Nevada County picayune., 1891-01-15

Leave the house at once, and do not presume to ask for either wages or reference from me. 1 consider that am treating you with extreme kind ness in not sending for the police man"
 Pearl went home, feeling as if she were in a dreadful dream. Her sit nation was gone, and without refer. ence how could she expect to get an other? And who would find wood or fire for Katie!"
 The elder sister listened to Pearls piteous tale with dismay, but she put the bravest possible front upon it.
 Don't sob so, Pearl" she soothed. "We shall not starve; something will happen to protect us, dear, don't be afraid. Who is that Mrs. Nippert is talking to outsider"
 "It's me-Janie Vail" said a checry, cordial voice, "with some apples and homemade jelly. Joe, my brother, says you are his friends. I may come in, mayn't r."
 And Jamie entered, rosy and smil ing, with refreshing air of the country about her.
 "Oh, yes," said she, nodding her head and glancing about the room, so cold, so cheerless, so neat, mo body can expect to get well, boxed up in the city like this. The good woman outside tells me that the doc tor recommends country air. 1 think, Miss Fairplay, that if you will visit my mother at the farm for month, we sha'n't know you when you come back. hope you like the country. Joe does. It's Joc's high est ambition to sometime buy nice farm of his own. As for the little girl there," nodding her head at Pearl, "she can come and stay with mo while you are gone, if she don't want to lose her place at the bonnet store."
 Pearl hung her head.
 "I have no place DOW to lose" said she. ''I was discharged to- day"
 Just then there was the sound of solid footsteps on the stairs and hard breathing, as if the steep locomotion was a decided effort-and in trudged Miss Thorburn.
 "Is this Pearl Playfair's place! 7" panted she. DO people hereabouts live at the top of creation? Bless me, where's the fire? Is this sick girl your sister,"
 Pearl shrank back, growing very pale.
 "Hayc you come toto arrest mc?' she gasped.
 My dear, it's all right" said the abese milliucr, beginning to recover her breath. Miss Densel's two little sisters came right back in the carriage, crying as hard as they could. They had heard what hard luck you had, and they confe. sed- dear little things that it was all their fault. It seems they were look ing at the bonnet iu the dining-room and a cut-glass flask of oil was somehow upset--and they were hor- ribly frightened, and meant to keep it secret; but when they heard Miss Densel's story, they couldn't bear to think that you were blamed, and owned up at once. So Pve come all the way, my dear, to let you know. And you must come back at once, for it's our busiest time, and you can have Miss Daters place in the show room-Miss Dater's going to be mar ried-at two dollars week more. And you mustn't mind what l sad to you when was vexed; for an old wonan's tongue can't always be held responsible. Ha, ha, ha!'
 "Oh, l am so happy! so thank full" gasped Pearl, while Mrs. Thorburn trotted around 10 the side of Katie's bed, to ask her string of kind, motherly questions, whose trend they understood better an hour later, when basket of fruit arrived from the nearest grocery, a cold roast fowl from the restaurant, and a pail of oysters from the iishmonger.
 "How good people are-how very good!" said Katie. And 1 was just beginning to think that heaven had forgotten us,
 She was we'll enough, under the sunshine of all this kindly remem- brance, to go to the Vail homestead within a very few days. Jamie ac-