The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1880-06-24

she exclaimed. III just IHc piC~
'ture Of those I've seen many's the
time growing in the orchards in the
ould country. Le' me take it, Meg"
She held it close to her. face and
drank in the fresh, sweet perfume
eagerly. Then she put it down to
he baby and he feebly smiled.
"Seee' cried Biddy. He knows
he swate things! He'll get better
ow. Take it away and put it in
,ater, Meg, and set it where he can
.e it,
Meg ran off and soon returned
With an old blacking.bottle full OF
water, into which she stuck the pre-
cious twig. Then she sat down to
look at it and listen to Biddy's tales
Of the '.orrld country" till night
came, and she had to go to bed, but
she slept with one hand on the bot
tie in which her treasure was.
About midnight she was reused
from strange dreams of great forests
,f beautiful posies like hers by a
,hrill cry of terror and agony.
She started up calling 'Biddy!
Biddy. what is it2' and was answer
ed by the cry, "Oh, my baby. my
baby, my baby. My baby's dead"
and the low moan Of anguish from
the stricken mother. She did the
best she could to comfort her, but
what could Il child do for broken
heart?
The next day the body was ready
for the funeral. The mother sat on
the floor beside the little pine coffin
in stony despair when Meg crept
softly up and laid her cherished
branch, now reduced to two faded
blossoms and one just bursting pink
bud in the baby's hand. Bldty
looked up and burst into tears.
God bless you, Meg she sobbed.
"Shure, there's lots of blossoms
where he is now, the darlint, butl'ts
l that's glad to see these purity po-
sizes in his little hand. Oh, my ba-
by, my baby"
Mr. Edison, for his part, went
down to his brothers office and en-
tered with a little hesitation. Ihe
brother, a man older than Edison,
with one of those stern, self-repres-
sed faces which said as plainly as
words could, 1--WE had hard life
and l don't care cent about you
I'll have what l can get, whether
YOU suffer or not" started as Edison
came in. His eyes rested an instant
longingly on the apple blossoms;
but the next moment he drew back,
asking coldly, Did you wish to see
me-"
Yes, George" answered Edison,
lingering the flowers awkwardly, u
came to see about that matter-tnat
that property, you know. It's a
pity we should quarrel about it and
-and-well, l don't care. You're
the oldest and mad the hardest row
20 loe always, aad guess Likely
.nere was iully my snare spent on
me w1en 1 was IN college; and see
mere, old fellow, I'll do whatever
you say if you II speak to your law
yer and send him up to my office.
There was a moments silence, and
the younger Edison, looking down,
saw his brother put his hand to his
throat as if he. were choking. The
next moment the elder spoke almost
as awkwardly as his brother had
done.
ut wasn't the money cared for,
but-but wanted the old place. l
well, 1 had some associations with
it,"
The younger brother started. AS
sociations? What associations OF
pleasure could George have with the
old place? There were none, there
could be none except those with
Lucy Baird, who had been for one
short year his own wife, now laid
away in Greenwood. He sprang for
ward. George, did you care for her!
You could have won her if you had
tried, and you knew it. She cared
for me first because | was your
brother. Did-do you mean to say
you gave up the chance of winning
her for me?"
For minute or two the Edsons
might as well have been a couple OF
Frenchmen meeting after long
separation. The elder was the first
to recover himself.
There, there, john" he said, IN
exactly the same way he used to
speak when they were boys togeth-
er. I've been hard, but you see |
never had wife to soften me, and
1 intended to pay you for your
share of the property at first, but
well, it's no use talking it over. Did
you know that Midland bonds are
going up? I'll make a good thing
out of them yet"
II can't say, butPll see you again.
Come up to dinner with me"
Il will" ao.e' "
The younger brother went home
and put the apple blossoms, which
had been a divi4ing-rod to him,
showing him where the richest treas
|ures of brothers love lay into a
glass and set it where he could see
| it often. The elder as he turned to
his desk again, saw three petals ~
ing on the floor. He hesitated q
moment, then stopped and quickly
gathering them up laid them rever-
entity in his pocket book.
Is it not absurd that though in
lnnine cases out of ten the ordinary
Expenditures are made by the wltt
AMI mother, most women are brought
lup in blind Ignorance ofmoney mat
ters. After leaving school gir
rarely adds up column OF figures
Unless she has an allowance, and sh'
practices her. arithmetic about a.
much as she would Arabic. Yet
when she marries and begins house
keeping, the whole responsibility 9
Choosing. furnishing and managing
the house. often falls upon her. l
| is wonderful that women do so wei
las providers under the circumstan
oes, but it would be wiser to trail
them carefully for just such duties
beforehand.
/ WHEN making cake or omelette
ltake your discarded !, egg-shells
crush them into small bits, pu'
them into your decanters three parts
|filled with cold water, and through