The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1882-02-18
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The Reward Of Kindness.

Mrs. tSoFaam pat a0san a leatet sbe h'tu
been reading. and looking around tie table
al her blooming daughters and two tall
handsome sons. she said in deietul
tone
sYour Amt Sabina i coming. and has
invited herself here without ceremony.
when n asked Arabella, with an III
tonation Of disgust
.tShe viii reach here this afternoon.
Wilbur, YOU viii have 10 meet her.
s.Sorry. ma. but | promised todrive Miss
Ga'dweli to the PARK Fred can 80.
Certainly, / will 70 Erred said grave
III, though there Mas hat flush On hls
forehead. III asn SaFy fond Of Aunt
.Nonsense Z said HI mother. You
have not seen her Gor foarteeh years. |
never went to the detestable old farm after
your father died
.Neversheless / have visid recollection
If Aunt Sabina's kindness wllile We were
there.
..Dear me. Fred. drawied Lueilla,
s.aon'tbe sentimental. wish the old thing
would stay il hBgne. / can't imagine what
sslie i coTasiAg here for.
She il our fathers sister, said Fred,
and | cannot siRi anything surprising 10
her looking for a welcome among her broth-
ers children.
Mrs Gorhaln shrugged her shoulders
If she had spoken her thoughts, j. would
have been Fred Is - odd just ike
his father. But she enly said
Il may depend upon you then q Haeet
vaur amt. Fred viii see about her
room
II was scarce Of great satisfaction 10
Mrs. Gorham that III her children were
hike herself. Every one Greer" except
Fred. siie would say, conuatalating her
self that the blood.of -tiorham pere was
nas transmitted in the features of her elder
son. Wilbur. 81 any Of the three girls.
That Greer pride meant intense selfish
ness that Greer beauty was cold, hard
type that Greer disposition was tyrannieal
and narrow -minded- not trouble Mrs
Gorhasn. That the son, who was .-all Cor
ham. was proud to the core with the pride
that knows 30 fale shame that he was
Hoble in disposition, handsome in q frank,
manly type. generous and selfsaerifcing-
she could not appreciate. His hands and
feet were not % small a. darling Wilbur 5
he had no fashionable affeetations and no
Greer look. 50 his mother thought him
rough and coarse. and his sisters declared
that he had no style at all But outside
the home, where a great show Of wealth
was made BIZ many private economies Fred
was more appreciated.
When he became man, and knew that
Ills father ! estate, though sufficient 10 give
everv comfort, was not large enough foE
the extravaganza his mother indnlged in,
he fitted hirnsslf for business, and took a
position i'll a counting hoase, thus becom-
ing self-supporting. Darling Wilbur had
studied law, but his first client had not yet
appeared, and Mrs Gorham supported him,
trusting his faseipafion would touch the
heart at some moneyed belle Miss Cald-
well was the present hope. She was her
own mistress. an orphan heiress, and yery
handsome. That she was proud and cold
in manner was only an additional charm te
Mrs. Gurham and Lueilla, Arabella and
Corinne were enthasiastic-in their admira.
ZION Of ssCornelia Caldwelfs queenly man
ag
Nobody suspected that Fred, blunt
straightforward Fred, hid one secret in hi
hesIrt. confessed to no living being. And
that secret was i love, pure and true, foi
Cornelia Caldwell love that would shut
itself closely away from any suspicion oi
fortune hnnting-that only dropped ane
mourned thinking Of the heiress
Bv four . oeloek Fred was at the station
waiting for Aunt Sabina. What little
ald-fashioned figure she was, in her quaint
black bonnet, and large-fgured shawl. But
Fred knew her kind old face atonee, though
he had not seen it since he was twelve
years old.
sYou are aunt n said he going quickly
10 meet her.
She looked at the handsome face ano
caught quick, gasping breath,
You must be one OF Johns boys shs
said. How like you are to your father
IL am Fred, he answered.
Dear heart How you have grown
Il your mother here
The good old country woman had neyel
had the least doubt Of a warm welcome q
her brother house, and Fred certainly con
firmed her expectations. He found th'
old black leather trunk, the bag, the band
box. the great bulging cotton umbrella, anG
SUIT them in the carriage. He made hi
aunt 90 to the restaurant and refresh her
self before starting on the long drive home
He listened with respectful interest to al
the mishaps Of the long journey, and sym
pathized with the 1tRnination of every NOR
Tal stitch I've got On, dear, in the dust ane
sinoke
And he chatted pleasantly Of his childisl
recolIections of the tiny house and wild
farm where Aunt Sabina lived
You see, she said, II made up m.
mind this year that / would come to se'
you I'LL once more before / died. I've triet
Is before now, dear, but something or nur
ti.er alters iaindered. Dear, dear You r
all grown up, ! spose, and yon was but
lot 8 babies last time John brought yon (
see me