The Lake County star. [volume] (Chase, Mich.) 1873-current, 1877-07-26
WHAT HE LOST BY J, IT. !.
BY SARAH pooNEy.r
From casselrs Family Magazine. >
q CHAPTER I.

CHAfTEH i. ! sf - Asgt
: The evening was warm and still and
FALL the doors and windows I'm George
street were set open, and everybody
: who could escape from indoor occupa-i
ton was out for a stroll. The people
living here were decent hard working
smen and women, earning enough to
taking an honest pride in themselves
and their dwellings. I, Most OF the
: windows could boast Of clean muslin
curtains, and the doorsteps were al
: white as hard securing could make
them. s~r There WIS ,one house, how
ever whose doorstep could III bear a
comparison with its neighbors: and an
to its curtains, they were idrab and
.dfngy. and had been up all the winter.
= Mr. Kenaway don't regard APP
~pearsnces that's ,certain,r said one
iuatron to another, as they took their
!. eueninp walk together. "1fI were her
/ should be sick of those frightful drab
curtains. And she has q smart young,
beau coming to thelhouss 0fteng 1
Poor thingps, sjghsd ned TIE tS TT. ether wo-
world WAS hard Hpon. 10 Poor thing!
she osn't have p Minute ITO ca her
own. what With her. dressnaak ding and
her mothefs long illness, she must be
pretty nearly at her wits end"
"Well, ifay8uhg Parr don't mind
thecprtaine and that fiisgraeefui door
step OF hers, In sure 1 sdoh,5 Ire
sponded the first speaker sharply.
70 And herehe c4mes,s looklpS Is natty
"a YOU -please, md wslkingSa s If the
very y. ground wasn't s'tIg good enough for
William Par,s the promised hus-
band of Fanny Kennaway, was one of
those men who are said to be above
their station, and are sometimes 80 very
much above ittbat there Is no keeping
them in At. William. however, was
/, industrious enough TO find favor with
the merchant who employed him. Out
of tue countingrhopse. he held his
head high, and looked down upon his
= fellow.cierks, who never ceased to
Z wonder why such a lofty fellow should
have courted. a humble little Dress
maker in George street. But very few
men OF taste would have been surprised
at PARIS choice IL they had seen Fanny
.Kennaway I'm her seat by the window
aathat evening. 80 ..',.....,t
.4After long days work, she was
resting hereyes and her hands for a
few minutes, and Watching for Will
liam's coming! Hers Was u delicate,
s sasssls &fs 21i l ass t ana
seemed TO have little fh common with
the needles and pins and gay stuffs
around her. And yet, in q general
way, Fanny worked cheerfully enough
al, her trade! 1t was only when nurs-
ing as well as dressmaklng fell to her
lot, and Q heavy DOCTORS bill was add
ed to ordinary expenses, that her lit
tie body felt itself weary of this great
world. But there was no WEAKNESS in
the smile thst greeted William, as he
entered the humble room. Like a
wise woman, as she was, Fanny al
ways met her lover with a bright look
and q merry voice. a,, a ..bt,.,t,.. d
"Come Fanny he said, won't you
go for a walk this evening? Your
mother is better, so that you can sure
ION, YES; mother can spare me /;
| Mfa Marks ID sitting with her. But
there is dress that must be finished
tonight, William" :
"I wonder why we can never enjoy
ourselves as other people dop mntter-
y ed Parr GROSSLY. "You are making a
regular slave of yourself, Fanny
'a"Well, then I'll co. - she answered
after a little pause, "and I won't be
five minutes getting ready.n1N
She ran of, and soon returned, look
ing 30 neat in her walking garb that
only an ill-humored man could have
: found a'fault in her; But as they
walked away together down the street,
there was q cloud on Williams face |;
"a and nd. presently press as spoke out his sriev-
"Why don't youget a stylish hat,
Fanny, instead 81 wearing that ever,
lasting bonnet /? Il can't think how it
Ifs your things last 80 long; Que never
sees you in anything fresh and new.
For my sake you ought to lie a little
smarter In your dress.b "a" ~
/, s Fanny did not tell him that, every
s.xpence she sarned'wa spent on the
common neceSsaries OF. life. and that
all her savings had. gone to -pay the
doctors bib; sbut.sh locked up low
ingly into the handsome, gloomy face.
William was her hrst how'd; She could
not wish, him changed, even when his
! mAgnWcent snotions caused her some
Inconvenience. The ornament Of q
,& LSsU!4 VA Rn nny Ss,s aaxsSs
hsxs'bannnsdrEAAny for 81 taheness.
Bpe shexas 21AG tt zen who
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FOR - n hep
6dlI ing, az said to hff6seif, FOR Dr. &
man In his'positiotn II have been seen
in thecUmpany cf sneh A-bonnet as