The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-12-22
WHOLE NO. 1S49.

his pocket And that's the way things
wss going on. sir Miss Alice, she was
+ crvinc amos al the time, and she said
to the oll butler David. ssvs she
searcb day and night for my poor broth
/ er. for never shall rest till ] can help
him Search We did, David and /. up
and dozn, by night and by day, f1reither
one O. us q iiel Tor chat boy. and vet
quicker for Miss Alice Buf i wasn't 10
Dse. sir; we never found a trace Of him,
and the poor giri he'd uuarTiei Was gone,
t1o.
Things went on gloomy enough II
the big house after that Mis- Alice. she
didn't seem minded 10 marry. and Mr
Chauucey be cot sierneraud silenter eve
rs day used - meet him sometimes
pacing up and down the walk al night
but never sid no more nor good even
ins 70 him. f,r somehow he wasn't the
sane O. me ia my mind As lie was afore
De hadn't doae right by that boy Not
thar ] don't blame the boy. TOO. for II
wasn't square for him 70 - sgin his IA
the- 70 that length. and yet 70 bring
trouble on his sister, but bless Won SIR
bows don't stop 70 think of what's ahead
when they're only twenty-five year, as
this one Was and ifthey ge- pretty
face in their minds they don't consider
father Hor sister, Hor anybody bui the
girl they wani t0marry.
More than Ten years went on. ard
never word Of Master Frank Mr.
Chauneey and Miss Alice had gone tray
cling In Europe and taken David with
'eni, and the big house wss shut up.
when one afternoon. as I vas sitting Il
home. nay wife s,iy-. Joe, there's poor
sick woman moved into The upper floor
to-day, and 7 was thinking # yo-d carry
up ab3Wl of Bet broth II wouldn't come
amiss NV wife was ailins. sir. or she'd
gone up herself. but ss twas. I took the
brth and went When ] knocked d
bright little girl opened the door. and
when went iu ! saw living on the sofa
- pretty youl. WonaH a. ever I .eJ
eve- on. But 7 saw another thing -ir.
Standing on q little table against the
val. right where the sunshine was fall
inz. " q picture Of Master Frank, ny
husbands picture said the lady. seeing
NE standing stock stin before IT, didn't
know What 10 say. was 81 took ahark.
. Strange, sir. bur when you've been long
. ing Tor veln- for something o. happen
you don't dc the thing q would seem
natural - instead of going 10 work %
find out about that boy. there was
standing and thinking Of nothing except
how out Of place { wa- bringing a bow
Of broth t3Mrs- Frank Chauncey- Z don't
know how long I'd a stood there with
that bowl Of broth IN my hands. if the
little miss hadn't brought chair and
asked me 70 ~ down Then / got sense
10 SAY, Excuse me. Mrs. Cbauncey. but
nay wife iboueht a how you was poor
folks ike us. or she wouldn't a made 50
bold as 70 send some broth, thinking
+ you'd iusi moved in. and hadn't got a ire
made. maybe
We arr poor. very poor. she answer
ne. and thank your wife we're kindly
Oh. she vas lady. sir every inch Of
her Nog didn't have TOO look long t.
. see that Might have - bold says J.
= 10 ask where your husband might be
bow ma'am3 You SET. / wasn't bit
natural, for felt kind q awkward be-
+ fore the lady. and didn't Just know bow
she'd take being questioned He i
dead she answered. or al least they tel
F lie So. I can never believe II. Were you
friend Of Franks p -he added, sudden
ly Then told ben as well as I could
for I Was half stunned, sir. thinking q
that boy-as how was only watch
man, and couldntthink Of calling myself
q frien3 ofthe rich Mr.. Chauncey's only
son bar that ii watched him ever since
be was born but She Stopped me Ny
Frank had DO father when ge were mar
ried say- she, be- was alone IN the
world. a. was. and 7 never kaewhe had
been rich Then 1 s1w In minute as
how twas. The boy hadn't told her a
word He'd been too proud 10 Jet her
know vhat he'd done, and yet again too
proud % acknowled-e even 10 her that
his father hadn't acted square with him
! didn't ~ any more then q 5out Master
Franks people. but kept her talking
until 7 found ont JUS how things were.
L seems after they 81; married. they
went Of ~ another city, au1 Master
Fank ne tired % 81 work. but somehow
netting suited him. And n9v r1E, II.
sir. when he'd never been Pur o. nothing
steady. sui they managed. one way
ana another and were happy A. two
doves together.
They'd been married seven wears --.IIi,i
hsd d Hule ..rl and d little boy when
the foundry " here Master Frank was act
ins as clerk went under. They'd had the
-unution. Sir.-5r she had her youn.
husband neyer'd "a done ito lay bs O.
penny. 80 when he rot zn offer 70 20
with corupanv 20 the Brazil>. he ieG
what they'd saved frr her and off he
went. ] hadn't the courage n say no..
ssys -s-e- although il broke my hear 20
Jet him 20. f,r b. Vas 50 eager and sun
b. would co-ne back with plenty Of
money. The party had gone out explor-
Ing s,me Big river. snd making out how
% bring things that greN 1here down -
the ooz~t. He'd been gone about two
year- wnen she cot letter A. said be
went ouf IN q boat one day with TWO
more. and they'd never came back. The
place was Wild. and an easy one 20 get
lost in. and they'd mos likely died of
saHieN here in the swamp. Still she kept
on waiting and hoping but her money
was Almost gone. and IN the little place
where ne left her there was nothing u
t.e done. 50 she'd gathered courage and
come back here again. thinking she
could - scholars among the people she
used TO know The worrv and the exsr-
tien had broke her down, and there she
was. TOO weak 70 lift a finger. And the
i,iea. too. Of a lady Ike she Vas living in
such lodgings: buf she got the cheapest
that she could that WAS decens and that =
how twas. Yeu may think i Old her
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