The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-04-17

Margaret, why will you earn your
bread?"
because | deem it safer than to pill
fer it." Three burrows formed between
his eyes.
How long must this thing 60 onP"
sighed very deeply, then going to
the door laid my hand ON the knob.
Until | cut it short thus"
Stay! May l join You this after
noonP"
How? Where's"
ITO Lula Browns"
''Eavesdropper'"
"a cry peccari."
III you promise not to bore me with
nonsense, yes And we went our
ways--he to the hotel, l to my private
lodgings.
Irving Winter, Jr., occupied that
easy sounding, much moderated posi-
ton of assistant editor; in other words,
he did all the arduous drudging, and
prosaic part of the editing, while lrv-
ing Winter, the elder. editor-in-chief,
sat back in his well furnished sanctum,
stacked the silver, entertained, cursed
much and clipped a little. l admired
Irving the younger in the direct ratio
that | detested Irving the elder, We
had grown up together in the same cs-
tablishment-he started as printers
devil and l as paper-folder-and had
struggled up the ladder, round by
round, to IL present eminence. Old
Irving Winter (not meaning irrev-
erence by the cpithet, but merely to
avoid repetition of senior, you under
stand) was what is vulgarly called
closc-fisted. In other words, he was a
mean, miserable, sordid old miser.
Young irving ~lrving-was as free
hearted as the sunshine and did more
charity in a year than his long-faced
deacon father did in ten.
Irving Winter, ST.. $780, you
would see in large letters at the top of
every charity subscription list; while
away down toward the bottom in al
unpretentlous hand was:
anonymous, So
understand. God bless him! There
was never a nobler man, never one
that could do more good with his
money; and |, Margaret Vance, plain,
pennilcss story-rcader, would come be-
tween him aud it. Had not his father
threatened to disinherit him if he mar
ried me-: And who knew but he
would? No! it must not be. Wemust
drop the dream of our youth; l should
tell him SO this afternoon.
1879 Gilmore street. was part Of a
tenement house. Groom No. T.
Here it is. You just wait outside here,
Irving, till | see." A tall, gaunt wom-
an came to the door.
There's a dead woman in here. Be
you a fricndP" l shuddered and bowed
my head. A young girl, apparently
eighteen years old, was laid out On y
snowy bed. Evidently kind hands had
shrouded her. Knceling between the
bed and the wall, her head buried in the
bed clothes, was a little girl, weeping
violently. "Lu!a,' | said, sis this
you?' She shook off my hand and
looked up. .'Who are you? Do you
know Ellie?' "a friend. Lula. Come
with me-" 'No, no." and she sank
back on the bed. God was mean to
Lula; He didn't answer her prayer and
send her the money. God was mean to
Lula"
Hush" l said, God is good. Your
story is accepted, Lula, and l have
come to bring you the money She
looked up with a half-glad smile, then
turned her head away. cts come too
late. Ellie can't drink milk now
But, Lula, we can buy some flowers
for her grave. Did Ellie love tiowcrs?'
Come, Gomez she said, starting up
and fairly dragging me from the room.
81 know where they keep beautiful
ones, crosses and rings. Wen get a
white cross-comc!n
A tall man brushed by us as we
passed through the hall.
"Why, George! you? Where did
you drop from?' | heard Irving say.
"Come, GOMEZ urged Lulu as /
turned around to see who he was. We
hurried along, first down this street,
then up that, till l and my youthful
guide were both out of breath.
Here she said, stopping at last be-
fore a flower shop. "Will you make
me a white cross for these?n and she
held out the five silver dollars to the
bewildercd fowerman.
"Where'd you git that, sis?" he
asked, suspiciously.
81 made it, she said, turning to
me a%ppealingly,
Yes" said, "it belongs to her.
Can you ill the order at oncePn
"Jes, step inside miss, an I'll show
you some already made
let Lulu make her own selection
white japonicas and tuberoses.
ELLIE loved the tuberoses so,' she
said. 1--WE used to stop by here and
smell EN-. And one day she bought
one" Then, holding the cross out
very tenderly on both hands and arms.
And really made the money" she