Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1890-02-19

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keeping dutiek
I1would - diGRcult TO put into words
ths pangs which this sacrifice cost me.
Pefhaps son4 reader who hrs passed
thFos9h the Same heart ordeal may com
pFshsnd them. Al I'll events, / rose
early the next morning, and prepared
The daintiest breakfast / knew how TO
cook.
@Thee 81 : good h~ousekeeper,
Hannah said Aunt Vashti, with m APP
proving nod, o. she took her seat at. the
table and glanced around the sunshiny
littls room, where the canary sang and
the window glass shone like diamond
sheets.
ran after my husband when he
started for his Office and overlook him
on the stairs.
Miles, said I. .Ive been wrestling
with the evil spirit within me-"
Il saw that something troubled yon,
Pnss,s he answered, kindly stroking my
hair.
4But I'm conquered / whispered.
I'll give mp the German translations,
and devote myself to making Won happy.
And I'll be very, very good TO Aunt
Vashti.r
He stopped over and kissed me. MY
Eown good little girl" said lie.
That was reward enough for me.
Miles was not q very great talker, but
every word he uttered carried weight
with IL.
/ trimmed the wicker chair with rib
hons, md bought some chintx in pretty
shades Of olive and maroon to make chr
tains for Aunt vashti's room. As | Va
henming them the old m herself
came in.
thee Is making my room very pretty,
Hannah" said she
Il want TO make it seem like home,
Aunt vashti,S ! answered smilingly.
thee is kinder to me than my nephew
Thomas wife. or ever my own niece
Corisande, in the city Of Chicago. I
might almost fancy thee was my daugh-
ter. But lisisn, Hannah: / am but O
pilgrim aud o stranger here in this
great wicked Babel OF New York. / am
on my why to settle in Vermont, where
there is . little colony of Friends we'll
known to me. And / have not been
altogether truthful with thee and Miles,
my child, though l have in no case
sullied my lips with a falsehood."
@Not truthful. Aunt Vashti?' / Mt
tered.
4Not altogether, my child, / said; il
has pleased Thomas, Corisande aud
Miles, ell three OF them, to imagine
why / know not--that l was very poor.
l do not deny that in my days I have
suffered poverty; but Of late the little
garden that / owned in the suburb OF
81. Louis has been cut up into city lots
and purchased Of me at o price that
seems little short OF marvellous in my
ey o.. When I unite with 4 colony Of
Friends Of which I spoke to thee o few
hundred dollars will be all that I shall
require. Here in this banA-book is the
residue Of my little fortune. Thee is
welcome TO il, Hannah-thee and Miles
for thee was ready TO welcome me, Is
thee believed, in poverty, and to share
thy scrip and thy crust cheerfully with
me-"
But, Aunt Vashti, I can't take It'll"
.Thee will have to, Hannahl Thee
cannot help myself! As for me, l shall
rejoice TO be rid Of the drOss!" said
Aunt Vashti, calmly.
In the handbook there was an ac-
count Of 4 little over five hundred dol
lars. In vain was Miles protest-in
vain my remonstrances. For quiet OBJ
stinacy ] do believe : Quakeress excels
the world. She went to her Colony Of
Friends" like a nun disappearing into a
convent, but she left her gold behind,
greatly to the disgust Of Corisande and
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas.
Neither did we break mp housekeep-
ing. The next day after Aunt yashtis
departure l received q letter from the
publisher, suggesting that / should take
the literary work home to do. 1t was
contrary 70 his usual practice, he said,
but he approved my methods, and was
willing in my case to make IN excep-
tion. So ! got the chance to carr .
little money Of my own, after all--and I
did . good deal Of solid work between
the intervals Of pudding making and
mince meat manufacture. And Miles
contrived to tide over the season of
financial calamity. aud We have . snug
little sum laid away against a rainy day,
and all because
Miles says il is because I am such .
good little wife. But / think it is be-
cause ! made up my mind to accept the
duty nearest to my hand-as represented
by Aunt Vashti-i Instead of having my
own way in the exact shape that I
wanted it.
And when we once make up our minds
to give things to the Lord it is surpris-
ing what good care He takes OF us.