Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1889-02-02

olsy to sat: fv no way you can fix it. /
Bruno"
Does she Sive any outside help, Squire
No. Mis- Youngs, she dout, aud its
come mighty hard on some of EN-.
The last faint hope was gone. She had
Thought that perhaps, she might humble
herself TO ask for n little (Swn help to
keep hor off tho town." as our New En-
! glaEders ut it. But now it was useless
Thee was nothing left. She must die
The days wore oil. 1t was the third day
after that the Old storekeeJer said to the
Squire's daughter as he handed her her
maui: Miss Mary, 10 you know how old
Mis- lounes is getting along
Why. III, ely. | guess. l never heard of
her nting anything
We'll. she " : up here this morning for
pound of crackers, and she looked so
white and faint | trie to mako her sit
down. Iou know ny wife always sends
me down n hot lunch and 1t came just
then. | happened to look up, and | saw
her eye 1t so wisiful- like when my littl
Mary spread 1t out that | sent Mary OFT
quick, and then | said, Come Mis- Youngs
s.tdoWn here and take lunch with me I've
got ero Oh lere for Gozcn. and it's
lonely eating by ones self Bcsid, 5. !
want to tllk over o Il times with yol.' Just
n mil ute | Il ought She was going 10 do it
when thee came steps on the bridge and
she s.raighte ned herself up stif rs pokor.
end sud, j hank you Mr. Curtis | must
be going, and she was off. | looked ont,
and here was Mis- Bruno coming with old
Jack behind her. Miss Mary, I'm afraid
that woman is suffering and afraid of the
poor house
20, MIR. Curtis" Miss Mary did not wait
for anything more. She flew home. old
Prlssy Goungs suffering, starving it might
lie, and she, absorbed In her own selfish
happiness, had never dreamed of it, "Iu-
asmuch as We did it not"-how could she
not have known? How long the way was :!
Yet truly she had never so flown over it
even to meet her lover.
At the house she filled q little basket
with dai .ty things, fresh laid eggs and
new Ger, vine and Jelly and little
chicken broth and delicate bread, and then
she started.
Pins had gone home with her crackers
and sat down in the little room. There
was little fire in the old stove, and she
went to the cupboard to make herself some
tea. But there was so little tea left in the
caddy she looked mt ii and then she put it
back. They mustn't find it empty" she
said, and she sat down in the old arm
chair.
There's wood in the box" she said
gently TO herself, and era, Bci S and tea in
tie pantry, and Lobody need ever know but
what | had enough always, an there's ten
cents i'll my purse too She laughed q
feeble Laugh of gladness.
Then she went to tho old hair trunk in
the corner and took out her savings bank
book Ten dollars there still! She
scrawled feebly Oh an old piece of paper.
For my burying." and laid it with the
book on the table; then she sat down in
the o d chair and fell asleep.
Miss Prissy! Miss PIi5sy! O, Miss
Prissy wake up! I've got something 70,
you! Won't you speak to me? It's Mary
Mary Don't you know me? Mary you
used TO give the ginger-cakes to. Miss
pnssy! Delr Miss Prissy!"
1t is useless, Miss Mary; she will never
wake again. But what is IT that is lying,
"Inasmuch as We did 1t not?"
I'VE therefore commit her holy to the
grave, in the hope of a glorious reSurrec-
ton" hut all through the Lur;al service
rang those words, Ina much as We did il
mott was a-hungeieI and We gave me nc
! meat And the answer of the town
Sealed proposals for the keeping of the
town poor, the contract to be awarded tC
tn lowest bidder"