The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-06-10
BARBARA'S LOVE STORY.
BY ANTHONY Z. ANDERSON.

And now what do yoti intend to do
for your living, Barbaraf" We are at tea,
and the suddenuess of Aunt Russell's
question almost makes me jump.
"I-I have not thought anything about
the matter yet. aunty," 1 manage to
stammer out.
l can see that my two lady cousins are
staring coldly at me, and the hot blood
surges to my face.
"Not thought anything about the mat
teri" echoes Aunt Russell, very sharply.
Pray when do you intend to begin
thinking about ii? do hope, Barbara
Dwight, that you do not mean to pass
your life in the careless, shiftless way OF
your dead father.
This is too much for even weak, long
suffering Barbara Dwight. To think that
Aunt Russell car speak 80 cruelty of her
own brother, who hns been dead only
one short month!
Papa was all that is kind and noble" e"
l cry passionately, my eyes Il ,shing. my
cheeks flaming redder and redder, "and
you are cold hearted, wicked woman to
speak 20 of him r.
Aunty siares at me in cold diJpleasure
and raises her eyebrows ever 30 slightly.
| know that she lis raging inwardly; but
never has she been seen to SO forget her.
sell MS to fly into passion
Il think You forget yourself, Barbara" 1"
she says icily, while Di and Fannie ex-
change sly glances behind the tea urn.
As soen as can, l escape to my own
room, where soak innumerable hand
kercbicfs with bitter, bitter tears.
1t is not for myself alone. l cannot
help feeling that the memory of my dead
iather has been cruelty insnlted by the
sister whom he had SO often helped III
her adverse circumstances.
Short as has been my stay a: the home
of Auut RTss-ll have been reminded
almost every day that the bread of de-
pepdrnce is bitter-very bitter. But
Will not stay here another day. il l Can
help it. l will try TO rid them of NY
GATED presence us soon a. Can.
gain courage at th very lb' ught, and
going down TO the library, eagerly scar
the adverIla-me in the latest papers
There are number of guvernesses anC
companions wanted, bnt sigh hopeless
ly AS L look at the long lists q
accomplishments and quAlilica,i NJ
necessary for most of those exalted po
sItious.
AT last I decide to apply for the posi-
tl"n OF governe,s to II boy Of ten in al
ar ~ rttic part of the city. pockt
my pride without the slightest pang
After all, what matters it what position
IN lite hold! 1 must earn my brest
aud bntter III some way, and beggar
must not lie choosers, you know.
L is with a sigh ol real thanksgiving
that l survey my cosy. almost richl
'nrnl>hed room, in the elegant MEREDITH
IN sion.
Aunt Ru,srl had looked rather aston
ished when l til her what my futur
position would be; bu; she had not trie
to dissuade me from accepting 1T. D
ana Fannie had murmured somethn
abuat their being sorry to have ME &c
but know that they felt glad.
Mrs MEREDITH is tiny. golien-haire
la ty,witn the suunieSt smile in the world
md tue soitrs; of soft voices. She liteI
ally worships her husband, aud great
SAxou-iuced brother who is staying wit
them.
He is very noble aud handsome, thi
Will II xturd, with his fiuely cbiselle
blonde features, his urooping Roldel
brown mustache, bis dreamy blue eyes.
My charge, Master Robbie NJ radith
Is sm Ill counterpart OF his tail uncle
@ith just the nst little spice of naughli
hN'o " hiih " blNh NOh bhAhA oAi
ReAiord possesses at all.
They are all v,ry klnd to me, and
never once regret leaving Aunt Russell
l know by Thousand lltlle signs Ihs
they think me above the generality {
go,ernesses, and never give even th
, slightest hut that once moved in
sphere as high AS his own,
Robbie and ara out ON the lawn on
sunny day, several months after my NJ
rival at the Meredith mansIoni Robbi
is playing with Nero, shaggy New
I foundland. aud / am dreaming lazily
/ With book of poems laying open on II
lap.
: "a penny for ynsr thoughts, Mi
} Dwight, sa!s a hughiIR, musical VI iC
i, and l lo' k mp to fiud r. r. xford stant
iug beside me. and looking qnizEicall
down at my dreamy countenance.
{ You rff,r ton much, Mr. Rrxfotd, d"
s retort gayly," / assure you they are NJ
. worth one tithe OF a penny, aud dal
:. not give them to sou, as know 10
will be he loser"
Il thought they were voT;h 3 .gre'