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

They all lived together in th'
Palladium Flats-a cheerful bnild
ing, neither very extensive nor very
towering, and with nothing i'm
posing about it excepting perhap!
its name!
The DolitelS-hachelor brother
maiden sister, and widowed moth
er-occupied the topmost suite ,ol
apartments, and two contiguous
rooms overlooking an empty anc
airy courtyard were tenanted re
spectively by II pretty saleslHlJ
and IL pale young music teacher
They had been neighbors fora veal
or more and they had all become
quite ueighborly together.
"Only Mand Kayne is so mncll
more Sociable and obliging than
the music teacher Isl" the Dolitels
used to SAY among themselves.
"Racllel Lennard may be just as
generous and sympathetic, even II
she is SO MISUNDERSTANDING" Mr.
Kit Dolitel WAS inclined to malll-
tain.
"Oh, she amt sympatletic;l bit"
tlissentet the maiden siSter-a di.
miuutive and colorlesS parsonage
with somewhat charactereSS fe;.
i lures. awhile mamma WAS $50
alarmingly i'll she never came near
us-tIough to be sure she did send
to inquire if she could be OF ser
vice. But Maud tile dear soul!
WAS in and ont constantly, and al.
ways advising something to help
u.s."
'IIcr advice was no sacrifice to
her." bachelor Kit said. "And i'll
were alarmingly i'll, I fancy should
not care to haveanybody in and OUT
constantly, chattering and gossip
ing.
"And her chatter did sometimes
rather torture my poor weak head. =
fayh lMldrMS and she radvise'dtl nothing
which was really helpful. But she
intended everything III the world
for II friend"
"She quite insisted | should take
that lovely zouave .jacket-it WAS a
present TO her, too; and to be sure
| do not nccu it Il Bit" said the
somewhat rapid Miss Dolitel.
sit cost her nothing," the broth
err commented with an amused
twinkle in his fine, frank CLAY eyes
"And she cannot wear it herself
sky blue embroidered in silver
does not cminently become sallow
brunettcn'
"She is always insisting we shal
take some trihe from her," said the
mother, ignoring the sarcastic com
ment; "dnd had much rather she
would not. But she can afford tt
make little gifts to her friends
suppose; she certainly earns ;
good deal more money than RIA
chel does"
"Teaching music is not always
lucrative VOCATION" Kit observed
sobelly.
ooh, but Rachel does not care
to make gifts to any one-She i
,, such a mlserly little creature" salt
the sister. 'She actually begrudge'
the keeping of her parrot, Maut
SAYS"
"Maud must have been joking,
Mrs. Dolitel interpoSed. "Sh'
would not be likely to begrudge thu
keeping of a pet like that-lt is
wonderfully intelligent and rarel,
taught bird, and valuable beside
One other pupils would give her
, hundred dollars for 1t any day"
"And she would not part with |
J for IA hundred times the sum. Sh
. has nothing TO love, she says. Sill
is an uncomlnonly silly girl,
Think the not particularly bril-
liant Miss Dolitel said, with a littl'
J shrug of her diminutiye shoulders
land she has need enough 0
money, tool mpersnaded otlhat
She has worn nothing but shabb,
,, old caShnereS ever since she ha
been in the house," Mrs. Dollte
said, in a Suddenly altered and fail
ing tone, and she abruptly dropped
the needlework which some mo
i lnerts she had held in an uncertain
! ! sort Of WAY.
"You have been exelting your
self too much, mother,". said Kli
; !; anxiously regarding the changln'
| countenance OF his fragile parent
You are i'll again, mammal tn
daughter cried, as she hurried t,
the sofa where the invalid reclned
now faint and gasping, us Spasm 0
pain wrenchedher weakened fam
And ill again she was. indeed
so i'll that for days and days sh
lay in darkened room, to Thic
the exceedingly scciabIe aud oblis
ing Maud Kayne was refused az
lnittance.
"Do let me go to her! could b
such Lelp to her, auu a little cha
would soothe her so much. And
am always so happy when can d
something for "a triend,' supplics
ted the young lady, her ringe'
hands clasped Geseechlngly, he
shoe-black eyes very solemn an
sympathetic.
"You cannot go to her e::; mott
er must have absolute quiet. Al