The west Tennessee star. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1888, 1888-06-01

attached to pies! Rachel. how could
you permit itP You know Harold and
I would rather have supported you all
than to have had our name dragged in
the dust like thisr'
Dragged in the dustl My dear
Elizabeth. pray choose your words
more carefully. My daughters and L
have no reason to be ashamed that, in
stead Of living on your charity, we are
working honestly for ourselves.
But even Aunt Harold's angry de-
parture at last could not depress Natalie
when she found herself that night the
proud possessor of forty-four dollars
and twenty-eight cents, Mr.. Fitch's
commission having been insisted upon
and deducted.
cit is not much, mamma It is not
of course, what could earn by teach
ing. But perhaps it will be by and by,
and meantime 1 feel better already for
the change and the active life. "
And she was right. In three months
the fame of the delicious little pies.
and perhaps also of their maker S
brave spirit, had spread quite over
Boston. Natalie received many private
orders, and Mr.. Fitch transmitted to
her others from three well-known
restaurants. miss Raymond's Chicken
Pies became so popular that when the
| Saratoga potatoes were placed in the
market, her name alone was a guaran-
tee of their sale. By this time she had
found it necessary to hire two cOmpe-
tent women to help her, and fine
large range had been put into the outer
kitchen to increase the oven capacity.
The potatoes were fried on the days
between pie-bakipgs, and such crisp,
golden-brown, appetizing ''chips'' even
Saratoga itself could not excel.
Their success was greater than Natalie
had dreamed it would be, and she
found herself earning as much money
as in the old days, with the prospect
of an increased business upon her
hands. Much of her work now was
careful supervision, and her health i'm
proved daily under the stimulating
change of thought.
In two years. time a wonderful
stock of pickles had been added tC
Miss Raymond's sales, and Janet had
begged leave to contribute homemade
candies, which proved a great success
especially at holiday-time. Not ever
Margaret. who was now the popular
soprano in large church choir, could
contribute as much to the snug
sum accommodating in the bank as did hel
sisters by the aid of their deft fingers
AUNT Harold'' aud her daughter had
as little intercourse as possible will
the family in the brown cottage, anC
grieved much-in public-over theil
Gloss of pride" But Uncle Harold
with all mans appreciation of husi
ness success any where, admired hi
nieces far more than he did his owl
, helpless daughters.
And more than nsyOung man sym
pathized in this admiration. for brav'
t woman's work is never so keenly ap
preciated as by men who know what i
is to win success from this busy world
, Mrs. Raymond's gentle face grew
more and more Placidly content as sh
! saw her daughters growing health
: and happiness in their new life, ant
felt that, even if she must leave them
2 it would not be to dependence ant
3 hard struggles. Natalie laughed a
t this sweet motherly pride, saying
5 "But, dear little woman, shall neve
be famous, as your son might have
Q been!"
? ''My child, no son could have don,
l more than you have done; and as 70
4: fame, it is yours already, because yol
4 have tried a new form of self-suppor
for women. respect you with all m.
Y heart, and wish that more enterprising
t girls would follow in your path, wher
a both health and money await them
+ instead OF crowding into the alread
e OVERLOOKING ranks of schOol-teacher
e and poor artists of all classes"
g miss Raymond's pies, +" with man
o added delicacies, are still in the mai
It ket, as great a success as ever, an
d Miss Raymond will be glad indeed
, her example helps some other girl
S an equally happy and independent life
/. Why do not more girls try itp-Gra'
Il Il. Underwood, IN Christian Union.