Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1891-02-23

PRICE ONE CENT

suggested Alh. Amy.
@Wall. now, Mis- King. who'd We
s'pose would ever pay her way out
theresn
"You could. said Mis- King calmly.
The widow was woman OF means
@Sakes alivel@ screamed that pood
SOUL = lie We craxy9 I'll see nsyse'f help
that hu>sy. and she fairly y lluttered
with virtuous indignation. Il tell We
have enough given 60 foreign missions
without spending my cash on sech truck.
But here, here l must hurry. want
TO go 10 Bailey's. and Peck's, and Mrx
Subbs's, to tell 'em the news, and
away size hurried no doubt legretting
she could not so two ways at once.
Mis- King pushed her chair back from
the machine aud sat thinking SHE re-
membered Mandy Ransom--a slight
clip of girl with a sweet, mild, and
rosy face Dreadful that she must go
to the poorhouse IL she could only 20
to her uncle Ebenez r Ransom aud
his wife We're the salt of the earth, and
would do what was right by her.
It was a long way to Dakota. -
would take quite a sum of money TO 60
there. Cold weather was coming on
and the baby ought TO be warmly
| dressed
Mis- King looked up at the clock. An
hour yet before her good man would DO
home. In an hour she could walk TO
Seth Doolittle's. where Mandy was stay
ing, and hack again
It was vii |, black night and raining
torrents. but Mis- King did not h state
She folded Ter laid blanket shawl
over her stooning sho llders tied on her
musty black bonnet, and went into her
bedroom
When sic came out SHE was very pale
and her lips we're fir aly compre, sed.
She took down her failed cotton um-
brella, opened The door. and went out
into the nigh.
Four months later Il gang of burglars
went through ia ,ou try. and did not
scorn unpreientious 7 4 uky Corners.
The hamlet was il fsa,fuI state Of ex-
element. when one morning il Was dis
covered that several ouses had been
broken into
It was oae of those rare opportunities
| which cDl e only one or twice in u life
time. and the Widow Bean rose to meet
| it. Forth on her round size started, and
the first ell vas made at the postmast-
| er's house.
She found Mis- King paler than usual,
with heavy circles under her eyes. and
complaining of terrible headache. She
and her spouse had walSened that morn
ing from strange, heavy sleep, both
feeling very i'll iilieed
"Mebbe you was chloroformed. sug-
gested the widow. "au' robl ell +"
"Rol bed" repeated MS King.
%Yes; hain't ye heardl There was
burglars through here last night; they
broke into Stebbinses and Powerses
| an
Bit Mis- King heard no more. She
| pll he'd past lie cliattering widow into
l.er bedroom.
In moment size reappeared Her
| face "a haggard and drawn. She had
| growu old in those few seconds She
| cluiclied the widows arm as they stag
| gered into the kitchen.
"Stolenl she cried IN an awful voice.
and fell Fl; c, downward ut tile widows
feet
One year later there is great COM
motion on His Kings street. II even
extends b the cpr ers, and passing
events are discussed from cracker bar
reIs with due solenility. In front OF
the poslmaster's house stands a huge
van loaded it'll furniture. In the large
"spare" room Pink roses trail along the
walls and stout. red faced. German
woman is tacking down gaudy Brus-
sells carpet
experimenting all is a pale, worn
| woman With sunken cheeks and hollow
eyes, who IatIses between her orders to
| patiently endure a tit OF racking cough.
ing.
The instrument" is unpacked and
brought in, and Mr.. King stands look
ing on with manifest disapproyal
Don't, Lester. she gently says; 81
want to enjoy it all / can't won't be
long.
At last evs rything Is in order, even TO
the hair wreath AMI the wax fruit.
In the twilight Mis- King steals in and
touches the instrument. As her thin
fingers wander over the keys, long for
gotten melodies of Ter girlhood come
stealing back. She is SO happy.
Two weeks later Nil King receives
her friends The windows are all open,
and the hoft June air comes stealing in.
Tie parlor Is filled and SO is the living
room--yes. even the kitchen. while
groups Of men stand wkwardly about
the yard and on the s'ep1
There in her parl"r. with the lead og
her coffin on the marble top table, with
her tired hands peacefully folded. quiet
and cold lies Mis- King; while from the
little group standing about tile instru-
ment" comes the strain
am soon be at raest over there
By the side Of the river Of light"
Edith Sessions Tupper. 10 Chicago
Infer Ocean