The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-03-07

just then Out trotted q stout, Cherry
checked old lady, with her cap all on
one side and q worsted shawl tied over
her shoulders.
"Ohm said she, ssare o the young
woman who disappointed us yesterday
about c~leaning?"
no" said Saidee, crimsoning to her
temples.
ooh, dear oh, dear!" said the old
lady whist is to become of us? All the.
furniture coming in, and my daughter
lame from falling off a step-ladder,
and the girl gone,"-but with an eager
look, perhaps you can recommend
some n to help us settle"
Il am sorry to say that / cannot" n
swered Saidee, and she vanished be-
yond the lilac hedge, rather amused at
the mistake which the old lady had
made,
Belle was full of news that evening.
so Saidee," she cried, ''such a nice
family is moving into the Locust
house. r
Eyes" said Saidee; 81 saw the furni-
ture carts at the door as / came back
from the village this afternoon"
"Oh, the villaget" cried Belle, toss
ing her blonde head. "It's strange,
Saidee, how much time you get to run
about and enjoy yourself, while / am
drudging at home. But there's a young
gentleman there-the handsomest man,
Alice Aiken says that she ever saw
and Mr.. Pyle knows him, and he is to
be at the picnic tomorrow to get ac-
quainted with young people of the
neighborhood. Won't it be delightful"
Every" said Saidee, indifferently.
But while Belle was talking she had
made up her mind what to do the day
of the May picnic.
Early in the morning, while the flush
of sunrise was still crimsoning the sky,
and blonde Belle lay asleep with her
yellow hair in crimping pins, Saidee
arose, dressed herself quietly and slipped
out Of the back door Like d little gray
shadow.
AT s o'clock Aunt Leah raped with
her cane on the ceiling of her room,
which was directly beneath the one oc-
cupied by her nieces. Belle made her
appearance presently in a faded calico
wrapper, rubbing her eyes after a drow-
sly fashion.
where's breakfast p said Aunt Lee
ah.
where's Saidee?" counter ques-
toned Belle. "Oh, / know, the selfish
thing! She has got up early, and gone
down into the woods to get some pink
azelias for her hair before the other
girls think of it. She wants to aston
ish us all at the picnic. But l think she
might have told me-"
I'm afraid Saidee thinks more of
herself than she does of us" said Aunt
Leah, sourly.
And Belle, in a very I'LL -humor, began
to prepare the breakfast task gener-
ally assumed by her elder sister.
While Saidee, hurrying down the
path by the swamp, took the shortcut
across the clover meadow, and was pres
emily knocking at the door of the brick
house where the load of furniture had
stood the day before.
The old lady with the crooked cap
and the cherry cheeks came to the door.
"Have you yet engaged anyone to
help you get settled?" asked Saidee,
blushing very prettily.
I'VE can't hear of q SOUL" said the
old lady. Everyone is engaged just
COW, and"
eff you thought / could be of use,"
family began Saidee. :
BLESS me, childT said the old lady;
'syou are too slight and small. Be-
Sides" looking closer, s'you are a lady"
"But / know how to clean houses, for
all that said Saidee valiantly. "Tve
done it every year at home. We are
ladies, but we are not people of means.
And / think you viii be suited with my
work. 1t is necessary that / should
earn q little money, and -"
Come in, my dear!' said the old
lady-sscome in, and have q cup Of cot
fee with us. / am Mrs. Hartwick-
and this is my daughter Kate"
Sadie Llnn!7 exclaimed the soft
voice Of a pretty young girl, lying with
a sprained ankle on the sofa.
To her amazement, our heroine re-
cognized one of her old schoolmates
Katherine Hartwick, who had gradu-
ated in the same class with her at board
ing-school two years ago.
"But You surely never come here to
work? n said Kate in amazement.
Eyes, / have" said brave Saidee.
Why is it any less creditable to clean
paint and wash windows than to play
croquet or do Kensington stitches?
And my Aunt Leah has lost all her lit
tie property and we are very, very poor
So now you know all about it. And
when I have eaten my breakfast, if Mrs.
Hartwick viii give me a cleaning cloth
and plenty Of soft soap III show her
what / can do"
SO that Miss Lynn was mounted on
q step-ladder, polishing off an antique
mirror, when Hates soft voice was
heard saying: