Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-19
sTOWN. W. VA, FRIDAY, APRIL 10, 1885,


rance; but they failed. and its been
shut up for ten years
do you know any one who wants
girlf' pursued the city cousin.
Mrs. Torrance set the coffee pot on
the table, blew the horn for Job. and
then responded to her niece's query
by counter question.
Why don't you stay hereyn
Because" said Emily, with spirit,
II want to earn my own living
"Well, you can earn it here, can't
your i was calculating to hire girl
this spring, and if you will work hon
estly for it I'll give you the six dollars
1 was going to pay the hired help"
Emily's face frightened.
Il should like that" she said. And
then Job came in, tall handsome and
flushed, his curls yet wet from the
spring into which he had dipped them
and sprig of trailing arbutus pinned
on to his coat, and spoke a frank well
come to the fair young girl whom he
had never seen before.
so cousin Sbadrach is deadf' he
said.
Yes" said Emily quietly.
Did you like him?''
No confessed the girl HE was
cross and surly and had no sympathy
for anybody. But tried to be kind
to him, and he kissed me once before
he died, and said | had been a good
girl"
"And then went and left his money
to the refuge for Baptist widows and
orphans!n said Mrs Torrance. That's
cousin Shadrach all over"
"He had a right to do as he pleased
with his money" said Emily, faint
glow arising TO her cheeks.
well, it's all over and gone. There
is no use talking about it now"
At the end of the month Mrs. Tor
rance was forced to acknowledge that
Emily had well earned her six dollars
a month and board. The girl had
about her wonderful magnetic power
which philosophers dub executive
ability, and New England housekeep-
ers cali faculty. She was a natural
cook-she did things without seeming
to take any trouble at all.
II 3 MrS
Torrance "A little dark, slim thing
that was always brought up to sit
with her hands folded.
And one sultry day in July, when
Job and Emily came in from strawber-
rying, with crimsoned fingers, laugh
ing faces and baskets heaped high
with the fragrant fruit, Mrs. Torrance
started in the solitude of her dairy,
where she was making cottage
cheese
Il declare" she cried, II wonder
why | never thought of that before.
Oh, dear, oh, dear! | never can con
sent to it in the living world
Job came to her that very evening.
Mother, said he, Emily has prom
ised to be my wife
Mrs. Torrance burst into tears.
You're only twenty-six years old, y
she faltered.
Just two years older than my faith
er when he married you, mother.
Now, don't turn your face away, but
tell me plainly, have you any fault to
find with my choice?'
Mono" confessed Mrs Torrance.
do you think l could possibly win
sweeter girl than Emily Arden?'
mo, don't suppose you could, an
swered the mother-in-law elect; but
its natural Job, to feel a little jealous
when you see some one else taking the
first place In your child's heart"
But when Job brought Emily in to
receive her kiss of greeting, Mrs. Tor
rance had sufficiently conquered her
self to bid her new daughter welcome.
"Though, / s'posed, Emily" she
said, bitterly, that you'd look higher
than a farmer"
II never looked higher than one of
natures noblemen," said Emily.
JOB" said she, would you like TO be
rich?''
"WelI, yes" said Job; Il likemon-
ey enough to keep my wife in luxu-
ry."
Would you, aunt Dorcasy' said
Emily, turning to Mrs. Torrance.
"Of course | should" said the mat
ron, vigorously plying her knitting
needles, but | don't ever expect it.
But you are rich" said Emily,
little tremor in her voice, JOB Is rich,
we are all rich together-with cousin
Shadrach Seely's money"
But" cried Mrs. Torrance, Il
thought he left it all TO the Baptist
widows and orphansf'
Not all" said Emily. Its secret,
but | may tell it you now. Half was
| left to the refugo-the other $50. 900 il
mine, to be paid over to me on the
day on which marry man, who. ig-
norant of cousin Shadrach's request,
has loved me loyalty and well. 1t was
the old mans whim, and i have re-
spected it. OH aunt Dorcas, came
to you because in my bewilderInent |
knew not where to go, but | little
dreamed that was entering directly
into the kingdom of a noble heart.
! II ,yas trua Shadrach Seely ecceu-