The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-11-08

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es,y the three trade dollars.
"Oh, Molly, you know we can't se
them said the clerk. Molly turned to
Mr.. Rush, who, sauntcring along with
his eyes on their side of the store. was
taking in the whole proceeding.
"Alr. Rush" she said Il took these
here the other day, and now the clerk
refuses them.
Mr., Rush was grimly amused n her
audacity, but instead of answering her
turned to the grinning cash-boy in witt
ing, and snapped; Cash, what ere
YOU waiting for? Take the good and
money this inStant,'
The youthful Mercury disappeared
like a spirit, and Molly felt somewhat
as her great grandfather did at Con-
cord.
Monday morning brought letter
which seemed promising, and which
read as follows:
WnEATsFIELD, y. H., June Miss NJ.
| p. We need "A domestic, and prefer one
of our own nation. The family consists Of
myself and wife and hired man. Ny
wife is feeble, and the domestic would
| have to take charge of everything. We
would pay IS week to the right person.
| II you feel capable for the place, and can
bring recommendation, we should ike TO
have YOU come as soon as possible.
Then followed some directions about
trains, and the whole was signed in
plain, homely fashion, Yours, Bethuc.
| Harlow.
wife feeble" unused Molly; well,
she won't be poking around the kitchen
all the time (another flash of the Con-
cord spiriD. domestic not ser
want or hired girl" That suited,
The result was that few days later
Molly, armed with letter from her
minister, was set down, the only passen-
ger. at WheatStields station
Squire Harlow, waiting for the good
| plain cook, was Smitten with great
misgivings at the sight Of the stylish
Young lady, for to his eyes, accustomed
TO the dress OF Wheat fields daugh-
ters, the simple gray snit with its grace
full drapery seemed the height Of ele-
gance, and he was not rea.sured by the
question of the station agent; Got
company from the city. ain't YEP But
il was too late to retreat, and soon old
Dan'l was pulling them teadily toward
home. The Squire said little, hu,
glanced at the girl occasionally from
under his shaggy eyebrows. II was q
fair, honest face, which irc,henod with
every mile in the sweet evening air, and
the gray eyes took in everything, from
the chipmunk on the wall 10 the locust
tree, with their fragrant dropping clus-
tcrS.
Want a piece said the Squire, as
they drove under one Her face was
answer enough; and stopping old Dan !,
the good man cut cluster and dropped
j; in her lap. She thrifty took oft her
new lisle-thrcad gloves to take ii, show
ing hands so white that the Squire
groaned internally. Those hands wash
his dishes and scrub bis floors? Was
thi, Young lady, who was prcttier and
better dressed than any girl in Wheats-
fields, his domestic? He shook his head
slightly, chewing a bit of the locust.
Molly ventured few questions about
the family, and heard the story Of what
was always uppcrmost in the Squire's
mind the story of the lost daughter
Mary, one of the victims of New Eng
land, sco,groa. who had faded away
three wears before, since when Miss
Harlow had sortcr pincd" 1t was a
pathetic little story, told in the laconic
New England way. but the brown,
knotty hands worked unsteadily on the
lines. and the Squire'S ewes had q far.
away look, as though toward the coun-
try which held his Mary.
Presently they drove up to a comfort
able house, with an air of plenty about
the large barn and wide porch, over
which grew white lilac. Molly found
her mistress q little woman, with faded.
gentle eyes, and soft, slow voice She
looked at the girl kindly, and held on,
her hand Alter irving her a few di-
rcctions, and telling her where to find
things, she added to her husband, "Icli
John to carry her trunk to the east
chamber" This apparently was some
thing unusual. for the Squire opened
hi, mouth a. though to say something,
bu, being a man Of fcw words, shut il
again. and went out:
Molv following her trunk, found
herself in a small room, with a BRIGHT
rao Garnet on the noor. white curtain,
looped away at the window, homo-mado
,iDrn towel, with kuotted fringe on The