The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1884-10-08
BRAVE IN ADVERSELY.


AZ Mr.. 1Ionsdale's aristocratic man.
zion the earliest letters were brought in
with the rolls and coffee, so that Mrs.
Lousdnle was languidly eating orange |
maJmalnde when her husband read out
the contents of the letter with the black
edge which had just come from Moon
Mountain. ......
LEFT widow T. echoed Mrs. Ions
d0lel "And with six daughters. What
very unpleasant circumstance !"
"She was my iavorite COUSIN" saiG
Mr.. Lonsdale. GAS bright girl as l
ever saw. / suppose, Naomi"-with a
little hesitatiOn--'we couldn't take her
i'll hTeY
"Take her in hcrep' repeated Mrs.
Iiongdale almost IN q scream. 'Why,
where could we pnt widow and six
young women? We actually haven't
space enough TO accommodate our
selves"
"Well, well, I'm sorry forpoor Mary"
sail Mr.. Lonsdalc. 81 think she bad
the bluest eyes / ever saw. Blk dangh.
terra, and we never had one. Perhaps,
Naomi, with the old hesitatiDg for.
muln-"you wouldn't like 10 adopt
one?"
"Thank you," satirically observed his
vito. "When | do receive IN adopted
child into my house, it will not DO the
country article"
At tho solitary little farm on Moon
Mountain, however, the same topic WA
being discussed while Mrs. Dirk was
sewing Al the simple mourning which
the bereayed family could afford.
Helen WAS washing the dishes, Rosie
was darning the carpet with piece
OF wooden yam Of the same color, and
Lizzie was trimming seven plain straw
hsts with bands Of Grape, as inexpen-
Hively as possible. Susy was picking
tYg6g Ginning tin.pan oil the dandelion
PEssns Tor dinner. Esther, the youngest
fnd rosiest OF all. was feeding u little
Book OF dowuy chickens. and Sarah, the
eldest, was absent at neighbours, help
iEg 20 make up tho spring outfits Of
half-rdo2eD boys.
"Sarqh was always 30 handy with the
needle" said Mrs. Dirk with pardon
able pride.
"But, mother" said Rosie, looking
~ from her work with troubled coun.
eenmce, 'what are we TO dop"
"Mothcr," said Lizzy, "our Lonsdale
cousins are rich. Couldn't We 60 to
thomH
"Certainly not" said Mrs. Dirk with
sparkle oil the eyes which had not yet
lost their forget-me-not blue. 81 wrote
IL them, telling them OF our nilllction,
end they sent back letter full Of COM
ynnnplacos, without even offering to
help ps." h.. .#r. >.
"But they are rich md we are poor. "
eyes, and they live in splendid style,
Hattie Cooley says" added Susy.
-u Very likely" said Mrs. Dirk. "Bul
rs long "a there Geseven pairs Of hands
in ihis faulty, and God spares ouI
health, ! do not propose to turn gen.
teel beggar T.
"But, mother" began Rosie, who was
the caretaking member OF the family,
~ think"
~ We settled it MI In my own mind"
said Mira. Driy, stitching away until her
needle looked like CLEAN Of steel light
ming. "rhe house ia large, although 1t
isn't built after the latest fashion. The
sir is whoicsoine, aud there Ia the Black
Spring, whore people come to get the
yatgr for ton miles around. mean to
heep boaIders u
"ifnuah for The little mother |" cried
fSsle, olalping her plump hands. and
,ley help you make custards and do
up preserves, mayu't ], mamma :"
,l,,n hal
clsrsa Mr., Dirk. "Snrah can always
enn her living ut tailoring'work. Helen
sslehal go into the glove.iactory; I'm TOLD
sit they need new hands there Lizzie Gal
heip Mira. Dart, the milliner, and Rosy
js 30 DO gOycruess at Mrs. Millingham's
y Amin, betwet1r w, We can't earn II de-
9 CENT livelihood, it will DO very strange. =
- Srsv aud Essie were delighted. Rosie
naturally regard; !, her position "a de-
cIded promotion. Helen, however,
dropped u tear into the pan Of hot water
which She bad lust poured out
sl '"fhe glove factory, mother ?" she re-
peated. "But il will be such n strange.
lonesome place. I don't think shall
like IT,"
Eve must MI of us try TO like our
duty, child" said the brisk little widow.
J q tfMmy - going to open boarding
house." said Mr.. Lonsdale again to his
wife, ."Hhe has requested me to insert
a an.ailvsrtisement in the dailies for her."
] t''yry lapdsble Of her, 7 am sure
said ms. Lonsdalc, with yawn. q
Suppose you were to go there for q
few weeks before the Saratoga season
opens ?" suggested Mr.. Lonsdsle. you
can't very well stay here while the paint
ing and repairn are going on" lEk &
~ don't know tina. I can endure that
,Aost Ok living" said Mrs. Lonsdale. du,
"Msry Dirk used to be the best houses
keeper i ever KNEW" answered her hus.
band.
'Do you suppose she will take me
cheap9"
81 should imagine So"
So Mrs. Lonsdale wrote patropiSing
letter 10 her husbands cousin, bespeak.
Ing the best room.
Rnt>ghen she got to Moon Mountain
tl,ere~as only oBslittle square room left
The fame Of the Black Spring had gone
forth in Nil directions. and anewspaper
editor had promulgated an article prais.
ing the delicious pinescented air and