Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1891-12-24

was dependent-the event had brought
a sad reaction. One after another of
her dodgers left her. and none came TO
fill their places. There was gloom
over the house she found il impossible
to dispel 1t was the old story-money
borrowed at a ruinous interest on her
furniture, a foreclosed mortgage, and
she found herself adrift and homeless,
with four children dependent on her for
their daily bread. Not for one moment
did she pause to consider that one of
these little ones had no claim on her eff
forts. Wanda Arlington was as dear 70
her as one of her own loved ones, and
she would have scorned the thought OF
shifting from her shoulders the respon-i
sibility of her care.
Nor was she one to sit down with
folded hands and bewail her misfortune.
For ten weary years she toiled as
dressmaker. working by the day for
rich ladies', who, charmed by her gentle
manners and exquisite taste, paid her
higher wages than usually fall to the
lot of women so unhappily circum-
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was enabled to clothe, feed and educate
her children till they in turn grew in
stature and became breadwinners.
Then a glimpse of sunshine glowed
through the darkened clouds.
II was at the close of the terrible war
of the rebellion. Society was revolu-
tionized. Thousands had sunk in pow
erty; hundreds had grown suddenly
rich. Prominent among the latter was
a young married woman named Alice
Potter, of Michigan, who CHANGED TO be
visiting New York, and, having engaged
Mrs. Evesham's services, had in her
own generous, impulsive way formed a
deep affection for the gentle seamstress.
'.My dear creature" she said one day
to the widow, when they had succeeded
in designing a costume more than usu-
ally attractive, ''why don't you make a
strike for something better? Come 70
Michigan and start a store. I'll help
you"
The suggestion took the widows
breath Michiganl Even in the COS
Michigan seemed an Ultima Thule to
New Yorker.
at would cost so much, Mrs Potter, !"
she sighed. "And the risk would be so
great"
..As for the expense of getting
there" the impetuous young matron
declared, II win see to that. You see,
dear, my cousin Jack is auditor of rail
road, and he shall get You all passes, or
I'll know the reason why"
but have SO little in hand to start
with the widow pleaded.
"All the better for you; you will have
the less to lose"
''But. if failed"
"Failedl Fiddlededeel You shan't
fail. Come with me to Glastonbury.
What, never heard Of Glastonbury?
Well, the ignorance of you Knicl<er-
bockers is something shameful"
as it village in Michigan"
"A villagel Bless your innocence,
Glastonbury is a big, thriving lumber
city on the banks of the loveliest river
You ever saw. We haven't many brown
stone fronts there, confess, but we're
new and rich, and our women know a
stylish dress when they see it, as |
hope some day you will learn to your
profit"
"But the store?"
"Oh, we'll fix that. My husband isnt
half bad fellow when you know him,
and he'll pull you through. You can
get few things on credit If you are too
proud to borrow. 1t is all as easy as
preaching say, may speak to him this
very afternoon?"
IF you will, but ="
''But me no butts, my dear. Pm wild
20 carry out my projects"