The Newtown bee., 1878-08-15

seIlle down ns they grow older.
 This WAS mysterious to me, and beg god allt of white silk to make n bonnet for mg doll, and went away.
 A good while after this Cassie was happy, but before Christmas came sho began to 20 about with rueful counten- anre and swolh II oyelids, and to scold Lucy fearrully. ! One day, going into tho kitchen saw Mr, Crosses coachman, Peter, sitting by the fire and beside him not Cassie, but Lucy. 1 Well now" cried Lucy. "Ideclare children are always poking around"
 "IlI tell Cassie" l said. meaning to tell that she dared to seold me and then Peter said: .... ..s..
 Now, don't, Miss and here is candy for you"
 ! But tho candy taken from his pocket smcll of tobacco, and he 5melt of whisk- ey. The next day did tell Cassie.
 Lucy scolded me, said I.
 "What for, ?' asked Cassie. 1 Just going down stairs" said L. "And said l would tell you; and Mr. Peter saii not ;and I should have candy, and would tell. don't like Lucy. I don't see what Mr. Peter wants to hug and kiss her for" ... "Oh" said Cassie. Then she asked me more questions, and I answered tho simple truth "Mr. Peters often hugged Lucy, and once met them walking to- gcther How could any one like such girl.
 Jus then the dinnor-bell rang, and saw Lucy going across the hall with & tnrccn of soup. It was all like q flash of lightning. Cassie flew across the hall and seized the girl by her white ap- ron. Off it came, over went the soup.
 Tlo ribbons, the muslin, the blonde l air flew about. Lucy shrieked and Cas- sic screamed. Papa rushed to the res cue.
 Crying bitterly, and with her long black hair down her back, Cassie sat OH the stairs.
 Lucy leaned against the wall, with her blonde locks like pulled wool, and her face covered with bleeding scratch eS.
 1 What does all this moan ?' asked pa- pa stcrnly.
 "She knows" answered Cassie. "Oh, why did l leave bit of her?" - 1 You didn't a'most, shrieKed Lucy. "Oh, it's jealously, please, sir. Them that's middling aged and homely always hates them that's young and beautiful. l Il have the police-I will" +
 Then cook came and led Cassie away. and Lucy flew up stairs, and mamma said
 That girl shall go tomorrow"
 "Casse 7" asked Pasa. "Yes, ccr- t.inly."
 "No, not Cassie" said mamma, 'that horrible little Lucy"
 "For having her face scratched don't understand" said papa.
 Men never do understand anything" said mamma.
 Lucy went away next day, but Cassie was no more cheerful than before. A plain, young person filled Miss Lucy's place, and man came to take the soup stains out Of the dining-room carpet.
 Mr. Crosse dined at our house that day. It was at desert that he said:
 That handsome coachman of mine, Peter you know, was married today His wife is that pretty girl who used to open the door for mc--Lucy. didn't you ca her? They make very handsome pair"
 "Yes, yes, a very handsome pair. " said papa. .-
 Cassie is worth ten of Lucy" said . mamma. Afterwards I went down into the kitch- on. Cassie sat knitting opposite cook. "Oh Cassie, said I, "do you know , Lucy is married to Mir. Peter ?" II did hear something of it." said , Cassie, knitting on. Shall you ever marry do you tllink?" , asked, with no thought in my mind of . saving anything to hurt Cassie's feelings, but lc looked at me and her lips qulv- , cred.
 No, Miss" she said, it don't ap- pear to be the Lords will"
 There's better fish in the sea than ever has been caught, said cook. "Why, how do you know. cook ?" asked amazed at the information, won- , dering, too, why Cassie began to cry. , and cook to pat her on the back and comfort her.
 And Cassie never did marry she lived ' with us until she diei-tcn years after and then they found upon the high . shelf ill her room white bouqnet not quite finished, and q prayer-book with --'' Cassie Smith. from her friend Peter Peters, written on the fiy-leaf. and RIl folded together in a large silk handker- chief, which she must have bought for Peter and nIver given him.-N |. Ledger.
 ) \ young man from the country having 1, arried city vocalist, proudly wrote home that his wife was afirst-class sing