The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1892-01-08

always 80 her own gait, say what you
please
Alice hesitated an instant.
"Yes, "said she. "Ill take the note.
We've had to ask so many favors of Mrs.
Serge" she added. i'm whisper to
Josey, "that it seems selfish to refuse
this little thing. It's bitterly cold, but
perhaps the fresh air will do me good.
Pm lady of leisure just at present." she
added, bitterly.
She came back in half an hour, eager
aud smiling. IS.
"What do you think, Joscy2" said
shc. "l'vc got Il situationl"
"A situationw repeated the lame nirl
who was patiently darning the family
stockings.
'To act as nurse to the youn:s; lady at
No.--Fifth avenue, in Agatha Atlee's
place-at fifteen dollars n week! Rcgu-
lar trained nurse price"
cit can't be possible, Alice" brcathcd
Josey.
"lf only you can manage with the boys
and Paula" said Alice. "For you see,
can't come home nights
"Oh, Pm sure they'll be good!" said
Joscy.
"And I've pawred mothers wed
ding ring-ycs, | have, Joscy. Don't
look SD shocked. There MAS nothin.
else to be done. | shau't get my first
weeks wages until Monday, and YOU and
the children can't starve. Here's three
dollars, aud if you need more, Pm sure
Mrs. Surge will lend you little. The
rent, you know, is fortnight Off. Now
don't go to questioning anu reprcacaing
me, Josey. I've got to put up my things
as quick rs possible, in the most iespec-
table bundle l can compass. Aud only
think Of it-iiltccn dollars weekW
Louise Lcvcrl,all had never had an at
tcndant who suited her so we'll rs the
pretty dark-cycd girl, in the frllcd cap
and apron, who now moved about her
sickroom with such gentle aud noiscless
grace.
81 thought all trained nurses were
such dragoncsscs," said she. "But Miss
Atlec is quite, quite different from all
my ideas. Oh, mamma, wish could
keep her always"
For Alice had not told Josey the little
stratagcm ny which she had obtained
)cdtl Ol SlllllllOnS.
"Of course no one would take in an
inexperienced girl like Alice Austin"
she Lao reasoned. "But Agatha Atlco,
the trained nurse, could command her
own price. And it can do no harm,
since the real Miss Atlee has gone to
Maryland, to tear up the note she wrote
and prescut myself in her stead. / need
the place SO dreadfuily, and an sure,
by careful Watching and strictly follow
in; the doctors Instructions, | could do
everything that Miss Alice could have
done"
And thus trusting IN her own efficiency,
Alice Austin dared orything aud won
the day. The doctor took her for
s,rantcd-the relatives were delighted
that their capricious darling deisued to
be plcascd-anl the first weeks wages
purchased new calico shirt waist, pat
termed in whips aud horscshocs, for
Billy, Il roast beef dinner for Karl,
new doll for Pania, and cashmere gown
for poor, patient Joscy.
But all the time Aliccs conscience
stung her.
"Wouid Miss Lcvcrilall love me so
dearly" she asked herself, again and
again, "if she knew that was only an
mpostor2 Would Doctor Seton look
at me with those pleasant eyes if he
knew that was acting 4 lic?"
One evening in early February Doctor
Seton came in to the Lcvcrliail mansion,
aud found LIS convalcsccnt in tears aud
decidedly fcvcrish.
"Shc has gOucw cried Louise, trayi-
cally. "rhcy'vc turned her out of
doors my poor, sweet little Miss Atlcc!
No, that isn't her name at all. But
they've turned her out, ali the same"
Doctor Seton looked curiously around.
"Nherc is shc?' said he. "What do
you mean, Miss Lou;sc?"
!''rhe girl was IN impostcr, DOCTOR"
said Mrs. LcvcrhalI, trailing her garnet
satin drapcries over the floor. "Not the
real Miss Atlec that the Jessingtoas
recommended, ut all. F.tncy Mrs. jess.
in9ton coming in today aud meeting
her face to face rs stranger! OF course
the girl had to confess that she wa, per-
sonating somebody else all the while
that she wasn't 4 trained nurse ut all.
She began to cry naturally enough
and said she though she had better 90.
| said thought so, too, and she
wouldn't even wait for her last weeks
salary. And here's Louise frctting her
self to death about it,"
"l--loycd hcr!' sobbcd the conva.
Iescent. 81 don't care whether her name
was Aticc or not. Ilovcl her. won't
have the new nurse come near me-"
"Wc must get her back again." said
DIR. Seton. "Thc paticnt must not be
made fcvcrsh. / should Il ivisc you to
send for her ut once
"But don't know where to send"
complained Mrs. Levcrhall. "Aud how
can | he sure what sort of IL character she
IS? girl who would deceive you in
one particular-'
"But, mamma" wailei Louise, "she
told you why she assumed tue name
that her brothers anl sisters were stary-
lng-and she waj out Of work; that she
heard that Miss Atlcc had declined to
accept the place here; and that, all of a
sudden, the idea of coming in Miss At
lees stead flashed into her mind. IL was
so brave, SO noble of her! And you let
her go, just rs you would dismiss a