The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-17

times she must fly.
Mrs. velsor looked up from a stock
ing she was darning, and said moth
ing, seeing the nervous glow in Min,
MES eyes. Then, with a little, half.
desperate laugh, the girl. tore open
the thick satin envelope.
sIt's almost like an iceSold plunge
bath, but here goes, mammal
She hurriedly read the short,
friendly note, andsthe Quick tears
that gathered in her eyes, and the
smiles that parted herl Lips, and the
flush that bloomed like fedroses on
her cheeks, it was quite plain that
the news was good.
Then she dashed the letter on the
floor and rushed over to her mother
laughing and crying at the same
time.
"Oh! mamma! Mrs. Carriscourt has
given me the position, andshe wants
me to come Immediately ely-to-morrowl
Just think! Five hundred dollars a
year, and she assures me / must
make myself perfectly at home in
her house; and she says | am to have
room to myself, and to eat with
Pauline and Pauletta, in the nursery
Oh, mamma, it will be just gloriousl
Aren't you glad, delighted?
Her blue eyes were dancing, and
her checks glowing like a rose leaf.
Mrs. Velsor's sweet, sad voice was
in -snch.ead contrast. 70 her +ehild's
animated tones.
"How can | be delighted to have
you go away from me, dear? Besides,
l am SO afraid you ,sbn't realize your
vivid anticipationsl The outside
world, which seems to you SO rose
colored and golden, will not be what
you think"
"Oh, mamma, what a Jobs COM
forter you would be! But how can l
help being happy perfectly happy,
except being away from you-in
New York, 10 a magnificent house,
among people of wealth and distinc-
tion, and with these two sweet child
rem my only care? Mamma, will
ride with them, and l am to be per.
fectly at home, the letter says, and
you remember what charming lady
we thought Mrs. Carriscourt was
when she was visiting Doctor Mans
field last summer"
Mrs. Velsor sighed softly. Itseem-
ed so cruel to pour the chill water of
disappointment on Minnie's bright
hopes.
"Well, dear, perhaps l am growing
cynical as | grow older. Certainly
you deserve fair fate, and now, to
descend to matters of earth earthly,
suppose you see if the beans are boil
ing dry"
The third day thereaFer-a day
fragrant with the smell of frost in
the air, day when the leaves sailed
slowly, stately down through the
tender golden atmosphere, and the
.hdsh or mfd October owes all the
earth and SKY, Minnie yelsor went
aSsy from thesc6ttagewhere shewas
born aud had lived, into the world
waiting to receive her-all her girl
ish hopes on gladdest wings, all her
rosiest dreams bursting in fondest
realization
1t was splendid place. Mrs. Paul
Sta Eustace Carriscourt's palatial
residence on Fifth Avenue-a house
that seemed to Minnie's fancy like
a translated bit ola fairy storyswith
its profusion of flowers and lace
draperies, its luxuriance and elo:
quence, of which she, had never
dreamed, and Of whose usesgshe was
equally ignorant.
Mrs. Carriscourt received her with
a charming graciousness and patted
her on the shoulder, and told her she
hoped she would not let herself get
homesick, and installed her in a
beautiful little room, with its pink
drap ingrained carpet and chestnut
suit, and dimity curtains at the
windows.
Then Minnie made some triaing
little alteration in her toilette, and
proceeded to take liberal advantage