Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1880-11-25

looks and what he is doing though never
ask, and stephen never asks for me that |
can hear
Dclias summer hoardcrS were not sue
cess, to be sure. II they took no money
out of her pocket, they put none in. She
was obliged to exc out her support with
copying for Lawyer nunmore and cmhroid-
ering for Mrs. Judge Dorr One hy one
her boardtrS DROPPED away like the autumn
leaves all but old Mrs Clement
Il believe I'll stay on, she said. IL am
getting too old TO move often. Perhaps YOU
take winter hoarderS ar reduced rates, Eh?'
DO YOU think my terms high ~
by no means. But when ones purse is
low
YES, know. DO stay At your own price,
! can't spare YOU She had grown such
fondnesS for the old lady that 20 refuse her
At her own terms would have seemed like
turning her own mother out Of doorSs he
side, one month more would not signify.
But she found it hard to make both ends
meet and often went To bed hungry, that
her mother and Mrs Clement might enjoy
enough, without there appearing TO be
lust pattern
At Christmas, however came a ray Of
sunshine for Della, in the shape of a hun,
dred dollar bill from an unknown friend.
1T can't he meant for me- she cried
at is directed TO Della RogcrSon,' said
her mother; and there's nobody else OF
that name, now that your aunt Della is
dead
1--WE are not sure she's dead" objected
Della.
Horrors Don't you know whether Your
own aunt is dead or alive
ut isn't cur fault She is rich and lives
abroad. was named for her. used To
look in the glass aud tgy to believe IL in
herit her beauty with the name, though she
was only our great unclef vile
she ought to do something for YOU
How can She if she's dead? don't
blame her anyway, Her money is her own,
to use according to her pleasure Uncle
John made it himself aud gave it Ia her,
but If she should come back to YOU,
having run through with it, you'd divide
your last crust with her, III be bound
II suppose should, said Della.
The winter wore away, as winter will,
and the miracles OF spring begin in fields
and Waysidc; and Dclias borders returned
with the June roses and dropped away
again with the falling leaves, and still Mrs.
Clement stayed ON and on, Just now she
had been some weeks in arrears with her
reduced board No money had been forth
coming Tor some time and she was growing
more feeble daily. needed the uNurcs of
an invalid and the attention of u nurse /;
both of which Della bestowed upon her
without taking thought for the morrow,
II must hear from my man Of business
tomorrow, Della. I'm knee deep in debt
TO you, She began one night
"lkn't mention it, cried Della. "I'd
rather never see a cent of it than to have
you take it TO heart lou are welcome 10
stay sud share pot-luck with MS; you are
such company for mother aud me-
Thank YOU, my dear. I've grown as
fond Of you as II YOU were my own flesh
aud blood There, turn down the light
please, Draw the curtain, dear II grows
chilly doesn't il? Nou might kiss me just
once, if you wouldn't mind IT. hum
drcd years or SO since any one kissed me
And the next morning, when Della ear
ried up Mrs. Clements breakfast her
hoarder lay cold and still upon the pillow,
The first shock over Della wrote directly
Ia the lawyer of whom She had heard Mrs.
Clement speak as having charge Of her at-
fairs begging him to notify that lady's rel
atyes if she had any. In reply Mr.. Wills
wrote; THE late Mrs Clement appears to
have no near relatives. Some distant cous-
ms, who, having an abundance of this
worlds goods, yet served her shahblly
when She tested their generosity as she
tried yours, are all that remain OF her
family I'm the meantime | enclose You
copy of her last will and testament to pc
rlIse at your leisure
"What interest does he think take in
Mrs Clements wiz thought Della; but
read it nevertheless:
Being sound of mind, this 10th day Of
June, IS, /, Della Rogcrson Clement do
hereby leave one hundred dollars 10 each
of my cousins; and / bcqueath the residue
of my property thirty thousand dol
lars invested in the lngot Mining Company
fifty thosand dollar. ia United States bonds,
twenty thousand in Fortune FLANNEL Mills,
and my Jewels. to the beloved niece of my
first husband, JOIN. Iogcrpn, DELLA Roo
EgsoN, of Croitsborough Name
For ! was strangcrand yc took me in;
hungry and yc fed ne; sick, and sc min
istercd unto me-
Goodness alive" cried the ncighbors,
when the facts reached their ears. What
q profitable thing il is to take bOardersi
Everybody in town viii be- trying it. OF
course steve Laupdon will come home and
marry her il she were forty old maids.
You may stick pin IN therc'
Della did not open her house 10 boardcrs
the next season. She found enough 10 do
in replying TO letters from INDECENT people,
who seemed 10 increase alarmingly; IN re-
epiyiug old friends, who suddenly found
time t0rcmcmbcr her existence And, sure
enough, among the rest appeared Steve
Langdon, and al the village aaid: i told
Won so"