Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1888-07-25
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''You will probably not be asked"
said Clara, putting on her things. II
hope when you do make your fortune
out OF your dabblings and musings you
will take me to Yellowstone Park and
the Yosemite. Nothing less expensive
will restore me after q few years book
keeping" ,E.@. ..
Granny Purcell prophesied an i'm
mediate matrimonial engagement for
Howard Vandyne when she learned
that Clara was employed in his fathers
oounting-room. She also strongly dis
approved of Dora's leaving home to
write for newspapers. @=.r ..- gil
''Such brazen mans work as that
never will prosper, Ad'line, mark my
swords!' - =, :, s....r..s. s....l + Ia
But Granny Purcell, like many of
her kind, was doomed to disappoint-
ment. Every thing prospered-the
bookkeeping, the ''brazen", journal
ism, the hospital for disabled garments,
the fancy poultry. Neither was How
ark Vandyne judiciously angled for,
neatly caught and. carefully landed.
He and all ''them Lovett girls re-
manned good friends and nothing more.
They were too busy to fall in love.
Clara went to Yellowstone Park and
the Yosemite, and eventually to Europe,
In the company of a wealthy family
who engaged her as companion to their
eldest daughter.
Lena enlarged her business till she
rented an Office down town. She is
still pursuing it, refusing all offers of
marriage till she settles her parents
comfortably for the remainder of their
days. She declares that she shall yet
be 1.-The quiet little old lady with a
shoulder shawl"
Dora, now a recognized journalist,
makes brief but delightful visits home,
where she is lionized by the neighbors
to her hearts content. Her literary
work enables her to keep lone
suit ahead" as she expresses it,
and she is also laying up some-
thing for the future. The editorial
brother-in-law," or any other kind,
is still a myth. Dora has no idea
OF giving up her personal independ-
ence. II have met so many darling
old maids since I have been doing
press-work," she says, ''such bright,
keen, cultivated, cheerful souls, with
not a care in the world beyond the
preparation of their daily copy, that il
would require much stronger induce.
ments than see at present to win me
from their busy, self-respecting ranks. >
In their little personal sacrifices and
economies, ''those Lovett girls'' have
learned that people can be very happy
without a large amount of money. They
have discovered that brave, Cheerful
putting of the hand to the pillow inevita
bly, results in harvest of good. They
take an interest in the deep things O
life. They have learned, too, to sym
pathize with all toilers. They have
come to "a realizin' sense'' of theil
talents and opportunities, and, in tn
words of Frances Sargent Osgood'
beautiful poem-a poem which is old
yet ever new-they would say to thei
fashion-bound, ennui-stricken sisters
all about them, to those who Ian
guish in gilded prisons and in silkel
letters:
Work for some good, be it ever so slowly,
Cherish some flower, be it ever so lowly;
Labor, oil labor is noble and holy.
Let thy great deeds be thy prayer to thy God.
l-Hele7a T. Clark, in Won1a,a's Journal