The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1875-09-15

wife. s1d be tod her
i couldn't Do Il, n8iher, be ssia
sxelte6lr. 1t was beart-hresking
She's living in 3 wretcbed room tbsr;
with her dE1gA1er, and, mother, wbel
! saw her ! felt a. there, ] e2n !
tel yoa-7
go On, Lake. she said
They're half starved, be SAID. il
8 husky wsy oh, mother, it's h0r
Tible Sneb & sweet. beautiful girl
and the poor woman herself DIVING
alDast with soDs terrible disease.
The wife sighed
They told ne be went o., "boE
bard thew had tried to i've by Ordi
nary needle work, and failed, ard .:
s last resourse they had tried 70 gel
The machine
Pogr things SAYS The wife; bui
are E0a SIRE The mother was lacy.
A elergynan's widow says
Lake, hastily: there isn't 3 doubt
about T. Poor girl and they've go'
70 learn 70 Use i before il VII be O
any use
~Poor girL Lake SAYS the wife
softly, and ! saw through ny eye
lEshes that she had laid hand upon
hls arm AID YVES looking eurigusly e.
lin, when i be didn't reTsr his face
with his hands, rest his elbows On tbe
table, and give low gro2ni Then
The old wonaB got Up, stood behind
his char, AID began playing VIII
and eRIessing his hs.r Ike The foolish
Cd mother would
/ Mother, he ssys, sn5dealE, WI
1 ycE 20 and see tbsu
! she didn't answer for E Minute,
Only stood locking doEa a. hin, Ead
then said softly:
They paid you The FIST no1ey
No he SAYS, b0tly. i hadn' Z
+ TIE heart 70 take i
Then that money you paid hin
WIS yours, Luke"
Yes, mother, bs ssys, slmp =;
and those two stepped boxing one 81
/ Tie other, Il The wife bent down a1d
kissed hID, hol5i1g his head after
ward f3r fsE minutes between her
hands; f9r she always did worship
that chap, our only one; and 1bs1 !
closed NJ eyes tight and went On
breathing heavy s1d thinking
For something Ike g new reTsls-
non bsd come Up3a ne. ! knew
Luke was fFe and twenty and thai
( / was Efty-four, but lie always seem
ed Ike E boy u be, End here ! wss
waking I'D 70 the fEc1 that lie vas 3
grown Up uAn, and that he vas think
iar and feeling Is ! frs1 tbought and
felI when / saw his mother, n q
/ up0a eight snd twenty years AEo-
] lay back thinking and telling ny
ssE ! Vas vsY savage with hin f0r
+ deoeiving ne, and that ! woUldn Z
have him and his mother lsyi1g plots
/ logelhsr against ne, and thai
F g9uld'l stand BY and see hin make
3 fool Of himself with the frsi pretty
I Eirl lie set ewes oH, when be nigh
marry Maria Turner, The engineer
esurhier, and have ; nice BIZ o.
money with her 10 put into The basi
4 ness, and then be nv partner
Nc, l say, II you plot together
! III plot al alone, and then ! pre-
tended 70 wake up, took no notice
and had nv supper
! kept rather gruf the next mo-n-
ing, and made myself very busy
sb0aT The place, ana dare say spoke
nore sharply than Usually, bui tbe
~-fe AID Luke were 6sqaisI s. coulC
be; and 81 y ! went ont, with III.
/ tie OF can and two o. three tools il
nv pocket
Il was not far 70 Benneu's place
and OF getting 10 the night bOnse
asked Tor Mrs. Murray, and was d.
rec:ed 70 the second floor, where, &:
I reached the foor, / could hear The
: elinking q nv sewing machine sDd
whoever was running i was 50 basy
that she did lot hear nv knock, 50 ]
1 opened tho door softly and looked II
upon Es sad scene as shall ever
I ! dare say, see
There n the bare room sat, RsleeF
u her chair, the widow lazy wbl
came about the machine, and ! could
see that II her face which told plain
+ y enough that the pain ana suffering
she uust have been going through 10,
wears would soor be over, Ene, siTua-
ted Rs she was, Il gave De kind Q
8 turn.
Its Nc business Of Ours, ! said /,
mvseE, roughly; and ! turned thel
/ 10 look wbo il Was bending over II!
/ machine
could see ID face-o1ly Sigh
agure il rusty black; and pair o
busy hands were trying very hard /,
govern the thing, and 10 learn how
70 90 il well
so that's the gal, Is it?1 l said 4
myself. "Ah, Luke, nv boy, we've
( r0t 10 The silly calf sge, and / dar;
say
i ! -. 10 further, FOR 81 that 10
/ nent The girl started, turned around
and turned upon me s timid, wonder
inr face. that made nv heart give 1
I Queer throb, and | couldn't take ny
ewes Of her.
Hush she said, softly, holding
I'D her hand; and / saw il was B:
thin and transparent s. f she hat
been i'll
\ NY names Smith, . l said, takiB!
I our q screw driver. NV machine
how does II gos Thought I'd com:
and see
Her face lii Up II moment an'
she came forward eagerly.
I'm SO glad you've come, 81
J said, Il can't quite manage this
She pointed ID tbe thread reguls
! tor, and the nexi minute / was show
ing her that il was too tight, aDl
somehow, IN gentle, timid way, II
J little witch quite got over me, and
stopped there over two hours help
ing her, I'll ber eyes sparkled VIII
: delight, as she found ont how easl1
she could make the needle dart n an
: out OF that material
. do yoa think you can do It now.
! said
Il @0h, yes, think SC; an 50 glat
} you came"
so an ]. - says ], graffly; 1T VI