smith and her ''seI'
were not partakers something tba
he had never realized before, or har
never appreciated. 10 r.lFsg Et'
4 The book was closed, aud there wa
silence in the room, until Miss Selinl
asked for a song.
Miss Wynne glanced at the figure
on the sofa.
''Oh, never mind him. said Miss
Selma, in response to the glance. "He
4 is probably sound asleep, and We may
as well ignore him. He evidently
doesn't think there Is any pOliteness
due u.s." 49,. ..- Il
The figure on the sofa WINGED, but
Miss Selma knitted away in apparent
uncODsciousness. She was preparing
her blossoms for that young man."
Miss Wynne was not an accom-
plished singer in the full scceptstion
of the term but I venture to say that
"rhe Lord o. the Seal" never had 8
sweeter Interpretation than Ethel
Wynne could give it; and Brown, so
| ciety mau that he was, and frequentef
ofa hundred operas, found tears in
his eyes as be listened
The song flushed, Miss WynDe left
the room. For man Who had been
sound asleep, Brown was rather sud-
den in his awakening. -..-,...-. 4
"Aunt,n he said as the door closed,
"tell me all about her."
Miss Somers smiled an odd, know
ing smile of which her words were
not the Interpretation. p, ~,
"Her? To whom does that pro-
noun refer? I confess my inability
to read your thoughts with ease
go whom? Why to Miss Wynne
Of course" .-.--
sob, she is only a common seam
stress. You cannot possibly feel in
terested in her history"
"But do. Has sue always been
poor?p @ fs
"Yes. Her parents were poor but
they found time to give her an educa-
ton in the city schools. Since she
was fifteen, however, she has never
been day in school but I'll warrant
there are not many young ladies who
are educated in neutrality-suspicious. that
have as thorough an education. She
is one who improves every minute,
and she has essentially made herself" |"
"Why doesn't she teach school,
then, instead OF sewing for q living ?"
az expected that question. Because
the schools are flied to overf1owing
with applicants while 3 really good
seamstress, who can do all kinds of
sewing, and do it to perfection, Is 8
Tdrd dvis nowadays, and is in great
demand. III were q mind to let her,
Ethel could work herself gray, with
the amount of work she has to do"
"Where are her parents TiTnF
''Desd. When she was fifteen her
mother died. Her father died some
years before" -. --..,---
"And is she perfectly contented
with her lot?''t
"She never complains; but every
spsre moment is spent in study OF
some kind, and she acknowledges
that her chief desire is to gain all the
Information she can; because, the
more she knows, the happier she is.n
"And does she never feel that her
work is beneath her ?"
Beneath herI Harvey Brown, /
am ashamed of youI As if any hon
orable WORT could be beneath any
body! AS H'gOrk' wasn't the song
of the universe, and the most dignified
thing under heaven !" and Miss Som
ers pushed back her spectacles to look
at her nephew in unqualified aston
ishment.
He grew red in the face, and fidget-
ed under this scrutiny, while ne num-
bled something in reply, which Miss
Somers uncsremOniOusly Interrupt
ted.
az always thought you had a weak
brain in some things, but I confess i
ua1,ar zoe "a ~, 70 ~ tfrr ~ xyaa nj
Ill now. All your life you've been q
dawdler, just because your father hap
pened TO leave you a fortune, which
seems to me decidedly the worst ca
lamity that can befall young man.
Your soul has got plethoric, because
your stomach and your purse were
full, and you haven't any room left for
the good and the beautiful.- What
the world was HadefoF, and What the
great demands or life resily are, you
nave no more idea than q babe and
you turn up your nose at those who
nave to work for a living, and ask If
they are not ashamed of it They
might well be ashamed Of your paltry
pride. D
"Now, Harvey Brown, I've been
aching 10 tell you what l thought Of
you for long time. If you are any
thing like your mother, you've got
some sense in your head-for all one
can't see it because of the rubbish
and / am anxious to discover It il pos
sibIe. Although you. haven't said
word, / knew what brought you down
here for saw Smashup's failure in
this mornings paper, and know that
most Of your money was invested In
bis business. 1 know you want some
OF my money to help you out know
that you think If you had some Of it
on long time, Jones might be able to
boost you up again and you could 60
on living your old aimless life, and
society wouldn't know how near you
came to losing every thing You may
think il q little harsh in me, bat nos q
penny Of my money shall you have,
even were you TO pay me compound
interest, doubly Compounded. I don't
mean to have any hand IN making a
complete nobody Of you; and to tell
you the truth, Pm not sorry your mon-
ey 4s gone. You've a chance now 10
show what you're made of-whether
it's putty or something tougher. If
you're S0mers you'll make q man Of
yourself that can't be gotten up by
any tailor in the land; and the
Browns were not far behind IN enter
prise, though do think the Sonerses
mad a little the most energy.''-
Miss Selma stopped for breathing
spell besides she was conscious that
in her zeal she had mixed her eenten-
tences little, and this was ; matter
OF grave Importance to her II she
had a vanity, it was in the matter of
correct speaking.
Brown did not reply Cor some time.
In truth he knew not what 20 say. II
was. the first time ne had ever been
told quite so plainly that he was no.
body, or fast becoming one. Aunt
Selma had never before ventured
quite so, far although shs was given
at all times to plain speaking. he
hardly knew whether to be angry or
not, so many sconf1feting emotions
possessed him.. Eh
itBut aunt, he said, at last. l'Pm
engaged to be married, and I don't
see what can do. 1 can't get any
sort OF situation that'll keep me, to
say nothing of a wife" A49E ~
3 .sH'm +; 1 suppose not. WHO'S the
girls. One of the fashionables ?"
"Yes; Len Smiths daughter, Lau-
II . 4 L.