Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-07
Cathy took up tie enc

there were al kinds OF ganss !.
college for exercise. Iplayed ne,
fairly well. Ut was the oniv ,aeu
which / vas not hopeleasIy 'aas
said Cathy, laughing. 'sapa
As the week Of Mrs. Wariny,.
passed. her husband discoyerea M'e
little girl had learned one or NJ
things we'll. She wa a dextarar u'a4
stress. His clothes were put \. 'eu4
feet order. The girls had bad ~
ing club, and Cashy showed sas
genius for compromising DAINTY r,sssse
tizing dinners day after day, spps
Bring some Of Your friend.
and ! will r I'VE You q game suppe, y \
said. w
The frieI DIS came. The sppr..
delicious. The old fellows ali tn
love with the cheerful little U;rl
listened to their stories, and uo.;. W.
sang them old ballads and ditt;sa E
voice which, if unskilled, was W.
a birds and full Of pathos. Thai
home in high good humor N,
sober.
Mrs. Warrng came home at last !.
that she was carried to bed. 49,
of Martha's sour visago, Cathyis -
face beamed down on her. SomaaM
in the changed appearance of the NY
startled her.
80 you've been playing housemsa,,
she said. But she soon grew ~
ven to grumble. When after ! mo0tt
tedious suffering she recovered Is
physician said, "You owe YOU n.
the care of your daughter as much !.
me. Miss Cathy was born to ~
nurse ~
"She was unfortunately not born
anything better" said her mo,1'
my ambition has been terribly tbvs.
ed in that girl, doctor. She i !,
scholar MI
at is something, after all, to bea Wa.
an" said the doctor, dryly.
But when the disease returned MI
Mrs. Waring rapidly sank under 4
was to Cathy she turned, and on CatI,,
breast she leaned while dying. Cors,
George was there, strong, quick ~
kind. He seemed TO know by ~intui6~
the plans that Cathy wished 10 c,r,,
out in her little world, and s@ilepts
helped her in them. "a
In the year that followed Jane sAa
Maria began their careers: one ~
professor of Greek, the other as a n.
dent of medicine. They did not com.
home again.
What with the habits Of their m.
fortunate father, and poor stupid Catba
rine," they said, "the atmosphere Il
home was sitting. Ali mental IT.
died in it,"
But home and poor stupid CATH
grew every day dearer TO Mr.. Warins
His old tastes aud habits, his 6ps
nature, revived under the sunshine 4
his daily life. He sought on. Od
friends whom he had avoided for yeaa
and brought them to the house to On.
sent to his daughter. He struggled
desperately during all that winter y
break loose from the yoke he had cn.
ried so long.
His property had been largely spent
some Of it lost in poor investments, and
his income had become quite small
Catherine discharged the two servants,
and took the whole management Of ths
house. Yet with the sharpest econouy
she found herself not able TO keep it I'D
IF | we're not such q duncel" she
said TO herself. She could not teach
SEe was not a musician, nor an artist
She could not write anything but l.
tiers, and size was very anxious about
the grammar and spelling Of them. She
knew nothing about fancy work or ait
embroidery. But she was an admir-
bic seamstress. She took in some plan
sewing that winter, and worked 1t ii 1t
night, and so paid the bills.
One evening in May Mr. WAXING
came home late. He was pale and bis
eyes shone with depressed excitement
But Cathy did not observe tt. She
kept herself in the shadow of the coffee.
urn, and spoke but little. COUSIN
George, who had that very day rs
turned from California, saw that her
little round face was red with crying.
but said nothing.
why, what is the matter, my childg
exclaimed her father, as they rose from
the table and came into the light.
"0h, nothing, father. Only a lettsr
from Jane. She and Maria are dong
so much, filling a place in life, she
says; and she asked me If there was 10
work for me in the world, no talent
which l could cultivate. There don't
seem to be any, really" looking up II
her fathar with quivering chin. n
seems as If | never could learn ANYTHING,
no matter how hard / tried. Jane saSs
1 spelled psalm in my last letter sam
! must have been in a great hurry, fu
l do know hat word"
Let Jane find her W work" said
her father. Book learning is a good
thing Cathy, but there is wisdom and
work, too, outside Of books and The
schools. AS for your work"-his voice
grew hoarse. He stopped, came up 10
her, as she stood before the fire, and
held out his arms-"your work hu
saved mel ! was going down into the
hell, and you have brought me back. /
have drunk my last drop, with Gods
help"
Cathy held his head close to her
breast, patted and stroked the gray
BAR and worn face with uDutterabe
tenderness, kissed and cried quietly
over him, but said not q word.
"Ieli her your plan, George said
Warning, in q broken voice. "Snch
good news Cathyn
Your father is not in any business
here, Catherine, as you know. / pro.
posed to him to go with me to Sau
francisco and begin life over again, %
my partner. He was very kind to me
when l was a boy, and / feel sure We
Fan work well and happily together.
Cousin George watched Catherine
Gs she nodded and smiled and
bent over her father with glad, shining
eyes, the tears still stealing down her
checks. He felt that the time bad
for him to speak.
Il prophesied once" he said, thai
The little Ounce would be good fr
something. We all have found ths'
is worth 30 much-she Is so true, 80
good, so necessary to everybody VINO
comes near Der, that / am sure she WIZ
De as highly appreciated in Caliiorn's
she is here, and she must keep hosss
lor me, as well rs for uncle, What 40