Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1890-05-29

Inc cnurcn meeting OrOKc up SUD-
denly, the sentiment which Mis- Hose,
Blodgett expressed being apparently
the sentiment of all-that she should
have died in five minutes ifshe couldn't
have got out where she could talk it
over.
Don't talk to me about that girl"
exclaimed Miss Nancy Perkins with
deep feeling. There never was Il
man that it took so much faculty to
get as The minister"
and she wouldn't have him? De-
pend upon it,there' smore in that than
meets the eye. She's deep said Mis-
1cha bod.
"What do you think Mis- Moses
Gregg whispered to me in meeting'?'
said Mis- Hosea Blodgett. "She saws
Pamely sells the pictures she paints
for mOney-sends 'em off to
the city. And. besides supporting
her and ketury' she's a .going to
pay off the mortgage on the farm"
II hain't never been sorry that l
was brought up to work" said Mis-
lchabod. "Nanity and folly may pros
per for n season, but we all know
where the downward path ends. 1t
Pamcly Semple hadn't been sent away
to that academy she might have been
as likely and well-behaved as any
girl in Brimblecom-if she hadn't
any faculty"
And with these remarks Mis- Icha-
bod withdrew herself from the coun-
Gil.
On the even tenor of her way went
Pamela, working early AMI late with
her brush, and before long n report
found its way to Brimblecom that
she was considered n remarkable
artist. and some things were evident
to BrlmblecOm senses: the mortgage
was being paid off, the crops were in
prosperous condition, and old
keturah was renewing her youth.
Brimblecom began to be proud of
Pamela. 1t almost forgot that it
had ever been afraid she would be-
come pauper. Nobody seemed to
remember that she had been thought
to have no faculty-nobody but the
committee.
One or two persons We're actually
heard to say that it was a pity she
wouldn't marry Mr.. Stockbridge, but
perhaps she had no right to look
higher than the rest of the Brimble-
com girls. Mis- Ichabod always
shook her head with mysterious
meaning when Pamela was mention
ed, and said grimly, Chem that live
longest will see most
One day triumph came to Mis-
1chabod.
The committee were in the post
oftice-Mis' Ichabod and Mis- Hosea
Blodgett We're often so kind as to as
sist Miss Nancy Perkins in asserting
the mail-when in it came Mrs. Dea-
con Simmons, who was fat and scant
Of breath, and in such state of ex-
element that the committee had, all
and severally to fan her vigorously
before her news could be extracted.
Don't you think, as true as I'm
Twin woman and not corpse, as I
might expect to be hearin' such up
settin' things and hurryin' So"
$50 on, go on! don't lose your
breath!' cried the committee, in
chorus, tanning vigorously. "We'll
never breathe it to a soul"
"Oh, it's all over Brimblecom.
That good-for-nothing cretur, Ben
Seaverns, has come back, without
hardly so much as a coat to his back,
and the rheuL. attic fever. Been cast
away on a dee 1T island, and eat up by
canerbals 'most-which nobody can't
say wa n t exactly like him-and moth.
ing but skin and bones, and the doctor
says most likely won't never be good
for anything again, not to mention
that he never was. And Pamely's
took him in. and she and ketury is
a-nussin' him up. And that isn't
the worst of it; the minister went up
and married 'em. She's Cook that
good-for-nothin' cretur to take care
OF for hfe--her that might q had the
minister!''
"They never got me to believe that
she had any faculty." said Mis-
Ichabod.