Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-25
TAKING B0ARDERS.
A MODEL LANDLAnY, AND THE HAPPY
RESULT OF HER KINDNESS.

hteNNi<l Ot tEh hlNlfN ESS.
ut was great scandal. the neighhors
said. that Miss Della should be Obliged Ia
take boarierS after all she'd been through
and heaven knows boarders did not HELM a
| body to work out her salvation. And so
much money in the family, soo, taking il
! by small and Large. Wasn't her Uncle
Eben, over at Dover, we'll to do and not a
chick of his own TO care for, eNccpt the
boy he had adopted who was no credit to
him? 1t was odd now, that man with
poor relations should take to a stranger
when his own flesh and blood were needy
but sometimes it did seem as if folks had
more feeling for others than for their own
! kith and kin. Then there were wealthy
cousins in the city, To-, %nded and fash
ionable who were never worth a row of
| pins TO Della, I'D there was ner great unciS
Johus widow a-larking ON the continent, a
! gambling at Baden Baden and irving the
waters OF every mineral spring i'm the three
! kingdoms, for no disease under the sun but
old age, Shed been been known TO say
tlat her folks were too rich already and
| probably she would eudow some hospital
! with her property" Plainly wealthy rela-
/ hves Were of no value to Miss Della To
! be sure, she had never seen her great aunt
/ since she was a child, when her uncle John
! had brought her into their simple life for a
months visit, with her French maid and
| dresses, her jewel, and iollals which won
! the heart of her little namosake. Since
| then uncle Johns widow had become sort
/ of gildcd creation, always young and
always beautiful; for though Della had re-
celNed little gifts from time To- time across
the seas for the last fifteen years, she had
neither heard or seen anything of the be-
ing who had inspired her youthful imaq-
nation, and was quite uncertain If such a
! person as Mrs. John Rogerson was in the
| land of the living. Dead or alive she
seemed to have made no material differ
encc IN DcliaS humdrum life. After hav-
! ing nurscd her father through Il long sick
ness, she found that he had left a heavy
mortgage on the homestead, and hcrmothcr
and herself ON the high road to the poor
/ house, unless they should bcstir themselves.
| As her mother was already bed-rddcn, the
/ stirring naturally fell upon Della, and She
! advertised for summer hoarders
| coon board IL ihe country, 10y the riverside, AZ
" seven dollars week, Large chambers, broad
/ from the station. Address, DELLA kOGERsoN. trutls-
! borough, Maine.
Cheap enough commented an elderly
| lady, who happened upon il. "pclia kog-
erson. An old maid J suppose, obliged to
look out for herself I've a good mind to
try her broad piazzas and new milk If !
don't like it, thcrcll be no harm done
And SO Dclia's first boardcr arnycd-an
old lady with false front OF hair brown,
! wrinkled skin faded eyes, a black ALPACA
/ gown and hair trunk Della made her
1 as welcome as if She had been duchess 4.
/ lighted a fire in Mrs. Clements room rs the
| night was damp, and brought out her
! daintiest cup and saucer with the fade
less old roses wreathing them. Wonder
/ fully kind, reflected Mrs. Clement, as She
/ coubcd out her wisp Of gray hair and con-
/ tidcd the false front TO a box, wonderful
! kindness for seven dollars q week She's
new to the trade. She'll learn better HUI
! man nature doesn't change with attitudes.
/ she'll find ii doesn't pay to consider the
/ comfort OF a pOvcrty-etrickeu old creature.
! But, in spite Of her worldly wisdom, Mrs,
! Clement was forced to confess that Della
/ had begun as She meant to hold ont though
! other boarders came TO demand her atteu-
! lion, to multiply her cares. The fret and
| jar of COM ting tenperamCnts under her
/ Mrs. Grcsome complained of the mosqui-
toes with an airas il Della was responsible
for their creation of the files, as if they
were new acquaintance Of want of APP
petite, rs though Della lad agreed to sup
ply it, along with berries and new milk
If the weather, as il she had pledged her
self there should be no sudden changes, TO
annoy her boarders; of the shabby house
OIL - old
comfort and not old enough for fashion,
then Della doubted if taking boardcrs was
her mission. "What makes you keep us,
my DEAR asked Mrs. Clemcn after a day
when everything and everybody had seem
cd to 20 wrong. why didn't you ever mar.
ry? You had a lover, dare sayy
yes, "A long, long time ago
Tell me all about hint
"Thrre isn't ru,cn to tell He asked me
to marry him. He was going TO Australia,
| couldn't leave father and mother you
know they were both feeble and he couldn't
stay here. That was all"
And yOu--yOu--'
Now an men besides are 10 me ike
shadows"
And have You heard Of him siuccf'
ayes. he wrote but where was The use?
II could never come to anything. II wac
better for him to forget me and marry !
was milestone about his neck, did not
answer his last letter.
"And surposing ho should return some
day would you marry him.
u dare say" laughed Della. gently, as
if the Idea was familiar, let the neighhors
laugh ever 50 nicely I've thought Of IT
sometimes, sitting alone, when the woria
was barren and commonplace. one must
haNe recreation Of some Kind Won know.