The daily Cairo bulletin., 1883-11-08

people. They must be tempted, YOU
know.
She looked up at him with her bright
smile, and the Squire gave in at once,
and watched with wonder while II tray
was brought, clean napkin spread over
il, piece Of the mackerel laid on a plate
with the cream ladled daintily over it
Molly had seen too much of plates
where the meat seemed to have been
launched on them by all avalanche Of
gravy) then came a little plate of the
potato, a slice of brown toast, little
plate of butter, a cup OF coffee, knife,
fork, spoon, etc Then she whisked in
to the pantry, and out again with a
saucer of Strawberries, and added them
to the content, of the tray.
wait minute" she said as the
Squire lifted hi, burden, and in twink
ling she was out of the door and back
again with a spray of white lilac, which,
in a tall glass, was given the place Of
honor in the middle of the tray.
"Sho," said the Squire, with slow
smile, that just suit my wife. She S
famous for having things iixy.'
Mrs. Harlow had missed the accus-
toned smell of frying, and wondered
in feeble way il Molly couldn't find
the pork,
Why, Bcthuel," she said, as her
husband set the tray down beside, "how
pretty! really believe am hungry" "
And the Squire went back to his own
breakfast so happy that he entirely for
got the absence of the pie,
Well, this was the beginning, and
though life afterward was not all cream
and Strawberries and white lilacs, and
though bread would sometimes burn,
and pastry tlatly refuse to be tlaky, and
though unused muscles sometimes ach-
ed with the new work, vet the Girl kept
up brave heart. The Squire and his
wife were uniformly kind, and the lat
ter, who had suffered as much from
lack Of cheerful society as from any
physical cause, gradually grew strong
er, and would ,it through the long sum
mcr lorenoon> in the great airy kilch-
en-, placidly knitting or pairing apples,
and though she sometimes looked visit
fully after Molly as she tripped from
pantry to cellar, and longcd for the
girlish figure which used to fit about
in the same way, her heart took great
comfort in the bright, cheerful stran-
gee, And the squire, hearing the fresh
young Voice singing about the house,
would give a great sigh for the lost
voice, but somehow the old house seem,
ed less lonely to him, and after awhile
his first question would be, Where ;
Molly?' The plain country society
readily took her in and considered her
high authority in the matter of loop
ing Of ovcr>kirrS and doing up of
hair. and AT last no mcrry.making was
complete without Molly Perry.
Those Of You who have followed this
story in expectation Of some absent son
or nephew or Younger brother of the
family appearing and taking Molly for
a wife may rs well stop here for moth
Ing whatever of the kind happened, for
the Squire and his wife he'd no sons,
and their nephewS and brothers were
a . married long before Molly's day. It
l. true that some Of the smart Young
farmer, Of the region round about tied
their horses occasionally at the Squire +,
gate, and it is equally true that Molly
said NO to some of them. though
they one and all swear by her.
Thi, story is not written 10 induce all
clerk and ,hop-glrlS to rush into house,
work, for not one in twenty would he
capable Of doing as Molly did, and not
one in a hundred would find such q
home; it j, written simply to show what
one girl did.-Hesler Sluau in HUper's s
BqEqr.