Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1890-07-10

dlsagreeable position for sensitive and
ligh-minded girl, and it had come at
last to be uncomfortable.
'Florence!.'
Mrs. Grcnman was ready to 90.
Well said her companion.
I shall repeat this conversation to
Paul. l tell you, that you may he pre-
pared to meet the consequences
Il am prepared for anything but rags
and 1ags,' Julia her sister replied, and
| beg you to believe that | should not
have rc.made your cast off garments so
long if it had not been for keeping the
peace. Let me tell you what else am
willing to do.
You say that some Of the costumes |
have made from the dresses you have
finished wearing haye been very pretty
and stylish. I will hold myself ready
to make over the best Of them for you
to wear again. and I will do it III my
best manner
'And be paid for it?'
Certainly like any other good dress
maker
IT, you were not a perfect simplcton
you would marry Luke Hardness, Mrs.
Grenman burst out anew. Then you
would have an establishment equal to
your sisters, and there would not be
such Il horrible inequality III our sta
ton as now
marry Luke Hardness 7 said Miss
Annablc, with the first touch Of hauyh.
tiness she had shown. a man old
enough to be my grandfather, as deaf as
a post and as bald us an ancient Amer.
lean eagle? | would go out as a cook
or housemaid first. Yes, Julia, if the
choice were given me Of marrying that
man or digging my own grave, with the
understanding that was to ump into
it when completed, l would chose the
latter alternative with gratitude.'
And you wish me to understand that
you will not play for one Of my parties
again unless you are paid for it?
Mrs. Grenmans hand was on the
knob Of the door as she asked this ques,
ton.
I wish you to understand that do
not regard your old velvet and silk
gowns as a far equivalent for my ser
vices as chief musician said Anuabie.
Aud also that | not only believe with
the Bible that the 'laborer is worthy OF
his hlre,' but that labor is eminently
respectable.
The departingguest' twist Of the door
knob was nothing less than yicious.--
Florence, who knew her sister perfectly
understood tina. the breach between
them now would be hard one to bridge
Work was II degradation, in the opE
ion OF her own near relatives. But II
was not so for her. There were two
ways in which she knew she could earn
u generous support. One was by hel
taste and ability III designing costumes
1T is wicked to keep you at the piano
Miss Annable, when We all know yol
arc so tond of dancing, but no one plays
us you do her friends were constantly
saying.
Now why, she asked herself, will
this available talent in her possession
should she not earn some money, anc
in businesslikc and open and abov,
board manner, as men termed 1t? Miss
Annable was unable to see why she
should be idle and wear her sisters
cast off clothes any more than the mal
who had Il room across the corrldol
should be idle and wear his rich broth.
er's rags and jass."
This question of the utilization O.
talent had been logically met and set
tied good while before, but the him
dranccs in the way Of putting hen
theories into practice had been hard t,
overcome. Ter sisters had aimed higl
and brought down their game. 1t was
no more than fair that she should tic
the same, her relatives had frequently
told her, instead OF occupying the fourth
story back in crowded boarding house
and making them Il world OF trouble III
explaining and eXcusins her auomaIous
position. Their frequent assert ions that
sister Florence was exceedingly peculiar
and could not be induced to make Il
home with either of her relatives, were
IN the main true. Miss Arnable could
have made herself useful in either OF
these establishments, but her liberty
was far too precious to ieopardlze by
any such arrangement. Here in the
sky parlor certain hours of each day
were her own, her very own.
A few hours later Miss Annable WAS
driving in the park with some friends
She passed both of her sisters, and THEN
recognition, though calculated to deceive