South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1888-12-07
THEINTELLICENCEx
FRIDAY DECEMBER Z, 1888.
TAKING BOARDERS.

said, that Miss Della should he O
bliSed to take boarti.re, after all she'd
been through; and heaven knows
boarders didn't help o body TO work
out her salvation. And SO much
money in the family. to-, taking II
BY and large! Waen't her Uncle
.Eben. over ut Dover. we'll to do, and
not 4 chick of his own to care for. ex.
ccPt the boy he had adopted. who Was
no credit to him ? Ii was odd, now,
that 4 man with poor relations should
take to q stranger. when his own fiesh
and blood VAS needy; but sometimes
II did seem ~ II folks had more feel.
ing for others than for their own k,,b
and kin. Then there were cousins In
the city, fore. handed and fashionable,
who were never worth row OF pins
to Della; and there was her great I'm.
Gle Johns willow . larkiug on the
Continent. gambling at Baden. Baden.
and trying the waters OF every mine
raj spring in the three kipgdoms, for
no disease under the sun but old age.
Shed been known to say that her own
folks were too rich already, and prob.
ably che would endow some hospital
with Ter property
Plainly, wealthy relatives we're O..
no value to Miss Delis. To be sure,
she bad never seen her great aunt
since she was child, when her I'm.
Gle John had brought her into their
simple life for months visit, with
her French maid and dresses, her jew.
els and fallals, which won the heart
OF her little nsmesake. Since then
her Uncle Johns widow had been
,, sort Of giided creation. always young
and always beautiful for, though De,
liza bad received little g'f.s from time
to time across the seas for the last
fifteen years, she bad not seen nor
heard anything OF the being who had
inspired her imagination, and was
quite uncertain if such a person 40
Mrs. John Gogers,n was in the land
OF tho living. Dead or alive, she
seemed to have made no material
difference in DeliA's bumdrum life.
After having nursed her father
through long illnees. Della found
that he had loft heavy mortgage on
the Homestead, and her mother and
herself on the high road to the poor
house unless they shLu d bes,ir Them
selves. AS her mother was already
bed.riddeu, the stirriag naturally tell
upon Delis, and she advertised for
summer boarders.
Coon BOARD IN TIE 'oUNrRY,
| By the river side, at seven dollars Q week
Large chambers. broad PiazEas, fne views,
| berries and new milk. One mile from the
| station. Address
DELLA RoGsRsos. Croftsborougb. Ne.
Cheap enough + commented an oil i.
derly lady who happened upon it.
Della Rogerson. An cd maid,
suppose, obliged to look out for her
self. l have a god mind TO try her
broad piazzas and new milk. II |
don't like it, there'll be no harm
DONE"
And 50 Delia's fret boat ers ar
rived-an old lady. with false font
of hair. brown, wtinkled skin, faded
Dyes, BLACK alpaca gown, and a hair
trunk. Dclil IN ,de hor as welcome
as if she ha been duchess; lighted
a wood fire in Mira Clements room.
as the night va, damp, and brought
oct her daiD tiest cup anil saucer, with
tho faded old roses wreathiDg them.
Wonderfully kind reflected Mrs.
Clement, as she combed out her wi,p
of gray hair and consigned the false
front 10 the box. Wonderful kind
ness for seven dollars q week She's
new 10 tie .rsde. She'll learn better.
Human nature doesn't change with
the lat!tudes. She'll fluid it doesn't
pay TO consider the comfort OF pow
srty'strlcken old creature
But 10 spiIe of her worldly wisd ON,
AIRS. Clement was forced TO confess
that Della had begun az she bad
meant TO hold out, tn, ugh other
boaders came 10 demand her stten.
ton, 10 multiply her cares. Tie fret
and jar OF conflicting mpcrsments
under her roof was new experience
TO Della. When Mrs. Gtesone com
planned Of the mosquitoes with an air
IS If Miss Rogerson were responsible
for their creation e the fllcs, as IL
they were Few acquaintance Of want
ofsppetlte, as ifshc had pledged her.
self there should be no sudden chan,
ges TO annoy her borders, OF the
shabby house and the aniiquaied fur
niture, too old for comfort, and not
old enough for fsshion'-then Della
doubted If taking boarders was her
/ mission.
What makes you keep US, my dearP'
asked Mrs. Clement, after q day when
every thing and everybody had seemed
] TO go wrong, why didn't you ever
marry ? You bad O lover / dare
say p
'Ycs, long, long time ago.
Tell ne about hint.
There isn't much 10 tell. He asked
me TO mary him. lie was gcinZ TO
! Australia / couldn't leave mother
and father, you know obey we're both
feeb'e), and he couldn't stay here.
That was all.
Now 'all men beside are to me
| like shadows
And have you ever heard Of him
since 2
Yes, he wrote; but where vas the
use IL could never come TO ary-
thing. 1t vas better for him TO fors
get me and marry. was a milestone
about bis neck. | didn't answer his
last letter