The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1881-09-01
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said, "that Miss Della should be oblig.
ed to take boarders, after all she'd been
through: and heaven knows boarderl
did not help body to work Out
her salvation. And 50 much money
In the family, too, taking 1t by small
and large Wasn't her Uncle Eben,
over at Dover, well-to-io, and not 9
chick of his own to care for, except the
boy he had adopted, who was no credit
to him? 1t was odd, now, that the
man with poor relations should take
to stranger when his own flesh and
blood was needy; but sometimes Il
does seem as IL folks had more feeling
for others than for their own kith and
kin. Then there were cousins In the
were never worth q row of pins e
Delia> and there was her great uncle
Johns widow a-larkin' on the cont
nent, a-gamin' Mt Baden Baden, and
trying the waters of every mineral
spring in the three Kingdoms, for ne
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 rel
atives were of no value to Miss Della.
To be sure, she had never seen her
great aunt since she was child, when
her uncle John had brought her into
their simple life for q 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 creature, always young and
beautiful; for. though Della had re-
ceived little gifts from time to time
across the seas for the last fifteen years
she had neither heard nor seen any
thing of the being who had inspired
her youthful imagination, and was
quite uncertain if such q person as
Mr.. John ROgersOn was i'm the land
of the living. Dead or alive, she seem.
ed to have made no material difference
to Delia's humdrum life. After hav-
ing nursed her father through a long
sickness, Della found that he had left
u heavy mortgage on the homestead,
and 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 i'm the country ut the
river side, at seven dollars a week
Large chambers, broad piaZzas, fine
views, berries and new milk. One
mile from the station. Address
DELLA ROBERTSON,
"CroftsborOugh, Maine"
Cheap enough i" commented an
elderly lady who happened upon it.
Della Rogerson. An old maid, /
suppose, Obliged to look out for herself
I've good mind to try her broad piaz-
Zas and new milk, IT don't like il,
there'll be no harm done"
And 81 Deiia's first boar,ler arrived
an old lady with false front hair,
brown, wrinkled skin, faded eyes, a
Della made her As welcome as If she
had been duchess: lighted a wood
fire in Mrs. Clements room, a the
night was damp, and brought out her
daintiest cup and saucer, with the fade
less old roses wreathing them. "Won-
derfully kind" reflected Mrs. Clement,
as she cOmbed out her wisps of gray
hair and confided the false front TO a
box. Wonderful kindness for seven
dollars u week She's new to the
trade. She'll learn better Human
nature doesn't change with ATTITUDES.
She'll find il doesn't pay to consider
the comfort of "a pOverty-stricken old
creature" But in spite of her worldly
wisdom Mrs. Clement was forced to
confess that Della had begun rs she
meant to hold out, though other board
ers came to demand her attention. to
multiply her cares. The fret and lar
Of conflicting temperaments under her
roof was a new experience for Della.
When Mrs. Gresome complained of
the mosquitoes, with an air AS if Miss
Rogerson were responsible for their
creation; of the flies, as if they were
new acuuaintances of want of appe-
tite, as though Della had agreed to
supply il along with berries and new
milk: of the weather, as If she had
pledged herself there would be no sud-
den changes to annoy her bOarlers: of
the shabby house and antiuuated fur.
niture, "tOO old for comfort and not
old enough for fashion then Della
il taking boar,lers was her
mission. what makes you keep us,
my deal? ," asked Mrs. Clement, after
"A day when everything and everybody
had seemed To go wrong. "Why did
MT yot ever marry: You had a lover,
I dare say"
"Yes 4, long long time ao,r
TN me ahont hint
"Tbere isn't much 10 tell Ha.sk.d
me 10 marry him. He was poinr IN
Austa,io iceulJn't leave fnther anil
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