The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-05-18

with almost perfect health since she
could remember.
As the feeling did not abate. but
grew more and more severe, she
stopped at drug store and got half
dozen quinine pills.
Il believe 1 am getting malaria. "
she said, laughing YEARLY to herself.
ITO think of my feeling sick"
But it wasn't malaria that had at
tackled Marty. She had never been
even pretty, as the world Judges
beauty, and now the browning stroke
had fallen. Marty. the homeliest,
most absurd Of the large family, had
the smallpox.
''As though she had not been bother
and worry to US all her life, but that
this should fall upon us. 1t is really
too much to be borne" said her mother.
And 1 suppose all the others will
catch it from her. As to her beauty,
she never had any to mourn over, but
Kate and Minnie ought to have made
their fortunes by their faces, and now
all will be ruined by this ridiculous
girl.
the disease did not seem to occur to
them. She had always been bother,
and the browning wrong was done
them when she caught the disease.
She was taken to the hospital at once,
and the children thoroughly disin.
fected, but the anxious mother could
not be satisfied that the darlings of
her heart and life had not been griev-
Ously wronged by their eldest sister
who should have thought enough of
their welfare not to have taken the
disease.
"But some people are always sell
fish, she added, and, no one contra
dicted her.
Aud Martyr The physician said she
had been overworked and had not
enough strength to rally from the
shock to her system. Had she even
ordinary strength she would have re-
covered, for she had the illness COM
paratively light; but she had no
strength and she died.
She died as she had lived alone from
all love or care save such as was given
by the nurses; and they. busy as they
were, found time often to sit with her
and bring her some little delicacy as
| she could eat for, they said, she was
one of the most accomplishing little
bodies they had ever had, and had
such way of thanking you with hel
wide dark eyes that it was a pleasure
to do any thing for her.
When they at home heard of hel
death they cried little and said if il
| had only been any thing but the disease
it was they would have gone to hel
burial, but they must not expose tbs
others; and time went on and none o.
the others caught it, and all went or
well.
| But, some way, in spite of all this
there was a vacancy never filled, anC
a want so long felt that life grew
harder than usual, and household
matters did not glide so smoothly, anC
Marty was missed.
Al wouldn't have believed it," he
mother said, one day. "She was sucl
a hOmely, untalented child. She die
have way of helping you along will
whatever you were doing, and taking
up little things that no one else woulC
| be likely to think of because they were
50 trivial; but never dreamed that
would miss her So"
Yes" her father said. II Away
had tender spot for Marty. She didn'
seem to be of any particular service
and they thought that all girls should
be of some special use; but begin t.
| think il is well for some women of tn
household to have no particular talent
Somebody has got to look after tn,
homely things as we'll as the beautiful
things of home, and Marty was tn
one who did this in our home. 1t don
seem like home without her. Away
did think a good deal of her."
What n mockery it was! They caret
for her when she was beyond all car
for earthly things and let her starv
when few words would have sent he
out to her work with such light heart
But so the world goes on and will e
on doubtless to the end of time; an
hearts starve for the words they neve
hear, and the love is given after the
have gone from us 1t Is the myster
of life. 1t can never be solved Will
life shall last. X. LatdtltRl, in Ladies
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