Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-04-08

81 was so glad you came in when You did"
said Mrs. Sidebottom. II was really feeling
somewhat faint. 1 feared would have been
forced to leave at the Nunc Dimittis. and was
just tanning myself with my handkerchief, on
which was drop of eau de Cologne, when you
came in, and Whit of cool air from the door
revived me, SO was able to remain. am so
thankful The hymn afforded me such ele-
waiting thoughtsl felt as if had wings of an
gels, which / could spread, and upward fy!'
II was late-I could not get away earlier"
"And am grateful to be able to walk back
with you. You will allow me to take your arm.
am still shaken with my temporary faintness.
have, fear, been overdone. l have had so
much to try me of late. But when the bell
rang. was drawn toward the sacred building.
Upon my word, thought it was Saints Day,
and it wss duty well as a pleasure to be
there. am SO glad went; and now am able
tc walk back with you, and after public wor-
ship-though the congregation was rather thin
the mind is turned to devotion. and the
thoughts are framed, are, in fact, just what
they ought to be, you know. have wanted for
some time to speak to you and tell you how
grieved l was that was forced to give your
mother notice to leave. 1 had no thought of
being inconsiderate and unkind.''
81 am aware of that" answered Salome, qui-
city. 'Mr. Philip Pennycomequick has al
ready told mamma that the notice was a mere
formality. The explanation was a relief to US,
as mamma was somewhat hurt. She had tried
to do her best for dear Mr.. PennycomeQuick."
"You will have to induce her to forgive me.
What is religion for and churches built and
organs and hot water apparatus and all that
sort of thing, but ito cultivate in US the for
giving spirit. am, myself, the most placable
person In the world, and after singing such
hymn as that in which l have just Joined.
could forgive Susan if she dropped the silver
spoons on the floor and dinted them"
No one would have been more astonished
than Mrs. Sidebottom if told thatshe was arti-
ficial, that she affected interests sympathies,
to which she was strange. At the time that
she talked she felt what she said, but the feel
ing followed the expression, did not originate
it. my dear Miss ellsworth" she went on, Il
am not one to bear grudge. 1 never could.
When my poor Sidebottom was alive, if there
had been any unpleasantness between US dur
ing the day-and all married people have their
tiffs-when you are married you will have tiffs.
AS was saying, if there had been any un-
pleasantness between us, have shaken him at
night to wake him up, that he might receive
my pardon for an incivility said or DONE"
1--WE had made our preparations to leave
Mergatroyd," said Salone, "but my mother has
been ill again, and my poor sister has heard of
ish with the Germans. So when Mr.. Philip
Pennycomequick was so kind as to ask my
mother to remain on in the house, in the same
capacity as heretofore, we were too thank
full"
"What! You stayF'
"ies, my mother is not in a condition to
move just now, and my sister is broken down
with grief But of course, this is only =
temporary arrangement"
Mrs. Sldebottom said nothing for moment
Presently, however she observed: mo doubt
this is best, and L am very, very pleased to hear
it. Philip did not mention it-I mean Mr.
Pennycomequiek. 1 must not any longer call
him Philip. as he is now head of the family,
unless the Captain be regarded also as
head, then the family will be like the Austrian
eagle-one body with two heads. But, my
dear Miss ellsworth, tell me, did Mr.. Penny
comequick say some foolish nonsense about
three or four thousand pounds?"
HE mentioned something of the sort to
mamma"
Its all fiddlesticks," said Mrs. Sidebottom,
confidentially. He is the most inconsiderate
and generous fellow in the world. His father
was so before him. But it won't do. The mill
will suffer, the business fall TO the ground, we
shall all go into the bankruptcy court. 1 re-
spect the memory of my darling brother too
highly to wish that the firm he managed should
collapse like house of cards. Philip is gener-
GUS and all that sort of thing, and he will try to
press money on you. You must not consent to
receive it, for two reasons-first, because it
would smash the whole concern, and next, be-
cause people would talk in a way you would
not like about you. Do you understand-you