Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-07-13
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table pccllnS ana SllclnS the apples her
sister Mary was converting, with dough
and pastccutter, into substantial tarts
for half-a-dozen hungry school boys
"Hurrah!' and Margaret joyfully
waved above her head long, ribbon
like strip of green and crimson peel.
This is good news, mamma Bless.
ings light on Aunt Bessie for remcm-
bering me, though she has been a long
time about it.
Three weeks" said Mrs Darton,
smiling at her daughters enthusiasm.
1T is no more since she landed in
England and | met her at Gravescnd.
She accounts in this note for her
silence. Business detained her in Lon
don for a week since when she has been
looking for house She has been adj
viscd to take one on the south coast till
she and her daughters are hardened to
our chanSeable climate; SO many years
in India makes them dread an English
winter
MarGarct's face lengtkcncd
rs Aunt Bessie going 10 bury her
self in the country? l thought-that
is [ hoprd-she would settle neal
town"
"She has dec idcd on q house at Tor
quay; but, as it will not be ready fol
her till the end of next month, she pro-
poses spending the interval at Brighton,
and you are to go to her there"
Brighton in the heart of the autumn
season. Delicious!" calculated Mar
garet, springing up to waltz her
mother round the kitchen, attempting
to repeat the dance with her laughing
sister, who kept her at bay with the
rolling pin. what lucky girl / am
to have a rich aunt, good-naturcd
enough to give me such delightful
change! There's one drawback, and
that is leaving home. Why doesn't
she invite you too, mother dear, and
Nary
As if l could leave papa and the
boys!" cried Mrs. barton.
"Or as if | could be spared" added
Mary. AT tive-andtwenty one feels
too sober for much holiday making.
! shall have days blackberry picking
with the Youngsters, and go to tho
cathedral town for the choral festival,
and to the park for the annual picnic
of the townspcople; and that is all the
dissipation l care for"
Query. Shall l be as content, az
twenty-five, rs my sister, asked
Margaret, dcmurely, perhaps
shall. if l have an amiable young
curate to strengthen my resolves with
his praises. Don't blush, Mary, and
don't menace me with such a danger
Gus weapon. Ii might fly out of your
hand nnl / noI1l 10 u
sizes with a bruised cheek or black
eve. BY the way. what day am l to
START"
Next Monday Her maid will meet
you at Kings Cross"
And l shall say adicu to the flats of
Cambridgeshire for one short, sweet,
too tieeting month! But oh, mother
dear, the great question of all has yet
to be discussed. What am | to wear?
should not like to go shabby; but |
know You will not be justified in asking
papa for money just as he has been at
such heavy expense in articling Will
to Messrs. Stapylton."
Its all right, replied Mrs. barton,
cheerfully. Your Aunt Bessie thought
of this before l did, and promised to
send you something suitable to wear"
Margaret WINGED for she was young
and proud.
Its very kind of her." she muir
INJURED, slowly; but it makes me feel
like pauper,"
81 don't think you need say that, my
dear" her mother made answer. "Be,
fore my sister left England, to become
the second wife of Judge Laurence,
your father had given her the advan-
abled her to get possession of some
property withheld by very knavish
attorney. Papa positively refused to
be paid for his services, and she re-
members this, and reioices to requite
him through his children. She is
going to send Maurice to college as
soon as he is old enough. l am so
thankful: for a country doctor, with q
large family like ours, cannot always
give his sons as thorough an education
as he wishes"
"If Aunt Bessie is going to be a fairy
godmother to the boys, | shall love her
dearly And now to commence prepa-
rations for my journey. Don't laugh,
MlSUrcSS mary lnclc is Sfeub tcdl
to be done. When n ladv's wardrobe
is limited one, it is necessary to make
the most of it; and as soon as the some
thing to wear arrives that is promised
me, we shall have to set to work at
dressmaking in right earnest"
Mrs. barton referred to the note she
held in her hand.
Il forgot to look for n postscript
Oh. here it is! Listen to it. I Sc
lected two or three things for your lit
tie girl when l was doing my own
shopping, and ordered the parcel to be
sent off to You directly"
"And here comes Carrier Grips with
it" exclaimed Margaret, with a skip
and q jump. How can you go on,
Mary, so placidly rolling out paste,
whilst I am in futter of expecta-
tion?"
Away she ran to meet the little COW
cred cart in which an apple faced
old man logged to and fro the market
town and the station three times in the
week; received from Master Cripps the
important package that bore the stamp
of West-End inen-drapor, and hur-
ried with it to the dining-room,
whittier her mother and sister followed
her.
Too impatient to unite knots, Mar