The Delaware ledger. (Newark, Del.) 1879-19??, 1888-03-31
SWEET CHARITY.

appointments. Among them Eloise
lay clad in a lace gown adorned
with pink and blue bows and a
breakfast cap that made her look
like a delicate bisque statuette put
away in a box.
"Whatl' exclaimed Adah Bart
lett, as she came in her riding habit,
"not up YETI"
"Oh, yes" said Eloise, smiling,
up and down again. Moonlight
fetes are very charming, hut they're
hard on the jints' as Nanny Meg
says. have the rheumatism-just
fancy-rheumatism in June p
"I'm sorry" said Adah, with a
sympathetic change Of countenance.
81 want you to take run with me
across to Mrs. Bryant's. Walter is
home now, you know"
"Is he?" said Eloise. "I think he
is such a nice boy. What a bless
ing it was that Mrs. Bryant had such
a son to comfort her when her hus-
band died."
eyes. Georges splendid fellow,
and SO bright at his books. He
brought gold medal with him from
college and l believe he is not 60
ing back next summer"
"Not going back Why, what
can his mother be thinking OFF"
"It is not lack of inclination on
the part of either of them," Adah
observed. "They say Walter is just
sick at the idea of giving up his de-
gree to go in an office but you
know, Eloise, that Mr.. Bryant was
very much involved. The farm is
mortgaged, and Mrs. Bryant really
cannot afford 20 send Walter to col
lege. She has very hard work MAX
ing ends meet at home. Oh, / do
wish l were rich What a pleasure
it would be to help a young fellow
like Walter get his education.
Eloise laughed outright.
"What a sly mink you are, Adahl"
she said.
"'Miss Arnold, why don't you do
it, eh? Well" she added, more
soberly, II am rich, they tell me. l
have just come into fortune of
three hundred thousand but be-
ing blessed with penurious guar
dian, l haven't much chance to ex-
ercise charity. Still, l might do
something" she said, thoughtfully.
81 wonder if l couldn't earn some
money for him ?"
earn money !" cried Adah, to
whom such a thought had never
occurred. "How ?"
"Well, / don't know" said Eloise,
slowly. "But 1 have often thought
l would better get something to do
just to keep the balance ofmy mind.
1 think idleness and luxury would
spoil me in the course of time. l
always said that a rich woman
ought to earn money as well as a
poor one, if she only gave it for char
ity. 1t does one good to learn how
hard it is to make a sovereign. One
doesn't squander money thought
lessly then"
"Dear me !" said Adah "What
a moralist you are p
II hadn't thought much about it"
said Eloise, gravely; "but you can
count on me, Adah. l will do some
thing for Walter Bryant"
"You are a dear, generous girl"
said her friend, warmly. at would
do me good to help you know I
have so many poor of my own to
look after. There is my uncle Bob's
family, you know, and ="
"I'd rather do all this by myself,
if you don't mind" said Eloise,
earnestly.
And Adah went way, wishing
there were more girls like her
When she had gone, Eloise got up
and and hunted the morning paper.
Her rheumatism was practically
gone.
"When people have nothing to
do" she observed, as she read over
all the advertisements for "Help
Wanted in the paper, "they ina
gine they have all sorts of ailments,
when they really have nothing but
a lack of purpose"
AS her eyes ran over the column
of Females Wanted" she noticed
the following advertisement
"WANTED-Some person to teach
French orally to gentleman who
is going abroad, and is unable to
study on account of his eyes. Call
between II and 3, $50 Silverdale
road.n
That's me !" said Eloise, ungram-
matically. "I'll order the ph@ton-
No, that won't do. They might
I.