Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1881-07-14

received a kindness as earnest a. The
welcome Of q social friend. While Ra-
ebel was brushing out Lucy's cuTls 90
imprrsOn them beneath the blue ribbon
which dill sentinel service while she
slept, her heart was much cheered by
hearing that the first thing on Monday
after school hours a letter would be
written TO send home.
Tomorrow will be Saturday and !
shall not have time. To keep holy
the Sabbath day is a strict law IN this
house. We go TO church somewhere
every Sunday morning. IL possible, and
and have a class in the afternoon
among The servants, which meets in
the work room, so you see, nanny
Rachel. what little busy bee your lit
tie c;rl is" SAID this child Of a noble
stock.
For the first time since her coming,
Rachel was seen TO smile. Winny had
come ito peep in on Miss Lucy" as
she usually did, and was seated on the
floor uniying her slipper and finding
fault with Major TrIp!ett.
Loss a mussy, deed If we dem was
de Major, nanny, supum would brung
him home sooner's dis. Miss Jessie,
ben a singin sense de moon rig and
now dey's q permonsdin, wId she jes
as hoas, A. poppy. when he gifts dun
preachin, Gaze we dem couldent hear
fIngly word when we dem listened. dey
talked so easy"
why, Winny, il is only nine O'Clock
and our good pastor, the best old gem
IN the world. after papa, mammx -
chcI; he stays longer u 80 's!,6cr
comes chatting with maikG. erIdehlEIIepG9I
Lucy.
"De rooster dun crowed, Miss. thought IL
was gwInc on ioards day"
$50 il IT, Of course, but the roOsicrs are mo.e
Of privileged characters OF The hennery than
thev are the standards Tor clocks, and generally
crow ~hen they please. But DO not try 70 put
your shoe inside my slipper, Winny: that viii
I've almost a. hard task as undertaking 10 change
the moods ard lenses o! your grammar. When
are you going to drop that funny I'VE dem z =
and she suffered the maid 10 give her playful
shaking ~ she got up 10 take the pearl drops
from her ears.
..You 81. dis hankerchcr, Miss Lucy. Miss
Jessie gib i, Tor DAT air hard selin and her gwine
TO glib Dc white npin, wild De pink bows on dc peck
e'a. 10 drpp ats nero we d"'i. Htld W lhHlB Hi-
king pretty lace handkerchief from her pocket
to aus, on the slipper that she hsd tried TO III the
toe or her number So into. ''Dar's de bell; de
Major dun gwine reckon tell mex time mus
run" and. with good night courtesy, the spoilt
maid trpped out, spelling az sine went, "b-o-w,
n fnv"omb, gny young man; b-e-a-u to shoot
wild"
One Of those prostrating. nervous spells. to
which Mrs. Carter was subject, and which lie
headache that had confined her TO the house for
the last several days vas precursor, culmina-
ted suddenly, and on Monday she was III enough
90 nccessia,e the attendance OF the family phys
ician Despite the usual treatment, an alarming
illness followed OF two weeks duration and
changed the arrangements that had been made
10 entertain visitors the first month OF Lucy's va
cation. As soon rs il was deemed safe for her
removal. the house was closed and the family
went 10 the White Sulphur Springs, where they
usually srent two months Of the season, travel |
~ bv rail, taking Rachel and Harriet the fam |
ily carriage following, driven and attended by
the coachmsu and foOtnan and containing Win |
nv with the light luggage and Lucy's birds. |
Miss Moss, who had been of the party every |
Summer during her three years engagement ia |
the family, after remaining at Sunnyside through |
the illness Of its mistress hnsened TO her home |
ia Baltimore, being under engagement to at |
tend bridal party to CAPE May. Thus was the |
writing Of Rachels promised letter indefinitely |
pcsiponed, for every moment of Lucy's time was |
spent in lowering about her mammals couch |
and Rachcls experienced nursing and uniirng |
vigilance added TO the kind consideration aud /
regard she had won from them all.
(To BE Continued