The Grenada gazette. (Grenada, Miss.) 1885-18??, 1886-06-12

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only pale and thin!" cried Bella.
mo! no" said the poor woman,
sadly.
The stranger replied: 'No! nor"
Turning to his young guide, he added:
Then l suppose you are not my
niece, Katiep"
mo; I'm this mothers child" re.
piled Bella, with tears of modification
and disappointment in her fine eyes:
"Oh, this is dreadful!n
"Who is? Ip My mother won't
say So" said the young man, play
fully.
"But where is my Thomas9 Did you
leave him in the mines?" asked the dis.
appointed woman.
1.-The mines? l never saw a mine in
my life. I'm the first mate Of the
Orient, and have just returned from
China. But your sons safe, l hope.
He'll be here by the midnight train,
take my word for ia remarkable
exhibition of ideal confidence, as he
had never seen nor heard of the mis-.
sing son and brother before!
Il hope you'll let me come back to-
morrow, and see if this is not So" he
added.
"Oh, no, l shall be ashamed ever to
see you again. made such an exhibit
ton Of myself at that depot!' said
Bella. II ought to have asked you if
you were my brother, Thomas Haynes.
l ought to have known there were
hundreds and thousands Of Thomases
in the world"
"Oh, l see now what the dreadful
thing was! l kissed this little girl at
the depot, before all the people, think
ing it was my niece grown beyond my
knowledge. I don't see how l can
help it now-she wouldn't let me take
the kisses back, | know
"Well, call it a blunder that no one
could help. But l do wish l could
know where my boy is! He was to
come, surely, by this %train," said Mrs.
Haynes.
He'll come tonight; don't worry.
Now, let me say goodbye to you
both, for there's another mother wor.
rying now, on Prince street. said the
stranger. II wondered what she had
moved for"
The young stranger had scarcely left
the house, when a messenger-boy
came with a telegram with which he
had been running about for an hour
Thomas Haynes had missed the morn
ing train in New York, by the care
lessness of a hack-driver; and woult
be at home at midnight. But how
was he to find where the family LIVED
nowP for they had moved to their new
home since he had left the mines
Bella left a message with a sleepy
looking official, as to how the inquiries
of a stranger for "Mrs. Mary Haynes
should be answered. But she nigh
have saved herself the trouble; TO-
"that other Thomas" as she nov
styled the jolly intruder whom she sale
she chopped never to see again." wa
waiting the train.
He knew Thomas Haynes for
miner, as soon as he sprang from tn
cars; and "hailing'' him, told him hi
mother had moved lately, and that hi
had come to guide him home. 1t wa
a happy family that gathered roun'
the fire and listened to each others &C
count of all that had occurred during
their separation.
.4Of all the earthly blessings God cal
bestow on a woman said the age'
mother, '.good and noble children ar
the greatest"
After this, Bella called her brothe
This Thomas and their new frien'
''That Thomas" Well, life has it
poetic episodes, its pleasant events tina
are like romances and stories. Thi
Thomas and that Thomas were bot
tired of rough work on land and o
sea. Each had a small amount Q
money; and after some weeks Q
very close intimacy, the two decide'
to buy a farm together, and when me-
enter into the friendly relation of broth
ers, their sisters are not ignored. l
was SO in this case. Bella was not fol-
gotten.
The next spring the double family
for the two families were now one
moved into the farmhouse, the cosies
and p~lcasantest room in which was tn
"parlor-kitchen," which Bella had re
produced with the furniture of the oil
one in the city. And Bella-the siste
of this Thomas, and the wife of tina
Thomas-made the one home as happ
as she had made the other; for a goo
daughter and true sister, and an agree
able and careful housckeeper in he
"teens,"is apt to prove a very appre
ciated wife, and become the head of
happy household Youths Companion
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