Telegram-herald., 1891-10-04
LIFE OF A SlANSTRlSS
AUTHOR OF OUR UNCLE IoY's tABIs
IA tsrsrestias 6st That w.s Writes
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Assex iseea Psailsh<d In Asy Cetr
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iestksn 81 oer WsseA
Pes save ths poor fssi for sas possS
Tue rie1 knSs not hss lard
~ = % Dc &C 1ssafgl food.
AID seedf1i rest decArsd
9s>fT paths are paths OF psebtIoasnezss
fhsy sleep on silk and dosa,
TAez never thiak ho~ heavily
Tue sesFy heaa les down.
Tier uever ~ ne xindos sir
Aiasi see the gag pcs By.
Yea take tAeir weary soFk again.
Aaa eiih nourniai eye
However fire and elevated. In sem
ssneEtal point OF view. may have been
the poetry which has eraansted from
this gifted writer. We think we have
never seen anything from this source
That ought - give better opinion Of
her than the little ballad from which
The above verses are taken They show
that the accomplished lady possessed.
1aot faereiy "A know ledge of the dreamy,
Ideal wants cf hura@n beings. but Of
taese more pressing and hoEaely ones
waieb the fasti..ions and pcetical are
often the last to appreciate. The suf-
ferings Of poverty a-c not confined 10
those Il The COMMON, squalid. everyday
poor. Injured - hardships. and
ready with open hand To receive char
ity- let 10 ecfEe 10 them as Il will
u here Is another claSs on whom IL
presses with stlii heavier power. The
Eeaercua, the deccat. the self-rcspect-
-, who have stru-glsd with their lot
an si'eace: bearing al things. hoping,
nii nsi@Ss." and willing 10 endure all
taings rather than % breathe word Of
ccmp'aint. CT scknowlcdge even 10
~ rsgrivrs that their efforts win not bo
sraicirat for their own necessities
Pause with mo awhile .. TIE door Of
rcn.icr snail room. whose solitary win
dow cverl-a';s > fltle court below. 1t
y insabsiea by widow and her daugh-
tcr. deeesdcnt entirely on the labors OF
tie necsie s7d tecse ether sligh. pre-
eaFicu4 rca0ugccs which arc all that re-
rsalo - wsaaa whsn left 10 struggle
her way through ''this bleak world
alone. Il contains all their small
earthly store, and there Is scarcely an
erticlc ct i,s small stock of furniture
that has not been thought Of, and toiled
sq-. and It's price calculated over and
over .Iin. before everything could come
Square Tor its purchase. Every article
l. ARRANGED with the utmost neatness
rrd care; nor IS The most costly furni-
tnre a fashionable parlor more sa-
cre6ig ~ tccted from dust, more sedu-
fouslv rraTied frol q scratch or rub.
than T. that brightly varnished bureau,
ard isal cherry .cG-ta bic and bedstead.
The fccr. too, toac.cl once q carpet,
but o'd Tire has been So busy with IL,
pie'sis-- 2 hole hSrc and making thin
plrcc there. and though the old fellow
has tccn followed by the most indc-
fsfi~ahlc zcal CT dGrning, the marks Of
his usiec'icvors crgcrs are too plain to
be u stal,en. IL Is true. a kindly neigh
bCv has given a fclcd piece of baize,
which has been neatly clipped and
isour3 and spread down over large
Gnli~1s.-cly unn-nngc1bic hole in front
of The arcpicec; ali other places have
lcen repaircd with pieces of different
COLOR; and yet. alter all. it Is evident
that the poor carpet Is not long for this
everything. The little cupboard in tho
corner. that contains few china cups
and enc or two anticunted silver spoons,
relics Of better days. is arranged with
trplonS neatncss: and the white muslin
vlnslogv curtain. albeit the muslin bc
o's. he's been carefully starchcd and
ironcd and put up with exact precision;
sua on the bureau. covered with q
sn,,svy cloth. are arranged q few books
aad other memorials of former times.
nul faded miniature, which. though
II have little about is 10 interest .
stranger. IS nsore precious 20 the poor
widow than everything besides Mrs.
A. IS seated in her rocking chair sup
ported bg pillow. and busy cutting out
wort. whilr her laughter. q slender,
sistiT-iroAisg girl. - sitting at the
wintlw ietcua ca some fne stitching.
fIre. y -- was ia former times the
vFifs of y prosperous merchant, the
rsiStse so = g.ntccl and coranodious
house. ert The mother OF an affection
ate frmlr. Eot evil fortune had fol-
lorcd Der with steadiness which
scrfard morc Ike tlfc stern decree of
scr9r ivtfsc fate. tli1a the ordinary
teaiia .scf n rac~aiftl Irovidencc. First
game . heavy run Of 4osses in business;
t'ira tons and expensive aic,ncss in the
feraily ar, tac death sf children Then
tar~c res thc selling 81 the large house
rn,l rtrrnat furniture. 70 retire 20 .
, 1olsr Style n living: and finally the
.sfSll The property. with view Of
fih- tec shores ci native country
un-i eet,m-aait~ life again in new
,fsc. f'et ~carcelv h7tl the exApd fam
q. Tossed Themselves IN the pets Of q
for~i - ia,3. when the father was
srsaeulv suitten down by tbe hand
cf death. end his solitary grave
nssIc IN the ianl Of strangers.
Tic wi.low. hroi.euhcarted and dis
eoararcsi. he'd still wearisome
slistancs bcforc her ese she could find
herself asonr friends With kcr two
Ga.1htcrs. entirely unattended. and
with hcr finances impoverished by the
dcfenfis.s AMI expenses IF sickness. she
performed The tedious remainder of the
Journey.
Arrived as the place - her destina-
ton. she foF'-ssl herself not oaIy without
irsrsessiafe rcsourccs hut considerably
ia debt - relative. who hasl advanced
naouey for her travelling expense. With
silent endurance she met the necessities
If her sitaatioa. Her daughters. deli
cately reared and hitherto carefully ed
ucated- were placed ous se services: and