Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1877-05-26

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But Meta only thanked him gently, and
chung more closely "a our mother. We
began To realize the scantiness of our raj
ment in the daylight, and were glad To
accept the offer If a neighbor for tempo
rary shelter. Others came forward, and
we had soon an homogeneous assortment
of cast-off clothes at our disposal. and ar
rayed ourselves as hest We could, pre-
senting ludicrous appearance enough,
if any of us could have raised spirits suf-
ficient to laugh.
But we were not exactly hilarious.
Utter and entire destitution seemed to
have fallen upon Us at last, after our long
fight with that traditional wolf who had
prowled so near our doors for the last five
years. We sailed our cups of charity
offered coffee with our tears, and were
blind to the charms Of hot cakes hospi-
tably pressed upon us.
Neighbors flocked in to offer advice
and consolation, and we were touched by
most generous offers of home and food
from several, until we could "look up
bome." Where? What could we look
FORE Our only home lay in ashes; our
sole possessions were entirely consumed !!
For three days we were numbed by
despairing sorrow. "We" means the
three women, for Freddie seemed to look
upon the whole business as pleasurable
change in the monotony of his existence
He had not been so we'll fcd-indeed I
may say we'll stuffed-in five years; for
all the neighbors called him in, whenever
he passed, to offer tit-bits. He had an
entire suit of clothes that we're outgrown
by one of the richer boys, and fitting
Freddie, clothed him better than he had
been clothed since his father died, and,
best of all, he took holiday, nobody
having sufficiently recovered their wits
to send him to school.
As soon as the ruins of our home were
cold enough to admit of visiting, par
ties of boys began to dig in the ashes
for half.burned property, and Freddie
narrowed our sensitive feelings fifty times
day by rushing in with buttons, scraps
of metal, and ruined treasures of every
description.
Meta and summoned up sufficient en-
ergy on the third day to visit my en-
ployer. who agreed to take my sister for
short time as saleswoman. We came
back to our temporary home somewhat
encouraged, to find Brent had been there,
and fully enlisted mamma on his side.
While she was repeating his arguments,
and Meta listened with smile of quiet
happiness at her lovers constancy, Fred
die burst in.
"Come, quick! quickr' he cried.
"We've found big iron box under the
chimney place. l can't lift it, it is so
heavy! o, comew
He was fairly dragging mamma from
her seat, and, hastily throwing q shawl
around her, she followed him, Meta and
myself bringing up the rear.
Truly enough, there was a large box
under the chimney place, in q hollow,
bricked all around, which had evidently
had an opening We had never seen. It
was large and heavy, requiring the united
forces of the family to pull it from its
resting place and carry it to the barn,
and put it down on the floor. There
MAS no key, but . strong lock, and after
due deliberaiion We sent for . haschet.
end, by dini Of much perseverance, and
strength, burst il open
wifhin-As by that time we half En-