The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1882-10-20

for ton months"
"Do you know any one who wants n
girl?" pursued the city cousin.
Mrs. Torrance set the coffee pot on
the table, blew the horn for Job, and
then responded 10 her niece's query by
q counter-questiOn.
"Why don't you stay bereT'
"Because," said Emily with spirit
al want to earn my own living"
"Well, you can earn it here, can't
You" was calculating TO hire girl
this spring, and if you'll work honestly
for it, I'll give you the SC month /
was going to pay hired help"
Emiy's pale face frightened.
"I should like that" said she. And
then Job came in, tall, handsome and
flushed, his curls yet wet from the
spring into which he had dipped them,
aud sprig OF trailing arbutus pinned
onto his coat, and spoke frank vel;
vviuv " tnc young girl wnom ne nau
never seen before.
$50, cousin Shadrach Seely is dead,' ,
said he.
eyes," said Emily, quietly.
"Did you like him?"
NO." confessed the girl. "Ile was
cross and surly, and had no sympathy
with anybody. But tried to be kind
to him, and he kissed me once before
he died, and said l had been a good
girl"
"And then went and left his money
to the refuge for Baptist widows and
orphans!" said Mrs. Torrance. "Thats
cousin Shadrach all over"
"IIe had right to do as he pie ased
with his money!" said Emily, faint
glow arising TO her checks.
"1Ycll, it's over and gone. There's
no use of talking about it now."
| And she sighed softly to think hoN
many OF life's hard angles might have
h9aHf Shadrach had been less interest
ed in the Baptist widows and orphans
AT the end of month Mrs. Torranc,
was forced to acknowledge that Emil,
had well earned her sc month ant
board. The girl had about her tha
wonderful magnetic power which phil
osoplers dnb "executivc ability" ant
New England housckeepers call "iacul
Ity." She was a natural cook-she die
things without seeming to take an
, trouble at all.
i ~ don't understand it," said Mrs
o Torrance. ga little dark, slim thin,
that was always brought up to sit wit
her hands folded"
And one sultry day in July, whe,
Job and Emily came in from sirawber
rying with crimsoned fingers, laughin,
!, faces. and baskets heaPcd high WIN tn
FRAGRANT G-n;i Mrs Tarrana. iartaa l.
. the solitude OF her dairy, where she wa
making "coitage cheese"
"I declare" she cried, al wonder
: never thought of that before. Oh
, dear! oh, dear! I never can consent Il
ii in the living world"
Job came to her that same evening.
"Moiher," said he, emily ha
, promised 10 be my wife,"
i Mrs. Torrance bnrst into tears.
"fon'rc only twenty-six years old
, job" she ialtered.
"Jnststwo years older than when m,
father married you, mother. Now
don't turn your face away but tell MI
plainly, have You any fault TO find will
>, my choice"
"No-no," confessed Mrs. Torrance
"Did you think could possibly viii
sweetcr girl than Emily Alden2"
"No l don't suppose you could
answered the mother-in-law elect; bu
it's natural, Job, to feel little Jealous
when you see some one else taking tn,
first place in your child's heart"
But when Job brought Emily in t
receive her kiss of greeting, Mrs. Tor
rance had sufficiently conquered hersel
TO bid Ler new daughter welcome.
"Though s'posed, Emily" said she
a little bitterly, "that you looked high
er than farmer once"
81 never looked higher than one O
natures noblemen," said Emily with
smile that fairly won the old lady
heart.
That same evening, as they all sat to
gether in the orange twilight, with tn
scent of tall white lilies in the air, Emf
ly suddenly broke the silence.
4 "Job," said she, "would You like I
be richp"
J. "Well, yes" said Job. "Pd lik
G money enough 10 keep my wife in lux
a ury."
a "Would you. aunt Dorcss," sal
e Emily, turning to Mrs. Torrance.
"Of course should" said the ma
ron, vigorously plying her knitting
% needles; "but don't ever expectit."
! "But you are rich," said Emily, wit
little tremor in her voice. sob
,, rich-we are are all rich together, wit
, cousin Shadrach Seely's money"
,e "But," cried Mrs. Torrance,
thought ne left II all to the Bapti
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