The weekly sentinel. [volume] (Winston-Salem, N.C.) 1886-1887, 1886-07-01
CHAPTER VII CONTINUED. I

engage in business, and married over
there, not Z native West Indian lady,
but one whose parents like him had
gone there TO live.
They lived there very happily for
some years, end these two boys were
born during that time.
At last :. terrible instruction arose
among the negroes, and Mr.. Holmes,
together with his wiie's father and
mother, and numerous others, met
violent death. A faithful old nurse
however succeeded ID saving Mrs.
Holmes, and her little children, to
whom she was devotedly attached, and
after secreling them in the woods for
many days, during which time, she
had TO steal to them under the cover
of darkness to bring them food, they
were enabled through the assistance
Of friends, alter the trouble had some
what abated to embark for the United
States, where Dr.. Albert lived. But
the delicate lady had been too tender
" reared to be able to stand the ex
posure, to which she had been sub
iected then the insufferable anguish
of seeing her three cherished ones torn
from her. TO be delivered TO a tortuous
death. added 10 this fact, SO wrought
upon her nervous temperament, that
violent illness overlook her ON the
vessel, where no loving hands could
administer 10 her wants, and the slen-
der cords, which bound her to this
life, were snapped rudely asuDder.
So the two little orphans, one still
an infant OF only two years, beheld a
burial at sea, the corpse, which was
their own youthful and lovely mother,
being cast into waste of waters, per-
haps to meet that of her husband,
which had perchance been thrown by
ruthless hands into the sea, which
laved his island home. (Here there
was a sort Of suspicious moisture
about evesybody's eyes, but Arches;
but he begins to whistle, which | ex-
pcct is done to keep it back
The uncle has kept them ever since
comes necessary, now that they are
LARGE. 20 send them of 10 school, so
having to be separated from them
anyhow, lie proposes TO let the distance
be no item, ana knowing of our good
school, begs us to receive them as in
mates OF orr family, or, i not conven-
lent, procure board rs near as possible.
s'She reads the letter, which tells just
what she's said. I'm furious at the
idea Of having two hateful boys COM
ing here, AID 7 can't help it if they
did have such awful times. | know,
if they lived out there, they'll be
desperate charagteIs, perhaps murder
us all.
Yesterday Ia have given my opin-
who always says and does just what |
don't want her to do, lisps out in her
soft persuasive way, sit will be nice
for our boys (as if SIC cared fly for
the boys) and their board will be a
great help"
Their money is what makes Belle
take any interest in them
Eyes, that is So answered mother,
as it she was doing a sin, as | suppose
she is, calculating the cost of feeding
'em, and how much she'd have to
charge to make anything.
She thinks it would be a good thing
if I'm wiling to give up my room
and go in with Belle.
Belle looks as if she wouldn't have
said what she did. if she'd known this
end think, there'll be lots of stormy
tunes in this household.
As I'm not particular as to where
,-oest and mother seems anxious fol-
those Toys, and Belle looks sort-of
o1t-of r. iGea now, | say, q had just
as lief vac ate as not.
Bell ~. avs stands up to what she
saws, and avimg urged mother &
take them at first, she doesn't ''back
down nov h. t says | can come in
with her nrovfo ed | behave myself
which means in iiel u'' ia e. "a, W.,
= chalk line which 81 'e draws lor you
but which l don't nea Il 10 90 DIS ions
as I'm a free girl
Mother having said she can lh"aa99'
very nicely, father writes 'tle n'al
at once, and we are looking io n.asao
o something Of as vital imp, fIance
L Il tile Ifesluent himself was
ng.
"Won't it be folly" says ia. X
who'd like an extra five hundred
uppose, chow old are they?''
Then father looks at the letter and
reads Leonard is 10 and Oscar II"
"Why that's just how old I am"
says Jack thinking Of Oscar) and he
looks so pleased. that for one minute
| aln ole. ..o, he going to have a play
mate Just his own age.
jack is always pleased; he's our
sunshine, Tor he makes our good fort
une brighter. and jamie IS our moon
lighs, because he makes our dark,
hard times brighter, go that's how l
distip9uish them