The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1888-04-05

that you don't use, hinted Eveleen,
who had sort Of Instructive sympa-
thy for the bouseless and homeless.
i want that for Mr.. Sykes reiativ-
es when they como to town. said
Mrs. Sykes. He's got a single
brother with property, and mar
ried sister with no children, who is
very well off indeed and il didn't
want it, I don't propose to open o
free asylum for every old maid that
comes along
But what will she do =
DO p Why do as other folks do,
l suppose. Go to lodging house.
There is plouty Of them, I'm sure.
'But IL she hasn't got any money ?
Then she has no business here,
said autocratic Mrs. Sykes. why
didn't she stay where her friends
could take care OF her p
Perhaps she has no friends
Then she certainly must be an
undeserving character said Mrs.
Sykos, shaking the crumbs down up
on Eveleeu's neatly kept carpet. Oh,
here is Selma Smith, as true as the
world
Mrs. John Smith cnme fluttering
in q thin, sharp featured little wo-
man with swapping black eyes, and
new fall bat, all a-qnivor with artifi &.
cial ssters.
oh i said Mrs. Smith, you are
here, are you, Debby 7 How do You
do, Eveleen Well, since you are
taking tea, l will have a cup. Heard
the hews 2 as che sat herself down
About Mary Ann Blake =? Yes of
course, auswe,ed Mrs. SYKES, with u
toss OF the head. She has been TO
see us but sent her about her
business
We'll, she certainly cannot expect
Us to provide for her. said Mrs
Smith beginning TO cruDble mp the
reserve of biscuits that Eveleen had
brought Jut, with sigh. Smiths
salary is not large, aud have q
good sized family Of our own. I
told her pretty plainly that as far as
| was concerned, she need not axpeci
anything ] do bate these gonteel
beggars And If she should come
here Eveleeu, ! hope you will give
her tho cold shoulder. Hush /?
There's knock now. II il should
be her !
1T is a food thing we arc here to
advise her said Mrs. Sykes, as Eve
eileen is SO unsuspectiugl Any one
could impose upon her y
Yes, to be sure, nodded Mrs.
Smith, complacently. 'And-But
dear me, il is Mary Ann
Both the sisters nodded frigidly
at the approach of a tall, nervous
looking female, in black followed by
Eveleen, who drew out the softest
easy chair for her accommodation,
aud gently united her wispy bonnet-
strings.
DO sit down, said Eveleen Il
am sure you are tired. Let me give
you cup of tea at once
Yes said Mary Ann Blake, look
ing apprehensiveiy from Mrs Simon
Sykes to Mrs. John Smith, Il am
tired. | have been walking a good
way
Il hope you have got situation
said Mrs. Smith icily.
But Mary Ann Blake shook her
head.
1T was very foolish for you to
come hear at all, wasting your mon
ey on an expensive journey said
Mrs. Sykes. why couldn't you 60
to auut Pamela =
(Now Aunt Pamela was the rich
old aunt who 80 systematically ig-
nored her nieces and kept her mon-
ey in bonds instead of investing il
in Mr.. Sykes wholesale grocery or
Mr.. Smiths insurance company
Il did, said Mary Ann, dejectedly,
But she declined to assist me-
'Stingy old harridan l. said Mrs.
Sykes, with energy.
She has a right to do as she
pleases, said Eveleen, who waS max
ing some fresh tea for the pale Ruest,
and cutting little beef in thin slices.
No, she hasn't said Mrs. Smith
People get SO miserly.'
Sykes thip'g.we might some day,
clap her intoy lunatic asylum, and
put the property into the hands Of
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