The post. [volume] (Middleburg, Snyder County, Pa.) 1864-1883, 1875-08-26

us tho summer previous, asking him
to befriend tho friendless. 7 be-
lieved he would do as much as that
for my sake, aud then hurryipg on,e
moro 70 tue barn, | crept up to Stcl
las sido.
Stella" said T, you must 90 way
from hero"
"l thought 80 " said Stolln. calmly
Bat here is dollnr--.i tha mon
ey I have got II will take yo,, 30
New York, II you walk fast an1 rcmL
The depot in tinc for tho midni.h.
express. Md here IL Il note IL q
gentleman who may, perhaps, hclp
you TO find something to do
Stella threw her arms about my
neck, and | could feel her tcars, wet
aud warm, upon my choek.
"Eiile Heartt, sobbed she. III III
the world was like you, porhar-
shouldn't bo as bad a. am. Yet
I'll do my best. Give me the money
and let mo 20"
I watched her dark form plol1ing
away over the snow until tho blaol;
spack vanished uuder the wall 81
trees that lined the road and then I
camo back into the house whore my
mother aud tio deacon wcie discuss
iry th 'ir cider and a,ples.
"Has she gone y asked tho doa
con.
"Yes, she's gone" I answered.
"I'm glad OF that, said my moth
o. 81 havo no faith in that Stella
Severn, She might have hal good
home with Mrs lockwood, il she
only behaved herself"
IL was not until some time after
wards that | vontured to tell ny
mother what had done.
"iou are Ounce" said she, will
acerbity. Your dollar bill is AZ clear
thrown away rs il you had pitched il
down the well and I'm sure don I
know what Mr.. Loslie will think o
your Interference
l hung my heal aud made no m
swer. But when tho summer hung
her coronet OF big cream colorc,
roses over our farmhouse door, An,
Huber Leslie came back with hi!
easel and stretching umbrella,
yonturod to ask him of Stella.
"Oh.' said he, "that black.eyct
girl with tho Spanish faco : Yes,
romembor now, got her II place nj
clilis nurse with my cousin. Mrs
Evelyn, but she ran away within tn,
month"
Never mind, EfilS, said Mr. Les
lie, kindly, "a kind action is novel
en,ir''y thrown away. Stella Severn
sir.y b!ood could i'll bear constraint
Il !on't think she'll forget You for al
that.
That was just before Huber Lcs!i
asked to DO his wife We were
married the next spring, and wen
to Now York to live
i We lad Il little bit Of a room, opon
ing out Of Hubert's studio, whero W,
kept house like n pair Of .,rtle dove
in Gncst, Although Hubert wa
such genius, and had paintoi 5,
many beautiful pictu-es, he va
young and comparatively uuknowi
and Ne found II hari to live, par.ic
ula,ly alter tao twin9 hsi orona'
their oyos on the wil!ry sunshine O
~ glorious February lay. h,d Ion
o little fancy neodle work fer .h
store heretofore. bat now my hand
were tied aad il G.a hard 10 see q.
shadrws creep over nnIc'H's brow
and know ,Aa. had 40 p,wer ~ VI
them.
So the Years Yun. w Moro iiiti
ones clusiogni prouli oar Ican,
board nnd sltboug.h Hubart worla,
hard and couocieut,odsiy, tlore wer
other artists who r.uIered 10 ih,
public taste aad received more o,
ders We wero very poor.
Hubeyt, said j, one day, who
tho load OF prOverty had bean almcs
moro than we could boar, don't yo
wish you had never married :
DO l wish tho Sunshine had lcvc
! coule into my life" he asked. Move
put TINT question a8ain, little w.'e
What would existence be worth witt
out you an the babies
IF you could on!y eol, tGat shou
! sand dollar picture ] sa.d, ,h;nkir
oi something that had Leon OF n
easel for iaanths. he shiusSed h!
: shouldos
: "Harper says it isn't worti COZ
por," said he. Harper thinks it
iar beyond The popular standard {
appreciation
i sighed; bnt in spite of all on
! poverty would not have askc
Huber. 20 lowor his grand idea ,
art. ! was proud oil it, l was prcu
of him.
. Hubert came in from the stud
next day with a radient face.
"Wifey, the golden age has daal
!, ca, and pare Art il apprecia.od II
"Not the 'Sunrisa' Hubsrt :"
"Yes, the 'Sunriss.' Look Here
chock for thousand dollars, sigi
4 Ell by the Signora Sovorn, tho prin
. donna who is singing ut the Academ
d She is in tho studio now, and say
she wants 10 DO introduced to tho .
y fists wife,
"But Hubert, my dress! My gin
0 ham dress -
"Oh, your dross is woll enoug
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