The Delaware City news. (Delaware City, Del.) 188?-18??, 1889-03-21

our cousin Lucy, come TO live With us.
Take her in now and take care of her;
she is tired, poor thingl"
"Surely have fallen among friends, :"
thought Lucy. As she sat in the little
grotto, formed by Richards hands and
covered with honey-suckles and other
vines, she reiterated this sentiment.
She was soon Joined by MA" 10 whom
her heart had gone out in love, and
who evidently reciprocated to the full
est extent, to whom she said: "Mary,
dear, l have much to say to you and
many questions 10 ask. You must bear
with me and answer all my questions,
not one of which shall be propounded
from mere idle curiosity. Will you
promise me2"
"Why, certainly, you dear little mid
get. Why should not2"
Shortly each was fully acquainted
with the history of the other, and Lucy
knew all she wished concerning her
cous MS.
Aunt" SAID Lucy, a day or two
later, "you know was an only child.
AS such, while mamma lived, much
money was lavished upon me, and /
had clothes enough to supply good
sized family. AL were preserved from
my little girlhood up. L have them
still, on storage in the city. ask your
permission to bring them here for dis
trlbution among my little cousins.
May l?'
Certainly my dear. if you wish. !"
A greateful kiss was given and re-
ceived.
81 shall pay visit TO the city, then,
tomorrow, and may be gone several
days. have an especial favor to ask
Il W; mt to take Mary with me. May
Ipr
Mrs. Redding hesitated. A visit to
the city implied considerable outlay,
and every dollar that could be spared
now was being put aside TO prepare a
suitable outfit for Lizzie, who was to
be married to Will fremont, scion Of a
wealthy and refined family near by,
just as soon as she could be supplied
with it. Modest it must be, but, how
ever plain, it would cause great deal
Of financiering and economizing and
deprivation on the part of the whole
family. Yet no one demurred, except
"Madcap" Lizzie herself. The we'd
ding had once been put off by the girl
simply because of the inability of Mrs.
Redding to prepare her, and from
''Madcap," Lizzie had become almost
demure in consequence.
"There shalfbe no more twisting and
turning, scfmping and screwing, to
please Ms. Tremont's people," she had
said. "Will can take me as am, with
out wedding or wedding outfit, or
leave me. Mamma. we are too poor"
"Hush, my child. Will would be
only too glad to take you as you are,
but have some pride"
And SO the wedding WIS ''tO be, -
but when no one definitely knew.
"Will says not later than September,
and it Is now july" said Lizzie, in Il
burst of confidence, to Lucy Ames.
The visit to the city was a thing of
the past. -Four big trunks had return
ed with the two girls, and the cousins
had been made rich indeed frcm the
contents.
Two of them, with their contents en-
tire, were turned over to Mrs. Redding.
"These were dear mammals things,
and only you, dear auntie, can have
them. 1 never expected 10 find any
one worthy to wear dear mammals
things; but cheerfully give them all
to you. Please wear what you can, fer
my sake"
Very valuable were the articles all.
Mrs. Redding hesitated, but, remem-
bering that Lucy could never turn
them into money, she reluctantly ac-
cepted them.
And now, auntle dear, | have one
confession TO make and one other favor
to ask. Is 1t granted?"
"Really, don't know that 1 ought
TO grant any more favors."
"But you will, know. just this once
will you not?" the young girl pleaded,
with her arms about her aunt's neck
and her eyes looking up into her aunt's.
There was no resisting her, aud so
the promise was given.
''Auntle, what though l am not the
poor orphan you took to your heart and
home, do you care much? And sup
pose l wanted to get married to real
nice, unobjectlonable young man and
wanted the wedding here? And sup
pose, when in the city, had COM
plete wed ling outfit prepared, with
Mary's assistance in the selection of
the articles? And suppose they oc-
cupy three large trunks, would you
care?"
"Poor Richard" groaned the aunt.
She could not help it. She had read
Richards secret. She would have given
all she possessed, could she recall those
two words, they told of Richards love.
The blood mounted to Lucy's brow,
and her face and neck were scarlet.
''Poor Rlchard!" size said. "Dear
Richardl dear mother, congratulate
me?" Her head went down in her
aunt's lap and tears dropped from the
eyes of both.
''He should lave told his MOTHER"
said Mrs. Redding, sorrowfully, us
though she realized that she was first
no longer.
"lIe only told me last evening" said
the girl, ''and is going to tell you 10
night"
"And your wedding trosseau pur-
chased?"
"Oh, aunt, " laughed tie young girl,
"dont you know that dear little Lizzie
is just my size, and that she is wearied
with hope deferred? You Will let her
cousin provide just this once, will you
not?"