The Indianapolis sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1880-1904, 1885-05-17
MISS SARAH.

mo, not a single cent do they get from
me" said Miss Sarah Jenkins, with Pc
culiar expression of her thin lips, as she took
her spectacles from her nose and slowly re-
placed in its envelope the letter she had been
reading to her friend, Miss Hepzibah Lackey
~ Thick know my duty as well as most
folks, an givln' help to Susan Bayard and
her children don't come under that head"
Slut bein' as they are your own KIM said
Miss Hepzibah, deprecatingly. dts only
natural for 'em to look to you"
"Let 'em look. They'll take it out In
aookin'. / told Tom when he married Susan
Bayard that the day'd come when he'd rue
st She was alters spindlin' an sort o help
less But Tom that headstrong he
wouldn't listen to nobody. He spent his
last cent in buyin' that farm over to Mil
ford, an then had to mortgage it fore he
could start his crops
at was unfortunate his dyin' so soon, said
Miss Hepzibah, who was kindly old soul
of he'd q lived q couple o. years moro he'd
paid for the place and left Susan comforta-
BILE. shouldn't wonder but she's had hard
pull these two years to get along with those
three children"
SMost likely she has But don't see as
I'm called upon to shoulder her. Goodness
9xnowns I've enough already without lookin'
for any more"
Eyes, your hands are pretty full-that's
a fact" said Miss Hepzibah. ~ hear folks
sayin' every day that they don't know what
the minister would do without you"
II reckon I've labored pretty faithful in
the Masters vineysrd," said Miss Sarah,
~if do say it. as shouldn't"
"And you'll get your reward, Miss j en-
kins,n said Miss Hepzibah, as she rose to GO
~You can alters take comfort in thinkin'
that But do wish you could see your way
to help Susan a bit"
;he don't deserve help" and Miss Sarah's
tone was decidedly acid. sShe'd oughter
have taken my advice in the first place. !
told 'em how it would be, an it comes out
pretty much as 1 said. / told Tom she was
too everla>tin' delicate. and would break
down in less'n five years. But he would
have his own way an marry her, an now
here she is laid up just as 1 said she'd be"
PITY they didn't listen TO you" said Miss
Hepzibah, as she went out. "But you know
young folks is gener'ly mortal headstrong"
Miss Jenkins often boosted that she never
spent idle minute; and there was always
work of one kind or another for her to do;
but after her visitor had gone she sat for
some time with her hands in her lap, think
ing over the contents OF the letter she had
just received.
Toms marriage with Susan Bayard, the
orphan daughter of a man. who, to use the
expression of his Deighbors, had never been
@forehanded,n had not pleased his sister, who
thought Susan far too delicate and dainty
to prove Of much help as the wife OF
farmer of slender means
Tom, however, had been very happy in
his welded life, and had never regretted his
choice, as he took pains to say to his sister
whenever he wrote her.
= And Miss Sarah, who wasn't as good q
Christian as she thought herself, and did
met fancy being called a false prophet, re-
Isented his happiness, and allowed q feeling
Of enmity to grow up in her heart against
Susan
Toms death, seven years after his mar
rage, was q terrible blow to his wife and
children, who were left almost penniless.
But Susan, knowing the way in which she
, was regarded by her sister-in-law, did not
dream OF calling upon Miss Sarah for help
Through the influence of friend the
young widow secured the position OF teacher
In district school and for two years, on
very slender salary, had managed to keep
the wolf from the door.
Then the mortgage on her home was
foreclosed, and long illness which followed
her removal from the farm to q small room
In the village of Milford made it necessary
for the trustees Of the school to provide
another teacher in her place
The sale Of the furniture of the farm
house provided Susan with money to defray
her expenses during her illness; but she
found herself when convalescent utterly
pennies, and with three small children
looking to her for support
It was then that, with heavy heart, she
wrote 70 her sister in law, and il was n lottar
which ought to have called forth only SYM
uathr and pity from the recipient. but which