The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-02-11

asd, siaking ins thczsisitor's chaIr.
raseD hereYcs Ia mute Inquiry tO my
fnce. sfse ifchcdt nv brain for some
"a sssS S sst;stsss:s.se 'saisS Il ,pt iss
truth "I have carefully read your
story ] said. land am sorry 10 say it
would not snit Que paper.e Tho littic
hands went np u Ahe iacc, the veil
dropped over them. | heard a stilled
sob. aud my heart began to ache. but
that is no reason. Miss Silver | con.
timed. with assumed ch~ecrfulness.
=" thssg with stew ~sitcrs..ons, II should
not Sui SONS othcr. If you will leave
II with me. | Will take II home tonight
revise It, and you can try again"
The veil was tossed aside, and down
Dame hc handle. yOb.lI api 80 fidlcu-
lousy afraid Of strangers and strange
plarespl she said. a wan little smile
shining through her tears. Il should
nnyer bsvr ,ihnd 10 conc hcrc had |
10 heard YOU were one u the kindcst
Of men. Is there nothing you can give
ma 10 do. Mr.. Gray? 4 cap read the
most illegiblc Of writing rcadily-a tai
eni inherit from my dyar father and
van copy rapidly Aial pIainlS.Nh =
Now had nothing on hand which Il
was absolutely necessary that should
have copied. but avision or The poor
child toiling up dark stairs into cheer
less Offices, cold and frightened. with
thai, in itsprcscni form, m-alabIe story.
rn-e before me. sndI dctsfminedto make
work for her until l could find her some
easy, permanent employment sfses here.
80 said. quickly. a though Il werc the
very assistance 81 all othefs Of which |
stood Ia need " II you are willing to
accept work Il Thai hind. Z csn en-
ploy you two or three bsvFs . day Tor
. month or two. md you may begln at
once.n
Her eyes sparkled the thanks sAe did
not speak. l babe her lay aside her
bat and shawl. scst herself at the chiefs
desk. and prepare TO copy the Chinese
like characters Of the famous author
over yAiSAI AAa bsca paaziing the day
She obcyed me With The simplicity Of
= child. and soon was bending oycr'her
task. n flush u pleasure on her cheeks,
iranscrihiEf quickly and faithfully.
A. isr M. iAs sighl VI iAsi lay hand
travelling over the paper with wonderful
grace aud case, and M clcsr-cut profile
dropping Shove Il rAused some lndi-
erous mistakes In The article I Vas writ
ing. about which mistakes I reueiycd no
les thsusrventecn comman<At laus dur.
ing The week fonoving n publisation. :
Thet~c7dr Are hours pas<ed away.
She showcd me what she lad sccpm-
plisiIed With pdde. accepted payment
for Il with a bli<h. donned On sammer
shawl and hal. and tripped away, prom
ising 10 come again on the morrow.
The morrow found her puncaaally at
her post. and - did many m,vtrows.
and At hast the Ms. vu almost copied.
and | had becu uuab8to ind any other
employment foe my faithful suiAnuensis.
Meanwhile tho child had told me he's
saf story. Her meekev di-i ct her
birth. She had never had any home,
but had nlwrs iived.n boarding house,
with her ftthcr.s schodateaeher. who
dying \ year ago, left her 10 the mere,
Of an only relative. \ wealthy aunt.
That sunt-Heayen forgive herl-rs
fused 10 receive her, saying she had
children Of her VI to look after, and
she saw no cason why the girl should
not follow her fathers profession" ?
81 tried TO-" said winona. ..but III,
children would not mind mo Mimi.
Mineeitt minds me. because she love,
me. I board with Mn. Mincciti, AM
teach Minnie In part payment for m,
board. Mr. Mincei,t i not untind /,
me; but she II not - Kind a. she wa,
before papa died. And papa used 10 "a,
| wrote excellent compositions, and 10
thought, perhaps. | could write ssorieI
for the papers. And | WAS induced !,
come 70 you Hnt By hearing . gentle
man. 4 writer. pniss you very highl,
one day. he h one Of the kindc.i
hearted fellows IL America he said
But. for ali that, I came 10 your doo
three days In succesuioa before ! coil
get courage enough 70 knock. An
whom | did knock On he fourth day
you called Con- II such IN AWFUL
cruua volco ths1 come near mnnin