Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1889-08-31

to allow her to commit suicide b,
inches"
at is right" That and her swee
laugh were her only weapons. Tn,
Trenches might fume, or rage, OF
laugh with savage insolence at hel
proposed reforms; but there she stood
calm, i%mmovable, an inaexible pur,
pose animating every atom of her soft
little body, and giving meaning to her
pale blue eyes and gentle laugh.
In a year she had proved her power.
Deviled lobster, with all other highly
seasoned and expensive dishes. had
vanished from the Trench table, and
had been replaced by cool and CHEAP
masses compounded by Annals own
deft fingers.
at was Hot right that so much of
their moderate income should 90 to
pamper their stomachs." 1T was
right that when Bob was the chief
oread-winner of the household Bob's
wife should buy the bread" She
never put this last maxim into words.
out into gentle, memorable, incessant
practice.
Grandma in secret cried bitter tears
OF longing for her hot c%urries, for her
novel, for the gossiping visits of the
neighbors, for the impromptu games
and dances of the young people, in all
OF which the viyacious old woman de-
lighted Anna, with her pleasant
laugh, had decided dances and games
10 be as ir~religious as cards. The
helghbors soon found that their run.
, nings in and out were regarded by
Mrs. Robert as a sad waste of time,
and ceased to come. Anna, who liked
to hear her own voice, inaugurated a
series OF evening readings on science
and history, to which the family
listened with covert yawns and re-
bellious spirits.
Kate, though the twelve months had
measurable cowed her, ventured on a
vigorous protest,
Mother. she told Anna, "always
made ourhomo pleasant when we were
49, ~" - ~ y r.
young in order to keep us in it. This
was a gay, hospitablo house: every :
Trench loved it. She tried to do the :
same for Nelly's children when She I
brought them back to us fatherless. y
But it is no longer gay nor hospitable .
and the children are learning to hate T
their home" /
u understand you, Catherine" said $
Anna, smiling; but dances, and other II
silly wastings of time. | regard MS II
wicked.' -,
but we do not so regard them. II
Surely Nelly herself must Judge for c.
her children" ),
There can be but one right and one s.
wrong, said the smiling little woman d
Il am right" Z
1t was Anna who criticised Door H.
Josey's oil paintings, Josey was a ei
cripple, and her one amusement was h,
TO paint Impossible valleys, hills and
beaches, But Anna showed her how 81
false was her coloring, and out of all b,
rules her drawing. "Artists womb -,
only laugh at your pictures, dear 81
Josephine" She said, "Why waste &C
your immortal time in a pursuit for
"hlch you have absolutely no talcnt?n n,
"How could you be so cruel?" Kate ir,
cried with angry tears, when Josev di
went out OF the room. She suffers ne
constantly. She can never look for bu
ward to the life of other women. If m,
Ter poor little sketches give her hap vi
'iness, why should you rob her of W.
t?' w
at is not right to even tacitlv aid no
n deception" said Anna. Besides, Ue
wish Josephine to cmbroidor an altar wo
.arpet' Why should she not give her Blu
line and labor to religion?" nm
Josey that night, pale and red-eyed. no
turned all her sketches.
why did you not tell me they were sb,
'orthless daubs?' she said to Kate. las
Utterly. As for altar carpets and !
henIlle work, that is not religion. mn
Ill have nothing to do with Them dr.;
'ut in a week she was at work upon wo
p,",pV" day
"Bobs wife shall never interfere of
18th my lifc,' Kate boosted, hotly. he
Yet it was Anna who called Bob's hin
,tentlon to the fact that young Whit :.
g had been hanging around the girl sam
n months. IT,.
ms salary is a mere nothing and aga
is health is not good" she0roed limo
'hathy has something Of her own. -
I'd if she loves Billy SIZE may wish To- Her
'rse him back to hsalth," said rood. ~ y,
Rob ,
FEs9sss@ IN {
rr not right that her life should we
sacrificed to an invalid" RICH
"Rcally, Anna, | can not interfere. way
'te is old enough to Judge for herself ST
to the right course her
Dear Robert, there can be but one her
ght course! have told you what it b,
1t Y
In consequence Of this and mary Amc
ler talks Bob treated young Whiting year
tn such coelness that he left the settl
use one evening deeply offended. Is a
afterward he emigrated to Cali imp,
MIA, there to grow healthy and rich out
d in time to marry a girl who re- turn
nblcd Catherine Trench. of h
is still unmarried. is no
'ranama french died in the second hapl
n of Anna's reign. ''She was UNI Blu
'ountahly weak" the physician neve
d. ''and unable to resist acute dis TIL
&C." He told his wife that he .'sus- won
tied Mrs. Roberts dietary was not and
A nourishing kind; and the old lady whiI'
ongcd to u large-bodied. hungry the '
e who required rich food and plenty an
it, un'
BILE
~ poof o'' woman crept INTO her pend
I'VE with a dull sense of starvation
her mind'and heart as well as BODY.
} had been a Methodist in her youth Tn
would gladly have gone to that been
'rch in the last days OF her life and state
'e joined in a passionate hymn or famiI
''glory!m But Anna. when Anna,