Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1878-08-24

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DAYS in tbr weex 10 do al. that. IL hap
yeaed Co he the same Old woman who
rad done the same ~ork for Old G.spsrd,
and che told them much Of the Old man :
ways and eccentricifies.
One day old Dorothy saw Milly busting
the parlor while she was ON her knees
scrubbing the brick hearth.
Don't you think this picture resembles
Mr.. VAne, Dorothyf" Milly asked, point
ing to the mailed warrior.
MAYBE it do, ma am, but all l knows
is that the old master was precious fond
of that picture. I've seen him lie on that
sofa for hours and look at it; SO steady
and curious like that made sure it was
some kin of his"
20, Dorothy, the dress is that which
was worn century ago."
"Maybe it was his grandfather" said
Dorothy; "it might be, you know"
"Yes; it might truly, but doubt it.
I've heard that Old Gaspard bought these
pictures in London, long before he ever
came to this country"
"And how should people know that,
missG The old master wasn't fond of
telling where he bought this or that
thing"
The summer passed by, and the winds
of November we're soon whistling around
the lonely tenement and shrieking down
the chimneys. As Milly listened to them
at night she wondered if Old Gaspard had
not been lonesome when he heard them
and wished for human companionship.
Mrs. Desmond could not afford to send
the boys to school, SO Milly had to teach
them, in spite of having SO much house.
work to do. Psulina might have under
taken their education, but she would not.
She preferred sitting by the window,
watching the rain, or the snow, or the
people passing by on the road. Anything
was preferable to Paulina to work of any
sort.
Hugh and Andy were easy to teach and
quick to learn, but Dick was stubborn and
abhorred his book.
"Dick, little Andy will be far ahead of
you if you don't mako some effort to
learn. Why are you so stubborn" Milly
asked one day, ell out of patience.
~ guess I was born stubborn, and it
won't work out" replied Dick f1inging
his dog-ear speller under the table, and
then being obliged to go down on his
knees after it.
1t was a dreary, cold day in the last
week of November. The trees around
the house were bare and brown. The
wind went shrieking around the corners
of the house. Reginald and Paulina and
their mother had gone into town to at
tend temperance meeting. Gregory
was with Milly, both he and Reginald
having a half day to themselves, such
was the excitement over the meeting. that
several of the stores had been closed to
allow the clerks to attend. But Gregory
chose to spend his halliday with Milly.
Rachel lay on her sofa, half asleep, and
Andy and Hugh had gone out in the
woods with baskets to gather sticks, the
supply of fuel having run short in the
Desmond house, and there being no
money to spend on on it.
Dick had wanted to accompany his
brothers, but Milly had refused to allow
him to do so. His morning lessons had
been neglected, and for the sake of pre-.
serving her authority Milly declared they
must be learned this afternoon. So Dick
lay at full length on the floor by the
stove watching fly crawling IN the
ceiling, the dog-eared spelling book ly-
ing open on his breast.
Milly and Gregory were too deeply alb
sOrbed 10 their conversation to care IN uch
whether Dick was studying hart or
watching flies. They were so mach in
love with each other, these two.
"There don't seem much prospect Of
our ever being married, Milly," said
Gregory in q responding tone, Il had to
send forty dollars {, my sister thi. month,
and do "A I snav I cant save m. unrh =.