Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1886-11-20

II am not vexed with you, my dear; I am
angry with fate. Tell me all you know
about that cottage and III give you half n
crown"
The girl gaspea. She had never possessed
a h, crown, but she had IN idea it meant
abundance. Hor father counted his wages
by i,a f-crowns, and there were not many in
o weeks wage.
"Please, sir, Mr.. Foy lived there with his
sister, Tut they've left"
"Oh. they've left, have theys When did
they leaves"
"Last Monday, sir, and the lady she was
very i'll, sir, and he took her away in q
cab"
"And Mr.. Foy has not been back sincea'
mo, sir. He left for good, and he gave
the key of the cottage to my mother, and
the agent is to put up a board next week,
and the house is to be let. 1t was took fur
nishsd, and t Is to DO let furnished again"
Did they live quite alone? Had they no
servantr
mo, sir, never no regular servant. Mother
used to do tn. cleaning twice a week.
Mothers very sorry they BIO gone. They
was g oil 10 mother"
allow long had they lived there"
singh upon a year."
@And the lady was MI. Foy's ~stster?"
eyes, sir"
aAnd now take me to your mother"
Tl' CIR looked wistfully at the jug.
+" you please, I was to fetch fathers beer,
sir.n
II see. And If you don't father will DO
angry"
eyes, SIR"
"Then you shall go; but first tell me where
your mother lives"
The child pointed down Lawson lane.
"It's the last cottage, SIR"
GAIL right"
just wnere the lane struggled off into
p'owed fl DIS and open country there was a
row of la orers' cottages, and in the last of
these Mi. Leworthy found ap aintiv woman
witha child il her arms, VIM owned to being
The mother of the small CIR with the jug.
The vicar wasted no time in preliminaries.
He seated himself on an almost bottomles>
chair, and, with his stout umbrella planted
beeusen his knees, i~nl-rrog.1e1 the matron
thus:
"You used to work for Mr.. Foy and his
sister. What do you know about them9"
"Only that they paid me honorable for
what 4 did, sir. I'm bound to up and saw
that, whoever asks me-"
SGooi. Did they live happily together as
/ -nA oAAN 0AoSolS
"Here the matron began to hesitate. She
shifted her baby from one arm to another.
She gave a deprecating cough.
II see-they quarreled sometimes"
Il NEVER seen 'em, sir, for I scarce ever see
Mr.. Foy. He was off to Grandchester be.
fore l went of a morning, and he didn't
como back till after I left. I used to go for
the half day, you see, sir-not the whole
day. But I don't think the young lady was
quite happy in her mind. I've seen her fret
ting; and people will talk, you see, sir
neighbors next door to Rose Cottage have
heard them at high words, in summer time,
when the winders was oil open, or when
they was in the garden"
II see. Had the sister been long ILL"
mo, sir; not above a month"
"What was the matter with here"
swell, sir, I can't say azackly. 1t was a
sort Of wasting sickness like. She couldn't
dear; and she had pains that racked her,
and used to complain of a burning feel in
her throat; out Of sorts altogether, as you
may say. I believe it all came from fret
ting"
"Why did she fret so muchi Was. her
brother very unkind to her?'
mo, sir. 1don't think it was his unkind-
ness that worried her. But he used to keep
very late hours-hardly ever coming home
till the last train-and that worried her.
Not that he was ever the worse for drink.
He was the soberest young man as ever was;
but she was of a jealous disposition. and the
thought that he was out enjoying himself
with other people used to prey on her mind "
"That was hardly fair, il he treated her
kindly when he was at home. A sister has
no right to be jealous of a brother"