Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1883-06-28

sARA's YOUNG MAN.

Mr.. Rehoboam Fenno was widower
with one child; daughter, aged sew
enteen.
One day it occurred to him quite
suddenly that he ought to get married.
So he looked about him in search of a
suitable spouse.
He selected Mrs. Herthusa Morse, a
widow lady and mother of six children,
all daughters, aged variously from
twenty-three down to eleven.
Now, why Mr.. Fenno should all at
once have thought it necessary to take
a second wife, no one, not even the
individual presumably most interested,
could have explained 1t could scarcely
have been on account of Sara, his
daughter, since she had got along very
well without stepmother from very
early childhood upto the present time,
and had become quite accustomed to
taking care of herself. And why,
having resolved upon matrimony, he
had selected Mrs Morse, was some
thing still more difficult of solution.
However, it is no use to speculate in
regard to this obtuse question. The
indisputable facts remained and could
not have been explained away, if an
outline treatise had been written on
the subject Mr.. Fenno decided to
marry, and he chose Mrs. Morse for
wife. He told her so, and she accepted
the situation calmly.
In the course of a fortnight she was
sitting at one end of Mr.. Fenno's table,
while he sat at the other end, looking
more meek and resigned than usual.
Several leaves had been added to the
table for the accommodation Of the
six Misses Morse, and Sara Fenno.
who was directed to address her step
mother as mamma This Sara reso-
AuoC1y AOAuoOu W oO, al4u al 4n dfo opOhO
of, and to that large, f1orid female, as
Mrs. Fenno.
This was probably the cause of the
feud which heneeforth ragged between
the stepmother and the husbands
daughter. The position of Isaac and
Ishmael was reversed, ami Sara found
herself pushed aside and almost thrust
out of her fathers house, while the
stranger girls reigned there as the
rightful heirs. Poor child She led
hard life of it, but she bore up against
it with much outward show of bravery,
because she felt only too sure that her
meek, gentle little father had lot
even worse than hers to bear. But for
him Sara felt that she would willingly,
gladly lie down and die; but all at
once the spring in the desert was found
for her, and she saw the sparkling
water which was to revive, freshen
and give life anew to her parched and
thirsting soul.
AS a rule, Sara was secluded from
all the invitations to parties next to
the Fenno household, and kept entirely
in the background when entertain
ments in return were given in her
fathers house. But on one occasion,
by some oversight, Sara was included
in the invitation to the house of an
old friend of her father, or, to put it
more correctly, her name was included
in the acceptance Of the same, for she
was always invited, although never
allowed to be present. This time she
was dressed and in the cab along with
the two elder Misses Morse before Mrs.
Fenno realized the circumstance, and
then the good lady thought it wasn't
worth while to rectify the blunder,
more particularly as it was a very
quiet and unpretending entertainment
20 which they weregoing, and it wasn't