The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-03-05

the world spring from lnltlai circum-
stances no bigger than mustard seed.
Among the domestic duties which
Miss Sparkles had performed with
such signal success was that OF the care
OF the linen. Mrs Grahame had fine
stock OF linen. and was as proud OF it
as a good housekeeper should be. Dur
ing the daughter-like epoch OF Miss
Sparkles' management no reasonable
fault could have been or ever had
been found with the manner in which
she had fulfilled her charge. But
| now, when Anne's niece. Oracle came
in as the successor suddenly, eric:
crac! as the French shy. the Keys OF
the linen closet were demanded. ane
the care OF the linen was handed over
to the newcomer.
How have / deserved thisP" sale
Miss Sparkles flaming. as was not un.
natural Il have done my duty. Why
do you dispossess mep'
THAT is my affair" said Mrs.
Grahame. Surely ] can do as like
with my own?" Well. the bright-eyed
little girl bore this her first snub
direct in favor OF rival with as much
patience us she could command
which, truth to say. was not an over
whelming amount She did make it
rather uncomfortable for her rival.
and show her temper with perhaps
less discretion than honesty-less
prudence than sincerity. At all
events she gave the occasion that was
wanted. and put herself so much in
the wrong that Mrs. Grahame found
the fitting for the shaft she wanted to
throw. and gave Miss Sparkles her
congo.
So now. turned out from the soft
warm nest on to the bare and prickly
perch. the poor little girl was cast
into a space and il she fell to the
ground altogether neither Mrs Ora
hame instigated by Anne. nor Anne
influenced by greed and jealousy and
the worst form of nepotism. cared. 1t
was the fashion in the house to speak
of Miss Sparkles as ungrateful. wild
tempered. neglectful impossible. 1t
was the fashion TO pretend that all
and sundry had borne many things be-
cause OF her furious observation-disclosures
OF her neglect of duty; and that they
were all well quit OF her. an incubus
rs she had become. And Oracle took
her place gallantly and played into
her aunt's hands, as it was intended
she should.
In the neighborhood where this
little story was enacted lived a
wealthy man not only. but great
deal older than Miss Sparkles. He
had always admired this bright, vi
vacious, clever little girl, with her
ready wit and untiring helpfulIess
her good humor general ability,
keen perception and perspicacity. He
had admired and loved her. and in
some sort envied his neighbor, Mrs.
Grahame, for the possession of such
pleasant little singing bird for whom
he, too. would have been fain to find
n suitable cage. But it never oc-
CURED tc him to disturb existing ar
rangements. and he kept himself too
tightly in hand TO allow himself to re-
greet desire, to plan. When. how
ever. the pretty girl was dispossessed
and so unfairly and SO unceremoDi-
ously treated. he reconsidered his
own position and hers, and thought it
over within himself wondering If it
would be possible-if it would be
wise-if it would be right? But
nothing venture nothing win. and at
least he might sound Miss Sparkles
herself, and hear what she thought
about the matter Would sheP Could
sheP He was SO years older than she.
but he was hale and hearty and at 60
he matched her 80 with not too bad a
grace. At all events, he loved her
and was willing to give his name and
his fortune. IL so be that she could
love him and content herself as his
wife.
And when he asked her. the little
girl, bruised and sore and desoiate as
she was, unprotected, friendless home
less turned to him with that gratitude
which. when mixed with respect and
personal liking makes no ill substitute
for love, and said, yes she loved
HIM we'll enough to be his good and
faithful wife, and she would spend all
her strength and energy in making
him happy. so that he should never
ECPTtJ JHC bIusb ic htu pluCSu III u6r.
And thus as is often in life her
trouble became her wellspring of Joy,
and her fall was the platform on
which she found her prosperity. The
marriage turned well--in all respects
grandly we'll Miss Sparkles. with all
her brightness and her vivacity.
brought the sunshine Of youth and
gayety into her husbands erstwhile
gloomy house. Loving no one else.
she loved him with her whole heart
and never knew the moment she re-
GREETED her marriage. Nothing could
be more harmonious than her life
nothing more prosperous nothing
more perfect 1t was a round of
pleasantness and an uninterrupted
food of sunshine; while poor Mrs.
Grahame, between Anne and her niece.
was as grist between the upper and
the neither milestone --iron between
the hammer and the anvil--and could
no more call her very soul her own.
And her beautiful store OF linen
dwindled strangely and rapidly and
what was left went into decay and was
left to ruin unrepaired. This was her
nnnishmant for listeninp IN malevo-