Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1884-10-10
4 HBART TO LET

4 HEART TO LET
IHc} sdd iss Wilhelmina. "a
u tive got it black enough now"
Ms WiIhelmina had been wrestling
ubp.n and ink. Not that she was
I literary lldy that was far from be-
/ a1 the case
The cnusion upon which she was 50 .
Nh at work was neither more nor
os than aUig TO LET printed on
he back Of a sheet of her deceased
ataer- sermon paper, ard she viewed
/ with solemn satisfaction.
no LET APPLY WITHIN.
II won't pay any agents fees said
,he "nor ! won't pay good hard mon
VI fer notice that | can print myself.
'ge cconomilcd all my life and i'm
~, going to leave on now. Bcryl,
ay2'
In answer to the last word, spoken
IN quick, arbitrary accents, bright
.yed girl of seventeen came running
n, wiping her dimpled hands on
frued apron. Der cheeks were flushed
with HOUSEHOLDS exercise, her shining
crown hair WAS coiled in a lustrcus
braid at the back of her head, and her
.ong-lashcd hazel eyes sparllled like di-
Almonds
What Is it, aunty?' sail Bcryl
Brand.
"Get tho paste-pot and a brush"
said Miss Wilhelmina, "and put up
this TO LE1"w
Beryl looked first at 'Ier aunt, and
then at the fat, black-lettered sign, in
dismay
fAsPt w. saa sad MIss fRs PHf R5Ynas5 YGA going t9
made up my mind to give up house
keeping"
"Where are we going, aunt?'
I'm going to Leiccstelshire," said
Miss Wilhelmina, to keep house for
Cousin Fred, whose wife, Lily, is fee
bic, and cant keep an eye to things
Beryl colored violently.
"But, Aunt Wtlhelmina," said she,
1T was me that Cousin Fred wrote for
to come and help Lily, and be com
panion to the girls
Yes, l know" said Wilhelmina,
with the Indifference of utter selfish
ness: "but Fred hadn't any idea how
young and inexperienced you are. and
I've wrote him that I viii come there,
if he'll pay me liberal wages and give
me the complete management of every
thing"
But Aunt Wilhelmina
"Well?"
"What IS to become Of me?" pleaded
poor Beryl
"Soma people are always thinking of
themselves" said Miss Wilhelmina
sharply. "Why, what should become
of YOU? You can gst place with
Mrs. Somerset in the millinery bust
ness; or you can go out as a compan-
ion. And now | think Of it, it was
1nly yesterday l saw in the daily pa
ucr that Lyon and Stubb wanted
lozen smart young women to stand be
aind the counter. There are always
olenty of things for Il woman to do if
,be has a little ambition and energy
And now don't stand there. looking as
f vour senses were all flying up the
,hmnev. but hustle out and put up
hat notice as sharp as possible, for it's
i nice day, and all the house-hunters
viii lie out"
Bervl obeyed, with an indescribable
ceiling as if the whole world were
-urning itself upside down.
And as she leaned over the iron rail
# the steps, fastening the big "HO
IrET" against the mildewed brick wall,
, certain scent Of greening grass and
,oening dandelions saluted her senses,
while the warble of prisoned thrush
"A cage across the street, reminded
/ nor of a visit she had once made, years
and years ago to this same Cousin
Fred up in Leicestershire.
The tears came, unbidden, into
Beryrs eyes.
ooh. how delightful it would be to
1.-Two in the real country" she said to
horself And l know | could make
,nysqlf useful at Cousin Fred's. But
# Aunt Wilhelmina is going herself,
tbero is an end Of the matter"
For Beryl was too well used to her
,nnt.s oyerbearing egotism even to at
tcmot A struggle against it.
All her life long she had been the
tim If Aunt Wlhelminds selfish
o.s It was too late for any rebellion
now.
And then WiIhelmina went up to
her room to pack her trunk for Cousin
~, ,,ro1 while Beryl retu' aed to her dish
\ ashing and irnn'as.
III LAY long the house was 0esieged
~ an eager hrong Of house hunt
Wili ." Rarvl marshallcd