The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-12-04

IAN Grace take care or your mother, and
5arcie help do the homework and sew
ng?''
"Grace can't be broken of her rest at
hight. Mamma always take nourishment
n the night, and it would be TOO hard to
get up. Garcie does help little with the
but she don't know how to
cook, and don't like to sew: it makes
ner side ACHE"
"Umph! don't suppose your side
ever aches, En-? Your axe made Of cast
iron, aren't you? You look like it. See
here! who welded that onion.bed?''
II did,
II knew it. Easy, isn't it?''
No; it's rather hard-that is, to work
all the afternoon, when ones little |
tired to start with. But our neighbor,
Farmer Stebbins, advised us to work the
garden. The vegetables help along with
the living in the winter. We got it
planted, and take care of it, 49,.
"That's enough. won't stand it, En-
I'm going to manage some way to take
you away out of this" f a4
"Oh, OIL" cried Garcia. dancing into
the open doorway. Aunt Bethia's dead,
and she's provided for us all in her will"
"Garcia" cried EN-. starting up and
turning pale, "Garcia, don't speak So"
swell, I'm delighted, and there's no
use pretending anything else. Come in
and hear the letter read p ..-.-.
So they all went into the next room
The letter had just arrived from Pennsyl-
vania, where Aunt Bethia had lived for
many years, though it was not her native
place. Her will had been left in care of her
lawyer, who, upon her death, which had
been uncomp!imented by visits at her re
quest, shad written to her deceased broth
er's family informing them of the dow
ries. The singularity was, that while
they were named, they were not respect
lively presented.
I'VE are to take our choice!' cried
Garcia. .r. aa .... 5-....
"Stopr said Mrs. Chetwynd, leaning
upon her pillows and reading the letter
with a flushed face, while EN- regarded
her anxiously. 1t is recommended that
the eldest daughter take the unimproved
Pennsylvania land. That's you, Grace"
81 won't lave it, cried Grace. 81 am
going to have the Gothic cottage on the
Hudson!''
''Kecommended," went on Mrs. Chef
wynd, reading ''thet the next take the
Hudson River estate"
"Grace has that l'ra going to have the
prairie. farm and new house out West. I'd
like to 90 West. Jack and Tom are do
ing first.rate making fortune. Lieu
tenant Egbert shall leave the army and
turn farmer-he, was brought up on q
farmland I'll keep house in the West
ern style, and you shall all come and
partake of my hospitality once a ycar!"
cried Garcia, generously.
"But the Western estate is recommend
ed to En-, ;" hesitated Mrs. Chetwynd.
| "And those old marshy Pennsylvania
lands left to me!'' cried Garcia, angrily.
'That is just as you and En- CAN agree. y
interposed Mrs. Chetwynd. ~
"Don't get into passion, Garcia
They all looked at EN-. She, rather
than the others, seemed quite suited to be
the mistress OF Western farmhouse; and
it certainly was home, and would en-
able the owner to marry nicely; John
Melvin, too, preferred to 60 West fo1
practice. En- STOOD silent and pale.
IF En- wants it, she must have it,
SUPPOSE 2 said Mrs. Chetwynd.
"Yesw cried Garcia, land Lave moth
ing! Be doomed 70 stay and die in thi
hole! Take it, EN-. OF course you will
I EN- had inveluntarily looked up a
john Melvin. He felt the delicacy of in
terfering, but his momentary gaze seeme'
to bid her hold her rights. But at Gar
cia's stormy words she started, and he
patient eyes dilated with pain as sh
looked at her sister.
mo, no, Garcia; it is harder for 20
/ to stay here than for me. You shall hav
the new house and be married. job
and I can wait while longer.
l She looked up at him cheerfully, bu
he turned white with bitter disappoin
3 ment. AS for Garcia, she had not eve
q the grace to be grateful to her siste
/ She only exclaimed, pettlshly:
4 "Wait2 could wait as we'll as you
l there was anything to wait for. am NJ
an old maid yet, if you are five years tt
b youngest, EMP
= eyes that is the way they took all h
e sacrifices For Garcia, OF course, toe
o the beautiful. highly cultivated Westel
J. home, and En- was left with the marshes
e Grace and Garcia were marie
Neither of them offered to assume Il
d care of their invalid mother, who wou
: certainly be an invalid all her day
J, They considered that Ems work, wit
Il out doubt.
r Well, the life at strawberry Farm was
little easier after they were gone, certai
,e ~: and often, while finding no bett
q. opening, John Melvin and EN- car
). to think that it might do for home
10 both, though there was already three d.
# tors in the neighborhood.
At last they were married.
y ~ never was lucky, and there's no !,
in our waiting until we are both old q
III gray for our ship to come in, john" 81
- En-. Let US. be married, and take wi