The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1875-10-12
The Reward Of Kindness.

The Reward Of Kindness.
i Mrs. 6orham put down letter she
had been reading, and looking around
the table at her blooming daughters and
two tall, handsome sons, she said, in q
"Your Aunt Sabina is coming to Lon
don, and has invited herself here with
out ceremony"
"When2" asked Arabella, with an in
4 tonatiOn of intense disgust. r
"She will reach here this afternoon.
/ Wilber, you will have to meet her,"
"Sorry, ma, but l have to drive Miss
Caldwell to the park. Fred can CO."
! "Certainly Twill co." Fred said grave.
lly. Trough there was a hot flush on his
Icheeks. 81 am very fond of aunt"
aNonsense," said his mother, "you
|haye not seen her for fourteen years.
never went near the detestable old farm
after your father died."
j "Nevertheless, l have vivid recol-
1lection OF Aunt Sabina's kindness when
we were there"
1Dear me, Fred" drawled Lucilla,
"don't be sentimental. l wish the old
thing would stay at home. can't imag-
inc what she Is coming mere for.
4 uShe is our fathers sister," said Fred,
ssand can not lind anything surprising
in her looking Tor a Weicome among her
brothers. children"
r, ahe bad snokep her thouyhts II would
nave been Erred is SO odd. Just like his
father" But she only said, IL may de-
| pend on you, then, to meet your aunt,
and I will see about her room."
4 1t was source of great satisfaction
w W I;La herse,f. aTrue Greer every one
.hnn, excent Fred - she wouid saw
t,,lating ol,snU, berseIp that the nIebeian
GnnSan, conS Mood was NOT transmitted to
~ aIdar son. WiIber oranv of the pirls.
n1 That Greer nride meant intense sell
sohnaSs hat Ereer nride was of cold
hSnd hond ,v,e that Greer disnosition was
tmnannyesj Ia, ujpe1 and narrow-minded. did not
| tynrhia Mrs Gorham. That the son who
wos ali Gorham. was proud TO the core
,,I,h III tha trna nride that knows no false
WIN one 5hat sauG ba pua we nnhia in disnosition
Haadeo"a nna, sn" in n frank manly tyne gener,
uoons ,d oait'sanriticinr a ono coniS not
ous @nH H;s hands' and faot wara
app 20 aas.oi, &c dari;na w;Iher,S ho had
noI ,h;nnaiJa so Sn.i % N atfantas;oms and ~ Graar
ho hashionn'u 60 hiS mo.her ,Sonsht him nv ronah
ioon' ~ ms ona ", q e;ators dan,araa 5a
anu course, %n0 81 oIi Rnr nntSiJa ~
hao no styie a. nnua a.. nu! a,th oaI1,u1 ,o "
nome wnele 80. ooon"n;as Trod ~ -
4 x,a.o ,nnraniatod
m1ue ap o haoa,oa mon ord tnew +bot
Wheh ne pecaine . .la.nh man anu Suk knGw tnas a
ms iatne snn, ovorv u.'c, mIort wss not largo
enso Shom Co.. tha extravag3noe bis mothsr =
enough ,oi .h1 .taod h,,eoif S ,nr ,rGvnTi Ems;
lhouieea ~, ne nos;r;on ~ ;m onnrtinn 1U
ness anu @ .uoA hpn'i~m poi saIr s,,nnnrtine, s
uouses ;nun ~ daniS,red ,hat r. Grae g, q,
sn1u Sd svar rS Seau n in trade That W the J money
sho @ lived an was made in soap beiling
hssS iadv e ignored entiriV
fno 80, Wiiher had Stndiad law hut III
Darling wiper hao ot ot laW 1u' nd ni
ME- ME- Gorham Supported him. trust
tnS t son,a mnneved heIie Miss
| ASoa1dwet, ali was the nresent hone She
was aum her own mistress. an orphan heir
ess and yerv handsome. That she was
rasller rsll % cold in manner. was only an an
dIi,;onoI charm to Mra Gorham Tn.
I'll, ArabeiIa and Corinne' who were
ont%,s % siastic in their admiration of Cor.
daI;a Caldw welps nneenly manner,
uI M"hodv snsnected that Fred blunt and
az etraioSIforward Fred. mid one secret in
S;s ns.rt confessed to no living being.
n%d h,n that that secret was a love. nnre ana
true for CordeIia CaIdwell-a love that
susnicion of fortune hlnting-that only
ldronned and mourned. thinking of the
neiress.
'At4 O'Clock Fred was at the station
with a carriage waiting for Aunt Sa.
| bina.
What a little old-fashioned figure abe
was in her quaint. black silk bonnet and
large figured shawl, But Fred knew her
kindly Old face at glance. though he
had not seen her since he was twelve
Years of age. We
"You are aunt,~ he said, going quickly