, 1880-04-18
A COAIAlONPLACE HISTORY,
1nsfgnffcant Incidents in Two Lives
Some Time Before Their Entirely
Ordinary Termination.

\ Some Time Before Their EnGireI]
Ordinary Termination.
| New York World
In an attic Hike other attics, In city like othe
cities. lived young girl: not uncommon afte
ali, though tho world may not believe there art
such young girls. For she was pretty, she wal
poor. she was ulonc, she hardly found food ant
fire and clothes enough for dcceucy and ncat.
ness by unccastng laoors; and yet she was moi
sinner. Her name was Sarah, yet nobod,
called her Sadie. Indeed. nobody called he,
| anything distinguishing or individual. The
grocer said, with ill-conccaied contempt, "Fou1
ccuts, miss" as for tho cur-conduutors, .ster
lively, lady." wis their salu,atton If, after a
long walk to tho shop that gave out shirts to be
1nnde ut Il cents she WIS tired and expended MI
the button-holcs In riding buck. "Is there not
| wilderness somewhere" Sarah used to say to
her looking glass, ''where could 90 and make
| ucquantnilces?' 1t seems she had 4 looking
| glass. But though the looking glass told her
| much that she cared nothing to know it did mt
answer her thnt.
There continued enc day to be in another room
IN the nitric young nun namud Edward. Such
things IN such places have no perccptible begin
nlnS They We're not and they are; like rim
of CRIME on shlrt-ttld. 80 with Edward. Sarah
did not know when he came or that he came. but
snu begau ~ perceive that hs was there In
faet, she met him on the stairs. He Was neither
tall nor short, neither handsome nor plain,
when nc was IN his room he wh1stled and sornc-
times tranpcd up and down. Sarah began to be-
interested NOT III the young man probably,
b1I 11in n the iact thnt there was y young imam.
wen, such heIKhborhuu1S always lead to GER
tain results. When Edward bad passed her eighty
seven times on the stairs he met her for the eighty
e1ghth time and bowed slightly, but distinctly
Saruh smiled. Three weeks later be had saiti
Good o. morning and Sarah murmured to her
self SCI "n shai hnvs III acquaintance-l shall have
-, BY and by winter one day bocame spring.
winter always suggests spring much as d hurd-
non ootcd G esg i suEsess y G chicken pie But suddenly
coming-ls coming nenrcr-is happening it
must ug with nerer-cndtng wonder that We be-
nolu lhls recurring mtrncte Of tho resurrection;
a miracle however, that heaven does not upuar.
ense Of the hard-boilcd cgg. Tho hcathen would
WIFI Sn .ii tne ~. tnis IS fate But perhaps another
Thy spring Ind not gone when Sarah beean tn
call EDWARD @ Edward and Edward to Gull Snruh
period In the acquaintance Of your,t, min and
young maid Here it c1l1ne about ia nll simnie-
ness, s foilowa Sarah, before going to bed Que
evening, was conlblng out her long but thin vel
10 Low - hanr ~ ana tying up tho cotnbings, with the
has gRns nli one way IN bunch against rainy day
ton wall, which had seemed to her ns th|RcE Tx. "a
the Chinese wall md which to Edward had
seemed ' as wonderful and sacred thing as il it
Um.o:r MT tnlrteen Kinds, Tor the matter OF that
ihls was the pnrtition wall between thor rooms.
~. "A4 AA'4sAeu ~ EIS up inc savings with which
shG was occupied, took oT her short nrinr suck
ana then, wiping her hands, clasped them over
- What fs ft?' o e@4e"'
What is your namo, my little uei4hbor7"
sala M inc cain voice 0f the young man from tia !
- n, sue et INC wall Sarah, who had turned
70 answer the knock, turned back to look in her
glass moment befor replying and then cn,,rht |
Up shawl and mrftied her shoulders in r.
Ihen she blushcd. Then she smiled q little. '
=, ~ Wotian smile may be an unwilling winter
Inv Inv or hearty summer fervor Of Sunshine,
Is Snrnh." 3 'o4o- NY Aane
,,a.; MY name is Edward" said Edward. Ut wish
sou would let me Gull you Sarnh.'' |
very well, Edward" said Sarah. h1usbinv
aEnln. A She did not know why she bIushcd.
,d. dncn tnsre WASH delicious pause OF 4 few mo-
. i1enis. II was not the woman, you NAV be sure.
Sho M broke SO sweet II silence woman may,
iot ~ PC ~ise ut All times but she knows wbeH
oe1ecls likc holding her tongue In thfs rnnTi I
.dKe she excels all men. >AA' 0Ao"t~
sarnh. sa1h Edwurd presently; "why do vo,,
he The s1en ynana ela5fer sir h,a On the stars?"
- nm going to bed, Edward, and you had better
%. too-guod-night, Edward" wns her nnit +
nswer. II fact she presently blew out her
anoIe @ anu 1ell into Sweet sleep. Edward 11as
elf when she laughed? Pcrhaps shfa hesan4 ~ ner
ecl more nor like q sister or a mother to Fdward
nan Ike an-acquaintance
Dass passed aud this pair became more in+f |
iate. ,s An acquaintance grows at the start nnt |
tt ~ iulaR M Or sugar dissolvtng In tea but IKE
oluton. That is from Small bertnnin~ y aso ~
nnes ,a, liarger. It may fall away afterwards bit
aere aways IL a point ut which II ia ,,rnntn as |
a"n pe1ore the beginning. This is q General |