The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1881-09-29

| hAC JOui lONCA . lluUlSs CIuuDS yOl
would rather not"
ellis name was Stephen Langdon
Sometimes Captain seymour run
against him in Melbourne, and bring
me word how he looks and what he j
doing; though never ask, and Stephel
never asks for me, that can hear"
Delia's summon boarders were not
success, to be sure. If they took nj
money out Of her pocket, they pu
none in. She was obliged to exc GU
her support by copying for Lawye
Dunmore and embroidery for Mrs
Judge Dorr. One by one her boarder
dropped away like autumn leaves; al
but old Mrs. Clement.
81 believe I'll stay on" she said
"Fm getting too old to move often
Perhaps you take winter boarders a
reduced rates. Eh ?"
"Do you think my terms high ?"
"By no means. But when ones
purse is low
"Yes, 1 know Do stay at your OWL
price. l can't spare you" She had
grown such fondness for the old lady
that to refuse her at her own terms
would have seemed like turning hel
own mother out of doors; besides, one
month more would not signify. But
she found it hard to make both ends
meet, and often went to bed hungry
that her mother and Mrs. Clement
might enjoy enough, without there APP
pearing to be Gust pattern" AT
Christmas, however, came a ray of snn-
shine for Della, in the shape of hun
dred-dollar bill from an unknown
friend.
at can't be meant for me-" she cried.
cts directed to Della Rogerson,"
said her mother, "and there's nobody
else of that name, now that your aunt
Delia's dead"
"We are not sure she's dead" OBJ.
jected Della.
Horrors! Don't you know whether
your own aunt is dead or alive?" asked
Mrs. Clement, in shocked tone.
ut isn't our fault. She is rich and
lives abroad. was named for her. I
used to look in the glass and try to be-
tlieve I'd inherit her beauty with the
name, though she was only our great
uncle's WIFE"
"She ought to be doing something for
YOU"
"How can she, if she's dead? Ldon't
blame her, any way. Her money is
her own to use according to her pleas
ure. Uncle John made it himself and
gave it to her, 6saE
"But if she should come back to you,
having run through with it, you'd
divide your last crust with her, I'll be
bound"
81 suppose 1 should" replied Della.
The winter wore away as winters
will, and the miracles Of spring began
in fields and wayside; and Della s board
ers returned with the June roses, and
dropped away again with the falling
leaves, and still Mrs. Clement stayed
on and on. Just now she had been
some weeks in arrears with her reduced
board. No money had been forthcom-
ing for some time, and she was grow
ing more feeble daily, needed the lux
;uries Of an invalid and the attention Of
nurse, both of which Della bestowed
upon her without taking thought Of the
morrow.
II must hear from my man of bust
ness tomorrow. Della; I'm knee-deep
in debt to you" she began one night.
"Don't mention It'll" cried Della. "I'd
rather never see cent of it than have
you take it to heart. You are welcome
to stay aud share potluck with us; you
are such company for mother andime. y
Thank you, my dear. I've grown
as fond Of you as if you were my owr
flesh and blood. There, turn down the
light, please. Draw the curtain, dear
and put another stick on the fire, please
It grows chilly. doesn't it. You nigh
kiss me just once, if you wouldn't mind
It's a hundred years or 80 since any on.
kissed me-"
And next morning when Della car
ried up Mrs. Clements breakfast, he,
boader lay cold and still upon the pill
lows.
The first shock over, Della wrote Il
the lawyer of whom she had heard Mrs
Glen ent speak as having charge Of he
affairs, begging him to notify that lady
relatives, if she had any. IN reply Mr.
Willis wrote: .sThe late Mrs. Clemen
appears to have no near relatives
Some distant cousins, who have al
abundance Of this worlds goods, We
served her shabbily when she teste,
their generosity, as she has tried yours
are all that remain of her family. Il
the meantime I enclose you copy Q
her last will and testament, to persu
at your leisure"
what interest does he think tax
in Mrs. Clements will?' thought Della
but she read, nevertheless:
Being Of sound mind, this 10th day {
June 49,, !, Della Rogerson Clemen,
do hereby leave one hundred dollar
| to each Of my cousins; and Ibequeath
the residue of my property-viz., tairt
thousand dollars invested in the lingo
Mining company, fifty thousand dollar
IN United States bonds, twenty thousan
in the Fortune flannel mills, and m
jewels to the beloved niece Of my fri
husband, John Rogerson, Della Roger
son, Of Croftsborough, Maine.
"For | was q stranger and We took m
in; hungry, and ye fed me; sick, an
I've alnistered unto me- iliisE1AflI
Goodness alivelD cried the neighbor
when the facts reached their ear
s'What profitable thing it is to tax
boardersl Everybody in town win /
. Trying il. Ofcourse Steve LanRdon wi
come and marry her if.she were fort
old maids. You may stick pin /
there!',
Della did not open her house TO boar,
ers the next season. She found enoug
10 do in looking alter her money ii,
spending it; in replying to letters frol
INDECENT people, who scanned to increas
alsrmingly; in receiving old friend
). who suddenly found time to rem embt
her existence. And, sure enough, anon
the rest, appeared Steve Langdon, an
J, al the village said, Il told YOU SOL (