Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-07-29
BIEaD CAST UPON THE SVAEESa.
EY RUTH CHESTERFIELD.

BREAD CASE UPON THE WAEESs.
BY RUTH CHESTERFIELD.
john Mallory Was returning from his
t!ys ,!,,isl, With his spade ovcr his shout
der, w;.vu lie saw a wolnan sitting close
70 the wall, weei'iug bitterly.
john i,y.., I. kind heart and was easily
moved at the 81 gnt OF distress, 50 he stop
psd ;tn,i addressed tie woman.
You seem 10 be in tgoubic"-that WAS
what lac said The mourncr lifted her
fac, and he saw that size was q very young
wvln;,l., scarcely moie lhan giii iii tact;
Dut this did not lessen his pity at al! !; pos
slbI, it increased ii, for his heart Was Au
an Us ~~il AS kind.
"ituublc: All, Ies; have come such a
long, long way, and ain 80 tatigned-so
much weary! wei.t 10 the peoples doors,
bat 40 one sad anything only: 10 way
We have no roun for strangers. Go 10 the
ll.;el, why DO You not:'
so | went to tic hotel, but the landlord
vi,a worse ti,tu uIi the rest. On, COW NC
frightened nc, he vas SD il>'Ico, 50 LOUD
tlc c;lI';i .l, s tTanp-a ,n;ri-bccause he
found | had no money. No money, yea,
.i.a, Was it; and iie b:.ic me 80 about my
business; but have no business, and 50
came Out into the woods to die alone"
"yl,cer up, then. if that is sll' said J ohD
"anI come ,;ith me. Ny mother won''
drive you from hcr door, you may be
s1!,e.'
And John spoke truly, for his mothers
| le;.r was like his own. She only needed
, 70 know that The e;,l WAS stranger and
j in distress to give her a cordial welcome
! "Iakc'o of your things, my dear.' said
she, removing The girls shawl with her
own hands. "anG 81, here By the fire. Ho"
yuu sisiver, roor child! You are chilled
10 the ijonc.'
You are SO kind-so very kind!' said
the visitor, taking the rocking chair Of
| itreu her; and then John saw that she wa:
no; only young but sirgulary beautiful
though thin and pale as if from recent i'll
ness.
"lou're out Of health. You're not I'll
10 be Abroad" said Mrs. Mallory. "HoW
xuur moth, would feel to see you looking
SOL"
ALIAS, have no mothcr!' said the girl
f., flaw
will tell you my story"
"Therc, there, I'm sorry I said it-1n
such b'underer! Never mind the story
ROW, but after supper, when you are warn
and comfortable, you shall tell us abou
yourself, that is, all that YOU wish to tell.
s., when the three had eaten their even
ing meal, and Mrs Mallory had cleared
away the table and taken out her knitting
work, the young girl told her story.
She said that her name WAS EatcIlc Le
Roy: that her father was a French refugee
i but that she herself WAS bern in Canad
some wears after he had left his natlv
country, he having married Canadian
After The dc.th ri her mother lie had cen:
, 10 B:s>tNn, hoping to be able TO suppn]
himself and her by teaching his own la1
Gaaoc; bit just IS he hal found situ
: ton wl,ic;i promised to be permanent h
!,r'"n,t verj i'll; i'll fact, the climate
this country had never agreed with hin
and iiv Nas always mourning for ia bel
France" Fl" Was sick a long time, an
when hc died he lett her pcnl!ess.
OF her relatives in France she knc
i. no,h,ng; and although since her father
death she had written more 1tan once
her no;l,er's friends in Canada, no lcttc
y y bad ever been received in return. She b
e lieved she could fni them, however,
- she c,uld gel there and thai: WAS now Ii
aim. VI hat she had suffered since 81
left Boston size said she could "never, nt
er tell"
Its all over now my dcar,' said MI
Mallory, 80 try TO forget 1t, and just
. to- make Yourself conttn:eu with us
- yuu a,e bctter able to travel than you a
nuw."
For a whole week Estellc stayed vi
~ the Mall<'rys, gaining in health and beau
N every day ~,d developing careless l's
10 ness Of spirit greatly in contrast to
". II. first depression.
e, That John WAS not insensiblc to her
p fractions may we'll be imagined, and wi
co tic consequences might Of been cant
tell, if his heart had not been already
Y. occupied. That being the case, there
no room there for the fair stranger, 81
' in the way Of friendship, and he sh""
his f. iend*hip by bringing Mary, his
troiird, TO see her.
Curious it was to see the two togcthe
IN Mary, the staid New England girl, W
u. her rosy cheeks, her CAIN, blue eyes a
ns yellow hair; her plain dress, and ste,
ed Northern TONGUE; and Estelle with
ri olive skin, her haiy and eyes as dark
w night, her faucful, idioma,ic speech,
,h, her airy figure, which gave grace even
is the worn garments which clothed it,
c;, was the brown thrush and the canary b