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

With the heavy baskets, two by TIVE,
Under the lonely. distant stars,
Into the darkness, into the dew
TAKING BOARDERS.
ut was scandal" the neighbo's
said. chat Miss Della should be obliged
to take boarders, after all she'd beer
through; and heavens knows boarders
did not help a body to work out hel
salvation. And so much money in the
family, too, taking it by small and
large. Wasn't her Uncle Eben, over at
Dover, well-to-do, and not chick OF
his own to care for, except the boy ne
had adopted, who was no credit to him?
It was odd, now, that man with poor
relations should take to stranger
when his own flesh and blood was
! needy; but sometimes it does seem as
iffolks had more feeling for strangers
than for their own kith and kin.
There were cousins in the city fore
handed and fashionable, who were
never worth row of pins to Della, and
there was her great-uncle Johns wild
or, a-larkin' on the continent, a-gar1-
ing at Baden-Baden, and trying the
waters of every mineral spring in the
three kingdoms, for no disease under
the sun but old age. She had been
known to say that her folks were too
rich already, and probably she would
endow some hospital with her property.
Plainly, wealthy people were of no val
ue to Miss Della. To be sure, she had
never seen her great-aunt's niece since
she was child, when her uncle John
had brought her into their simple life
for a months visit, with her French
maid and dresses, her Jewels and
fallals, which won the heart of her
'namesake. Since then Uncle Johns
widow had become a sort of gilded
creation, always young and beautiful;
for, though Della had received little
gifts from time to time across the seas
for the last fifteen years, she had
neither heard nor seen anything of the
being who had inspired her youthful
imagination, and was quite uncertain
{ il such a person as Mrs. John Rogerson
was in the land Of the living. Dead or
alive, she seemed to have made no ma
terial difference in Delia's humdrum
life. After having nursed her father
through q long sickness, Della found
that he had left heavy mortgage on
the homestead, and her mother ana
her mother and herself on the high
road TO the poor-house unless they
should bestir themselves. As her
mother was already bedridden, the
stirring naturally fell upon Della, and
( she advertised for summer boarders:
Good board in the country to the riverside, al
!, seven dollars week. Large chambers, broad
mile from the station. Address
DELLA ROBINSON,
4a3 Croftsborough, Maine
Cheap enoughf' commented ar
elderly lady who happened upon it
Della Rogerson. An old maid, / sup
'apose, obliged to look out for herself
rive good mind to try her broad piaz
i! zas and new milk. I'll don't like il
!, there'll be no harm DONE"
And 80 Delia's first boarder arrived
An old lady with false front fair, brown
wrinkled skin, faded eyes, blacl
alpaca gown and hair trunk. Deli,
made her rs welcome as If she has
7abeen q c,teheas, lighted fire IN sssts
Il Clement i room, - the night was damp
and brought out her daintiest cup an,
saucer, with the fadeless old rose
= wreathing them. wonderfully kind,
REFLECTED Mn. Clements, as she combe,
5out he wisps Of gray hair and contide,
the false front to q box. s'Wonderfu
Kindness for seven dollars a week
olShe's new to the trade. She'll lear
better. Human nature doesn't chang
d with attitudes. She'll find it doesn'
pay to consider the comfort of poy
erty-stricken old creature But, il
spite of her worldly wisdom, Mrs
4 Clement was forced to confess tina
flDelia had begun as she meant to hol
put, though other boarders came t
demand her attention, to multiply he
cares. The fret and jar Of contlictin
temperaments under her roof was
!. new experience'to Della. When Mr.
Gresome COM planned Of the MOSQUITOES
with an air Is If Miss Rogerson wer
u ssponsible for their creation; Of til
iafiies, Is ifthey we're new acquaintance.
ssiof want of3appetite, as though Deli
sihad1sagrsed to supply it, along wit
berries and new milk; Of the weathe
.n u abe had pledged herself ther
would be no sudden changes to ammo
her h0Arders; Of the shabby house an
-santiquated furniture, stoo old for con
s tfASA And not 5O1dz 0y,nYwh f,r f,ah;o,, ~.