Daily Republican., 1879-05-23
FOUND EyAN's'ENs,.

r MT. .Itl'H'bL-, " t'AiI, i''o'' I""nh' W
man Of fifty, looked rather sadly at his
enthusiastic yonug nephew.
"Fancy, uncle That is hardly al
appropriate vord to use. | am quito
certain Of tue fact.
az suppose y"p "ill consider me !"
worry bad judge y, ..oman character, il
/ toll you that iks her little cousins
danure faca best. Believe me, Harry,
there is more real stamina III Ruth
DUR than in her pretty cousin Raca-
ael."
"Thero, sir, >" answered Harry, roso-
lutely, ais where | must beg leave to
differ with YOU
THAT she earns her owu living he,
hind the counter Of faucY store
that they both dc is no dra" back i'll
my @ na. Independence and self reli-
ance are to me cardinal virtues, and
even though your wife will be raised in
to an atmosphere Of comparative wealth
few lesaous tsken beforehand in tie
impartial, school Of worldly expert
e4ce will be ofincaIculable uS9 to her. .
Harry Meredith sat long hat night,
before the brigh; fire in his snug little
bachelor apartment, inu@ing over his
uncle's words.
He had met the two cousins, Rachael
aud Ruth Durr, at q quiet little birth.
day gathering at the house of friend,
and instantaneous felt drawn toward
& i Inv, al, ~. ~
months. She was a beautiful blonde
while the other was rather Of the bru-
tie type. During the three months
which had followed upon His first i'll
trodu2tion, Harry Meredith had con
triyad to see the cousins several times
a week, AMI consequently fell daepJr
in love with the goiden-hairrd lassie
even while he was quite conscious OF
Ruth's deeper character and stronger
iuttlle't.
Sometimes La was aims: tempted to
waver in his allegiance Loward the cld.
1 er, and chen Letook himself with very
, vi necessary sternuess to talk.
To night. however, he passed the
whole of the past few weeks III vi4w
before his memory, and decided thai
'inaction was the worst policy III the
world.
This suspense must be put an sn3
to-" calculated our hero half aloud,
and then smiled mischevously TO him.
self, as AL idea came into his head.
"rll do it," he thought, biting his
lip. "Of course it's only for the fun Of
the thing. have not the shadow Of a
doubt that sho is all she seems--'
He was silent for a few minutes and
then arose to prepare for slunber.
"Thsy are polite enough to me, as
favored child OF luxury. Now | vii
take measures to learn whether thi:
cour.ssy is genuinely from the heart, ol
merely boru OF empty form and adula
ton to wealth"
So our hero, lying his head on hi'
pillow, dreamed Of a private masquer
ade parties all night long.
Rachael Durr and her cousin Rutl
were shop girls in Slavery 4 st. Clair''
groat fancy store.
"Oh, dsar!" sighed Rachael, one
morning as she took off her bonnet il
tho li:tlo dressing room at the back o
the store, and shook down nor gold
ell shower Of curls, chow tired am :;
this horried drudsery. How l wisl
Harry Meredith would propose if he's
going to-"
! Ruth laughed as she smoothed dowr
her satin brown hair and tied the bow
ofrrimson ribbon at her throat.
"And what do you think OF me
Rachael |, who have no such brilliant
hopes of lnatrimouy TO light up the
montony of my daily toll -
Rachael shrugged her shoulders.
~ don't SEQ how ycu bear it st
patiently. | should die with vexation
and 'ennui' II did not hope for some
thing better"
Hush !" said Ruth, "there is Mrs
Wicks, the forewoman, calling u.s."
"How ] hate the old vixen !" Rach
ael calculated, slowly following Rutl
into the store.
"Really, Miss Rachael DUR, yo'
NEST be u little more pupctual,' sai'
Mrs. Wicks, pursing up her moutl
primly. 'You are fully five minute
behind time, and it was just so yester
r day"
Rachael pou:e1, and went to worl
abeling a box vfnewly arrived ribbons
she and Mrs. Wicks had never agree
very tremendously, nor did she afliliSt
with the show girls. "a stuck up I'M
pertinent thing" they called her, Will
she from the serene heights OF the pos
siLili,y of her one day becoming Mrs
Harry Meredith, treated them with
disdaln tina. was anything in the worl
but agreeable.
In vain were Ruth's rem onstranceS
Rachael had always been wilful and il
clinel to supercilious nes, nor would sh
listen to hvr cousins mildly profferc
advice now.
"I.'s all very well for you, Ruth
you've got to spend all your days here
but" she said, curling her pretty lips
"hut shall soon be lifted out OF thi
grovsling atmosphere"
f. at is by no means certainty
aye. it is,' laughingly answere
Rachael, blushing like damask ros'
And Ruth would sigh softly, an
think how brightly the future was III
rolling its vast map before her lrett
little cousin.
L. Rachael Durr waited rather languid