Nevada County picayune., 1890-01-29

.' Crls?" reasoned Mrs. Dollard "Thcy'll marry, of course"
 "Is it of course?'" said Myra thoughtfully.
 "Mr. Roper is very attentive to .Jeannie, and Capt. Stafford calls here quite regnlarly-we think it is to sec Marian--and the Falkney girls, with the handsome brother, are always sending for Adelaide to spend the i day with them. You see. 1t is essen. tial, in such a circle as this, to keep up their social position"
 ''Even if yon and father are worked to death!" said Myra, satir- l icallv.
 Mrs. Dollard sighed deeply.
 II don't see any help for it." said she.
 "But l dol" cried Myra, her big gray eyes shining. II didn't come back home to hang myself like a sixth dead weight around father s neck; and if you won't let me send Bridget away and take her place"
 "My dear child, you would utterly lose your chances for good match by any such proceeding!'
 "Nonsense," said Myra, laughing. "If, say, in that case I'll go to be a type writer or book-folder. or some such business. :"
 Myra Dollard was as good as her word She entered her name at the nearest employment agency and set herself diligently to work to find something to do. The five sisters were scandalized past all description.
 And Dollard is such an uncom- mon name" said Adelaide. "Peo- pie will be sure to identify her with us."
 Il won't own her as sister" !" said Marian, indignantly.
 II don't think cried Eugenia, ''that mamma ought to allow it -
 And with one accord the five Dol lard girls sent their sister to Con- ventry.
 Father, said Myra, coming home one evening with d radiant face, II have got such nice situation :! Through Mrs. Hartcome's office"
 "A situation, my dear? What kind of situation!'
 Housekeeping, father."
 "Pm afraid, Myra, your sisters won't like that. .''
 "rhat's very likely, father" said the partridge, struggling her shoul- ders. But I'm going to be house. keeper all the same, in Dr. Vivian s Saniiacium. Mrs. Vivian is an inva- ld. vou sec, and lives q, the sea side-and I'm to take entire charge of everything, with six servants un- der my orders. To receive the lady patients, you know, and take the head of the table, and keep the ac- counts and give out the linen, and all that sort of thing-and l am to re- ceive twenty-five dollars a month. and I'm sure, father. can spare you twenty each month. It will pay Bridget's wages, and help with that outrageous laundry bill,"
 My dear" said Mir. Dollard, his spectacled eyes moist with tears, "vou are heroine'
 The five sisters, however, took q different view of affairs. In their eyes Myra had degraded not only herself but her family. And just as Harper Dale had begun to show some interest in Nell, the family beauty and Harper Dale's sister was under Doctor Nivian's care for diseased hip joint.
 "He'll be sure to hear all about it." said Nell, bursting into tears, ''and then of course he'll despise me {! oh, how dreadful it all is l''
 II wish Myra had stayed up in Rhode Island, said Adelaide, with a flash of her eyes.
 'I don't think !" exclaimed Jean- nie, that mamma ought to touch that housekeeping money of Myra' V
 My dears," said Mir. Dollard, "you don't know how hard your mother has to work, while you girls are enjoying yourselves upstairs. "
 Hateful thing.' interjected Ma rian. 'She has set even our own father against us! !'
 But in spite of whispered innuendo and boldly spoken scorn. Myra kept on the even tenor of her way, earn ing wages like any charwoman," as