Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-07-13

You WON'T give as nothin' for the
10 subsoriptionH" raid kre. BlasArd, fold.
! d Ing her mttIoned hAnds hRnetlmoniously
2. In her lap. Remember, Mary Bay,
.. 'he who eive,h 20 the poO' lsudeth 70
n the LoId."
" "Yss, / know, Mrs. BIsRard," said
IL Mary Hay, with tue color coming and
Is going on her oheok, while 3 sense Of tho
10 Ridiculous str0Ve within her against the
q meek cou, clousuess Of tho soiemnity OF
10 the words Just Quotedi bat the fErm
H. thAsn't done as well this year % We ex
q lpeJted 1t 10 DO, and until all the out.
be standing dobSs are paid tniRk IA
At would be scarcely Just to indulge my
self 10 the luxury u eubScribirg 70 the
Fund for EvangeiiElng the EOoe Ia.
Idians."
ars. BlRgard olaspsa the little red
nmorocco subscription book with click
ss Ing sound.
o. "Humphl'' said she, "why don't you
~ aay ~ onoa that you had rather spsna
a. your money in navy-blue silk gowns
=, Sn1 hAshy bonuets?"
ny Mary Redeemed to the roots Of her
IA hair.
y. .Perhaps you are not AWARE. Mrs.
BiRgafd," said she, "thAt the nayy.hlue
A.esas was mothers old one dy ed over 81
dYtt lefRud kRRs the bonnet was . pres
homes AhSseix raQs In sprinsheld."
Snt from my AuN 70 talk, sputtered
"All very welruEf ]. apt boz s1lll u q.
Mrs. BipRard, shAkin 1Slx11 ~ annse ~
dlnons aouuces. "But 4 know IRat..
Mr.. Mildmay will be powerfully disno-
pointed. He wants something besides
sDpty talk from the lAdies OF bis
Once more tho rOseAso color sunussa
Mays cheeks. ,
MY duty 10 my duty" sho aaid.
and oaunoi swerve from It 70 please Z
any one, not even Mr. Mildmay.''
ana tue aminble Mrs. BiRRaed went 4
straight TO the Eeotory and tod Mr..
MildmAy ''thAt Mary Hay sAid ghe !
WArn't a-2oin' 10 Hubscgibs 70 ths fund
e please Mr.. MildmAy or any one \
The rector listened in silence. but he h
vas consolous Of pang Of it ward an, c,
He had scarcely expected 90 our. a \
message ffom Mary Bay, in WHOSE | a
aoVe,liEo biu0 % 90 no had 30 often Fead n
ths iieht OF aymphthy, wbcee dOznoABt
mead reminded him OF the bsautiIul
Mater DolorosA 81
80 different from my Rusy. uov &c
ain't she?" said Mrs. BigSsrd. TWhy. :,
hasS, shs's fairly walked through t5e
soles OF pair o. boots eolicltin' cub. a..
ecriptionH for the fund. Thsse Hevar "
Vas nobody 90 dsvout as aae n. Ana -
she wants to knoR-my Ruey doos- ~
Wte'her she aud Almiry sha'n't come
over 70 she rectory an put up the mar, 60
Tor curtains for you this aiteruoon?n CT
IhAnk you'll said Mr. Mildmav. -.
with something of an EN- DArrassed air: ~
but dare say that BRIDGET will do "
very we'll .ouldn't trouble Miss Go
"oh, il WON'T be no trouble at ALL" q q
said Mrs. BlggArd. sN
And OF she went TO give tho uesdsd "
directions to zsruiah and Aimirn, her A.
two lean, middle-Rged daughters, NJ
Il 40 fe8l such q mothsFly sympAthv ~
Tor bachelor clergy mar ~ sAid ahs. iA'
There amt no moFs helpless creature
on the face Of tina EARTH me
MArS Hay, busy at her work In ths ln'
farmhouse Kitchen was puzzllnR her w
ofsins 70 snink OF some possible or ian. -,
help kind Mr. MildmRy's plan Along. tn'
II Wish could spare bomethlpR. - an
she said, If II Waa 0nly = dollar" ,S.
wish you could, my deAIf' sAio ~, IA
gentle Mrs. Hay. who had overheard ~ ~
the eager words. ne
Mother" cried Mary, There ara The
quinoes-down by tho lallroAdI Whv mS
oouldn't sell them st the store? The ~
aLees nsne lail tnis year, aud the fruit "
VI nsVaF thought OF that" said Mra
Hay. 1--WE will go tomorrow and
gather them, MAry-you and l." a.
. mary went singing about her work ~
that afternoon. Der hsArt was light A. ~
any leather. Why had she not rsmers " "
bered the ounce tree before? QQlnoas ~
we're rare and hiRh-prioed this season, VI
and she Thought she was certain Of az -
leaft IS for the crop. -
But the next day, when she and her ~,
Hay carFying the basket ".
md Mary mersily Wundting the barrow ~.
AlonG before her-went down TO the
lrchsrd, whose slopes extended 70 the
differing steel rails OF the railway. 10 a.,
md beho'dl the trees were utterly stfip- -,
ped Of their golden load. IN;
Mary burst into tears. She sat down ~
70 the edge Of the wheelaArrow and mia az
lsr head In her mothers apron like . II i
20 mother, who has done thlsq" sba
'ried. Who can have been 80 wicked
so oruei7"
lie tue boy s, Pm afraid, . raid Mrs. m
lay. "DnH't fret, danehtei -don'tl
t's noua, and II CRA't be helpsd."
The boys never served us 60 BIZ =
pre-" said Mary, between her aobs.
AchI nOtn9fl yop are right, II cAn'E n
Q helped, l. I us go nome, There ease
! or sDd Of the subscription money the
ow." the
Slowly and sadly tina two women s s1da
1tied back up the hill with the wheel tbat
arrow and bAiket. MIR. Hay, iuss re- and
armed from the harvest feid, heard that
or sti ~ With Amusement. nos
"lt's the htst tins that over O tree OF XIX |,
Iino was robbed, :" said he. 81 didn't - i,
COW IS W had such In this neighbor. rond
Oooi bat, look here, Polly, don't cry" As v
'yina his broad, brown hand soothinR. Isly
on hts daughters shoulder. at IL SssS'
ways darkest just before daylight. fluid
era's b gold place that Mrn. Blake proei
aid mo for the hay in the up nedder. Va
was going to take It toward the taxes, S Sls
lt guess taxes can wait" Mox
"No, father" said Mary, tour mat 70 tn
hts are our iuss debts. ouRhtn't 10 have
uch this money" dene
"squinohes, eh, }" said Luke Larrabee, Ths y
no had come In with q stone pitcher 0omi
r gallon Of Mrs. Hays cider Vine doub
II. 'Bqulnohes is mighty souss this held
ason. 1 see Mrs. BiRgard's folks
in up g sight on 'em when vas