The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1891-10-25
large, brown and much the worse for


heavy toll.
I Rebecca's determination to bestow a
| certain measure Of affection upon hen
father was sorely tried during the first
meal. She was shocked to see him use
his knife in the transfer of food from bis
plate to his mouth and to hold his fork
as if it was the left drumstick. The old
gentleman did not daily with the meal
either, and ii was very busy fifteen
minutes from ssart to finish. When he
finally laid down his weapons of attack,
leaned back in his chair and proceeded
to pick his teeth with rye straw, his
daughter began to wonder il it were alb
solutely necessary under all circum-
stances for a child TO venerate its father.
Night not the duty be fulfilled by a be-
stowal Of full measure upon the mothers
She believed she would hays no difficulty
in even going little further and learn
ing to really love that dear, homelike old
lady wee bit; that awe inspired mother
who was so busy waiting on the table
and taking such extreme care that hel
daughter should not miss any of the
good things the table contained.
Another pleasure helped to counterfeit
the effect produced by Buggs pere's I'm
civilized manners. She saw with some
establishment that the hired man handled
his fork, although it had but two tines,
with the ease and correctness of good
breeding. There was nothing in his con-
duct during the repast to which she
could object, unless it was his total
silence and strict attention to the supper.
That evening hertrunks were brought
home and sent into the great wide hall.
As the shadows Of night fell, darkness
seemed to descend upon her heart. Oh,
what feeling of loneliness came oven
heri Her parents seemed to be afraid I'd
speak to her and found something to oc-
cupy their time until nine o'clock, when
Mr.. Buggs pulled off his boots on the
porch, said II guess I'll go to roost" and
disappeared up the narrow, creaking
stairs
And then her mother appeared with a
lighted candle and guessed that Rebecca
must be tired after her long journey and
would like to 90 to bed. Rebecca could
not utter q word in reply. But she
silently arose and followed the old lady
to the spare room. Mrs. Bugs set down
the candle, kissed the girl on the cheek,
and as she was departing said:
.sI'll have late breakfast tomorrow
on purpose, SO you can sleep as long as
you like. You shall not be called afore
six o'clock.
Not before six o'clock And this to a
girl whose school bonr for arisiY,4 .v,,s
an hour later.
What a desolate looking. miserable
room it was. The light of the tallow
candle was inst enough to disclose its
baroness. The naner curtain was not
long enough nv a foot TO reach the sill
and as the room was on the lower floor
Rebecca found it convenient to extin.
guish the feeble fame before she pre-
nared 70 retire. Her next discovery
was not cheering: there were no fasten.
ings TO the windows. nothing to keen
robbers out Of her room No means Of
preventing them from coming in and
stealing her diamond earrings and gold
watch Poor child she did NOT lrno.p
that there had been nothing in that
township for Ave years worth turnino
kew upon. or which would tempt a thief
TO lift a sash or omen door.
But of This she was unbannilv ipno-
rant. and sba hid the Jewels under the
rag Garnet over near the six story bureau
before she climbed nj, into the old fash
toned bed which her mother broueht all
the way from Pennsylvania. and which
had been part of Rebecca's maternal
grandmother's wedding outfit. We
speak adyisedly when we saw that she
climbed mn into il: for be il remembered
that Rebecca Bucgs was not diyinely
tall. and the level of the patch Guilt.
which served instead Of a spread. formed
a plane on a level with her fourth rib.
If the trutI, mustbe told the last act this
girl did before retiring was to indulge
in ! sl;gbt iunon which landed her on the
edge of the bed, and when she had com
posed herself for the night she lay in a
depression, after the style of hammock.
1t was a cord" bed. and the cords had
.sswagged." All this she learned from
her mother next day.
Once in bed she laughed, then she
cried, after which she said her PRAYERS
and went to sleep.
AT the breakfast table next fnornino