The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1878-10-17

/ ssYes, = answered Betty, shortly. j And
in another moment q round checked,
Enthusiastically red-haired, good natured
looking young girl in . plain travelling
dress stood before me. y II Sa''s'7''; I, 7
"Good gracious! is this the beauty ?''
thought l; and Carol fell back a step
"Are you Miss Carmody ?" she asked.
"I ann" / replied, holding out my
hand; "and let me welcome !, yon IL
when, turning from ~me,a she gently
pulled forward into the room the love-
Hest little child I had ever beheld in my
life, with large soul-lit brown eyes, and
sunny hair the exact color of our lost
darling's. r9ee' - va t,.'i {: 5. ,,a.
"This is Miss Ashbell," said the
matd; "and l am to stay or 60 back as
you see fit" ~ TESTS 1e37s9 i7iss5si'' ~
Hooked at Carol. He INDUCED in d
long un2er-the- breath whistle. NJ \ s. I,
Helen buried her face in the. sofa
cushion and laughed Historically. .sssas
The child came forward, and holding
out her little hand, said, with q pretty
drawl, 81 am to love, you, and you are
to love me. Aunt said So" s'r5ssh
Invent down on my knees on one side
of her and Helen went down on her
knees on the other, and we kissed her
till her dimpled cheeks glowed again
(you see, the house had been so lonely
without our little sister,, while Carol
looked on with establishment, admira-
ton, and tenderness blended in his
handsome face, and VIII stole in with
the only bud from my precious tea-rose,
the stem carefully stripped of its thorns,
and put 1t In her hand. ~ e's4as t,ssis.
"Thank you, boy" she said. II will
have you for a brother and you, too, y
looking with bright smile up into Car
rolls face. a There is an angel home,
in big picture, with hair and eyes like
yours. !" T"aaa 'f' ''2i'' ''' '''a 4, I,
Carroll caught her up in his arms, and
away with her to mothers room. And
there she had no sooner said, My papa
and mamma are both in heaven" than
mother burst out in blessed fit of weep
ing that left rainbow behind it. And
from that hour the weight began to be
lifted from her brain, and soon had to
resign my position as housekeeper, for
we had our mother back again as she
used TO be of old-a little quieter in her
ways, perhaps, but just as SWEET s kind,
as unselfish as ever. e7-a ,Ttt.se
I And Carols picture of "Miss Ash
bell ;" gained him q place on the walls Of
the Academy that autumn; and Win,
who, entered college last week, never
ran away from her again, but has ever
since been giving her roses freed from
thorns, as he did the first night she came
among us. bringing light and happiness
~ God bless heri--to our sorrOw-clou
ed house, niii9ai 7df safiG+ ~ 4aA-t - z
+ And / often think, looking at the two
young heads (there is only four years
difference in their ages) bending over
the same book, that some day Will will
tell her the old, old story, and she will
hear it with q smile. IN: s5.l.fs, ....5 III
81 shouldn't wonder If you were right,
Brownie" says my husband-how
laughed when I think of my Jealous
fears about him once on time !-.' you
almost always are.'' 'a,i4 -fs at
And aunt's speculation turned out
splendidly (she is still living, hale cid
woman Of 75), and she insisted upon
our accepting what she called fathers
share, and that share was no inconsider-
able one. ' ~ '''''+ y e
And the seven-roomed house has
grown to twelye-roomed one Betty,
blythe bye, has allowed ner daughter to
assist in the house work-and the TWEEN
-ty-five by twenty Five garden to hun
dred by hundred, say corner just filled
with rose-bushes. abH f!s.}a ass asi-
And every thing has prospered with
us, and no frightening shadows have
fallen upon our paths,' since the rosy
June afte: noon we so unwillingly open
ed the door to let in the darling who
loved as, as we loved her, at first sight
sweet brown-eyed, golden-haired Miss
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