Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1881-01-21

Poor little Annie, 1t wasn't T.
very much wonder she looked ere
as she walked rapidly away from /
sitting room fire, beside which NJ
Silence sat in coy comfort, her bro
alpaca dreSs,sklrt folded careful
back over her lap. to escape daIS
by the heat; her lace hsum
perched upon her scanty hal
little, twInkling, sray-sreen Is
shining out through her stceI-r.mIL
glasses.
No, vou cant have it." Miss s
lence had said to her pretty ltt
iblue-eyed niece. five minutes Lcfo-
when Annie had come flying in fro
an errand to the village, her col{
brown hair tossed AL about her nHsh.
face by the sharp November wind. o
tell Aunt Silence what a lovely Pie
of goods "thcy" had Just got in =
the store-the shade Of all shades :,
ME had louCed for for months. \
loveI V. rich wIne-of-garnet cashme.
double fold, only dollar a ward, ar
1T only took twelve wards for 4 drs.
and she hadn't had a new dress r
three wears, and she COuldn' I 90 to n
/ Christmas party =. Renie Redmond
unless she had something to n.ar b,
sldcs the everlasting gray black,
brown alpaca, that Was 50 ancient
looking, with its long. puffy orerskiI
and wide sleeves. IN these days
sklrred skirts and quaint, little narro
ruttles aud cute tucAs.
All of which Annie had earerf
said, standing in front Of Aunt =
leuce, while she examined The parce.
TO see If the skirt braid matched rs
sample OF goods-her own new dr-s.
Then she had handed the brad :.
Annie.
"Scald it Tor me auI hang it .,
straI .ht So it'll shrink even
And not worl in answer - ia
girls eager words.
"Can't | hare th- dress. Aua. 81
lence = she vcn,ured after a n1lunte
Then the solemn deliberate answer
NO, you can't have H.
\ hot flush Of dismay aud seen as
aH ointment crImsoncd Auuie's check
aud there was u p.:!!ul lizzie quirer,
That was .Imos! anger ia hsI sU.ce, a.
she answered:
Why not, Aunt Silence ia
nsed 1t, and an sure earn ms
clothes lu your hoas-. an bus,
morning. noon and night. aud save
you hundreds OF dollars eycrv wear in
help alone. | deserve "a. Aan. 81
--rr,ssn --cr can afford 1t. Yo. -
Bu, for All III Tf.A : .'Tos Y 1Ype--rrr-- go a.
young. ardent voice. Miss Silence oorr
looked solemuiy a; hc--a hopeless
dugged sn.emuue.S. that u.,de Ami.
want 10 ay.
There's no use saying any more
about it, Annie. You can't have ii
4 garnet cashmere dress. lculJ
think silk is no, good enough for you
next. Besides, YOU know. I've had
bad luck this ason--crops huTut ~
with the drought. aul three horse.
dead with the epizooiy. uot Ia mention
the five silver spoons the ped.er stole
Your fault, too, leasiur them O. ;hs
Kitchen table"
Annie listened. her sense Of Justice
AMI her indignation, and sharp L.sap
poiu;meut, all together more tasu sut
eonla caIaily endure
You ca, afford all the dresses vog
faacr and ! deserve something mor'
than my board, Aunt Silence.
think
Then Mi.s Siieuc. got angry. anl
pointed tomsrl the kitchen door.
Not ano'',cr syllable, 60 % yoal
lishr.r' "a
And Ann damned The door liz
tie; and tho dishes r.t,led more thsr
usual and the fire had most si.or
.ous poklng; and when she vrung oui
The shrunken skirt-braid, i. was ls
clded emphasis OF motion.
And | don't know that any othei
young girl situated as Annie Mortor
was, would have done very differently
Young, pretty, ambitious, proud a
all girls ought to be proud. with
pretty hard life of it, and very few
recreatIons, : nature that demanded
at least some beauties and happiness
it was hard she could not have TIN
| dress.
And motherly little Mrs Greeuwa
ran in just then, with her shawl owe
her head. from the next farm house
| Just at the end Of the lane, across tn
road. ...... -... H.....
at is too bad, she said, sympathct
| ically, when Annie bad told her littl
grievance: "because Miss Silence ca
we'll afford it. She's a rich woman
but close listed, as We all know, An
ME-"
Annie dried her dishes with an en-
ergy that gave them IA glorious polish
Il daresay | can stay at home AL
other winter. and bake, and wash, an
iron, and sweep for my salt. For II
mot go out again with my on
wretchad dress you wouldn't let you
Isabel wear it, Mrs. Greenway."
"No, don't know as should, that
fact, Annie. You ought to hav
better clothes and so you can
you've a mind to earn 'em. If 20
aint too proud to work for wages
not quarter as hard as You do here
you could make quite little sui
against Christmas"
Annie laid down her drying-towe
looking with wondering eyes.
81 don't know what you mean"
81 mean Squire Carlzals wifs-u
at the big house on the hill. The fl
liver she had has left her stone bln'
Annie, and they want somebody
J wait on her, read to her, aud sing
her, and be kind anl useful general
J. for five dollars week. | told Squll