American citizen. [volume] (Canton, Miss.) 1864-1890, 1876-05-13
FAITHFUL AND FAITHLEss,

fail M I'LL AND FAlIdLESS,
They lived up among the swallows
In the attic of 3 second-rate boarding.
house, these two sisters. Madeleine
wrote stories, painted photographs, and
sewed, doing whatever else came within
the way OF her deft fingers. Cecilewas
nursery governess.
Tonight the weary lessons were fin.
ished, the villain in the last story dis.
posed of by dose of prussic acid, and
the pretty toilers, lonely orphans though
they were, sat enjoying the simple com.
forts Of their poor little rookery.
It was Madeleine whose voice inter
rupted the musical performance of the
tea-kettle.
Sc Is Is rather strange, is it not, Cecile,
that I have never seen himP" she said,
thoughtfully.
Cecile looked up quickly, with star
tied blush. But she required no ex-
PLANTATION. perhaps because her own
|. thoughts had been treading the same
path. ~ -sa
Gu van see MN to-morrow' Made
ielne ne - coming Partlcuiariy TO see
YOU wanted to ask him to do SO, but
= w..u ~. oeen Oh NO use-ne must
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Aadelsine laughed q soft, satisfied
laugh, as her sisters head dropped, that
was very sweet and pretty.
IN = IKE fairy story" she said.
~ yS1 are> gong to marry
80 Haeela a. PRINCE and live
8. - -, = 'nos woMeflm houses! Oh
20 you gong 20 forget me
:, .olne your car
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r.Sn,ne ner' you Certainty have the
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-. -. - -. VI. make rnillp take
= -ss -, ~ Nun inc PARCELS wnen
- Swapping ~
Inc next DAY was day of impor-
sance IN the eyes of these two. For-
sn.y = was : MONDAY, ana Cecile
- -. - q. nolne; ana madeleine,
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= rf..s,- s5g.r 3 - e.asoucneo quires
. - e q e's'z Aying on her desk,
~ = q. ~ g n"ontea adieness'
os-s. :. -. ~ ~ OF fnllip Adm.
$50. !. not 70 come until
: - ..s pee tnere was much
Ai many consultations
.o..,.a.sf @ ~ le commemorate
;ncorrecs - .as sou'o pe no' nlucn
- ~ was "rosg, 1t
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e own roo" ratner than In the
ss1y Doal.ng,nsse Parior hlled with
s.p .oAfaels. Inc pretty plants
4 - lneUw were disposed over and
ose. tney Went to the expense Of
- INVESTMENT IN new ribbons to tie back
ing slm curtains, and the few en-
gravings-reminiscences of other days
.sle aong and rehupg. 1t was
. .su = iast' ana the sisters contem-
rl.ea the enecs OF their labors with en-
'-'e ss''saactlon-
Philip Abinger sauntered down the
street with somewhat the sensations of
. man who walks in dream-land. He
regarded himself with vague aston
isnment a. ne Left the stately precincts
u tne avenue OF palaces, wandering on
'aouen the various and SO perceptible
s1.oee OF responsibility, till he reached
oiock OF brick buildings that bore the
ssgn0Iement of boarding houses in every
square inch, from the grimy upper
windows to the unwashed steps and lit
tered areas. He paused moment be-
fore he touched the bell. She lived
hare The woman who was to be his
wlfe lived here and plodded q weary
daily round, tedching his younger BROTH
ers and sisters their letters for her
bread! And then . generous emotion
giowed in his heart. and gave another |
turn tn his fHfukipor sTsb1 xucv.>-.~