Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-10-28
THE PASTORS DAUGHTERS.
BY NJ. L. G..

ing ana reading. Il have great
mind TO offer that Lilly home here,
continued the lady; Il suppose she
has clothes enough to last her two
or three years, except may be a pair
or so Of shoes. She is we'll educated.
could do all my sewing and teach
the boys. | dare say she is a pretty
good housekeeper, aud could look
after the house bit, too. And as
she is pretty girl, she'd likely get
married by the time the boys stop
studying
well, I'm agreeable, if you think
you can MANAGE replied her spouse;
4 can't afford to send the boys to
school another year.
In the great house on the hill, Mrs.
Perry was saying to her husband,
I'm real sorry for the girls, and
think, dear, | will let the oldest one
stay here awhile. | have been want
ing a companion for some time, but
such people as one can hire it is real
ly embarrassing to admit to that po-
sition; besides, my pin money will
not cover salary and that emerald
set too
Would it not be better to give up
the emeralds? queried her husband.
showing some sense of justice.
Give up the emeralds !! exclaimed
the lady, with an expression that
made further words unnecessary
She would doubtless be very thank.
full for bone, or should be- These
are but samples of the feeling ex.
pressed in many houses in the village;
but these good people were counting
without their host.
In the little parsonage, which they
were to leave the following week, sat
the four orphan daughters of the late
minister. For twenty years he had
faithfully comforted aud aided this
parish. So aided and comforted, the
rich and the poor, with the mind and
the soul so literally supplied him by
the Creator, and with the means, SO
scsntily supplied by his parishioners,
that now, after lifetime of service
in their behalf, he lett his family of
four daughters without a home
Their names were Kate. Jenny,
Louise and Lilly. They were INTEL
lectual girls, with hearts and souls
larger than those articles generally
run, Their attachment to each other,
and the loyalty of each one to her.
self, had been fos.ared by their father
from their birth, SIS traits most wor-
thy of fullest development. Natural.
ly the first remark which we hear
among them was the effect of this
training.
1t was on the same evening that
Mrs. Philpot and Mrs. Perry were
laying their plans. The evening was
misty and chilly. In Hates room
there was a fire, and the sisters, all in
mourning, were gathered around it.
Kate, who had been speaking, said
well, one thing must be accepted
as fact to argue from. That is, we
must not be separated All assented
to this at once.
Then l Will answer Aunt Lu3ln
da's letter right away said LilIy,au
tell her cannot come. Pm thank
full, Kate, that you didn't want me to
90. ] didn't say so, because l had
determined to do as you wished but
| did not want to GO
You would doubtless have a more
luxurious home there, but you are not
used to luxury and can get along
without it, replied Kate, while we
are used to you and cannot get along
without you
you dear sister, cried Lilly; l
shonld die OF home, sickness in a pal
ace, if | thought you girls were griev
ing for me- And then you know /
could not sing out through the house
in that proper establishment; and |
would not care TO walk over cloth of
gold, if could not ing 10 passing
ST l receive an encourage ng an
swer to my Philadelphia letter said
Kate. we will all 90 there to start
life the day we leave this house. |
must confess | do not love this vii.
lage, or its people, as much as dear
papa did and can leave it without
any heart throbs.'
There are number of things we
must take with u.s. suggested Louise;
for though the parsonage is supposed
to be furnished by the parish, there
| is much here that is our own person.
al property
yes, there is the bookcase with
its fine collection of books, which
grandpa gave papa when he entered
the ministry said Kate.
'And which is yours said Jenny,
for papa always said You should
have it
and the Dukes silver, the only
remaining vestige of the greatness of
our grandsLes,' SAID Lilly.
and all the furniture which grand
ma brought for her room when she
came these must belong to all of u.s.
said Kate.
'And the sofa which is in mammals
ROOM said Lilly, 'and which she al
ways priced so highly, because she
was sitting on it when dear papa pro
posed to her. That, Kate, is yours
i vii! try tomorrow resumed
Kate, 'to sell the piano, to settle the
bill which we have been obliged to
run at the store since psps's illness.
Mr.. Bryan's daughter took music les
sons while she was at boarding-school,
snd she told me the other day that
her father had promised to buy her
one That debt settled in that way,
we will have about FIVE hundred dol
lars to begin work with
| Next day wss) csear-s and bright.
Jenny and Louise were carefully
going over the house, making an in
ventory Of their effects, preparatory
to packing. Lily was writing let
ter to Aunt Lucinda-not an easy
thing to do, for Aunt Lucinda was the
richest relative they had, and papa
lad been indebted to her, as were
they, also, for msny kindnesses, and
this letter was to refuse to crafty q
notion which she had set her heart
upon. Kate was attending to bust,
ness ont in town. She intended