The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1890-08-13
The Angel side.

slrs. forbes WIS newcomer in >l1itl
vile. This little town With a few hun
dred inhabitants had It's lFessmaker, its
tailoress. and seamstresses Of minor abb
! ity, who went the rornIs Of the families
that hired their sewing done. There
were three or four girls in Mrs. Eorbes's
family, and dressaiakine il sgving and
fall vas cutie q serious business
Il suppose there is no help for it, I, said
sIrs. Forbes u her eldest daughter,
Mary eve must get Miss wilkins to
come and help Is about our dressmaking
and now We shall know All abous every
body, all the backyard histories Of our
neighbofs, Who's got a new dress, ard
who's bad an old dress made over, and
in dne course all our neighboTs viii learn
about Is. the details of our housekeeping,
what kind Of a table we ses every day,
and all such bis Of orr history as Hiss
Wilkins may DO able to piece together
( while she is here"
~We've nothing to be ashamed Of, re-
piled Mary, in the way we live or IN our
history. ~If ~fe are mol mislepresented,
Pm not afraid
II dred these women that sew in faul-
lilies" said Mrs Forbes. ont veil make
the b. Of it."
In due course, prompt as 20 DAY and
hour Of her engagement, Miss Wilkins
canie. She was Of ample SIZE and rather
imposing presence, as conscious that her
family was one Of the Oldest and best in
Smithgille, though now decayed as 70
wealth, elss had she lived by other
means than her needle. She knew every
man, woman and child in the village,
and the antesceden;s Of most of them
The larger paTf Of the robes that lay un-
der the sod in the new graveyard bad
been fashioned by her def fingers. Not
many bridal dresses had been made dur
Ing her time but she bad had a hand IN
their making. and this WAS how she
talked
"FEas 8Irs. Bangs called on you yet
You'll fnd her very nice woman. She
doesn't look half as good rs she is She
is the kindest person in sickness you ever
saw, and she gives . great deal to the
poor"
@Yonr neighbors over the way, I guess
you'll ike them. Mr. Bargesa isn't a
professor, bat his wife IS and he helps
the church along, and a jusier man never
liked he's as straight as string"
Now. there was an awful skeleton in
Mr. Burgess family, but Miss Wilkins
didn't saw word about it. she didn't
understand skeletons. perhaps She
didn't tell them anything at al about
the elegant robes she made the week be- I
fore for Mrs. Caxtoa 10 wear when she
vent to SARATOGA. She didn't even alluae /
TO the scandal that sst AZ the village gos-
sips to wagiyilg their tongues the week
bef,re She did tel all about the old
minister Of her ehureE. Nhs had died
short time before, and how teEderlv his
daughter had .ainissesed to him in his
declining years; how litsie Tommy STE
vens got run over and how the village
doctor tnos him to Lis own house and
treated him tn his brosen leg was all
sound again. She told 3Irs. Forbes if
she ever wanted nice landry work done
Tommys mother would DO q. for her and /
give satisfaction. She had word ofap-
probation FOR Carrie Stokes, who was
working out and saving up money to 90 I
to school ana prepare herself ior a
teacher.
When Mss wilkins got through at
Mrs. FOTbes's and went 70 the next place I
there was not one word that Mrs Forbes I
conld recall that reflected unfavorably on +
her feilow townsmen. She had seemed /
to see every eof them on the angel {
side.
Nov. dear reader. this Is no. fancy
sketch. Miss wilkins Is a woman of iesh /
and blood, thoush She does not bear that /
name, and she carries with her every +
where aa atmosphere OF grace, mercy /
and peace. -Clriaiaa 8drocrt.