Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-09

#s%S%M. ~-S&S|.&S$Sl Slhousekeoping uc-
E%$%S$$SNVy-ttFsS S&Shcuunts, and pay
.ention to the goIden-halrcd darling, the
only one OF live children who had sur
vived infancy.
To say thai the child at years of age
ruled the entire household Of the rich
merchant whose proudest title was that
Of papa from her baby lips would be 10
give no exaggerated statement of her
rule. And the chief slave of all was
pretty Mrs. Lockwood, pet Of society,
.he idol Of her husband, but the devoted
servant of all Cassie's caprices.
So when Miss Cassie wanted a peep
show, the prottest of pasteboard boxes
we're selected from the store of mamma >
treasures, and all tho nursery was ran,
sacked for bright little trinkets to make
The show.
Then some new paper dolls were d.
manded in the imperative mood, present
tense, and the nursery governess WOE
out to purchase them, leaving C.s=l
revelling in unchecked possession OF tie
mUrilage bottle, the scissors, and a sheet
0f little colorcd pictures.
The nursery governoss was Miss Agnp
Churchill, the daughter of an old frien
Of Mrs. Lockwood's, suddenly plunge
from atlluencc 10 poverty by widowh0r
Aggie, being only II, was more than -ia4
20 undertake the task Of training Cassie
n the intricate path from b G TO twi..
swo are four, with the privilege o. CON
sinuing her own music and German les
sons, to fit her to teach more advanced
pupils when she had added u few more
years to her own experience. unless
Now, nobody ever heard Agnes say tha.
one word ending the last sentence. But
urIta IL 10, Z.
was followed by a vision of tall manly
figure, a grave, but tender face, and Il
pair of soft, brown eyes that everrestpG
tenderly upon little Agnes. And figura
face, and eyes, all belonged to Dudley
Lockwood, the brother OF her EN-
ployer, uncle to tyrannical little
'assie. Agnes had known him from
% child; and when her fathers dy-
ng hand clasped hers he had said
"Agnes, little one, Dudley loves you
But he is past 30, you but II. and
becrcd him TO wait till you were older
5'.3re he spoke to you. You are but
rh Id yet, and do not understand how no.
,e and good he is. But il in the future
Hp can love him, he will be Il fond, faith
"a. lover and husband to my little girl"
And thinking this, the father died, not
knowing that the failure of the bank
where all his fortune lay would add pow
t'rjy to sorrow afterhis funeral. Dudley
".'- u kind friend then, saeing little
."Dl the wreck, for Mrs. Churchill,
r.vmly sccundiug Mrs. Lockwood's pro-
gosal to give Agnes a homo and easy
lty, and taking much of the business
care from the two inexperienced women.
BD. he respected the girls sorrow for
her loss and the wishes of the dead for
her 10 be older before she became wife,
and he said nothing of his love.
lie was fond, in careless, brotherlv
fashion, of his brothers wife, pretty
Lorna Lockwood, but he often thought
hg.i smiling, that it was easy to see She
wa not Il true Lockwood She had not
the broad, nOblo nature that was their
great charm, the trust that could never
narrow to unworthy suspicious, the calm
of perfect uprig She was fuss
and fdgety, a little stingy where otheis
were concerned very extravagant in b
own expenses. But, withal, q winsOma
lively little lady, who was her husband $
idol
She was still busy with her bills, money
and housekeeping book, when Agnes
camo in from her errand, with the paper
dolls in her hand Cassie had bestowed
mucilage libeta,y on the silk iacings ~
her mothers cashmere wrapper, Oh tha
'tl tt-l'h HA'l '.h-A 'tl'o1 anu htl0 Ill.
icep upon the floor
"Dear r1eW Mrs. Lockwood said,
ro'-sed from her work by the entrance OF
'he govern .s, "do see what q mess The
child has ma1el What did you give her
the mucilage for:"
IL was % temptation to remind the irri-
tated lady chat she had herself put the
bottle into tassie's hands; but Ague=
only replied
81 am sorry she has done so much mis-
chief. See, Cassie, here are the dolls"
Cassie half opened her sleepy eyes.
and Mrs. Lockwood lifted her from 4a
floor
"tha viii take cold sleeping the,
she said. ~ will put her in the en-
while YOU clear away that NESS"
That program being carried out, Au
the peep-show treasures taken to the
nursery, Agnes at down to clt out .a
dolls, knowing Cassie would want thru
as soon as she awakened. Her pee
show box sue put upon a closet She.
the rubbish She 'Ht into the coal box, "a
considered her r~.s over till the ,ut
voice called nar.
She was humling tune as she cu
the dolls yU# q scs. when Mrs. I-0gs
wood came iu a.r face 1lshed, her reye
angry.
Agnes she aid severely, Il llno
you We're very anxious about your mot
er's lastmOnth's rent, but Ineyer thouzl
you would be tempted to steal to pay !,
The girl sprang to her feet, the Grim
son blood flooding face and throat.
"How dare YOU !" she cried, all
stopped for want Of words to express h
Indignation.
1T is quite useless to fly into a rag /
said the liut'a lady coldly. ''I left all tn .
months money for household bills upo /.
thetablo not ten minutes ago, and ther /
IL $50 note gone. No one has been il /
the room but you. But ! will not be hard |
with you. You are very young and pov. |
erty Is new 10 you. Give me the note |
and / will never mention the matter |
only cannot keep YOU here.
81 would not stay, tho poor girl cried, |
feirly choking with rage and shame |
81 would not stay where [ had been |
called thief! 1 know nothing Of the |
money"
''You deny that you have it9"