Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-08-20

Mr llor>eley, at the breakfast table was
reading the stock quotations ~ his wife,
who always took an sifcc, ionate. II vague.
Interest IN Ei> business. suddenly a. his
eye roN,d oScr the paper, it lgh;ened
Aha good Listen to this. Kiuy The
alumni Of The class OF 50 nv class YOU
know, twenty five wears back vii hold a
I, Union At the university next month.
There viii De Il banquet. speeches, etc
We'll" folding the paper, I'm glad Of
that. Shall like Ia see the BOYS a.ain.
Some of them have been very successful" "
None more tAan yourself, John"
NO, probably not"
The rich banker nodded 'houghtfu',y.
He was not purse proud man. still he
had given twenty wears OF hi life to mon
ey making. and, naturally Ne fully appre-
Ci4tcd the value Of money.
I've not done badly he said. There :
Tom Hare, too. Tom is the head Of the
largest wheat syndicate in Illinois. and
Cariidou--h- i the president Of railroad
Dumont is United States judge, nice little
competency. The boys have done well by
Themselves = most Of them
Except poor viii Morgan, said Mrs
/ Huree!cy with sigh
Yes, yes. Well, Morgan was ob-,i-
nate Kitty. He has himself to thank for
all his troubles. When he left college |
said 10 him
You have few hundred dollars. 50
( nave |. mean to invest mine in waste
land in Northern Liberties. Go in with
me Il can be bought for a song but the
town Is going out that way. In ten wears
/ cut up the land into lots and We shall be
/ rich men He saw the truth Of it. Nor
gaus no fool. But he said i must have
that money to educate me for the minis
try and into the ministry he went
bought the land aud-here we are.
honor Morgan. Hes u high principleC
fellow But
Mrs. Horseley was silent for few min
ntes Then she said, Il suppose Will can
not afford to come to this reunion:"
No, indeed. He has lite missionar,
church among the coal-miners at six hun
dr,d year, He has five children"
Poor Bessy. He married Elizabetf
Wynn, you know. She was dear frenc
of mine, delicate and fastidious girl
John!"
Yes, my dear"
Why can We not ak VIII and his wifi,
10 this reunon-here, to stay at the house
Buy the railway tickets to-day, and let N,
write and enclose them in a letter"
"A good dea! ! I'm glad you thought o
it. Kitty. | shall be glad TO give littl
pleasure to the poor creatures"
As he was going out of the door b,
stopped.
They'll be very shabby, you know
They'll look queer among other guests,
he said
'That matters nothing to me" said Kit
ty, loftily. My social position does no
depend upon the clothes which my guest
wear
But when, week or two later. the poo
clergyman and his wife arrived. she wa
startled out of her usual calm complacen
cy.
They have the pinched, wan faces O
people who never have enough to eat,
she said to her husband. "Bessy's cow
is one of her wedding dresses. She look
as if she had come out of the ark. An
the MERGERS and Townes are coming to din
ner to night. Something must be done q
once."
"What does it matter. Morgan has beef
with me all day." said her husband mo
body thought worse of me because hi
overcoat was patched"
But Mrs. Horsely hurried out of tn
room. In few moments she tapped a
Mrs. Morgans chamber door. She carrie
pTetty uluDtT ufcss. IL NdS IdD t8Stlc8il
trimmed and little soiled.
"Bess, dear, We used to be just the sam
size. Won't you wear this for me?"
Mrs. Morgan glanced at the gown an
then at her friends face.
Il would prefer to wear my own, Kit
ty," she said coldly, unless you very muc
wish it."
Il do wish it. Some people are comm,
for dinner
II understand. will wear it."
Mrs. Horseley laid down the dress an
fingered uncomfortably. II meant to b
kind, Bessy," she said.
The tears stood in Mrs. Morgan's gentl
eyes.
Il know" she said. This pride
wicked in me. suppose. / am used +
taking old clothes at home from strangers
But you've were girls together, you know
and equals. And now to think you hav
to clothe me that | may not disgrace yo
in the eyes of your friends. 1t hurts"
The visit of the Morgans lasted week
1t was the first tine that they had come t,
their old home since their marriage sixteel
years ago.
I'VE never could afford it," Mr.. Morgan
said to his host the morning Of his arrival
sIf we ever saved dollar or two it va