The Somerset reporter., 1885-03-18
to your bir,hrigbt dear. What feel a..


more sickeDiD. than usual. She was fe.
minutes late, and as she mounted The stairs
she heard Jane Ryan's husky voice, "Sor-
~ bit OF comfort did she lake Wild all he
belb' 20 sasin and honest aTnr chetif !
AID spind- ciir"tiul, ard that the sas
gnrls H. pick Tags ought to. They're byrn
to hard lortia' anyhow"
A chorus OF signs and groan. greeted
this SPEECH wbtn Jaue turned on Poly
Win an angry irO"n. 'llere ye be late,
Polly Mclntire, and puwer OF work watt
In, we short u hand by the dtb of Safaii
O'Neil--here James sharp voice suddenly
took On "A lu2uhrlous tone, lIdicfons 10
hear-'.It's beautiful corp she makes, an
It's Il fne buryin' she'll have; ior her broth
er Mike, an it's Il rweet-spoken man he is,
he sez to me-, Miss Ryan sez he, lis
wid.rer be- ser he, wild no iucnmbr 1nce-
| at all, aud Sarah O'Nel shall be buried H.
Gently ssz he, wild AS fine wake a any
body, and we'll hive beautiful solemn
! time ser he"
"He ought to do something for her" said
Polly. Sarah has supported lin this
aOon while"
"An' now do ye 90 al thin rags in the cor
ner.'
"Those!' cried Polly, pointing to a spe-
cially filthy hemp. 'Wby those wefc
Sarah'r."
"'Twas cnmpiAinin' uv thin ray she
was to the boss, Wien Sarah WAS XIII, said
| one of the girls
"Them rags sin't fit to be toched with
| The tongs," said Laviny Smith, WIZ AWAY,
expressed her opinion OF everything II
| they amt full of something, III lu-e my
guess
Twas the boss himself said thry va,
| .,
shrill emphasis, Gan, Polly McIa'i1e's To
| pick EN-, say"
| 1t was long, narrow room, poorly
lighted 10y two windows at the front.
| About twenty wom"n ard glri- were Dusty
sorting rags in different parts of it, and
/ from the heaps rose sckeuiuI. pungeuf
| odor. Five OF the older wcm.n dir Cleo
! The wolk and we're to u limited degrte r.
| sponsibie for its performance. Jane X IN
| was one of the five, and Pc y was subj ct
to her AUTHORITY. That P9liy ioath her
work was evident, and Jane gave her tie
most disagreeable tasks, parity because
she hated her for her superiority to her
| surroundings. and parity brcause ever
| thing Polly did WAS well done.
The dismal mornip2 wa Al last ,n3ed,
and as the noon bell rang ard Ply rose
she saw something shinin! deep down in
| the heap of rags. The corner Aa~ vary
| dark, but the something i~fnk ell VII
| light. Things found i'll tn rags were Il!
| ways claimed by the head wan1bn, hiI4
| Oyersepr Keelcr had declared a4ei AID
over again, they rightiy Ueioag IL ne had.
er, Polly hastily slipped The shining tre.s-
ure Into her pocket, aud as .'ir >Gt ale her
| luncheon in the mill, det.inineJ Ia wait
| till night before she tXainiued Il.
As it was pay night Poll, sisrfea for
| h.,t lat h
smells. Discordani sounds and aa;e ii
| sights made The streets through which .tn
had to pass horrible, aud when size entered
| her own poor neir hbnrhoud. n spas nf
| fear shook her, because 81. SAW ~ li.u5 in
| the little window bV Which her .raaa-
mother always " it'd acr cumu-.
| "Grapny !" she cried, advancing Slowly
and with outstretchtl hands across The
little room. "Wherc are you, Granny
| dear?"
The lgu' of passing lantern CLEANED
into the place ihcre was e,eryt0in. IL
usual, trim and neat, and hy the window
sat Grandmother McIntiie still at
straight in her old arm caar. re light
went out aud ly the night .nd heard
the waiting cry, Granny! Granny. speah
10 me just once, Granny dear!" The next
morning the house agent, come to demand
his rent, found Polly Wing quilc uncou-
sciuus at her d, al giandmoihcr's ct.
When Polly came to herself She MAS IN L
| narrow bed in plain bare room, and over
her was the same pleas ut-!uced young
doctor whose Office Mas over the chemists
shop. "She'il live, and thanks 10 you.
| Newcomh, will wear few sears h. "as
| saying to fat woman IL mar es cap aud
apron VINO $1,000 a. III, *'dr.
nc ci,"o oach |" "e"!tn Fas si'"' 80
si'w .pa' me SOL iih-s VI ia e"ftf,a
| ioi3 heau' WHO" o"rli h'r sichh.s
h'u neen fha''h q"''e oa''. b"i on
tasaot morning ci"Ss ana III '2ula,it 81"
u'e'or p'"hounc," fier "'''' ana Win tei
| IL lie puDule al flblhe~, WHICH the toun4