Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1876-07-27
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Miss H0lid0y's Plate.

Miss Halliday, setting down her cof-
fee-cup, unfolded her morning paper,
and read aloud, with an air of salts
faction, the following announcement: !:
1.-Two single ladies can accommo-
date gentleman and his wife with a
suite of handsomely furnished apart
ments, with attendance. Unexcep-
tionable references required. Plate,
if desired, extra"
~Plate?" said Miss Milicent. why,
we said nothing about plate"
at was an after thought OF my
own," replied the elder sister com
placently. Il wished it to be under
stood by applicants that We have
plate. 1t shows that the advertisers
are persons OF gentility, and we may
thus secure more desirable inmates. !"
"To be sure. No one but you.
Phoebe, would have thought of that. {"
remarked Miss Milicent, admiringly.
"But you always were so clever and
acute"
please, ma'am," said Nancy, the
female factotum of the Misses Hall
days establishment, as she thrust her
head in the door of the breakfast
room-@please, ma'am, a gentleman
to see you, ma'am, about the rooms. y
Dear me, very prompt, 1 declare, !"
said Miss Halliday, adjusting her iron
gray frizzles. you will come to the
parlor Milicent; and you, Katie"
turning to the pretty young girl who
haG been all this time tearfully gaz-
ing out of the window, you may as
well begin packing. The train leaves
at 6 tomorrow morning-so all must
be ready over night"
Katie went slowly up stairs to her
room. where, throwing herself upon
a lounge, she burst into tears.
80. dearl" she sobbed, piteously-
Il almost wish / were deadl"
Let no one blame her too severely.
The SORROWS Of youth are harder to
bear than those Of old age and expe-
rience; and a girl of seventeen, dis
appointed or crossed in her first love,
imagines that the future holds no
recompense. Life, she believes, can
henceforth be to her only desert,
and the world bowling wilderness
At least such was Katie's impression; !;
and then Aunt Phoebe was so hard
hearted and cruel to send her away
to the country, on two months WIS.,
it to that awful Aunt Stricken, only
because-because Charlie loved her
and wanted to marry her.
Aunt Phoebe said she was too
young, and Charlie too poor. As IL
people must wait till they grow old
and rich before they are fit to marry
What if Charlie were only a poor
clerk in a lawyers Office, wouldn't he
make money by -and-by? Wasn't he
smart enough and good enough to
succeed in anything he might under
take? o, il Aunt Phoebe and Aunt
Milicent only would be little kind
and help them a littlel
Meantime Miss Halliday, in the par
lor below, was making arrangement
with the gentleman who had called,
quite to her own satisfaction.
He had introduced himself as the
Reverend Mr.. Hewlett, late mission
airy to Beloo- -buchoo, China, whence
he had returned on account of his
wife's health, the climate not agree
with her. He had come to B to
make arrangements for editing a new
religious paper, to be called The
Awakener," and also to assume the
office OF Secretary of the "Metropol-
itan Union Bible and Tract Society.
He had letters which he drew forth
from black morocco pocketbook-
and could refer Miss Halliday to the
Rev.; but she had here interrupt
ed him by declaring that it was not
at all necessary. Would Mr.. Hewlett
like to look at the rooms?
SO the two ladies, accompanied by
Nancy, conducted their visitor up
stairs, where he examined and ap-
proved OF the apartments, only re-
GREETING the eastern exposure, and
suggesting certain little changes
such as might be easily made, as
more conducive to Mrs. Howlett's
comfort.
IAN invalid, you know, my deal
madam, is generally fastidious in lit.
tie matters such as these. Mrs. How.
lett is especially sensitive to draught
hope the doors and windows are al
close"
Here he examined them.
I'VE shall be glad to engage a ser.
want; and as to plate, though it is {
thing to which myself am perfectly
Indifferent, yet as Mrs. Hewlett has,
confess, a weakness in that direction
I would not object to crafty her. In
deed she is to be excused, hayine
been brought up by her father in {
style quite different from that tt
which. as a missionary's wife, she hac
been more recently accustomed
parbans ma,am Won would allow m,