The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1889-09-18

strong. became utterly broken down BY
his reverses, and befsre long Sadie wss
an orphan. Everything h2d 70 be sold.
and nothing sas left for the girl Who had
never known what i Ezs 70 haves wish
anszEisfi9d-
Her many friens7s offered &ssis.a1oe,
hut s4dieis great pride czased her 70 re-
fase their aid She sold htr jeEeis, and
gave nost Of the money 70 her fAthers
creditors. then. With the rest- she took
her departure from the familiar scenes
Of her blr1hpisce. unwilling . star Ehere
each face Would remind Der Of the past
The words spoken that CAV % her gay
ypazg friend ezlne back 70 her, and sad
smile passed over her face zs, when she
bade May goodbye she recalled them
10 her mind
Nay sorrO~ed awhile for her frieni's
trouble bui her nature, most essential
ly 4 selfish One, did not retain grief
long.
Isrzs Tsry hard struggle for Sadie
81 6rSz, but Al last she sacceeiei IN OBJ
tsining position as teacher in one Of
the public schools n the city she bad
chosen sor her home. Sadie bad CORE
sPoDded with PAnl Usssen bat though
she had written him Of her fziher death
znd Of her removal, she did Ho1 ell him
Of Der ruined fortunes. knowing that his
impulsiVe nature xoald bring hin back
iune6iztelsfo lzy his az Al her feet
and she was determined net 10 destroy
that which throagh her insosnue had
been begun Eneourssing reports came
frOn tine TO tine, telling her h0E hzrl
he sss working, and Of his success 4: and
his letters we're the one sPos Of eoloring
In her monoi0roos life. But al last week
merged into week, anG moa;h s1ooeede5
month. and she heard 70 more from him.
Her l2sf letter vas unanswered, and the
lOngsd-for envelopes, with their Italian
stamps, came 10 more
Then she received 2 elozing epistie
from Nay. telling of fortune lea her BY
AZ aunt. and that her mother and her
self were TO start Son on zn extended
European tour, Af1er that, throagh Mays
letters Ssdie often heard Of Paul but
DO word OF message ever ezme 70 her.
Then, with pain which ~renchesi her
very heart fbres, Sadie zSoke % feel
that the lines. out Of sighi. oHt Of
mind. were indeed only too tue
Time passed Sadie sill kept her p.o-
siiion in the srhool, and the little chil-
dnen grew 70 lore the pale-fzced teacher
who led their tender heez 80 gently over
the rough paths Of learning
Bet one day her d>Sk z2s empty, and
IL her bozr5ing-housz, IN her Own little
room, Sadie lAy tossing n Wild deIiriun
of fever Al the bedside stood a stately
grzy-h&ired lady.
Mrs B1own,p she vzs saying has
this poor giri 10 friends p
The IAndlsdy replied that n truth,
she had never sen one hare 50 fsw-"
And 50 i was that Mrs stanford, the
wealthy occnpznt Of Nrs. Browns iirss
aoor. nzrsed TIE girl 10 wbose face she
had taken ssehsa fancy q she net her
on her way 70 and fT0m Der rooml back
10 life snd health
How c1a I ever Thank yOn p asked
Sadie, looking up gratefully into the kind
old face bending above her
Thank ne. my sweet child, By CON-
ing and being 70 me IS my daughter" ,"
repiied Mrs Stanford. an alone in
the world. and 50 are ycu-7
4 nzrr0S strees, henmea n by ancient
houses. sn3 over i Al intensely bine
Italian SKY.
Tsree szares szantered sio~ly along
Nay, child. DO sop zEhils and resl
], for one, an tired u death
~oh. dear mother, yOu alSays give o1i
soon. pesulzntly trsl.,ie5 the young girl
Then, vith change Of tone. turning 10
her companion, she sid
Mr. Ogden, 2s mamma s tired. shall
We resi- here
80 under the shade Of Al old stone
porfico they sal down, the szli, elegant,
fair-azired man. Sni the beautiful, gol-
den-srssssi bionde- Siia her iso;ler,
whose diAmoad earrings znd rieh dress
proclaimed prOn5anoeily the Seaithy
travelling American
A carriage pxssed, eVideaiiy tourists.
Of whom. Al this se&son. Rome wzs al
WAYS fail.
P.ul Ogien m.sle a s1dsen exeiaasa-
ton Nay looked up 70 Sc the cause,
bar the carriage had passed
by the way, Mss N4rF, when rss Il
Jon said your friend, Mss Arlington, vas
married -
-Oa, some time AGO, answered Nay,
indIH=rensly. You know wrote you
when the engagement took Place. and
the marriage was not long zftsr. Bat
vhy do yoa ask ? with sad5en inter
es;, As she remembered his start and
ejaculzti0n q moment before
was struck BY young lAiy's ~
seDbl.noe 70 Miss Arlington. thai E.s
all OF course il Was not she
No. replied Nay. decidedly. renem-
he-iEg the circumstances in which she
had lzss seen her friend With 6 ner-
vous movement her mother rose-
Come, May, We nus. nc. stop here
any longer we'd better se, back 70 oar
hotel, Sc vel be fresh FOR our vat toihs
gallery this afternoon
MI osien.7 sid Nay, as sac walked
along beside her handsome escort, you
knoE yo1 promised to tell me the sub
jet Of yoar picture Eesrs 70 Sc to-day"
II Is Inspiration
What an odd name But veil see Il
before long, 50 III not &sk any more
qGesti0ns-
I;E1s Sadie THAI Paul had seen. and
she had recognized hin zs he szf with
the gOlden-baired beauty 50 near him
A long. sob5ing ssgh surgzd up from
her hezrI, bat she checked Il before Il
passed herlipx
Il Was trus, then, the report she had
heard, that the rising young aTliss and
beautiful American girl ~ere soon to be
uarriei