Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1889-07-19
SOMETHING SUITABLE.
BY E. B. W.

mere Is your llElbaBlOn aB ldSJs
Margaret" Mrs. barton exclaimed, as
she pushed open the door of the kitchen,
where her youngest daughter sat by the
table peeling and sIicing the apples her
sister Mary was converting, with dough
and paste-cutter, into substantial tarts
for half-a-dOzen hungry schOOl-bOys.
"Hurrahp and Margaret jOyfully
waved above her head a long, ribbon
like strip of green and crimson peel.
This Is good news, mamma! Bless
ings light on Aunt Bessie for remem-
bering me, though she has been long
time about it"
"Three weeks" said Mrs. DartOn,
smiling at her daughters enthusiasm.
at is no more since she landed in
England, and I met her at Gravesend.
She accounts in this note for her
silence. Business detained her in Lon
don for a week, since when she has been
looking for a house She has been adj
vised to take one on the south coast till
she and her daughters are hardened to
our changeable climate; so many years
in India makes them dread an English
winter"
Margarets face heightened.
is Aunt Bessie going to bury her
self In the country? I thought-that
is 1 hOped-she would settle near
town"
"She has decided on a house at Tor
quay; but, as it will not be ready for
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! Dehcious!" calculated Mar
garet, springiing 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 a lucky girl I am
to have rich aunt, gOod-natured
enough to give me such a delightful
change! There's one drawback, and
that is leaving home. Why doesn't
she invite you too, mother dear, and
Mary?"
As if I could leave papa and the
bOysi" cried Mrs. DartOn
Cor as if I could be spared" added
Mary. At fve-and- twenty one feels
too sober for much holiday making.
1 shall have a days blackberry-p picking
with the youngsters, and go to the
cathedral town for the choral festival,
and to the park for the annual picnic
of the tOwnspeOple; and that is all the
dissipation 1 care for"
Query. Shall be as content, at
twenty-five, as my sister ?" asked
Margaret, demurely, Perhaps ]
shall, if have an amiabIe young
curate to strengthen my resolves with
his praises. Don't blush, Mary, and
don't menace me with such a danger.
Gus weapon. 1t might fly out of yOul
hand, and I could not go to aunt Bes.
sizes with a bruised cheek or a black
eye. By the way, what day am I to
start ?"
'Next Monday. Her maid viii meet
you at Kings Cross"
and / shall say adieu to the fats Oh
Cambridgeshire for one short, sweet
too heeting month But oh, mother
dear, the great question Of all has yet
to be discussed. What am to wear
I should not like to go shabby; but
know you viii not be Justified in asking
papa for money just as he has been al
such heavy expense in aricling VIII
to Messrs. StapyltOn."
Its all right, replied Mrs. Darton
cheerfully. your Aunt Bessie thought
of this before I did and promised tC
send you something suitable to wear. 81
Margaret WINGED, for she was young
and proud.
"It's very kind of her." she muir.
INJURED, slowly; "but it makes me fee
like a pauper."
Il 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
tage of his time and talents, and en-
abled her to get possession of some
property withheld by a very knavist
attorney. Papa positively refused tt
be paid for his services, and she re
members this, and rejOices to requitt
him through his children. She /:
going to send Maurice to college as
soon as he is old enough. I am sc
thankful; for a country doctor, with {
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, I shall love he
dearly. And now to commence prepa
rations for my journey. Don't laugh
Mistress Mary; there is great dea
to be done. When q ladv's WARDROBE,
is a limited one, it is necessary to max,
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 al
dressmaking in right earnest,
Mrs. barton referred to the note sh,
held In her hand.
81 forgot to look for a postscript
Oh. here it isl Listen to it. I Sc
Iected two or three things for your lit
tie girl when I was doing my owl
shopping, and ordered the parcel to b.
sent off to you directly"
"And here comes Carrier Cripps witt
1T" exclaimed Margaret, with ski
and a Jump. How can you go on
Mary, so placidly Tolling out paste