Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1889-06-01

must come in the morning
When Miss Rhoda turned in at the
garden gate, and opened her little side
entry door. the woman leaned heavily
upon the fence-pailings, and devoured
with her tearIess. restless eyes the com
Portable outlines Of the house, the red
glimmer or the snow from the isinglass
windows of the Radiant Home heater
in taa sittir groom, the yellow fare Of
the lamp that Miss Rhoda lighted. When
the latter came to the windows an, drew
down the curtains, the goman at the
gate gave 4. sudden choking sob, and
then. like Dicken's Joe, moved on. :"
Miss Rhoda sat down TO warm her feet
and tolook over her weekly religious paper
before going to bed Savilla, with IN
usual ,houghtfulness, had set the teapo:
on the back part Of the Radiant Home,
ag ate & buttered toast.
e.a IN a clean napkin.
A. l!hoda's eyes frightened and
,tcael, a. she murmucd: "Savilla is
good eirl--a most excellent child.
an, really quite fond Of savillo
sha aad poured out cup q tea ar6
',rozest q tempting sliceot toast in ha.res
gaeu q faint cry arras.ed hcr attention.
!, #"1 it cY,ac n ST
asu tHe l., ~.l a
tasted, ana carried tho lamp to the si,,e
door. When she opened it the r~ys icl
uDon q dark, snow sprinklcd figure Il
her very feet. The woman had come
back. still urged by mysterious power,
ana had thrown her weary body across
Miss Rhoda S threshold. whether to die
or i've $40 knew not, an6 scarcely cert1
Miss Rhoda set the lamp on the entry,
table, and raised-thc exhausted crcatu
in her arms. 1t was the work Of few
minu'a, to ret her in1o the string room
and upon the old-fashioned chintz so*a
which Miss Rhoda wheeled close to the
stove
II needn't disturb sayilla,' she
thought. This is case that I can
surely handle
The woman had not lost consciousness
Her great dark eyes were burning with q
wild light as she opened them on her res
cuer Then Miss Rhoda saw that the
wandercr was neither old nor plain,
though suffering had sharpened her feat
lures and wasted her figure. Miss Rhoda
took off the wet and ragged hood, and
m;sse, Of dark curly hair uncoiled them
selves and feel to the womans waist.
As she brought the cup Of tea and
plate ottoast to the side Of the sofa she
said kindly:
Eat and drink, my dear--so provi-
dental that these were all ready, you sec
then tell me your trouble, and how
can help you out Of it.
The sympathetic voice brought tears to
the dry eyes.
'No one can help me. l am bot
wicked, but heart broken, and there is
no rest Or comfort this side the grave
She old her story in the intervals OF
eating and drinking, and her listener felt
that she was speaking the truth.
She had been wife and mother, but
one day her husband, III fit OF drunken
fury, had >trnch her >enselcs 10 the floor,
and when She came 10 herself she found
that he had gone, taking their child. he,
very IDOL, httlc girl three years old.
For two years she Rad wandered yainIy
from city 70 village from VILLAGE e city,
in search Of her little Elsie. >oire7 in1es
she nearly starved. Often Shc crew 50
hopeless az 70 almost WELD = tn tenpta-
ton 10 take her own life, but TIE thought
Of little Elsie left 10 ner fate in the hand:
Of a brutal father nerved her Il mcrt
desperate efforts.
Willie hel strange guestslept TIA, nigh
On the chintz sofa, Miss Rhoda was e
volying plans in her wakeful brain. Sh'
went down stairs eAllr next morning L
hold = conference with savilla, ard dis
covered that the pilgrim instead of max
ing OF in the night with the spoons hac
found lr way - the kitchen. ard va
helping with the breakfast preparations
>avl-a had provided her wiki toile. a
li.i..ee. ard her dark hair was neati.
brushed ana braided around her VEL
shaped head
When Cousin Palmyra Henderson a1t
lIs.le Love come next week we skall wsn
extra help. Saviils. ii said Ni~, Rlet,a
When the woman mad cone into the rex