Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-09-23

Bertha had remained at home. ANT
home meant the stone hOr"e at Belleair
house that belonged 10 the Car.
family for nearly hundred years. Al
babies they were born into it, there they
had been married. and from it they haC
been carried out to the cemetery.
Mr.. Thomas Cary, Bertha's father
had followed in the footsteps of thOs.
who had gone before him, and il haC
never occurred to him To think that hi:
children would not be just as content
As he had been.
But the restless spirit had cIept int
Bertha The getting up before dawn
cooking breakfast, milking the COWS
and washing the dishes began each day
and to call up the COWS, strain the milk
and stand at the back door To watch the
sunset, rounded off the end of the DAY
that brought her SO near the early bed
time.
Father may like it, D" said Bertha, III
one of her confidential talks with Mag
gle, 'but for my part, think II VIII
about kill my soul. l do not see how
you can bear it,"
81 do get very tired. BeIle, but when
| think of the big city it frightenS me
to imagine myself in 1t. ~
Poor little moth that you are,r all
swered Bertha, 'you think, perhaps.
that the great candle would SINCE your
wings?"
"Yes, dear, do"
$50 do not |, then. Perhaps little
Mag, you have inherited more whole
some deal Of the Cary spirit; to plod,
and dig. and delye does not hurt you as
it does me. / feel as if there were great
fingers in every broom and every milk
pan that were elutching at me to drag
me down And l am tired of it. "
Il would not like to feel so" sug-
gested timid Maggie.
"They might be able TO drag you, lit
tie mite that yOn are. But for NE,
sweetheart, there must turn up sOme-
thing better.r
what will it be?"
81 do not quite know. But have
answered an advertisement fora clerk. "
"Why, Bertha," exclaimed Maggie
i'll asSOnishment.
"Yes, / have"
''Why do you choose that?"
"Well, it is winter, YOU know, and
places are hard to find"
"Win father consent2"
II wrung it from him last evening.
He says | will be glad to return to the
home nest before the birds begin 10
build their nests in the maple. But [
think he is mistaken. The world is big
and wide, and there is lots 20 do III it,
if | only find it, and l will -
Maggie had great faith in her sister,
but it grieved her to think of the part
ing. However, when the evening mail
brought favorable answer, she was
almost as glad for Bertha as the latter
could wish.
Bertha's future employer had been
rather unsuccessful in obtaining the
kind of girls that he wanted, they were
honest enongh, but they looked So pale
and hstless, and they seemed To lose
their yivacity 50 completely that he
thought fresh country girl would be a
welcome sight for his eyes. And 1t
happened that one of Bertha's referen-
ces was a friend of his, so he secured
her services at five dollars a week.
K very sad parent was Mr.. Cary when
he saw the train disappear from the de-
pot taking his daughter from home.
But his last words were: ''GOd bless
you, my girl, and bring you soon
home"
"An right, father, will come as soon
as | get tired"
Tiredp Not qJite that, for in three
days time she was so tired that it SEEM
ed as if she could not bear it one more
day. To stand upon her feet during so
many hours, to hear the confusion of 50
many people, to inhale the dust from
the store, and to creep into her hard cot
1t night, tired and worn in body and
this was very trying. Not
even the kind letters from home could
rest her.
She, too, has become pale and listless,
and although she has only tried little
over a month she has decided that her
putting is almost long enough, and every
night when She kneels down to pray she
thanks her Heavenly Father for the
lear home that awaits her, and to which
she hopes to return in couple of
weeks.
And she is treasuring up bit Of ad
vice for Maggie-advice that is neither
new nor wise beyond all others; it is
his, 10 be'cOntent in the Tut in which
God has placed her, no matter how
lOmely it is; tor He who never errs,
VINO shapes every burden, who weighs
zach care, knows just what is best for
His children.