The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1881-08-10

rent said Ann Azalea. spitefull.
rs she sat painting for breath
the little garret-room, after havin
toiied up the three long and naI
row flights of stairs. You can
deny it,
1T is quite true acknowledge
meek Mrs. More, who, in he
daughters absence, was absolute
ly defenseless; 'but--'
You ought to be ashamed t.
owe so much money as that sai'
| Ann Azalea.
'We have been very unfortunate
Of late,' said Mrs. More. 'But W
fully intend TO repay all our in
debledness as soon as my daugh
ter
'Ob, that's all nonsonsep brus
| Quely interrupted Ann Azaloa
PA ought to have put an execu
tion-that's what he ought t.
have done!'
Poor Mrs. More shuddered.
And it amt too late now,' add
ed the young lady, ignoring the
code and all it's provisions.
:Oh, Miss Harper
But we don't want to be exor
bitant,' gracionsly went on Ann
Azalea. so, sooner than be at
the expense Of q lawsuit, I'll take
some trif1e or other in pay. That
screen, for instance with her
greedy eyes fixed on the pictured
flight of the scarlet famingo. Ten
dollars is a deal of money, and the
screen is an old-style thing, but |
wouldn't mind calling things
even, just to ease your conscience,
if
4 couldn' 't-oh, | couldD't =
cried poor Mrs. More, the tears
coming into her eyes. 1t was
work | did as a girl. My own
poor mother sketched in the green
rushes and grass with her OVID
pencil, and-and if any one is to
have it, it is already promised to
an old family friend, who is to
pay twenty-five dollars for it,
Very WE'LL said Miss Harper,
rising, with an ominous toss of fher
head. Then, if you really mean
to swindle US
Miss Harper!'
If you really mean to swindle
u.s. severely repeated Ann Azalea,
I may as we'll stop at the con-
stables on my way back and put
on the distraint at once
Mrs. More clasped her thin
hands in a sort Of nervous hor-
ror.
If poor Mabel, who had gone
out so buoyantly to carry home
her little parcel of finished work,
should return and find the min
ions Of the law in possession !
i am selfish creature,' she told
herself, TO prefer my own incli~
nation to dear Mays happiness 7
And 30 she told Ann Azalea,
with a burst Of tears, that the
screen should be hers.
4 will send it to you-in the
evening" said she, piteously.
If you'll just wrap a bit of
brown paper around it, I'll take it
1ow,' suggested Miss Harper, who
believed firmly in the ancient
sdage of the bird in the hand be-
ng worth two in the BUSH
And so the scarlet famingo was
carried away in the triumphant
arms Of Miss Ann Azalea Har-
per.
After sll,' soIiloquized she, 4
rot it for absolutely nothing. For
"a said the old mahogany book
case he took off them was worth |
. third more than all the rent
;he: owed any one but a fool
ike shat whimpering little Mrs.
More would have known it per-
ectly we'll. And Pm sure it'll
suit Aunt Hepsy to a IT.
While poor Mrs. More, sobbing
bitterly before the empty place
where her beloved screen had
stood, felt as if all the sweet asso-
cations Of her early youth had |
oeen wrenched away.
'Mother-dear mother! why are |
you crying?' questioned Mabel,
nurrying into the room. is your
neuralgie headache worse ? Oh,
mother where is the old screen ?
have brought Miss Milman to
sec you about it. She says she