The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1889-10-11
re-, Politics and the Current News Of the Day.

ssf.Sss;sss;son without Queetion; bt when
good little Mollie Bencker hab taken
Oracle up to her room TO make HE final
preparations for her joIsney he said.
kindly:
Something has gone wr{hg with
you to-day, Oracle, dear. What is it ?
Can / help you in any way2"f
The sisterly sympatly tdichcd the
right spot In the poor girls lhcart, and
casting her arms about Mblly's neck,
she weptS upon her friendly breast rs
though her heart would break. But
hearts do not break; il il only an idle
figure of speech. Hcr fears relieved
her over-charged mind hnd when she
grew calmer she answered..
No, dear Mrs. Bancker, you cannot
help me. There are crosses in life
which we must bearsalonef But, be-
for all your kindnesS. = ; -.
ooh, nonsense" j" srejoincd the little
woman, cheerilys dear me, I do hate
to have you leave us! But promise that
you'll sometimes write TO me, and tell
me how you are getting along"
II shall write and never forget you,
my dear, dear friond !'t
OF course tho sparting with her
stanch friends was atryiug moment
for Oracle, but. like NIL the joys and
sorrows in life, it.was soon over, and
gave place tosthe excitement of being
launched upon the great world ngain,
bound in an all-nbsorbing qucst--the
finding of her missing mother.
For two days after her arrival in Bos-
ton fatigue and the difficulty of finding
q stlitable lodging place Us near rs pos
sible to the old home ia Milton occu-
pied every moment.
At last comfortable farin house ON
the high road that wound past the we'll
known BLACK Pondr Was discovered,
and rooms for, tho eiffcngagcd.
I AS luck wouid have it the inmates of
the house werc new TO the district, and
consequently failed to recognize in
Oracle the girl who, two years previ-
nusly, had gone away with Mr.. Clifford
when he = ent abroad TO die upon for
eign shore.
They wero honicly sort OF people,
glad to secure boardcrs in order to exc
ont an honest living, and were satisfied
to make their guests comfortable and
mind their own affairs. The only other
inmates of tho house beside tho farmer
and his wife were an elderly man and u
little three-year-old child, who were
boarders like Gracie and Mr.. Edgar,
and were introduced to them rs Mr..
John Leonard aud his granddaughter,
little Stella.
The man passed his time sitting
among the trees of the orchard intently
watching the road, while the Child, q
little golden-haiFcd fairy, PLAYED at his
m2cIe HHtF auf uf.lslKVETwereuuUrIi
that the pair had iodge; with the farm
or since he had taken tie place u year
before; that they were Iquiet, inoffen-
sive people, taking their meals by
themselves, and never speaking to any
one unless they wero spoken to. In
deed, the farmer explained that ns the
man spoke with as'foreign accent, he
thought he must have come from across
the sea. lie furthermore added, tap
ping his forehead Significantly, that lie
believed the old fellow to bo touched
in the upper story
That he was y foreigner and q
Frenchman was conciusively settle
one day when, upon the arrival of tn,
mail letter was handed, to Mr.. Edgal
10y mistake, bearing the esupcrscription
IN. jean Leonard, AMI post marked
"Paris.
But rs the old man continued to si
IN. the orchard, with his dreamy eye.
bert npon the winding highway, anG
5insngtneeas,fs> m, peszert liinself,e o
hts iife.iiiitsssiSns. S. y n
Upon the third day after her nrriva
III Boston, and after the first evenin,
of her sojourD mt tho Milton farmhouse
Gracie, unable longer to contain he
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