Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1877-01-11
4 Scrap FrOm Ny Journal.

Nl!dFeu mas gone down the >hauN lane
! for walk and LETT me alone. The great
! pile of sewing We have been doing for
Mr.. Somer>on Is all completed. and |
have written out The bill. The bill :
Why did NY cheek burn, and my hand
:lcmblc over the task, a if it were a
disgrace TO ak for the money We have
honestly earned, Perhaps it i, because
il Is something new for Mildred and me
10 work for our daily bread. Only two
Years ago We could pay others for the
stitches put into our own dainty cloth
ing. All, me Two years ago. Then
smallpox took our father, and brought
ne to the confines of the grave. When
the funeral was over, and friends ex-
amincd our fathers affairs, thcv found
every dollar was claimed by creditors.
and We were left poor as well as Or
phancd.
Some Of the friends, who pitied Us,
saved enough to buy n wee cottage on
Long Island, and when could take up
the burden of lite again, WAS allowed
10 select furniture from our old house
tor the new one. All through the dread
fu! time Mildred was at the White
Mountains with Aunt Janet. and we
| were glad she was pared. My beauty
wa never very marvellous. SO " hen the
smallpox scared H. and lett nv Skin a
deep, un.ightIy red, could not grirvc
A. should have done If MildrcdS cx-
qui>itc loyclincss had been SO swept
away.
Per Mildred, When spoke of Mr..
S"mcr>on to-day. in spite oi her care
less voice and the pretty toss of her
head. | could see silent pain in her
soft. vinlr. eyes. She Will marry him.
while am sure, oh 80 bitterly sure.
she vii never forget Rodney. Rodney,
who sailed over the seas when Mildred
was supposed TO be a rich mans child.
and carried her heart with him. only To
crush 1t under his long silence when
sorrow came.
II j. seven months since Mr.. Somer-
son came here bringing letter from
Aunt Janet. who claims him as an old
friend OF her own and our mothers. re-
Gently returned from California. and
very rich. | wonder why | fancy he
loved cur mother: No one ever told
me So Bat he looks at me with such
tender vcarnng ewes sometimes as If
| reminded hum at some one loved and
lost, and am like nav mother She
was dark and small. not like Mildred.
wh" - blonde. tall and slender. Spite
Of my Scared face am like the por-
trai; of our mother. who died " hen Mil
drcd was baby. have her large.
dark eyes and heavy black hair. and
am small TOO.
MIR. Somerson purchased splendid
country-scat not far from our tiny cot
tacc. and put IN small army Of work
men tNmodCrnl1c and improve 1t. " hen
he had finished il ~ hi> liking. he sent
To New York Tor upho!>tcrcr> and gar
dcnCr> 10 make II perfect inside and out
And all the time he kept Mildred and
ne busy over the sewing. and paid Us
we'll. Such piles ri table linen and bed
linen. most daintilv made A. we have
completed. would delight any house
keeper. Finding Mildred liked en-
broldery better than plan sewing. Mr..
Somer>on ordered initials on every piece
of .incn.
Sometimes fancy my bro:hcr-in-law
10 he will offer me a home also in his
splendid house, but cannot live there
when they are married.
My hand tremhle> over those words.
when | have known for many long
weeks what was TO he the end, 1t is
because | am sorry for both where all
the love is on one side, only weary
heart-sick submission on the other.
had written so far when a shadow
fell upon my paper. and looking up
saw Herbert >omcrson standing between
me and the window. His tall erect fig
urc, the very per>onIication OF strength
and man!inc>>, cut oil the light from my
page. but his good. noble face was full
of Kindness ~> his ewes smiled upon
me. thought wha, good brother he
meant to be to his ugly little sister. and
then was sorry for his wasted love.
Z" Are YOU very busy - he asked.
. No. see. our graf pile Of sewing i
quite ready for voug servant To come for
it, said, pointing 10 the heap ofneat-
" folded linen on the table.
i" Never mind the work Just now. ="
he answered very gently; vet fancied
saw shadow Of ANNOYANCE in his
eyes. " Can Won walk on; with me for
little while F: lhave something wish
very much TO say 10 YOU"
! 1t was coming. He wanted the grave
elder sis.er 10 influence Mildred to tell
him il he nigh. hope TO win her. Nv
heart seemed 70 suiFoc l,c me with its