The Newberry herald. [volume] (Newberry, S.C.) 1865-1884, 1882-03-09
Vol. XVIII.

furniture How often Jane Beagle
Said to herself:
'All this might have i'een mine
il | had said yes to Billy She
said it TO herself very often one
day. about house cleaning time,
when she was doing her best with
the shabby old house that was nIl
her own now. One after another
had slipped out OF it-some were
married, some were dead-aobody
remained.
Il don't think ] can stand it
much longer sighed Jane. j
must take boarders or something.
Nobody to speak to all day long.
Ifl feel sick, nobody to do for
me- '-..'.
! Jane was down on the kitchen
floor serubbiug as she spoke. The
rag carpet was hanging on the
line outside. The bottomed
| chairs, we'll scrabbed, we're turned
upon the grass to dry, every pan
shore beautifully, but the wood
was worm-eaten, and the smooth
est whitewash would not make
the wall aawless.
'Heigh no. sighed Jane 81 like
u handsome house, but | sban't
ever have one of my own
She said it aloud-a habit of
talking to herself had grown upon
her-but to her surprise she was
answered On the instant.
why, who knows = said voice.
'Yoa may have the handsomest
house in, the village yet. Who
knows Don't you want me to
tell you howT
| Good g-aciousp cried Jane,
jumping to her feet; 'who is
that !?
Its only me, ma'am,' replied a
stout dark woman, with a big
straw hat trimmed with poppies
on her ears, who sat on the door
sill and smiled at Jane merrlly.
Its only q poor gypsy wandering
over the world telling folks for
times for them. Will you have
| yours I"ld, lady 2
.Minc?' said Jane. laughing.
Way, am too old
'You are young enough TO have
lots ahead OF you, lady said The
| gypsy. 'Come, what's twenty Ave
cents to you to hear all your good
luck ? Besides luck is mlsused
sometimes if we are not on the
look out for it,
What woman does not bolieve
in her inmost heart that there are
more things in heaven and earth
than are. dreamed Of in philoso-
ply?
What single woman doubts that
somewhere upon earth fate keeps
the other half of her soul?
1T would be awfuIly foolish,
said she; 'but nobody will ever
know, and I think I'll do it,
She felt IN her pocket for some
change. 1t was not there. She had
given it, she remembered, to the
man that mended the wash.boiler
that morning. And she went to the
drawer of the little bookcase with
a Siding desk in it, which stood
in the sitting room, to get it.
The gypsy followed her, chatting
laughing, limiting at things which
brought bushes to James cheek
She peeped into drawer. There
lay the silver spoons and forks,
the sugar tongs, q brooch set with
pearls, James only costly bit OF
jewelry, and roll of bills. Miss
Beagle drew her little income
once a quarter, and kept it in the
house instead of the savings bank
which once had ceased payment
| for a while.
| The bright eyes, set close to
gether in the gypsy's head, saw
all at glance and her smile wa'
very bright as Miss Jane put the
twenty-five cents into her hand.
i have taken d notion to you,
she said, looking at the palm o
the small if not beautiful hand :ha
Law in hers. There's luck afort
YOU. There's one that is liked
not far off, eh p
Jane blushed again.
He'll give you handsome
house and set you up in = car