The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1876-05-11
FAITHFUL AND FAITHLESS,

They lived up among the swallows,
n the attic of Il second-ratc boarding
house, these two sisters. Madeleine
wrote stories, painted photographs, aud
|ewcd, doing whatever else came within
he way of her def fingers. Cecile was
nursery governess.
Tonight the weary lessons were fin
shed, the villain in the last story dis.
posed Of by n dose of prussic acid, and
The pretty t~oilers, lonely orphans though
hey were, sat enjoying the simple com.
Iorts of their poor little rookery.
1t was Madeleine whose voice inter.
tupted the musical performance of the
lea-kcttle.
alt is rather strange, is it not, Cccilc,
hat ! have never seer himP" she said,
(honghtfully.
Cecile looked up quickly, with a star.
fled blush. But she required no ex.
PLANTATION, perhaps because her own
thoughts had been treading the same
path.
"You will see him tomorrow, Made.
%leine. lie is coming particularly to sec
Eou. wanted TO ask him to do so, but
il would have been of no usc-hc must
tomc some time. Every thing here i,
Eo-so different from what he likes"
Madeleine laughed II soft, satisfied
laugh, as her sisters head dropped thai
was very sweet and pretty.
alt is like a fairy story" she said
pro think you are going to marry
l%omebody as rich as a prince, and liv,
IN n of those wonderful houses! Oh
Eecile! are you going to forget m,
huite? | expect some day your car
liage will go whirling past and splattel
he mud over n poor old beggar woman
TT the corner selling peanuts. Tha'
will he me, you understand. Yes; it,
kIuite like a story. l shall write it,
believe, and call it 'Thc New Cinderel
ka.' Only if I do" she added, with re
Elective disgust, ''Philip Abinger vii
lhave To be turned into Il duke in dis
Icuise, half killed in a duel, and you will
HE made n rope-dancer who nurses hin
back to life, to make it picturesque"
Cecilc laughed in her turn.
Madeleine" she said, admiringl,
watching her, ''you certainly have tn,
Dovcliest eyes ia the world, but I an
Elfraid of them. When | have my car
Iiagc, dear, you shall certainly sit he
Eidc me; and we will make Philip tax,
thc front seat, to hold the parcels, whel
lNe go shopping.n
The next day was a day of impor
fance in the eyes of these two. For
Eunately it was a holiday, and Cecil,
Lrould remain at home; and Madeleine
ISith many n remorseful but stiilcd sigl
Ils she thought of the untouched quire
Iof blank Bath post lying on her desk
I5ave herself up to unwonted idleness
Ilnd to the discussion of Philip Abin
Jger's visit. He was not to come unit
Invening, it is true, but there was nue.
lto be done. After many consultation
as to propriety, and the commendabl
conclusion that there could be not mucI
incorrect where nothing was wrong,
had been decided to receive their gues
in their W room rather than in tn
stuffy clearinghouse parlor filled wit
gossiping boarders. The pretty plant
in the window were disposed over an
over again, they went to the expense c
an investment in new ribbons to tie bac
the muslin curtains, and the few Ell
Observation-Disclosures Of other day
were hung and rehung. 1t wa
finished at last, and the sisters conten
plated the effect of their labors with CT
tire satisfaction.
Philip Abinger sauntered down TIL
street with somewhat the sensations c
IA man who walks in dream-land. II
regarded himself with a o aston
ishment rs he left the stately precinct
Of the avenue of palaces, wandering O
through the various and so perceptibI
shades of responsibility, till he reachc
n block of brick buildings that bore I'll
Stgnalemem of boarding houses in ever
square inch, from the grimy upp,
windows to the unwashed steps and Ii
tered areas. He paused n moment b,
fore he touched the bell. She live
here! The woman who was to be h
wife lived here, and plodded a veal
daily round, teaching his younger brotl
ers and sisters their letters for h,
bread! And then a generous emotic
glowed in his heart, and gave anoth,
turn to his thinking. The woman WI
was to be his wife! The b~rilliant-eyt
and lifeful beauty who had promise
herself to him-she would grace Il
queenliest of all the crowns. Heavt
bless her! How different would her Ii
be, how heaped with happiness, WHIT
once it was given into his keeping!
He rang the bell.
Mounting to the little room whe
Cecile was waiting to receive him,
took her hand in his, and murmur,
one OF those greetings of which d
words are the merest nothing, before
was quite aware that Madeleine was
existence. When Cecile said, in h
timid, pretty fashion, "My sister Mad
leine, Mr.. Abinger," he raised his ey
to- her for the first time. Cecile W
looking at her sister; for she longed
read the impression that Philip won
make and save herself the waiting un
he was gone before she could hear
She observed her sisters face with VIC
der. The unusual color that exciteme