The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1886-11-13


when the day came for her to take little
Dick to Seacroft's school, where he was
| to be taught and fed and clothed for so
many years free of expense to her. Mill
ionaires h ave been known to grow out
of boys brought up at Seacroft's school,
but what cheer is there in that thought
| to the poor mother, who sees her little
son arrayed in the school garb, and who
sees the gay summer sun glintng down
from the tears in his blue eyes to the
fine new brass buttons of his jacket?
| Harry had not made his fortune in the
five years. not that mans details were
known about him, for he did not often
write home. Davy was seventeen, a nice
bright lad, in merchants office. Maud,
for three years, had taught as a daily
| governess. Katherine was the domestic
mainstay of the house, and the house,
during the past year, had had to admit
a ledger.
This lodger had been silent, nervous
old gentleman, who gave no trouble
whatever; perfect godsend of a ledger,
in fact. He was order itself. None of
his belongings were ever allowed to
| litter his rooms. He read a good deal,
but his books had Their places orderly
on their shelves, and were read and re-
read, annotated and digested. But his
] residence with them came to an end, for
certain relatives came home to live in
England, after a long absence in India
and he was persuaded to 90 and end his
days with them. His due payments,
and handsome present he made the
girls, set the household on very easy,
comfortable footing for several
weeks, weeks in which search was
made for new ledger, Many
applied, but pone were quite of the right
sort, after the kind, orderly, quaint
old gentleman. The money filtered
away, and it was clear that the Boyles
must accept another ledger or be very
pinched indeed. They at last accepted
two sist rs of the most tiresome and
eXacting characters. Kate and Maud
shaved for them. but service was weari-
some, as it must be when dry, thankless
hearts claimed it.
eff only Mr.. Harbutt were backr'
sighed Maud. "Dear! how funny he
wasp was the laughing echo to her
sigh. Kate was bright-souled being,
and always ready to make the best of
their troubles.
81 wonder whether he is as happy
with those grand folks as he was here?
lie had all his tn ngs Just as he chose, "
and Kate, with buster in her hand
the ladies were out for the day-looked
round on a chaos Where should she
begin to stra' ghten?
''Strange that he never writes, Maud
unused.
''Did he ever write, dear?" Kate said;
''write letters, | mean. He composed,
and he imagined and he ruminated, but
until those nephews looked him up |
don't believe he received as much as
one letter month; certainly he never
wrote one.
mo, suppose not. Where was that
one letter from that he sent when he
| left?n
''Durham-but that's nothing; he
only went there to see somebody who
| had some rare manuscripts. He sad
! that in the letter; he was going to see
this nephew at Edinburgh, and then
b when the people found place to take
+ he was going to settle down with them
A wild-goose chase for such a man as
| her'
Eyes" again Maud spoke musingly;
81 wish he had stad here until they
had found the place"
The very next day Maud saw this in
the obituary of the Times
"On the 18th, at the Invercauld Arms,
Rosslyn, while travelling, James Har-
butt, aged seventy-one.
Monotony, wearisome monotony, fol-
! lowed. The tiresome ladies stad on
until they had been with the Boyles for
just a year; and then they thought they
would like a change and they lett. They
left a small debt unpaid and they gave
no address. As girls do, even girls who
have too close an acquaintance with the
rough side of life, the two Boyles made
grand glory in the departure of the
Misses Payne.
owe may get some one even worse,
though" said Kate, practically.
"Never mind what may be, we are
free now" Maud reioined, being, as we
have said, always more light of heart
than her sister was.
On that half holiday, the girls being
SO gay over their freedom, walked with
Dick to the station, saw him off, and
then went Tor a summer evening S saun-
ter among the fields.
81 have made mistake, Kate l see, :"
she said as they walked homeward. 81
should have gone away to teach-I
should have made more money, and"
''And you would have held better
position Kate always nailed point
decisively. zone drudge in family is
enough"
81 hate you to speak Ike that, Kate. :"
Maud had a warm temper such pos
session is usually the companion of a
warm heart If you drudge-horrid
world drudge If got more money,
would not mother have itP"
Don't be angry, I've genius for
domestic management; for goodness
sake let me exercise it. But agree with
you about going away; you would be
far better off in family Why should
you not be as Miss Marsden used to be
with us?'
"She was a swell governess.
mot any more than you can be. l
remember better than you do.
"Dear, how | should love those DAYS
Of glory! Are they ever likely to come
back? What can we do? Shall | hoard?
VIII Harry suddenly come home mill
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