The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-03-13
OLD MR.. BINNEY.
In Search Of a HOuSekeeper, He Finds
a Wife.


troubles. and very hard ones they had been,
toe, hui she bore them with a brave heart and
carried q smiling face and had n thankful
spirit within her. striving aiways 10 remember
her blessings, and h0w much they oatnnmbered
any evils she was called upon ia bear
Indeed. 10 listen 10 Miss Brirht's showing,
You would have counted her as one Of The luck
lest persons ever born. She had had the kind
est OF friends. the most comfortable of stua-
li0ns and flle girls she had taught were
endowed with an amisbility Of disposition
which made Il positive pleasure TO be with
them. The oaiy accusation she could bring
against them WIS that they were all IL saeh
terrible hurry 10 grow up and get married, and
then N is ErIghts occupation would be gone,
and she compelled to step cut into the world
and find a fresh isld for her labors
As years rolled on. each one adding 10 the
sccre OF Miss Briehts age, these hunting
grounds Of instruction begslIae more and more
narrowed. Children OF eight began ROW where
girls 90 eighteen used to leave Cfi, and history
and geography, 20 say nothing OF the parts Of
speech and rIafRii.ar. Werc al 50 altered that
DOOR liltie n is Bright had TO acknoN ledge that
at times she really did feel quite CONFUSED
Very suon ] shan b. lett with anything 10
teach" she would say pathaiically, aud then
Dir. B.anty's n, ihew, Joe, or s0me other good
follow who hear3 her, would declare she should
SGT up a selOol Tor wives, for there never were
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brssRnt nR She had taught yces wife Sally
and her sister, and though since then size had
had ether situations. a. holiday time, or when
ever she W3ssseelliEg employment, she always
returned Ia the house OF Dr. Brendon, their
father.
When Mr. Binney dropped IA, as he fire.
gDeutly G d. To Inquire after his old friends,
The DreRdons, iia fnOsn tine 10 time found bliss
Bright There. and happening on the occasion OF
che 81 hsr visits 10 bring the news that hrs.
liancy wa iil, with no one whose business it
seemed 10 be 10 leok after her nothing was
more natural Isan that Miss Bright should
Foupteer. aud great comfort they found her.
80 sqFiphsy Eei nReGirusive was the CHEEKY
little woman that Mrs. BinDey herself was in
finenced in her favor, uatil, with an eye TO
their mutual comfort, ir- Binney proposed
Hiss Bright staying with them altogether.
:. Mhy notgn he said 81 We could well afford
10 pay her a salary" But this word salary,
aching like magic on Mrs. Kinney, seemed 10
bring her to her senses Immediately. She
would be very glad TO have Miss Bright as q
visitor IS long rs she liked 10 stay, but as 10
living with them altogether, MOI she would
not give her consent 10 that; she had always
objected TO having in her house third party.
Ii was then that Miss BTights friends pulled
very long faces indeed. What would she doi
they asked her.
"0h. something is sure to turn mp" she
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20 Iag last ebb M opening has been made for
me, 70 ! am mol gong to despair now
And size SAID this all the more emphaticaliy.
bec2tsa. III spite OF her confidence, she could
not help feeling that voice which she could
not stil kept repeating: What viii you do
when yea grew oder? Teaching viii get
harder than ever" That was true enough,
bat what else was there for her 10 do?
When Ms Binney died, which happened
quite suddenly about year before, there had
been some talk as 70 Miss Bri ght going 20 Mr.
Binney's IS hOasekeeper, but this proposition
had been made without the knowledge or con-
SeBt OF the principal person concerned, who, as
soon as the HAT was eIyen, negatiyed il.
Sir. Kinney thoroughly appreciated Mis-:
Bright, but he had lost his taste for 1natrimony
he remembered that he had spent forty excel
lcHi years without wife, and, nOtwitsstand-
ing That he was now a widoTeT, he could not
coIacleaEiousiy say that he felt his state 10 be
% very unhappy.
Susan, tic cock, respectable and stslid, would,
he fit sure, manage his household properly,
and Il it proved that she should give way fo
extravaganza, as people seemed to say, Mr.
BInaeS fancied he could better put up with
that egI; than with toe much Of the economy
from which be had suffered already.
50 al the hopes that on the death Of Mrs
B:nney ice ana Sally and the Brend0ns had
cherished FOR Miss Bright, Were rutblessly
n0E 20 have successor.
IL We could but have got her there a
usekeeIler said two OF those arch-c0nspira
tors the rest would have been easy" Bu
taoagh they returned 10 the attack severa
times d good came Of il. Dir. Binney shared
IN their regret at The loss of Miss Bright7s pu
pilss wondered, as they did, what would become
o. her. and. his visitors gone, 20 make bis sym
patly APPARENT, be sat down and wrote kind
little note with a check for 9l0 folded within
it,
He's an old stupid said Sally, "and nov
she is going away altogether, ever so far 10
Bliss Bright had bad another piece of news T.
tel. An Old pupil Of early days had been re
Gently LEFT a widOw; her health was as delicat
Is her heart was kind, and when she made tn
proposition that Miss Bright should come ans
spend Tie remainder Of Der days with her /
was not entirely OF her own comfort she has
been thinking. Miss Bright bad readily &C
eepted Der offer, and she had written 10 Tel
sssiiy tLat the next week she should come ~
and sec them.
She could only stay few hours with then
when she came. The farewell visit was TO b
paid later But think" she said as she wa
eoing, will cal on my way home and 50,
odby 10 Mr. Kinney in case 1 might no
have another opportunity"
DO, said sally and away she went
Ar- Kinney YVES at home lie had not beer
quite well lately; nothing more than cold
but u had kept him prisoner. To-day b.
might have gone ont bat he had not felt in
ciiDed 70, and be calamity said he was glad Y
be- Ia, IS he should have been sorry indeed q
have missed seeing Miss Bright.
AND 50 yon are really going 10 leave Us
he sad, and almost reyretfully. too. "Meil
You sal % very lauch faissed. don't know
Whist the l5rendoas viii DO"
They viii not miss me more than I shat
them, and the brave little woman made AT
effort, hat her voice should not sound shaky
but yoa know. Ar. Binney, / am not GROWN;
younger, aln II"
No, be said, that is true. Was sayin,
the same 70 myself Of myself only to-daygv
e., only with men il dos not seem TO mat
ter but with women the thought Away come
with little shnader that when we get old ant
want quiet and resi and a comfortable arm
CHAR ~ the fire there is a doubt whether w,
shall be able r. ger them
Ar BiHney did not answer and fearing sb,
MS saying Too much about her own feeling
she altered her tone, which had been it'll,
sad, aBd gent on ia her usual cheerful way
bot then / ought 10 feel SO thankful that thi
opciiiBg has been made for me- told then
that ! knew something wonld come: il ma
slEays done 50; have always been SO lucky
lie your happy disposition makes you sa,
70, my dear Miss Bright; cheerful spiri
sherteBs the longest day. wish could follow
your example. ] often feel condemned at M,
want 81 contentment-ol gratitude, ought 4
say
Bgt that Miss Bright would not allow sh
reminded Ir Kinney Of the many kind action
he had done. and IN her owu aniet wav fhankes