Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1886-11-06
OUR BOARDER.

I There's the cottage at Harlem,n
sIsN elgsald, gin al timid tone, as if she
sShalf exp edsto be ANN llilated$:1fo 81
lAtlies ggest
] Good graci us, l!''s Fanny
;sl|csrTiicd.
Il There's the coat COLLARS said
fsAnnt Sue, Initiating Nell's voice to
But the toucll of sar-
sfcasm reused the exceedingly small
IEpugilistic spirit Nell possessed.
II "Isdon't considerthe suggestions
|aparallel at ALL" she said, flushing a
fElittle. 81 know the cottage is very
eEsmall, but it is habitable."
.!Ha bitable!" cried Fannie. "You
sEcouldn't swing a Cat in the whole
shouSep
eve will let the CATS exist with
EEout swinging, them" said Nell,
sEstoutly. "See herel We Can't
Hive here any longer!n
mo" Aunt Sue answered, rue
sEfilly, 'snot for the present, at any
crate"
@Our worthy guardian having alb
Elsconded with all the property he
HEheld in trust from our father, in
5cluding. your twenty thousand dol
liars, Aunt Sue, we must look for
Sfsome meansof existence more hum
1ble than this big house and two
Thousand IL year income"
lob, .Nell!D and here Fannie'S
Eblue eyes overlooked, show could
4.hew
81 can't tell, my dear sister; but
HE did. That's the important ques
I.tion. Now, as we can't pay the
| trent Of this house any longer, pro-
Ipose TO take possession Of the little
cottage ut Harlem, that we own,
furnish it ont of this house, sell the
tables and chairs remaining over,
land look out for some work. sup
pose we can do something" she
gadded doubtfully.
Something of Nell's courage in
Espired Aunt Sue, for she suddenly
Strengthened up and said:
sBefore brother James, your
father, my dears, made money and
Etook me to his home, God bless
lGt:Ns, Z had to work. fpr.mys bread
IL made caps, and could teach you
girls now"
"MillincrS7" said Fannie.
"No, caps for the army and navy,
and boys wore them then, too;more
they do now"
"We'll decide about the latter"
said Nell, seeing Fannie's face fall
again, "bnt now we must 60 over
and see abont the house. How
much money have you got. Aunt
Sue9u
"Ninety.seven dollars"
"Apd you, Fannie7"
aTwodollars and sixty.fye cents"
said Fannie, after deliberately
counting the contents OF her porte
mounaie.
Sand have over twenty dollars.
Quite enough to move, you see, i'll.
dependent OF the sale Of furniture.
We don't owe cent, that's one
blessing. | will take Jane over
this morning and set her to clean
ing, if you will see about the car
pets and furniture; decide what is
lbest to take, | mean."
| ssYou and Aunt Sue arrange it,"
Fannie SAID, YEARLY, leaving the
room.
"Poor FAM Nell said. her whole
tone Of voice changing, as she
looked after her sister. sit is
harder for her than anybody"
~ don't see Why" said Aunt
Sue, rather sharply; "she has gone
about looking like a ghost ever
since that old scamp Norris ran off,
but am sure lie took your money
and mine as well us hers"
"Oh, Aunt Sue, yon are blind?
Don't you see that MI. Norris is
Fred's father, and Fred has also
mysteriouslys vanished; and, oh,
didn't you see long ago that Fred
was in lovewitll poor Fan, and her
great blue eyes frightened for him
as they did for no one else?p
~ never thought of that. Fan
never said a word.n
CHOW could she! Fred never ac.
tually proposed to her, but he
surely wanted to, and SO intend
ed"
"I'd like to hang his father!"
And after this energetic declara-
Aunt Sue Joined Nell IN ramble
over the house, deciding upon the
best disposition Of the handsome
appointments. Many heart wrench
went with the decisions to sell OBJ
jects endeared by years Of associa-
4 lions, but too large or handsome
for the tiny home they proposed tn
occupy. Fanny helped by fits and
starts, but, as Nell sulmised, thu
5. girl had heartache to carry thai
far surpassed the pain of pecuniary
loss OF change of fortune.
She was tall, slender blonde,
very pretty, and of a gentle, loving
disposition, never possessing the
energy OF brown eyed Nell, whose
beauty was not nearly so great,
4 but who made up for a snub nose
and big mouth in the sunpiest dis
position and quick vivaclty that
was very attractive.
Fred Norris, the son of the guar