Nevada County picayune., 1890-03-05

be crossed, or l might 'leaVe the money out of the family"
 Poor little Sadie She had not one mercenary thought in her pure little heart; but she was so afraid of me so terrified lest she should offend the family "ogre,' that l gave up the attempt to win her. and she drifted out of my life for many long years l knew that she was at boarding school, but I knew very lit tie more.
 1t was ten years ago, one fearfuIly stormy evening in January, blowing, showing, freezing, when Jane came in to me, her wrinkled old face pale with horror, her hand trembling.
 .'Or, Mr. Wardour, come into the kitchen" she pleaded, flor the love of Heaven '
 1 started at once, thinking the water pipes had sprung leak, or the snow had broken through the roof, for Jane was apt to be very dramatic on very small provocation.
 But my own old heart seemed to stand still when I saw stretched up- on the floor what seemed to be a dead woman. Her clothes were frozen upon her, her face cold and white, and her eyes closed. Every thing she wore was of the costiest material, but ruined by the sleet and snow.
 "Can you lift her!' asked Jane. "Ill put her in the spare room bed, and get her clothes off, sir, if you Il lift her"
 "Send Robert for doctor, first of all, ' l said, and then lifted the wo- men in my arms, strong yet, if they are old.
 Jane got off the wet clothing and put on some clean linen of her own before the doctor arrived, but we were long before we restored any life to the white face and rigid limbs.
 At last the large blue eyes that had been hidden hy the full white lids, were opened, and my strange visitor gasped:
 "Oh, Uncle Ralph, do not turn me out into the snow again!"
 It was Sadie!
 "Heaven bless the child!' said Jane. "Mr. Wardour wouldn't turn dog out such a night as this."
 But Sadie was sobbing hysterlcally, and it needed all my assurances of love and protection to quiet her. We gave her some warm wine, and she went to sleep after long fit of sob bing.
 The next morning, looking like a figure in masquerade in some of Jane's clothing, she came into hy room, where l kept my desk and ac- count books. She was terribly afraid of me, could see, but at last she fal- tered:
 "Oh, Uncle Ralph. if you will on- ly let me stay here little while, l will do any servants work for you. |"
 "Tell me how you came to seek me" !" l asked, as gently as l could, not daring to embrace her, as l longed to do, until I had conquered something of her terror for me.
 "Because l was starving. I've been wandering about two days and two nights, trying to get some work, or-or to beg something. l thought perhaps you would let me sew for you, or cook-after Jane teaches me. Bnt when l got into the kitchen I seemed to turn dizzy"
 But your father!"
 thought she was going to faint again, she grew so deadly white. She made movement as if she would run out of the room, but l held her.
 No. will not send for him."
 "I have left my father" she said, presently. Il thought l could take pare of myself. "Oh, how cruel the world is :"
 It inst crossed my mind that this child, couching at my feet, sobbing of the cruelty of the world, dressed in my servants clothing, was the sole heiress of two milionaires. But l only said;
 'In this cruel world, Sadie, there is one person that loves you fondly.' She lifted her face, actually trans figured by the blush upon her check. 1 But it dropped again as l added:
 More than one, perhaps, dear. But the one l mean is your grand mothers brother, your old great