The Somerset reporter., 1892-01-21


Jyercrowded when = adv came blu-hlng
n with specimens Il her WORK ant 94r
title heroine began to wonder how l9ug
| hi sort of thing wa 10 endure
EVEN Rosa Bonhsur diduG grt rIea 3 II
It once, she cpmfortei herself by IL e.
! ~
/ But one day there came gleam u B sp-
ith~4rt the Clmmerlan dafkrc-- - srr
/ 3r5Apects. A. she VA warEIrg a. arf
aasel footsteps stumbled up the IN
/ lighted stairs and knock sounded ii me
( door
Is this Miss Maitland, sludi g..
asuded a cheerful voice
why" cried Glais-, drawing 41'cs
breath, why Lovel.
/ It's Gladys" excia Ilrl L1vel.
For the yourg ceu-Its had mt once
YEARS ago at the seaside. ant they ASH
never forgotten one snJ'he-.
why" CRIED L1gel rubbing his fer,-
| head as if not quite certain but thai he
was dreaming, Il though, you were
adopted by some rich woman here in tn
city,
AR. is the only mother that know,
q adys answered laughing 81 hop
| you've brought me an or ter, L1vela
Blu, say," persisted The Lcaildered
aw student, why don't you come and
Ike with Aunt Barbara
oh, I've tried that sad GLADYS, shak
/ Ing her head, land We coul1l't get aiong
Al all together"
speaking Of Aunt Barbara, IS said Low
e mysteriously, opening paper parcel
N the table-"b hold ~
Half dozen bits Of OLD china fell out
y tn cliuk and cl4tter.
"DD.' cried Gladys, Il fleming with her
ror. Its Aunt Barbara'- painted CHINA
oh, Logel, how did this happen
Mi. Best snutc himself patheticaiy Oh
the chest
Like George Washington he confe.s
ID, | cannot tel lie-it was | Wa
long my gymnastics in the storage room
ladisu war clubs and sll that sort OF
thing, YOU knuw-when, all Of sudden
| lost balance and tumbled over the pile
Of boxes Down they went. Aunt Far
bara keeps 'em packed you know, IN ca,c
Of accident, and of COURSE the china
must needs be under all the rest, and got
the hardest humps
What did she say cried Gladys, with
upliftei hands and eyes shining humidity,
She doesn't know" LOvel answered,
with twlnkliug dimples around his lips
Do you suppose III going To les be
| fore I'm obliged tor | Sc eel a pattern
! c1p--broken in not more than 5 y pieces
| and tlrd frantically to the Dearest china
shop. They recommended me-here. T.
Miss Msitand. NJ--Sixth avenue But
| never dreamed that was coming to my
old playmate. Now, Gladys. | am a.
yoni mercy. Can these runs be replaced
or can they not;
Gladys froNntd. half closed her lovely
lmpid eyes, pur,rd up her lips in the il
tensity of her attention, aud finally noi
led her head.
Yes" she said but it will be, oh,
50 expensive FIRST, we must order the
china manufactured in just tha' outer,
ancient shape; then it must be painted,
piece by piece
Let Us hope" sad L1yel, earnestly,
That there Will be no grand family fcetl-
val to use the china before
Aunt Barbara never Uses II, ssid
Gladys. She only unpaeks ii n ef-
val- to dream over the grandeur Of her
ancestors. Courage, Loyel; | think w
shall save you yet
but, Gaays,' said the young man,
wistfully, "msyn't tell Aunt Barbara
that you are here alone? | am quite sur,
that she would invite you TO her housc, #
NldilNS COlbltb " llt vel } lbbtS VI
her hair.
Ii You do Love-. she SSH Il nfyer
viii forgive You. No. We neither Of u
rs they are
But | may come to see how the china
gets on
"Oh, yes said Gladys, Frightening
You may come. But, mind, not "a WORD
t. Aunt Barbara
The Important business took time a.
all such things do, but 1t drew to u ctose
and one day the box of china-new, Vet
such perfect imitation of the Old one
that Aunt Barbara herself could not havt
told the diflcrenCe-w safely smugEled
into the back door and up tn the storage
rooms.
"Now,r said Lovel, laughing Il shall
breath freely at last"
He gave Gladys cetck for sl50, but
as she took it he looked earnestly Al her
Gladys darling said be, Il can't keep
my secret any longer, love you
Il knew that, long ago sad Gladys,
in the sweet, solemn way she had.
"And YOU dearest
| Il love you, too said Glsdys. isn't
it the most natural thing i'll The world:
But am not going TO burden you with Il
pennlless wife. We must wait until am
II great artist, you prosperous lawyer
Lowell Best secretly made up his mimi
that nothing If the sort should occur.
I'm go home and tell it all to Aunt
Barbara he resolved. And if She con
-ents all righ'; If she doesn't sll right,
just the same, Gladys is better than ii
doZ Il fortunes"
But when he reached home the servants
came to meet him with pale, troubled fac
es. Aunt Barbara Bist had been found
>ittit dead in her chair.
Her will. all signed ard sealed, l. II all
SHE had to Lovel Best. GLADYS Maj and
name WAS not mentioned
But Gladys WAS co-hcireSs all the SAME
as Llvel's wife; and, perhaps, had the
old lady known it, she would not have
been d splr ased. For coming e,'h lifts
the vai of hearts, sni NJ : Bar ara al
more than once wished She hai NOT been
so sharp and stern tn GLADYS Ma tland
So they were msrret, and lived h1pny
ever after. Aud Mrs. Barbara Best never
knew that her precious china had he,u
broken, and risen again, SO to speak. fIoM
its own ashes.