The Republican journal., 1888-09-27
In a Garret.
BY JULIA A. SABINE

| cnct Of a will. For if there Were none ''th
girls" would have to give up their home an,
do something for a living. The little farm
| which had yielded a comfortable living fo
| three persons, when sold and its proceeds iii
| vidcd among ten would give but Il pittancc tt
each. II Was generally coi.c,icd that "it wouI,
come hard on the girls
esquire Marcy WAS always good proviicr,
said Mrs. Dymi>on TO her husband, who hopet
Ia "atlmjustcr' III" estate If no will wa.
found. ">abra nor tNnthy, neither of 'elI
| have ever hcen Stintcd They'll feel it dread
fully i: They've cot to give up their comfor
table home and come down to earning thell
own bread and cheese
Il shall advise the girls to bring in bill.
said Mr.. Deni>on. IA hill for their services
The probate court Mil allow il quicker'n light
nin.."
The yrl> won't hrin" in no hl,'' said hi,
wife: .'>.tbra told nlc that If her father di,inl
SCI enough 10y them TO provide for them. >i,
should not make any clam on the estate.
That's Just like woman said Mr.. d.
i>on. testify.
But no ,.ill and no evidence that the ole
gentleman mad ever contemi lated making one
could Tee found; Mr.. Deni>on received tn,
c,Netcd appointment. and the settlement of the
estate lay law Went forward
Cynthia and Sahra were tie children of t,leil
faiher'> third wife. y delicate creature She
had been. WHO accepted Squire Marcy'> otici
because. homeless and fricni'c>s. the prospect
of a home temItrd her. Hut her home WA.
made vrrtrhed by r;"ht children. sons ana
,E,,l.i,tcr. If her nrp,icce.sorS. some of then
nearly ~ odd as herself. cnar>cly organized
'i'iarre|>ome, hut agreeing upon one point.-to
make life intoitrahe for their Young step
mother IL possible. She could not bear III
under their PETTY prosecutions. In few wears
She wa, iaid 10 tp.t with thr other wives. lnay.
iu- her tNa little rirl, TO ti,rht their way a.
ln.,t they could, Ii had been hard life for tb,
cbiy,lrrn ai ir.+ Int one hy ON. tho older onns
had ,irjft,d away. and tinaily Tie westrrn feye,
>rizr,] mon them all. anI th.y went. one rttr,
anothcr ia make home. ON ;hc broad fertil,
prairie, 50 for many wear, the sister, had
iiyel happy. l.earefiu liyp. in The old home.
stead will ihtir rather.
They were ilij,.t. r,,itIe women. irbrrjtino \
poetic tetnieralnrut from their mother They
loved the oll house and the woods about ii
They knew where thc earliest suri,,er flower.
crew aua where to lind The brightest autumn
leaves They would not have aare,, to let
their nritl;bur>. Who di>apnrovcd opeuIy of
their ..traip>ing about AL over the wood. :
know vh;;t treasure, Of pressed flowers and
leaves they had carefully nut away. Not for
worlds world Mis- tynthv have told of the
1imj.l atteml,;s at foWerpaintiu~ She some
time. made. IN III. solitude Of her own room.
They had not felt mach in >vmpatby with
I,.rttnftJrp
trouble had come uuon them. every one was
kind the sisters found they had many warm
friends here they least cNpected 10 find Them.
They were nid,llr-aged women now well adj.
Nauced in their fifth decade. OF their half.
brothers ana sisters they kneW little b;lt il
was c,r;;i;, there wouIi be no mercy from,
them. They would nrudge the sisters the
Giving" they had had, and each one would
claim every pennv due. eagerly. Once MIR
D.ni>on Ncntured to suggest hi, idea of "a
bill" hI,t m omiuolIs ,rIean in Mis- Sihra..
eyc> warned him. ana he left his sentence nm
finished
"Cyn,h,." said Sahra. one bright Scptemher
mu,uino MIR Dcnisou said last ni.rht tb,t he
thou hi brother jaime. would he here urrtty
soon. Dv,,.t Won think we had better ,onk
over the thn,S in the ,rarret before ne come.
| dou.t feel "a. if rould have any ono hut orr
selves touch motber'S things"
...Ju>t H. you think best, sister Sabra." an
SVrreI Mis- Cyntho meekI,. The comiuu
change wa> an even greater rref 10 her than
TO her elder sister. Sh.. loved her Old home
with AN almost passionate tenderness. and if
Senli,r,I to her sometimes t},t Ipayino if wnulJ
almost break her heart.
The two sisters finished their morning task
i'm silence aud without n word ,limhed the
narrow stairs that led to the old carrct. SucL
= treasure horse Of family relies as if was
Not a child of all the len whose deyclonmcnt
could not be traced in ca>t-olT clothing and old
: ii''o'InooN>' ntit Mtlc poAts an! tlunh>
N.Y. "a, ,he. ,''"u,'i5 ~ iiii's "Sn,i>' .nc
w".. w - .i'iiis, oi','. PAWN " olu ,'!le
,t'ieH nlS' Ne'"'thS 'oh'' nun a,oNe 'iie'ii'
;.i ti' = "i,'iosN "a> q 'i"h,n iooh
NJ Mi''i II, ''1" en",s li'.iie' 'nt upper Poi.,o'
ii''ei " ~ " -. hoNFi Pc AZ" ~, n'n.
ro.iG' ime" ~ 7""," u s'e
.'''' h''i M w no" >iS'el ,,e'i... !.
Th. timl..rs Of the old roof were enormous
'i''7 i'' "''ui'o"i''c oi iu!'lpet 10 WHICH
Nc N, III ti'e>t inoufrh illhe,, are strangers
n"nH ''..i ii.'i'> "cie "'!nt" , lh!o theii',
II ON " MN >Mu,'7 paper oaN> h'co " 'th uicu
>po'i mint po"Tse'. i'enh! os"' a'i uii-
S luS!hS a pheasant oapl lnrou2h i'e @arTe''
"h'n 'iisS hlhf thU".ht more .re1apIe
tii'h iiie hu:e "o"l' iGIi ol Steaihi,'" hot hef.
yea hl,n n'ss aura "iWaHs mace iier sMai- WI,
loM hel zee, III Il Pan vi iiot water meah"hii
whenever sle TOOK coo l"o iar%e "ooaei
'he,s Stoo'l iar n''rh uhuGi iiie cave 80 lafS'
iii' illeN tou'd never nave p'en proaSnl up tu'
.,'ii"" St''ii ptit mus, nave 'een pu'it "heI'
they stood. In them We're pie, Of Old papers
years upon wears ol Springfield Republican,
and Massachusetts PloughmanS. old Farmers
.tilliallarS ior more lhan ila'i century, ah'
'heIe were 'aIeluii. cherisnei PIE OF jour
mas OF lhe liouSe. containing the dolhgs OF
ne l-c.i>iit"ic Wheh squire Marcy Represented
me Town.
MISS 'Nhthy gave pitltul look INTO chest
ana theh sal down IN basket OF hewiy-Sewi
rarl'ct-rhg> and began to cry. ION, Sabra,
she sob!ica, |ive been used to seeing thes,
hln%s All my he. seems ;is II II would breaF
my heartt to part with them. I've il great mine
to bring III a bill.
"Cynthy, sad Miss Sabra. this Is foolish
ness. There's no use in glviu' way so. We