The sun. [volume] (Morris, Stevens County, Minn.) 1882-1895, 1889-01-24

much. A new member had come
among them-a SOutherner by birth;
Il widow, with an only child afflicted
with a mania for drinking. That her
husband had been a Confederate gen
eral, her father a Louisiana planter.
and, that she herself was writer of
much renOwn-thOugh bearing an
other than her true name in the liter
airy world, they did not know. Had
they known, she would have met with
more courtesy.
At the next meeting of the Sis
ters, Mrs. Sharon was unable to be
present, but few of the members
pulled her character to pieces most
numerically.
Did YOU know, asked Alice Ar
nOuX of Sue Observation-Disclosures an
enormous mail Mrs. Sharon gets
every day? Why, was in the post
office yesterday when she came in,
and really believe she must have re-
ceived at least twO-dozen packages
of letters and papers. And this noon
ran in to mail a letter, just as she
was coming out with quite as many
as she had yesterday. Why, her cor
respOndence is voluminOus."
"Well, is there anythingremarkable
about it?' asked Kate Miller, who
overheard the converse tiOn.
"Hasn't she a perfect right to cor
respond with whom she pleases, just
as much as YOU have? Come, come:
this gossip and tattIe is getting in
tOlerable. Now that we've got that
box of clothing off, let's set our
minds upon the fair. We must open
the week with it, and, as Christmas
occurs on Saturday, there will be an
opportunity for everybody who
wants to purchase presents for the
holidays to do so in pleasant man
ner and in season. Pa has an old
friend down in Louisiana who has
promised to spend two weeks with us
at the close 70 the year, and he made
a proposition to give us, as a Christ
mas Offering, an equal amount to
what we make in the Fair, so there's
prospect that the church parlor
will be refurnished"
lis he married? is he married, Miss
Miller?" chorused in four or five
voices.
81 really don't know. have never
asked the question, and have never
seen him." answered Kate; but |
will inquire, if it will please you to
learn"
One day, not long after this, as Kate
was passing Mrs. SharOn's residence,
the occupant was standing at the
window, and seeing Kate, she beck
Oned for her to come in. Kate ran
lightly up the steps and was met at
the door by Mrs. Sharon, who ush-
cred her into an elegant sitting-rOom,
furnished quite artistically, with
gems of painting and statuary, which
evinced a taste far beyond the aver
age of the towns people. 1t pleased
Kate, and she was not backward in
telling Mrs. Sharon how much she
enjoyed it, and at parting she was
urged to run in quite often.
After this, time flew by rapidly, for
the preparations for the fair, Occu-
pied nearly all Hates leisure hours.
Mrs. Sharon's son was getting along
finely in the "Home," and her care
was so much lessened, that she at
tended almost every meeting of the
"Sisters," making the society many
valuable gifts.
"Where does she get so many
beautiful things?" queried Mary
Turner. "Why, that group of stat
uary she presented us must GER
tainly have cost fifty dollars. And
she sent in a dozen elegantly bound
books for her table yesterday. Any
one of them worth six or eight dol
lars.
II called at her house this morn
ing" said Alice Arnoux, "to leave a
pattern for fancy work, which she
desired, and the servant asked me
to wait until Mrs. Sharon came down
stairs. 1t was a sort of library l
entered, and the table was strewn
with manuscript. I believe she is an
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