South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1882-07-07

six dollars q month / was going 10
pay hired help
Emily's face blight ,ned.
Il should like that, said che. And
then JOB came III, tall, handsome and
flushed, his cusls still wet from the
spring in which he dipped them, aud
a spring OF trailing arbutus pinned iu-
TO his coat. and spoke u frank well
come TO the young girl whom he had
never seen.
so Cousin Sha lrach Secly1is dead,
he saii
Yes. said Emily quietly.
DAD you ike him9'
No confessed the girl. lie was
cross aud surly, and had no synpa-
, thy with anybody. But tried TO be
kind TO him. And he kissed me once
before he died, and said l had been q
good girl
And then he went and left his mo.
ney 10 the refuge OF Baptist widows
and orphansr said Mrs. Torrance.
That's Cousin Shadrach all over
'lIe bad a right to do ne ho pleased
with his money! said Emily, faint
glow rising TO her checks.
We'll, it's all over and gone said
Mrs. Torrance. There's no use talk
ing about il now
Aud she sighed softly to think how
many OF LIES hard angles might have
been avoided in the future, If only
Cousin Shadrach had been less inter.
ested in the Baptist widows aud or.
phans.
Al the end OF a month, Mrs. Tor.
rance was forced to acknowledge that
Emily had well earned her six dollars
month and board The girl certain
~ had about her that wonderful mag.
netic power Which philosophers dub
executive ability, and New England
housekeopers cal! faculty. She was
| natural coolS--she did things with
out seeming to take any trouble at all
Il don't understand it, SAID Mrs.
Torrance. 4 little dark, slim thing
that was always brought up 10 ait with
her hands folded
And Que day in July when JOB and
Emily came in from atrawberrving
with crimsoned fingers. laughing ia
coa. and baskets heaped high with the
fragrant fruit, Mrs. Torrance started
in the solitude OF the dairy, where she
was making cottage cheese
L declare she cried, Il wonder |
never thought Of that before. Oh.
dear l never can consent 10 it in the
! living woiIdr
job came to her that evening.
'Mother, said he, Emily has prom.
ised 20 be my wife
Mrs Torrance burst into tears.
You're only six-and.twenty years
old, Job she faterc1
Just two years older than when my
father married you, mother. Now
don't turn Your face away; but tell
me plainly-have you an fault to .ind
with my choce?'
'No-no,' confessed Mrs. Torrance.
'Do YOU think I could win sweet.
er girl than Emily AIden?'
NO, | don't suppose you could, an
swcrcd the mother-in-law elect; bat
ips natural Job, TO feel jealous when
. ,
place in your child's heart
But when job brought Emily In 20
receive her kiss Of greeting MIS-. Tor.
rance had sufficiently conquered her.
self 70 bid her new daughter welcome.
Though s'posed, Emily, said she,
n little bitterly, you looked higher
! than farmer once
Il never looked higher than one Of
natures nobemen,' said Emily. with
& smile that fairly won the old lady's
! heart.
That same evening as they sat TO.
gether in the orange twilight, with
the scent Of tall white lilies In the air,
Emily suddenly broke the silence.
job sad che, would you like TO
be ficb2'
well, yea said job. I'd like
money enough to Keep my wife in
luxury
Would you, aunt Dorcasg' said
Emiiy, turning TO Mrs. Torrance.
'Of course l should said the mat
ron, vigorously applying Ter knitting
/ needles but / don't ever expect IT.
Bat you are rich said Emily. with
a little treTnor ~ her voice. Job il
rich--we are oil rich together, with
Cousin Shadrach Seelye money
But cried Mrs. Torrance. Il
thought ne left it all 70 the Bapiist
widows and orphans.
Not all, said Emily. It's secret
bot | may toll YOU now. Half was
ie!t 70 the Refuge -the other 30 thou.
sand is mine, 20 be paid over 10 me
on tie day on which I marry man
who, ignorant Of Cousin Shadrach'al
bc1uest. has loved me loyalty and
weli II was the Old mans within.
and ! have respected if Oh, Aunt
DOrcas. | came to Won because in nav
Loneliness and bewildeTment J knew
not whore else - go-but I !it,le
dreamed tina; I wac entering dire.tiy