Smyrna times., 1886-02-10

Tine when there wa scarcely q paWn-
broker III New York who had not III his
keeping one of Vans outrages upon
nature. But it gradually became harder
to part with them, or any picture at all,
and the young people were getting
terribly anxious about the future.
"Vm. DEAR sad Julia for the thou
sand il time, Eve must have money
I'm getting desperate.
wish, oh, how / wish 1 could earn some ?
But what can l do? l was never taught
useful. l can play, decently,
its true, and I can sing that's one
thing can do ,ery we'll. But where
can sing; have never sung iu pub
lie. | have no recommendations nor
shall never make any
thing by singing"
I'm afaid vouro right, darling,
sald her hus aud, eloomily, as he
cIinked tie few half dollars remaining
in his uoeaet You could never make
a puh.;c ap carnce unless and here
Le smiled at the quaintness Of the idea
r." "unlo-s ,ou make it i'll the public
,'",.ts, ijhn That girl we saw with
c.,vd r5lni hpr the other night, don't
You know: How delighted your amiable
larcui-con.ouud him would be if he
know IT, Wonder what he'd do ?"
Julia wa always ready to laugh at
Il qmi It concert, even in the midst of
t.r,r poverty. Blt she did not laugh
row. Sar s'arrI us Van spoke, and
ts.u Il an cl.v arty from the table.
Va rose u,-o, went to his easel, began
mi repre- ;eutin: npture, and in that
pleasing occu"ation very soon forgot
about old Salrar AMI the cantatrice of
Tine pavement
All fiat dY Iulia was exceedingly
quiet antt9 HuaL
evan. d'r" said Julia suddenly,
when they ind been sitting talking for
som tim a'."r ten I'm going out"
"Ajl right, said Van. I'm ready.
Wher do Won want to go?"
"OL not far there are several little
things to buy / can get them quite
we'll by myself, You needn't come"
"Ntedn't come! But ! don't like
you're going ont alone ut night, dear.
Beside, WIN should you go alone y
For a womau's reason. Because !
want to. Now, d)n'J be angry, Van.
You must let M have my own way. !
won't come toany harm, Ipromise you.
And Van gave in, of course.
But he had fresh remonstrance t.
make when he saw Julia wrap hersel
in faded old black shawl and put on (
bonnet which had long seen not only it
best but pretty nearly its worst days,
"What on earth are you putting OF
those wretched old things for ?" he in
quired. eve are poor enough, good
ness knows, but you have some respect
able clothes left. anyhow"
For the sake Of economy. 1 don
care how / look about here, and will
that she hurried oVt.
Julia walked rapidly looking neithe
to the right nor left, She feared if sh
proceeded slowly, or hesitated, thr
courage to carry out the resolution ahl
had made might ooza away.
At last she arrived near her father
house, handsome corner building l
was about nine o'clock, and old Sam an,
his guests, az he was giving n Dime
party, were il the brilliantly hghte,
dining-roOm.
Sam Sladger had changed good dea
since his daughters departure fror
home. He looked aged and haggard
He missed her solcly. and ycarucd t
have her lack with him but he la
stuck stubbornly to his determinutio
to have nothing further to do with hei
HE had found, too, 20 his bite
annoyance, that the opinion of nearl
all his friends was that he had treatc
his daughter with undue harshness an
severity, not to say actual cruelty. II
feared that VandeleW might be drive
by poverty TO resort to any shady mean
of getting living that might presen
themselves, and he was filled with
vague terror that he might thereby fin,
himself - the respected Sladger- IL
volved indirectly in some scand0
brought about by his son-in-law.
The old man was not happy. But o.
this particular evening he was less TN
happy tbap he had been for consider
able time, for among the guests was on
of the "nobs he worshippeq.
"Well, as was saying, remarkc
the QFistocratiC gentleman, continuing
conversation, "there was quite q scene
Regular excitement everybody upset
1 don't say there was anybody in partiou
lar to blame. But a scene is n thing
really cannot stand and so I've neve
been to the house since"
There was murmW of applause {
this very spirited and aristocr1tc wa
of treating the affair, which had I,rdl
died away when Sladger's face suddenl
became ashy pale.
He hurriedly drank glass of win,
and listened with feverish eagernes.
for it was something he had heard whic
had caused the blood quickly to leaV
his cheeks. Yes, there was no mistake
Tremulous and low ut first, but CROWN
louder and clearer now, woman's voic
singing a simple ballad could be heard
There was nothing much in that
! other hearers but there was a goo
deal in it to old Sladger. 1t Vas b
J daughters voice. Surely he could n,
be mistaken Making some trivial e.
cuse for going to the window, he raise
/ the curtains and looked out. The
before his very doorstep, was q sma
Q crowd; one Of those crowds Whic
l spring up in New York as if by magic
and in the centre of it was o your
. woman wrapped in q faded and o
black shawl with o patched nj
, shriveled bonnet on her head. In spi
s of this it was clear from her gener
, appearance and the limidity of her ma
ner That she was not woman accu
/, toned to get her living by singing
s the streets. Some in the crowd we