Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1882-07-13

O., THURSDAY I
that case we will agree to refund the eight
dollars. YOUR last months wages, which we
have retained as the first instalment Of your
debt which is really much more than could
have been expected of u.s."
s'Oh yes, indeed, very much more than could
have been expected of u.s." murmured Miss
Georgette.
s'For such gross carelessness-" Miss Cam
eron went on.
Indeed. ma'am,n interrupted Molly, her
cheeks flaming and her eyes sparkling, las l
have told you 1 never touched it, wasn't even
hear it. was sweeping the other side of the
parlor when it fell, and the cord it hung by was
all moth-eaten, and had parted just in the
middle, as l showed you at the time"
ss-Should I've punished" continued Miss
Cameron, not paying the slightest attention to
the girl. "And one word more. Please to re-
member that we have your signature to an ac-
acknowledgement that you consider yourself re-
sponsible for the breakage."
"You frightened me so that scarcely knew
what was signing,' said Molly. but as
have promised, 1 will pay you, for it shall nev-
er be said that my fathers daughter broke her
word. I'd give yon the few dollars | have
saved, if had not tJkeep them for my own
support until get another place. Poor Aunt
Nanny can only give me shelter, for. as You
know, she has depended almost entirely on me
for food and clothes ever since my father
died.
eyes, and very ridiculous thing for both
of you," snapped Miss Cameron, with cold
snap. "She might much better sell the hut
size lives in for klndling- and 60 to the
poor-house, and you might much better save
your wages to pay for the things you break.
For break you will to the end Of your days. l
never saw person with such fy-away hair as
yours that was not vain, careless and frivol-
Gus. You may CO."
eyes, indeed, you may CO." added Miss
Georgette.
And the poor child weut out. into the road,
homeless and almost friendess, with shadow
on her fair young face and pain in her young
heart. But she had only turned into the long
lane that led to old Nanny's cottage, when
some one came quickly to her side, and said, in
a gentle voice: MOLLY !poor little Molly!"
grief, thinking only of him as the friend OF
her childhood, who had known her as the
darling of the kindest of fathers, flung her
bundle down, and burst into passionate flood
of tears.
"They were hard on me, your sisters, MIR.
Malcolm," she sobbed-"very hard on me.
1 did my best for them. l worked-and ] am
not very strong, though I am backsmlth's
daughter-from morning till night, and yet
Guild not please them. And it was not my
| fault about the mirror. 1t was mott was
MOTT was not Though Miss Cameron in
sists that stopped sweeping to look at my
curly hair-I can't help its curling; l did
every thing to make it straight l tied it back
| :-l,I fhofr and
| acLed aWful-and knocked it with the broom.
She was a little better before you came ;
but after you came, and complained so much
about the tea, and the coffee, and your shirts,
and-and everything"
81 complain ~ exclaimed her listener, break
ing in upon her rather confused narration
of her wrongs. "Why, never complained of
anything. How could L? There was nothing
to lie complained Of
''She said you did. But I beg pardon,
sir''-suddenly remembering the difference
between the ndy-and-kisses time and the
present. ''She is your sister, and my troubles
are nothing to you."
''She is my sister an extremely long step
off," he replied, gravely, land your troubles
are a great deal to me; and furthermore,
think l see a, way-a pleasant way-out OF
them. Let me walk with you to your Aunt
Nanny's, and there, with her to advise us,
We'll talk matters over"
'Oh, it's such poor place. Mr.. Malcolm
Miss Cameron called it hut and said it was
only fit for kindling wood"
''I've been in much poorer places, Molly"
said he, and picking up her bundle, he walked
by her side to the old wOman's cottage.
Two weeks passed by. A poor drudge from
the work-house, whose chief lin fact whose
sole) recommendation was mo wages" had
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kitchen. Mr. Malcolm had gone away on bus
iness directly after her coming, and on the
evening appointed for his return, the two Sis
ters attired in dresses of dull gray, unrelieved
by single touch Of color, sat Everything in
the house being in heart-chilling, dreadful
stony order), one at each parlor window,
awaiting his arrival.
"IIe must becoming think Ihear Wheels"
said the elder, in her usual precise tones"
"Wheels," repeated the sister.
And "wheels' they were, but not the wheels
of a carriage, but those of a truck, and this
truck, on which lay long wooden box, stopped
before the cottage door.
"a mirror for Miss Cameron" the driver
called out as he jumped down.
"a mirror!" repeated the spinster, unable
to restrain gesture Of surprise. And "a
mrror!' said Miss Georgette, with another
gesture of surprise.
eyes, ma'am ; from Wizards New York,
where is it to he taken? ~
First unpack it out here" commanded the
lady, recovering her self-possession. II can't
have the house Uttered up with splnters and
shavingS!'
''No indeed" chimed in Miss Georgette,
also recovering her sef-possesson. "Splin-
tiers and slavings!"
So the box was unpacked at the roadside,
and the mirror taken from it proved to be
better and handsomer in every respect than
that it had been sent to replace.
''I've brought wire to hang it with said the
man as he carried it into the house; $50 there'll
he no danger from moths this time'
'Moths!" said Miss Cameron, garing at
him. And s'Moths - echoed her sister, also
glaring And they both continued to glare,
us though called upon to superintend piece
of work highly repugnant to their feelings,
until the mirror was hung, and the driver
again in his place on the truck.
''Of course George sent it." said Miss Came
ron when the man had driven away. "But
Mary Brown must pay for the other all the
same. Our having this makes no difference
in regard to the agreement with her.
"No difference in regard to the agreement
with her." assented Miss Geo: gette--when
who should walk i'll, in gray silk walking
dress, a bunch of crimson flowers at her throat,
and another in her belt, and the most coquet-
tish gray hat, adorned with more crimson
flowers, but Molly herself?
Good evening"" she said, smilingly, 81
have called for IL receipt iii FULL
"a receipt in full And for what, pray !?
Have you brought the money!" asked her
whilom mistress. And, "Have you brought
the money y?' echoed her other whlom mis-
tresS.