The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1877-1885, 1878-06-06

pl,t of < novelette, which Ma - take
Iii. -urcorsciou. world by storm. And
- the wear passed by.
Sing SAID NJ. T,roux. the lea .er
ST the orchestra 81 the hcTa House
..vou sing. madrmp.~"(tc \ very rlo"
little parlur voice. | dare SAY. tut
you'd ~ 81 no more u~a lnau a ,hlrp-
Ing sparrow on tlte stage should
think Your common sense might has,
taught sou that
VI. P.r,uN ~As rough. but hc wt~
honest anu Leuua went lack Ia tears
- h.r boarding house. where a Tat
bundle of El~~. awaited her. neatly
tied il brown paper. and labeled
For Miss Brlc,brid-e. Positively
declined.
Is it possible that am a failure
said poor LeunA L. herself. \
with all these bills To pay. ana the
piano hire due for a year and
But Miss Bracebrldges unpleasant
reyerie was cut short by the tapping
OF her landlady'S knuckles on the door,
=. don't want to intrude, Miss,
said the lady with the belliGerent air
Of one who means business. "hu Nt
several heavy payments II meet next
week. and / would he greatly Obliged
if YOU could Just make II convenient
to let me have 4 small payment. Tor
its nearly siN months Ml>S-lm 2
tellin YOU gospel truth->Ince We
seen the color of your money ana liz
Just such boarders a YOU Miss, rs
drives honest folks like rs INTO the
bankrupt court.
Her nose Redeemed spitefully. and
her voice grew louder, a She uttered
these words, and poor Leona shrank
away in spite of herself.
Il viii communicate with my
friends. Mrs Battersby. Said she, and
settle with YOU very soon.
Il hope YOU Will, I'm sure. miss.
said the landlady. closing the door be-
hind her with a jar that set every VEN
IN LeOna's frame Il qulYtr.
She sat there in the shabby all
the afternoon. CRYING quietly TO her
self. thinking. with her aching head
resting upon her hands of the past and
the present. And then she put on her
bonnet. and went TO the little red-bIick
house where her father had died, two
years ago.
Mrs. Lynton was sitting in the rel
[ GLOW of the freight, knitting AMY a.
if she had never left off all those
months of Leona's absence
"Child,' cried she, as the tail FIGURE
giided across the focr AM stood in
front of her. us it o
Yes. Mrs. Lynton. it is l." said
Leona. I've come back to tell you /
am sorry that | eve acted 50 foolishIy.
I've II back to say that / Will be
Felix's wife, if he viii overlook the
past"
Old Mrs. Lynton began to wiring her
hands in dire disnlay.
Leona,' said she, 'syou are too
late. Felix was married last week.
We tried our best to get your address,
but you had moved away from the last
place, ~ left no clue behind. Zoe
was h~eartbrOken about it, but there
was no help. Yes, he was married
last week, and they have gone t
Philadelphia for their wedding trip
And | do believe my poor boy IS happ,
I at last"
Leona stood pale and silent as
statue of marble.
But whom did he marry = sait
she.
Didn't I tell you, child: Why
Zoe, of course
Felix Lynton and his young wife az,
as happy as if there was no such thins
as trouble in the world. So is ole
Mrs. Lynton. And Leona is support
ing herself by giving lessons in musi'
and doing whatever jobs of plain
needlework she can obtain.
Pride must have a fall" SAYS tn,
proverb, and Leona Bracebridge is on,
of its living illustrations.