Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-11-26


their social position"
Even II you and father are worked
TO death?" said Myra. satirically.
Mrs. Dollard sighed deeply.
II don't see any help for it" said
she.
But I doP" cried Myra, her big
gray eyes shining II didn't come
back home to hang myself like sixth
lightweight around fathers neck; and
| II you won't let me send Bridget away
| and take hor place"
MY dear child, you would utterly
lose your chances for good match by
any such proceedings!
Nonsense" said Myra, laughing
III. l say, in that case, I'll go to be q
typewriter or book-foldor or some
such business"
Myra Dollard was az good as her
word. She entered her name at tho
nearest employment agency, and set
herself diligently to work to find
something to do. The five sisters were
scandalized past all description.
..And Dollard is such an uncommon
NAME" said Adelaide. People will
be sure to identify her with u.s."
II won't own her for sister," said
Marian Indignantly.
II don't thinkr' cried Eugenia, "that
mamma ought to allow itI'
And with one accord the five Dol
lard girls sent their sister to Cow
entry.
Father" said Myra. coming home
one evening with radiant face, 1--WE
got such a nice situation! Through
Mrs. Hartcombe's Office"
IA situation, my dear? What kind
OF a situationP"
"House-lteepor, father"
"rm afraid, Myra. your sister won't
like it"
That's very likely. father" said
the partridge, Struggling her Shout
ders. But I'm going to be house,
keeper all the same, in DR.. Vivian,
sanitarium. Mrs. Vivian is an invalid.
you see. and lives at the seaslde-and
I'm to take entire charge OF every
thing, with six servants under my or
ders. TO receive the lady patients,
you know, and take the head of the
! table and keep the accounts and give
out the linen, and all that sort OF
thing-and l am TO receive S25 y
month, and I'm sure. father, can
spare $50 every month. 1t will pay
Bridgets wages and help with that
outrageous laundry bill!"
my DEAR" said Mr.. Dollard, his
spectacles moist with tears, "you are
heroine?"
The hvc sisters, however, took L
different view OF affairs. In their
eyes Myra had degraded not only her.
self, but her family. And just as
Harper Dale had begun to show some
interest in Nell, tho family beauty
and Harper Dale's sister was under
DR.. Vivian's care for diseased hip
joint.
He'll b suro to hear all about it,"
said Nell, bursting into tears, land
then OF course he'll despise me! Oh!
how dreadful it all isr'
II wish Myra had stald In Rhode
Island" said Adelaide, with flash OF
her eyes.
Il don't Think" exclaimed JEANNE,
that mamma ought to touch that
housekeeping money OF Myra's."
my dears." said Mr.. Dollard. "you
don't know how hard your mother has
to work, whilo you girls are enjoying
yourselves upstairs"
Hateful thingr INTERCEPTED Marian.
She has set even our own father
against us!"
But in spite OF whispered innuendo
and boldly-spoken scorn, Myra kept on
the even tenor OF her way, earning
wages "like any chairwoman," as Nell
wrathfully expressed 1t. and actually
seeming to enjoy her independence
"Nell darling" cried JEANNE, one
evening as her sister came in from an
afternoons shopping, "what has kept
you so lonsP Colonel Dale has been
herel"
HAS hep" Nell changed color; her
bright eyes grew brighter still.
"And that poor young sister OF his
is dead. Oh, Nell. think he felt the
need OF your sympathy and consola-
ton! l said what | could. but, OF
course, it wasn't as II it had been you.
And oh, Nell! what do you thinltP He
said this family had always seemed
very near to him-and he hoped one
dag TO call me sister!"
fcll few upstairs to her room, only
stopping to hug and kiss JEANNE. 1t
was true. then. Colonel Harper Dale
did call Ter her.
Mrs. Dollard thought that under tho
circumstances they were quite justified
in ordering Nell's trousseau.
"Such things take so long" said
.ke. "And II Colonel Dale goes 10
Einopo in tho fall, as people say he
will, he'll want TO start off with very
little notice. 1t couldn't do any harm
to be ready"
But Mr. Dollard shook his head.
"Wait until he has formally proposed"
said Mr.. Dollard.
Colonel Dale, as it happened, pro-
posed that very afternoon, in the little
back office at Mr.. Dollard's place OF
business.
you arc aware, sir, OF my poor sis
tcr's DEATH" said he, land you can
understand that 1t has made
me restless and anxious for a change
shall visit Europe earlier than | had
intended, and with your per-
mission and her consent. / shall take
your daughter with me as my wife,"
Mr.. Dollard's heart leaped within
Elm.
"Of my permission. Colonel" said
tic. "you may DO very sure. As to my
girls consent-that you'll have to find
out for yourself"
~ viii go to her at once" said
Colonel Dale.
Mr.. Dollard was delayed at his Office
later than usual that evening. 1t was
past nine before he reached hcme.