Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-11
"OLD MIR. BINNEY.,

~ their friends had said. when Mrs
blnney died: "Now what good thino
u would he II old Mr.. Binncy would hut
marry Miss Bright
Miss Bright had not been without her
troubles, and very hard ones they had
been too, but she bore them with n
brave heart. and carried a smiling face.
Ahd had thankful spirit within her.
"t'iNlnS always 90 remember her bless
lhg'' ana how much they outnumbercd
any evils sho was called upon To bear.
Indeed, to listen 10 Miss Bri0ht's
showing YOU would have counted her "a
one al the luckiest persons ever born.
ono hal had the kin g { If friends IN,
.Vpst comfortable of situations. and the
girls she had taught were endowed with
an amiabil ~ ot disposition winch made
positive pleasure To bc with them.
Inc only accusation she could brinr
against them was that they were all In
such Terrible hurry to grow M and
get married. and then Miss Briph'', &C.
olpacOn was gone. and she had To- stem
OUT lne the world and find a fresh field
Tor bier labors.
rs years rolled Un. each one addino
10 the score of Miss Rreht's a0e. these
hunting grounds uf instru .tionS became
more AMI more narra wed Children M
elght began now whore girls of ri rhtcpn
uled To leave Oft. aud history and ge-
ography, To say nothing of the parts of
speech AMI grammar. were ali so nj.
Tered, tdat poor Miss Bright had to az.
knowledge that 40 times She really did
terl quite confused "Vs,v soon
sLan'; tie lot with anything il t.ach. -
sho would say. pathctically. and then
Mr.. Binucy's nephew. Joe. or some
other guud fellow who heard her. would
drciart she should set up a school for
wives, for there never were such WIVES
as the girls whom Miss BRIGHT had
Drought zap. She had taught .Joc's wife
sally and her sister. and though since
Then she had had other situit.ons. nj
holiday time, or whenever she was seek
ing employment, she always returned to
Tho house OF DR.. Brpndon' their father
When Mr.. lime, drppprd in. "A be
frequently did. To inqu r.. after his old
icndS the BreudOns. hc from time to
Time found Miss Bright there. and han
psnng un the occasion Of one OF her
visits to bring the news that Mrs. Bin
ncy was III, with no one who g hu.incss
" seemed e. le To look after tpr. moth.
. my was more natural than that Miss
Bright shuulJ voluptcr, and a or,at
comfort they found her.
10 ~prightly yet uuObtrusivr was the
checry little woman that Mrs. Kinney
herself WAS iullte nced i'm n r. favor
until. with I'M eye to their mutual com
Tort, Mr.. Kinney pro-. scd Miss Brir1t
staying with them altogether. why
notY he said. I'VE could w III afford
To pay her q salary" Tut this wore,
salary, acting like mayic oa Mrs. Bin
ncy, seemed tO bring her Ia her senses
immcd lately. She would b., very clad
to have Miss Bright ~ visitor as lone
avs she liked tO stay. hut rs to liz no
WITH them n together. "No." she ,youIl
not give her consent To that. sIc had al
ways objected tD having in her house n
third party. II was then that Miss
Frlghts friends pulled very long faces
indeed. What woIld she do? they
asked her.
"Oh. something is sure to turn M. "
sho would LAY. hope ully. Whenever
have come to my last cbb an opening
has been made for me. so | am not
going To despa now
Nnd sho sad this all the more cm,l.nt-
really, hccagso in spite of her confidence
she could MT help feeling thpt a yoice
which she could not It'll Kent repeating.
What VIII you do when Won crow
"ldcrP Teaching will get harder than
ever That was true enough. hut
what else was there for her To- do9
When Mrs. Bnnoy died. which han
pen'd ute suddenly about wear be-
Tore, there had been some talk As to
Miss Bright going To Mr.. Binney rs
huuSckcep'r, but this propo.ition
hrd been made without the knowl-
edge or cOus'n' of the principal
person concerned. who. ~ soon Is The
mint was given, me- satiycd IL
VT. bnncy { OrOughlv appreciated
Miss Bright, but he hal lost his taste
Tor matrimOny; he remembered that ne
hat spent forty excellent years with
out vic. aud. Notwithstanding that
ne was now widOWer. he could not
cOn>cicntiously say that he felt his state
u bc So very unhappy.
susan the cook. respectable and staid.
would. he felt sure. manage his house
hold properly. and il il proved tnat she
shouiu We way 20 cVtraN agancc. as
people seemed To s1y. Mr.. Binney fan.
cue nc could better put up with that
evil than with too much of the ccono.
nv from WI ich be- had suffered alreaJv
NJ all the hopes that on the death of
MIR. Binnry. JOt and Sally and tho
Brvndons had cherished for Miss Br CHI
were ruthleSsly dashed To the ground
Evidently Aunt Il. was not to have n
successor.
III we could tu' have got her there
rs houseSecpcr,' said two of these
arch-consplraiOrs, 'thc rest would have
been easy Nut though they returned
to the attack several times. no rood
came If IT, Mr.. Binury shared In Their
regret at the loss IT Mss Brirhts nm.
pills, wondered as they did what would
become her. and. his visitors rope. TO
make his sympathy apparent, he sat
down aud wrote n Kind little note with
check for ElO folded within IL.
Hes an oldstupid. " said sally. "and
now she IS going away altogether, ever
so far for Miss Br CHIT had had an
other piece OF news % tell. An old pu-
pill Of early days had been recently left
awidow; her health was as delicate "A
her heart was kind. and when she made
the proposition that Miss Bright should
come and spend the remainder Of her
days with her Il was not entirely OF her
own comfort she had leen thinking.
Mss Bright had readily accepted her
oder. and she had written 10 tell Sally
that the next week she should come up
and see them.
She could only stay few hours with
fhem when she came, The farewell