Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1885-07-18

answered WlCn I'LL gallant ODSClldCT.
Exit dan'tlntend to be uncivil,o
said his sister, WHO was whimper-
ing plaintively in one corner Of the
8 big hair.cloth sofa. ale is very
fond of you, just as we all are; he
appreciates your unseltish sympa-
thy for us and your generous de-
sire to assist us. And to be sure
we never needed Il friend as we do
now"
! .;You have no immediate cause
to feel disheartened, Sis" the
brother remarked, with IL disap-
proving glance towards the small
1 figure crouched on the sofa.
"Al, then there is really no dam
ger; dearMrs. Dolitel will recover"
interpolated Maud, mistaking the
import of what had just been ut
3 tered.
I .Oh, mamml will soon be we'll
again. Bnt misfortunes never come
singly and we are in such tronble,"
!, was walled from the sofa.
The young lady looked very in
terested and commiserative, and
Kit frowned and turned away as if
the topic were no less Improbable
than -distastetul.
"All the Whole year Kit had been
so unfortunate about getting work."
continued the weeping Miss Doll
tel, unhccding the frown-''and
where there Is so much illness and
no employment there are always
debts and difficulties about rent
and everything. TO he sure the
rent is not so much to owe; but we
must pay the quarter at once or
we must leave the apartments. the
agent says"
'.Ilow very sad," murmured
Maud, looking decidedly uneasy
Perhaps she felt that her nnseltiSh
sympathies were being tested too
severely just then.
81 do not MIND Il bit for myself"
the other resumed, "Kit and can
always manage somehow! But
mamma is too weak to be taken
away; the excitements would be ia
tai to anybody justconvalcscing It's
she is"
"Dear Mrs. Dolitel could remain
with me, you know that Maud
said, hastily, and with another I'M
easy glance toward Kit, for whom
she had al unaffected Partially;
'but | am afraid my room would be
entirely too unqnist Tor her disorder
cd nerves! she would he distracted
by the eternal prating and screech.
ing of the odious parrot. | cannot
understand why Rachel Leonard
keeps such a disagreeable bird; but
then she is not the sort of girl to
have any consideration for neigh
borS."
Kit, standing by window and
gazing impatiently down into the
busy avenue, smiled dryly beneath
This bimas4ms mastacl'e"u ...v t....
rot,n he interpoSetl, coldly, "but she
would decline being a burden to
YOU. We shall not impose any such
Inconvenience upon your scnerosl.
ty, Miss Maud"
'.Ah, but you know, am willing
to do anything i'll the world loryou,"
Maud iteratetl, with d air Of III
concealable relief.
To lie sure YOU would,' Miss Do
lltel FASTENED to say; "and if my
brother were not so abSurdly proud
he would not hesitate to mention
one thing you really can do for us.
He knows you would only too glad
ly loan MS for a time the amount
which the agent requires"
"Sis!n her brother calculated, in
accents orrebukea and CONSERVATION.
But there was another grim smile
behind til, handsome mnStacle, as
he noted the suggestive expression
of the pretty, brunette features:
"Ah, what an unlucky bndy l
amp Maud exclaimed. with geS-
ture as if of unutterable regret. IL
have inst made Il most expensive
puicliisp-some iiEery, 80 costly
that | shall be Obliged to ScriInp
my own board money for a long
time 10 come, fear. | an so sorry
YOU did not mention the matter be-
fore | had invested all my savings,
and a good deal have yet TO earn
beside"
I'VE know you are sorry, DEAR"
Miss DoliteI sighed, ruefully. "But
we take the viii for the deed, and
thank you just the same. You
must not fret about US, Maudie,"
she added, as the young lady
moved toward the door; but Kit
looked only amused its the door
closed behind her.
Il have a notion our worries have
unsettled your wits, Sis" he said,
with a look of profound annoy
ance. "You must know I should
never request nor receive such a
loan from any young woman, and
assuredly not from Maud Kayne,
whose refusal is precisely what [
should have predicted, he lovely
zonave jacket and sundry specious
trihes Notwithstanding. People who
so zealously thrust undeslred tri.
fes upon their neiglibors are often
the people who deny the one thing
which would be beneficial and real