The new Northwest. [volume] (Portland, Or.) 1871-1887, 1875-08-27

should such an improbability occur as his see
ling the part his wife has played, he would have
such unpleasant feelings rs l would gladly
spare him.
81 direct this letter 10 Florence, whittier,
heard your father say, you would journey from
Lisbon, where, if mails are true and steamers
! fortunate, you Will find long letter from your
own faithful EFFIE.'
Mrs. Munson met Effie the next morn
ing at the breakfast table.
''I shall keep you out of school to-day,
Miss Pert. You waste so much time
after school hours that can't afford to
board you for your work"
The last evening was the first she had
overstayed her time q moment. She
arose with naughty demeanor that
she had never before ventured to assume
in that imperious presence.
'T am going this morning to bid my
Jail goodbye. 1 shall board until Her
bert returns from the mines. Had it
not been for your last exacting require
ment, 1 should perhaps have given you
a few days. warming" sa.
Mrs. Munson looked as if she could
have "bitten" her with q good will.
She could not speak for surprise and
rage, and Mr.. Munson replied:
'I think that step is hardly prudent,
Effie. You will find that board at five
or six dollars week will amount to a
few hundreds in short time"
"My brother writes that he is amply
able to give me an education, and wishes
me to devote my evenings to study"
She went to her chamber to pack her
wardrobe, and closed the door just as
she caught Mrs. Munson's words, T
have always noticed that if beggars are
exalted ever so little, they'll act like
free negroes '.a
She did not hear Mr.. Munson's reply,
or the scalding tears she shed over the
open trunk would have been deprived
of half their bitterness.
al consider that she is no more of a
beggar than I am. She has worked
honestly and faithfully for living, and
should not be blamed for seeking to
better her condition. How would you
like to be treated as she has been?"
'That's the way wife gets coDsola-
tion! What is to become of Allie? /
can't take care of her."
"You are as able to wait upon her as
Effie is," he replied impatiently, as he
arose to leave the room, lest he should
hear some provoking reply. He entered
the parlor, and Effie went to the door
with swollen eyes.
"Here are my letters; you may read
them if yea visit - ,-sssN sssri t.sf-.
She tossed them into his hands and
again sought her chamber, where she
managed to cool her throbbing temples
by bathing her face and head in cold
water. When she was ready to depart,
she again went to the parlor door. She
thought her master acted confused as he
grasped her hand and said, "If you are
to be my future daughter, as this last
, letter of Hubert's indicates, desire you
to consider me as your father, and
willdo anything in my power to make
you happy. 1 thought this love affair
was settled, from the purport of Hubert's
first letter to you, but there is a singular
/. contradiction of ideas in the two epis.
!, ties"
''Have you seen his first letter? Dc
you know where it is ?'' she asked ca.
: gerly.
: "If You are going to leave my house
= it's time you were starting" exclaimed
: Mrs. Munson hastily, as she entered the
\ parlor. She bad overheard their con
k versation, and was determined to pre-
e vent further explanation.
"I'll take your trunk to Mr.. Holmes
r this evening in the buggy" said hel
host kindly, as he accompanied her t.
4 the door,
e "Thank you," she replied, falteringly
G as she turned away from her "prison
f house." as she was wont, in after years
to style the home where she had known
d 80 many sorrows.
! Mrs. Holmes was willing and anXiou
|. to receive her as a boarder, and tn
: hours she spent in Winnie's engaging
It company were replete with happiness
N la ITO be eontinued.l