News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1885-01-22

her blooming cheek close to the spin
ster's wrinkled lips
Kissing, as Miss Comfort might her
elf have remarked, had she had Ie;sur
ar a remark, was not much in her wav
bu5 she could not resist the sweet, visit
nj artraa'v
''There," she said, with a strang
L.oisture in her eyes, ''run along. Joab'
attn"
"Ohl" cried little Esther, as she sa
on the buffalo-draped seat, 81 wish
was rich and grown up!''
"Wny, what 'ud you do ?" demanded
honest Joab.
"I'd buy a diamond necklace and &
pink dress for that good lady !"
Joab cbuckIed. ''I don't know as
--'Aay' ( o olconue iIer, '' ne said, with grim
iocularity. 80 gee up, old Dollr'
x
81 know I'm pretty old to be loolin
arter a situation" said Miss Comfort
Fairhaven, 'but [ can't starve. nor !
won't beg, so what's there left We had
a good farm once, but my brother could
not rest till he speckilated it all away,
and now he's gone and I'm all alone. So
if you know of a good place as house
keeper, or matron inan asylum, or gen.
eral overseer, don't much care where
or -
The intelligence Office keeper. with a
slight shrug of his shoulders, broke in
IN the torrent of Miss Fairhaven's ex-
planatory eloquence.
"What wages did you ask ?"
Poor Miss Comfort-the blank word
wages called a rusty glow to her cheek.
''I amt particular about that so long
is its a good home"
Here's a place that might perhaps
suit you-Housekeeper wanted at Mr..
Duponceau's, No. Fifth avenue
You might try it, although 1 hardly
think person of your APPEARANCE would
uit."
81 amt young. 1 know" said Miss
Comfort with sigh, "but there's deal
} tough work left in me yet. Give me
he address-I shan't give up and starve
without tryin' for it ~
Yet, spite of all her philosophy, Miss
'omforts heart, like that OF the Queen
f Sheba, of old, grew faint within her
IS she sat in the luxurious reception
.o,,,o 90 4bo Firth oror,1o ,,ons;o,, e1r
tounded by silken chairs, gilded tables,
flashing mirrors and pictures, whose
'ad,ant skies might have been painted
in liquidized gold, SO rare and costly
we're they.
''I'm Almost sorry I come r' thought
uiss Comfort 81 don't fairly believe 1
an give satisfaction here"
While the thought was passing
through her mind, the door swung open
N is siIver-plated hinges, and a tall
Young lady in blue silk morning robe
ntered-a young lady with golde
,rown hair Ioop3d alter the fashionablr
style over her brow, and deep blue eyes.
Miss Comfort rose and dropped stiff
tile courtesy.
give called to see" she began,
mt to her amaz3ment the rest Of her
peech was abruptly checked by the
ynung lady's arms being thrown round
;,r neck.
"OA, I'm so glad to see you," she
ried ont, ecstatically. "I thought I
ever should see you again. I went to
he old farm, but you had gone away,
obady knew whittier !"
And she hugged Miss Comfort more
Enthusiastically than ever, the bright
ears sparkling on her eyelashes.
"Wby," demanded the bewildered
pinster, ''who are you?"
I'm E5sie. Don't you remember
title Elsie Bell, that you gave the fve-
IolIar bill to. in the twilight, By the
yild-rose bushes. when"
"Ol, OOH T. exclaimed Miss Com
fort "You don't mean to say that you
ire that"
And here she stopped, nearly stran-
yled 10y Estes renewed embraces, while
he listened to the story of papa :
leatb, and how grandpapa had adopted
her and how she was surrounded by all
that luxury could devise, or art invent.
"And I have Ionged to see you
again" added Essie, ''for if it had not
been for your kindness, papa never
,ould have reached his home A.G
YOU shall live with me low, and be my
darling old friend p
"No," said Miss Comfort, graveIy
shaking her head. "I've come to apply
for situation as housekeeper, and j
you won't give it to me. why 1 must gt
Isewhere."
And Essie was obliged to consent.
"But mind" said she. noddinq thu
olden masses of her crepe hair, 81
hall give you what wages I please
Grandpa always intrusts those things tt
ny management
So Miss Comfort Fairhaven stayed
5ominally a holsekeeper-really the
rnsted aud revered head of the estab
ishment, ard her declining years wer'
nrrounded by a peace and luxury sh'
. eyer dared to dream of in her Iofties
Spirations.
Mss Comfort Fairhaven had invested
he fve-dollar bill advantageously. Sh'
1ad cast her bread upon the waters, ant
lfter many days it had returned to her