The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1888-07-13
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I'VE must send Maud away this au-
tumn," said Mrs. Talbot.
"'Fnor, dear little Maud" a~cuuicsccd
Mary, the elder of the two daughters,
''wc must certainly send her away. 1t
would be too severe a trial to her feel
ings to witness the straits to which
we are reduced. And you must never
let her guess mamma, that you arc go
ing to discharge Bridget and Norah,
and do the work yourself"
"Nor that you have accepted the sit
uation III 81 BOOKSTORE" said Mrs. Tai
bot. lowering her voice to almost a
whisper. MAUD is SO exquisitcly @ n
sitivc. Her whole being is like a finely
strung hafp."
"It's SO fortunate that our cousin,
Mrs. Peck, should have sent for her to
come and spend the autumn at Chest
nut Manduws jus. now of all times in
the world.n said Mary Talbot, with a
sigh of relief. sYou and l, mamma.
can manage to meet our reversps i'm al
most any way. Brit Maud must not be
compelled to sur y"
So these two : ! ss.syi:.ieing women
cari&d out thsiE programme. The
pretty young family idol was SEN to
Chestnut Meadows to huveA gvrul time
and enjoy herself, while Mrs. Talbot
and Mary prepared to face the grim
realities Of poverty by themselves.
Whatever happened, they argued. Maud
must not be put out or annoyed.
Honest Philcna Peck did not believe
in this sort Of thing.
.'Maud amt a child no longer" she
said. 'Maud's a grown woman. She's
as fit to beattrouble as her mother and
Mary. She can't be kept under IL glass
ease always, like as if She was a bunch
Of white flowers. However, 1 suppose
it must be as Cousin Talbot says
And SO Maud was given tho best
room in the house, treated with CON
slant tenderness, and allowed to think
that she conferred Il great favor ON
Mrs. Peck by %sojourning there mt all.
III suppose l shall lind it awfully stu
pid," She mused, ..but mothN, and Ma
ry think it will he good for me. and
Cousin Peck is going to hire Il cottage.
piano for my use, and I can walk in
the woods, and gather ferns, and pref
ty leaves and mosscs, and, of course, 1
needn't associate with the other board
ers unless | like!"
For Mrs. Peck was u widow of strait
ened means, and cked out her income
by Keeping what she termed "a house
full of boarders'' until The frost came,
and the city guests packed up their
%wardrobes aud fled back to brick
blocks and the glare of gas lamps and
electric globes.
But as the radiant October Redeemed
over the land, and the boarders, one
by one drifted away, Maud did not be-
come lonesome, neither was she homes
sick. And once or twice, returning
late from the woods, Mr.. Neville, the
gentleman who occupied the second
story back-room was her companion.
II think she's got over her notion Of
not associating with the boarders,"
shrewdly mused Mrs. Peck.
cousin Philena," asked Maud one
evening, as she was winding crcwels
for her newest piece of Kensingten
work, .'where is Mr.. Neville fromP"
.'From Liverpool" Mrs. Peck an
swcred. "And, Maud. my dear, don't
you go to flirting with him"
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