The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1879-06-26
The Way 1 Feel About 1t.

taken down anl seved III n il, usu1j
canvas ia. for the occasion. \nntv AID
sbp wonidn't have tba dirt Ana mnts IL /,
fire mon her freshly turned carn4f. We
were So sorry, Daisy and Tom and /. be-
cause il was the one CHEEKY snof in The
whole room Ontsjde of 'tbr dear nIj
hin lcpord and thinner toned niann
There wasn't now \ cnmtorf3hlr faatnrp
in the whole grim mcjrcumterence ofit And
because it was \pril, and some Of The
haase cleaning done. auntv would have
If that the uarIor was co,nfortable Her
poor dear nose was red. and her min
hands were bluc. and we f.)t 50 SORRY to
see her freeze There with nrover hnol,
in her hand. She hadn't eaten much
meat during Lent. and looked sadly
worn, and So very blue with the. cold As
for Daisy and me, We staid out by the
kitchen range pretending To be Still do
inG the dishes, and il was a mercy we
did. for Cousin Tom came right to us in
stead ot OArting into the paiior With his
pale face and melancholy news Some
noW the minute he took HIS hat uN knew
~ The look OF his hair that something had
happened. 1t usually lay kind of curly
and soft about his forehead, but now it
was lanll and stili and petriacd looking.
He came right up 70 rs and said, in Il
blood -curdlug way. "GlIls, the bank has
busted
"\ot auntN's bank Sol Daisy. for
couldn't speak.
''Ihe one where She kept her tin. said
Tom. "It's all gone up the spout. Cirtt.'"
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With ont accord WE took peep
through at aunty, as people always Will
gaze upon fallen horse, 4 house on tire,
or any other miserable spectacle.
Size WAS sitting by the window as stl.l as
even her nose from red had become blue.
and her hands had deeptued 10 a purple.
There was 4 gray look in her face Of age
Of loneliness, uf heaven KNOWS what that
set the tears to flowing ont Of Ddist :
lovely eyes, ana made queer lump III
my throat.
nv ho can tell her :" whispered naisy.
while We all shrank at tile bare Thought
Of such a thing
"Aftcr all, Why tell her 7" said Cousin
Tom. II always draw the money it
WiIl be an easy thing To keep up the hum
DuE Of the book"
But the humbug OF the money is the
difficult part" said.
"Wcll, it will be 4 ti-sIt shave" said
Tom: "thcro'l be some tail scrooginr
when rent dav comes around. 5ut think
can manage if nov"
We knew that Tom WAS in an ins5r-
ance ot,ice-though the work was urht,
the pay was c0rresnondjpgy yaporous
and he had always given What he couId
to the mutual supDorf WAS clad 10 sp,.
him put so brave 4 face upon the c3lam-
itv: but now that aunty's income was
cone. | couldn't see how we were ia make
both ends meet. II had ALWAYS served m
pav the rent. which was ! liz jfem in onr
EXPENSES.
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~ o'o '"o y" ito iIi'lle,
",l.'0 TIT ~ Milolo set'n'l ''Ii'l
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l''il 1''iN'' "C0P "l!i'1"" HiIiN', "iHe 'tIIu
memo" Hla.l9'ollS' tnal was quite genteel
and grand when auuty first went to
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XIII go -, =" 1'''!t ~ P'i"',
n'0oo9' 'diHS ""9 puI y pdnl lLel' ana
1t was not till some Years later on She
rave shelter 10 C0uSjn Tom. nv that
time this spacious domain was sadly al
tered the paint had become more and
more yellow with every year that went
by: the walls took deeper, not to say Il
dingier, hue and the foreign element
evolved itself to such an extent about us
that the ;albriggans, the family occupy
ing the rest Of the house. declared that
we might as well be living in Germany.
At length the Balbriggans moved away
and the lower floor was turned into a
shop for tailor with an unpronouncea
Die name. lie vas good -natured man,
with quite an ear for music; and aunty
said he might add Won to his name if