Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1884-10-28

Of Mrs. David.on's baby
"And we must ge, Jeanette boarded
in a. pleasan, and inexpensive a place ss
possible" continued Mss Abigail "and
each one Of us mus, pa, by something for
her living. The rent Of the cottage can
70 towards that. too. I, is the only way
can zee a, present. haven't thou gh,
much abou, Mamie, because, she turn
ed 10 her younger sis,er-"l know she Is
80 willing and capable that more than
one home will be open to her"
Mamie dropPeda a smiling little eOur.
,esy. though her eyes were misty with
unshed tears She VISA bu, seventeen
years old. this hhh Miss Pe,tibone. =
plump. brown-syed girl, With round
cheeks. fall red lips and pleAsan, voice,
which her father had hkened 10 the sing
ing of brook
"You nigh, turn sto'y.vri,er. too.
said Gertrude. Everybody said your
school composition, were sPlendid.'
II, isn', 'of course iha, could earn
my bread and butter by writing fof the
story paper" returned Mamie. brightly
She paused a moment. "Abbie. will
you give the rent Ofths place fOr JEAN
ne,,e's board -
"No one would take her Cor that"
IL would" Mamie. fall lip. closed
de,srminedly "And will. Poor little
Jean !, would nearly Kill her to 20
away among strangers. And BESSIE shall
stay. too" .he wen, on hastily, as Il she
feared an opposing interruption "And
there shall be home here for you all
whenever you choose 10 come 70 H."
The four older sisters were brea,hle''
With As,ouishmsni; bat IeAnne,,e's eyes
.hone Ike very brigh, stars, and Bsss.e
was executing little PirOue,,e ia the
corner Of the room. Mamie herself look.
od every inch capable Of bearing up. At
las.like. The whole world on her shoul-
ders.
"Ba, bow ?" A,ked Miss Abigail. re-
covering herself
"Df. Gr,enlan !. going aboad, said
Mamie. speaking very distinctly. "and
be want. 70 .sll or le, biz aPiAry of,~sn-
,y.6,e hive. shall take ,hsm-,hA, i'
one thing. Thea | shall turn our half
acre q land into a strawberry Pa,eh-All
bu, enough 10 rise our own vegetables on
and shall send the s,rawbeFriss TO
marke,-tha, i another thing"
"lt j. too late for strawberries" said
Aug,lina. and the bees will sting yoa. "
"Yoare regular Jobs comforter" "
returned Mamie with hAlf.hys,ericAl
little laugh II will prepare the ground
and se' my vines this summer and fall ;
and Dr. GfecnlAn says be will show me
Abol, managing the bees. Ia the mean
time before my income begins 10 come
In. Mamie laughed. IL will manage
.ome way. never fear Perhaps | may
even borrow Mr. Johnsons sign.
'wA.mNo lEENiNo DuN Haas
There Was the hgh, Of a. earnest
purpose in NAMES eyes, and look Of
determination on her brigh, face quite Al
variance with her plAyfnl tone and the
badinase she uttered.
You're a trump. Mamie Pet,ibons.
said the tall Gertrude with more force
than elegance, and the re-, Of US are
selfish nobodie.. II thA, three dollars
won, stretch. I'll pull !, in two"
Don't" said Mamie merrily bat sAs
presently gave Gsr,ru,ls'' hand loving
squeeze under cover of her ruiiled apron
II, !, oaly ,hA, you didn', zee ], quite A.
/ Do" said she. IL believe I've been
thinking Of ,hi, ever since papa died
and even before for Il asked him one day
| II / nigh, no, Try the strawberries and o
perhaps help him little. poor papa Bat
he laughed and kissed me and smoo,hed
my hair" Nanny's eyes grew humid
and asked me III diin', ge, butter
enough on my bread"
"Ba, suppose you fail" qasried An
gelina. returning to the subject.
Then | shall know tried" said Nan
ME briefly.
"Ba, | shall not. haven, very larg'
eyes. Angie exPec, a grea, man!
drawbacks-At first, but have eounieS
costs many night as ! lay thinking !
over, and am very sure We could live,
JEANNE and Bess and !, with soonom.
and no, too much plum pudding, on one
hundred dollars for year and DR.
Greenlan tells me be received more thar
twice that sum from the sale Of swarm
and honey las, year"
lit wasn't good year for bees, eth
en-" cried the irrepressible Gertrude.
"And more" wen, m Mamie. "iher
will be home here as there always hA
beea."
"Bless you, Mamie" said Miss Abi
gail, wiping her eyes far,ively bu, sh
found a grea, deal to say sgains, the pro
jee, before she finally consented to il.
There were drawbacks. Mamie found
I, was no Sigh, tssk-,hA, which 81
had taken upon herself; and sometime
she almost losi courage. The house wa
very lonely when Abigail had gone to be
school Gertrude and Bertha to Scoville
and Angelina had assumed charge Of Nj
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