The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-05-29

of Selwyn Grange, even While no slight
est detail Of the shabby housekeeping
that surrounded her escaped her eye.
Oh, the meDded carpets, the faded
window draperies, the table Cloth
darned and patched, the poor glued
chairs, and the window-pane cracked
across, and mcndeG with a piece Of
brown paper. Kate would have flung
herself despairingly on the thraadbare
sofa and cried Der heart Out-but she
was too brave for that.
And after tea there We're no wander
ings among the flowers, no sitting al
the piano that had been sacrificed in
the general wreck aisO), no watching
the red and opal effects of the sunset in
dl eamv far niente visions. There was
no servant, and the dishes were to be
washed, the room swept, all the house
hold cares to be attedded to.
They were in debt as we'll. Kate
discovered that the next day when the
butcher presented himself, declaring
that his orders were to give no more
trust until old scores were settled up"
and the bakers cart clattered by with
out taking any heed whatsoever Of Mrs.
SeIwyn's ~bec6oning finger.
Mamma" said Kate, eve cannot
live So"
1T is very hard, my dear" said Mrs.
Sclwyn with a quiyering lip; "but I do
not know what else is to be done. 1t
was your fathers ambition to keep you
at school, and we have strained every
nerve to pay Madame D'Orient's bills
until you should graduate"
Kate thought of her italian poets, her
great piles of music books, her French
authors, her watercolor sketches, the
crayons she had been so proud of, with
a checking lump in her throat. OF
what use were they all in this moment
of dire necessity?
She could not force herself on any
one as a governess. she could not COM
pei people to buy her pictures.
And the pale little mother wasting
away by degrees, and the lettering par
alytic father, whose feebleness was so
painfully apparent to her now, although
,he had scarcely observed it at first.
II must DO something, " she thought,
Il have been a drag and a hindrance
long enough. We must hire a little
servant to help mamma. And papa
must have something of this load Of
debt lifted from his poor bowed snoul-
ders. Oh, what can I do? Whittier
shall I turn? For with all my expensive
education, it seem to me now as if l
knew absolutely nothing"
And Kate Selwyn resolved that she
would ask Mr.. Varian, the kind family
friend that came to see them so often,
who sent the white grapes hat tempt
ed her mothers appetite when nothing
else did, who brought the illustrated
newspapers to papa, and had so many
bright ideas and suggestions from the
outer world to cheer up Kate herself,
when her spirits were of the lowest
ebb.
More than this she had learned from
her mother that he wanted to lend them
money, but the old Selwyn pride had
risen up in arms against that. But she
did not ask his advice. She decided
finally for herself.
Mamma" she said, coming cheer
fully home one day, "you must manage
to do without me for a little while, now.
/ have engaged Linda Dartly to help
you, and"
"My child, what does this mean"
said Mrs. Selwyn.
at means, mamma" said Kate with a
low curtsy. that / have taken a posi-
ton in the factory"
"You, Kate" gasped the dismayed
mother. "a factory grill"
nuyhr - $1,000 81 oncoJoz Ko4
/ only wish you caule see some of the
girls there. They are as perfect ladies
as you would meet in any drawing room
In the land. And the machines are
worked by st~eam-power, and thu fore
man is so kind and polite; and only
think, mamma, / shall earn from ten to
fifteen shillipgs q week, if / am o skill
full hand
Mrs. Selwyn burst into tears.
"Oh, Kate, my Kate" she faltered,
II never felt our loss so acutely as I do
now
"And t. said Kate brightly, "neyer
felt so proud as / do now Oh, nam
ma, I have spent my first months earn
ings in anticipation already. You
don't know what an heiress / feela
"a new hand" said Mr.. yarian,
carelessly, as he glanced over the books
Of the steam factory. "But really, MIR.
Hardie, Ihave nothing to do with the
hands you may see fit to engage. It
was quite unnecessary to consult me-"
For Mr.. Varian, q silent partner in
this driving concern, had lounged In as
RENAL ~ o1auna ovar fha hooks laid
open for his quarterly examination.
mo, sir, I know that" said Hardie
respectfully, shut this isn't an ordinary
case, Mr.. Varian it's old DR.. Selwyn's
daughter"
miss Selwyn?"
Mr.. Varian was rousedinto animation