Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-12-18

Harriet Hosmer, Elizabeth Fry, Flor
ence Nightingale and George Eliot,
and lots of others. Fame and fort
une would be worth working for
if girl could only have a
chance. l can't paint or 'sculp,' / have
no ear for music, and its dreadfully hard
work for me to write a school compost
| tien, so it's plain I'm not intended for
an author. Yet I'd like to do some
thing real useful-something different
from dishwashing, sweeping, dusting
and such things. Now, there's Neila
| Grayson-if she has any talent at all
she'll have every chance to improve it.
Her father gives her the best masters in
music and painting, and they say she's
going to Europe next year. Heigho!
I'm only little commonplace, good-for-
nothing creature! Oh, l do wish we
were as rich as the Graysons!' and Mar
tie looked wistfully across the road to
her nearest neighbor's fine estate, with
its velvet lawn frightened by beds of
gay foliage plants, with winding gravel
walks, sparkling fountains, and up to
the grand house itself-a stately struct-
ure of stone.
Martie's rosy face grew gloomy as
her ambitious desires grew into less
noble, envious longings, and, sitting
there, she mused moodily, until the
shadows falling across the posy bed, the
September air growing more chilly, as
well as the clock striking six, warned
her that it was getting late, and she
must go indoors and prepare the even
ing meal.
! Presently father came home, tired,
hungry and CHEEKY as usual, and Martie
could not help Frightening a little un-
der the genial influence of his merry
jokes, even though the tea-table seemed
so lonely without mother and baby.
But by and by, manlike, papa lost him
self in the weekly paper, and Martie
was forced to entertain herself by clear
ing away the tea things. Hardly was
this task finished when there came the
sound of footsteps outside, and tho
next instant a hurried knock on the
door. Mr.. Mayberry opened it, and
there, framed in the night shadows,
stood the Young girl whom Martie had
80 o1ten envied-Neila Grayson. She
still wore her dainty muslin dress, her
slippers were damp with dew, and all
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chill night air was light shawl hastily
thrown over her head. Her pretty
face, peering out from the fieecy folds,
was white and frightened. Too ex.
cited, evidently, to return Mr.. May
berrys courteous greeting, she ex-
Claimed: ''Oh, is dear Mrs. Mayberry
at home? And would she, do you sup
pose, be so kind as to come over to our
house right away? Baby Benny has
mt or something, or else he is dying! He
was taken SO suddenly, and I'm all
alone, except the nurse, Elise, and she
doesn't know what to dol"
| Here poor Neila burst into tears.
Mr. Mayberry's face was full of SYM
pathy and perplexity as he replied: II
am very sorry, but unfortunately my
wife is away from home. But can be
OF any service? Shall / go for the
doctor?''
Thank you, sir, but James, the coach
man, has already gone. Only it will be
SO late before he gets back, and l know
| something ought to be done at once.
Papa and mamma are in the city; they
went this morning. OF course mamma
supposed she could trust Elise, she came
so highly recommended. Baby is usual
ly such healthy little fellow; he never
had an attack like this! It's Elise's
fault, think, for tonight, at tea, she
let him nibble quite a large piece of
fruit cake, and it must have been too
rich for him. Besides, he seems to be
| getting two more teeth. Elise couldn't
think of a single thing to do for him!
She just fusses around, wringing her
hands and chattering French, till got
almost distracted, and so thought I'd
run over and beg Mrs. Mayberry's as
sistance. o, I'm SO sorry she isn't here!
But / must hurry right back
And with worried, tear-stained face
poor Neila turned TO leave, when Mar
tie, forgetting her shyness in her sym
pathy, spoke out eagerly: ''Oh, mayn't 1
go over with her. papa? Perhaps / can
help her; you know I've taken 80 much
care of our Teddy. Once, too, went
with mamma over to Mrs Browns when
AG baby had conyulsiops. ] remembers