Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1886-11-04
THE COMING HOME

eago Ness.
There's the cottage at Harlem, /"
u said, in a timid tone, as if she
Ali expected to be annihilated for the
suggestion.
GOOD gracious. NELL" Fannie
cried.
There's the coal cellar" said Aunt
Sue. initiating Nell's voice to perfec.
ton. But the touch OF sarcasm rous
: ID the exceedingly small pugilistis
spirit Nell possessed.
s. Il don't consider the suggestions
parallel at all. "she said, blushino a lit.
tie. II know the cottage is very small,
but 1t is ha5itable."
aHabitable" cried Fannie. sFYou
couldn't swing a cat in the whole
housel'
eve will let the cats exist without
swinging, them" said Nell, stoutly
"See herel We can't live here any
longer"
no" Aunt Sue answered ruefullv,
mot for the present at any rate"
sour worthy guardian having alb.
seconded with all the property he held
IN trust from our father, including
your $4,000. Aunt Sue, we must
look for some means oiexistence more
humble than this big house and So.
600 q year income"
.sOh, Nelll' and here Fannie's blue
eyes overfowed, show could herr
II can't tell, my dear sister; but he
did. That's the important question
& Now, as we can't pay the rent of this
! house any longer, / propose we take
possession CT the littlecottage at Har,
lem that we own, furnish it out fthis
house, sell the tables and chairs re.
manning over, and look out for some
d work. / suppose we can do some.
thing, sha added doubtfully.
/ Something of Nell's courage inspired
Aunt Sue, for she suddenly straight
ened up and said:
aBefore Brother James, your father
my dears. made money and took me
TO his home, God bless himi | had
to work for my bread. made caps,
and could teach you girls now"
.siillinery?" said Fannie
ssNo; caps for the army and navy,
and boys wore them then, too, more
than they do now"
"We'll decide about that later"
said Nell, seeing Fannie's face fall
again, but now We must go over and
see about the house. How much
money have you got, Aunt Sue?"
"Ninety seven dollars"
"And you. Fannie?"
1.-Two dollars and sixty-fve cents
said Fanny, after deliberately count.
ing the contents of her portemonnaie.
sAn6 / have over $50. Quite enough
to move you see, independent OF the
sale OF the furniture. will take Jane
oyer this morning and set her to clean.
Wing. if You will see about the carpets
and furniture; decide what is best to
take, mean"
You and Aunt Sue arrange IT, !"
Fannie said, YEARLY, leaving the
room.
"Poor Fam" Nell said, her whole
Zone OF voice Banging. as she looked
after her sister '.It's harder for her
than anybody
al don't see why" said Aunt Sue,
Father sharply; 'tshe has gone about
boxing like ghost ever since that
cainp Norris ran oil, but / am sure
be took your money and mine as well
IS hers.
.Oh, Aunt Sue, are you blInd9 Don't
fou ses that Mr.. Norris is Fred's ia.
3her, and Fred has also mysteriously
= Vanished; and, oh, didn't you see long
7eo thst Fred was in love with poor
an, and her great blue eyes brighten.
q for him as they did no one else?"
II never thought of that. Fan new
said word
.How could she' Fred never &C.
nally proposed to her, but he surely,
|urely wanted to, and so intended"
"Td like to hang his father"
! And after this energetic declaration
unt Sue joined Nell in ramble over
be house, deciding upon the best dis
osition of the handsome appoint.
Rents. Many heart-wrench went
9Th the decisions to sell objecss en-
barred by years of associations but
% large or handsome for the tiny
pine they proposed to occupy, Fan
+ 3 helped by fits and starts, but, as
ell sirmised, the girl had heart
{ ehe to carry that far surpassed the
bin of pecuniary loss or change oil
rtune
She was a tall, slender blonde, very
8 BETTY, and of gentle, loving DISPOSE
g pB: never possessing the energy oil
& own-eyed Nell, whose beauty was
bt nearly so great, but who made up
q snub nose and big mouth in the
nny disposition, and had quick
Facity that was very attractive.
: Fred. Norris, the son of the guardi-
who had so foully betrayed the
hst OF the girls dead father, had
Dnstit his handsome face and win
be manners often to the house over
:; ich Miss Susan Dorrimer presided,
&, d had left no power of persuasion
tried in his endeavor to win pretty
nnie's heart. He was partner in
fathers law office, winning his
n way to fortune, and no thought
8 the blondes patrimony tempted
p. 1t was a pure, true love that
tened his voice for Fannie's ear,
pne IN his eyes when they rested
cn her, and brought him often to
- side
i md the love he coveted was given
though no words had yet been
ken, when Herbert Norris sudden
He'd, and twenty.iour hours later
son was also missing.
was a blessing, Nell said, that
b chose the spring weather for
p Journey. as the cottage in Har-
was certainly not tempting, as it
Dd, for a winter residence. Itmade
Rrge hole in the money realized
% the sale of the furniture to put
old house in repair, it having
= empty for q long time. And
,.= when it was newly painted and
" erred and frightened by the pref
OF furniture it looked very mar
a and poor. contrasted with the
e where the girls had lived from
hood. The piano had to stand
skew to fit it at all in the little
pr, and the easy chairs and loung-
pked all out OF proportion. But
worked busily, and gradually the
llng became frolic; and even
tie became interested in wedging
aus into impossible recesses and
- Eng accommodation for the con-
OF the great vans at the door.
.ust imagine. we have spare
)" cried Nell, gleefully; ''here is
u Sues, here ours, here one for a
INT, If we ever again indulge in
luxury, and here a magnifi-
+ apartment, handsomely fur
~ ID, te lett All the rubbish and
~ ks can go in the attic or loft, or
ever you choose to call the sky
p, diningroom, pantry and kitch-
= Fan, seriously. ] like it. 1t is
: that is one good thing, and We
have lots nffun cookinp and clean