The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-06-04
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LUCKY LETTER.
"Teais ready, girls said Saba Thorn
"Tea!n = 80, 5. NJ 4
It was no luxurious repnst # buttered
toast, fragrant Oolong, honey; and
preserves; no comfortable repast Of
cold fowl, Tongues, ported meats and
biscuithot from the oven
When Saba called it 'stea" she mere
" used o conyentio II was only
= scanty meal of bakers bread, with q
pot Of cheap butter, . little smoked
beef, which had been brought from the
corner grocers in . brown-paper cover.
and some milk and water, blue and
tasteless !; for Saba and her two cousins
found it necessary To- economize very
strictly indeed.
Saba worked for an npholsterer. All
day long she stitched pillow ticks, and
tufted mattresses il dark little room,
4 where there was. - prevailing smell Of
rancid geese feathers.
Her cousin, Helen, stood behind the
counter Of 81 milliner's shop on the
Bowery; and little Kate the I youngest
Of the three was packer ii 8 fancy
store, and could, do up more neat paper
parcels II q given time than you:would
believe possible. u
They were all three pallid and color
less, like plants that had grownni!iin nil a
cellar. They all three had Is certain
lanquor Of manner,. and spoke IN low,
Y suppressed voices. Il :;:s ii IS
4 They lived together il this one room
4 with 8 little Above running out oft,
because it was the cheapest mode Of
existence, and because their sGanty
earnings, dubbed together. could ebe
laid out to more advantage than f.ex-
pended singl Moreover, to these
poor homeless girls, there was affecting
in being together.
= don't feel hungr =, !" said Helen
with lei grimac
I'm SO tired sof bread and butter !"
sighed little Kate: sa Oh, IL + could only
have some Of the sstewed grapes that
mother used to make h, i;,iss,' S
Oh, that remind & me, q said Saba,
taking q letter off the mantle. tive
heard from old Mrs ginkney.& She
| wants us to buy q fashionabI SIS bonnet
for her velvet, wit long plum eff
we can get it for 81 dollar and b half,
and to look out for a bargain il. crimson
marino for lonisa u James winter frock.
She wants the very best qnality!and can't
20 higher than thirty seven cents q yard.
i And she wishes to know il I'VE are ac-
qu,linted with any body in the abusiness
who will dye over her spea-greeA- silk:
skirt, at half price. g ssli.s n Il
Helen shrugged her shoulders. a
She must think we have plenty Of
time TO execute her commissions II said
she. a
Merino for thirty. a se 5 asis cs " 1
yard lncried little Kate. / g And 4 hat of
velvet for q dollar and o hall DOES The
woman expect iinp ossibi
But that ism e all, z 3 said SABA:
Gle John Is very poor, She thinks his
relations ought 10 look after him. n5a-
& Uncle John r. said Kate ri
Poorl' echoed He ellen. 4 Il
But what has become Of aSall his
money 2n said little Kate, intently knit
ting her brows,
81 I'm sure IS don't know, 2 said Saba.
Mrs. Pinkney doesn't go into particu-
lars. All the rest Of the letter is about
i the sssWing society and the chicken
cholera which has carried off so,many
Of her fowls. S5
Il. He must have been persuade into
investing in some Of those dreadful min
ing stocks II said little Kate.
But, girls, = said Saba, e. what are
we to do r. Il.
Precisely what; he has always done
Il 10 US, = said Helen. Let him alone S
70, no, Helen r. pleaded LITTLE Kate.
Don't talk So. Remember he is the
only uncle we've got: Hs was our moth
e. issbrot her. y ssS1 3;5
And what has he ever done for us n
rCbrted Helen, bitterly
That don't aignify h, 2 reasoned Saba.
t'Hs Il old and feeble, and he needs our
care. That lis enough 3
e Saba ii right, 4 urged little Kate.
Il" Uncle John mustn't be left to- die Atone
But what can we do gssaid Helen.
q can't bring him here Y 81
said Saba. IT would break
his heart to take him away from the
pine forests. Wa must 60 Il; him. /. VI "
y And all stasTs togethur r. said He'll
en- ST don Bsx that that would be much
4 Of an impr ovennent on the present state
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