The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1892-05-27

Dearest, what else can we do2"
Mrs. Aubrey could almost have cried
with Sara had she dared to give way TO
her feelings.
How wretched it is to be poor
soobed Sara, sitting down on the
hearth rug, with her face in her moth
er's lap. Mamma, what have we
done that we should be so cramped and
ground down, so fettered with pow
erty?"
1t viii not be so always, dear" en-
couraged her mother
No" said Sara, sadly: Il shall be a
teacher soon. And then, mamma, you
shall have a wine-colored cashmere
dress and set of furs, and Iyviu wear
what ! please. But, mamma. II / could
only have the white mcrino dress this
once,''
My daughter, my daughtor,''
Sara could feel the warm drops
from her mothers eyes upon her cheeiz-
Mamma she cried out, oaressing-
", don't cry, that's a darling; IN
wear the old white muslin, III wear
aHytkiHgl You have been q heroine,
quietly and patiently, all these years,
and here am | that can't endure q sin
gle privation, Mamma, ri be her
oine. too"
And the pale mother and blooming
daughter clasped each other tendcrly
in long. silent embrace.
but it's a shame, isn't il" resumed
Sara, after a brief silence, that
wealth should be so unevcnly divided
in this world? Look n Helen lia@-i-
ton, at the court with her green
houses full of flowers, and her pony
phaeton. and the diamonds she - TO
-
surprise for her. mamma, quite a sur
prise. Col. Hazelton himself showed
them To me-a cross and 4 pair Of soil
taire eardrops like sparlles Of white
fire
showed them 10 you, dear?'
Yes, mamma" answered the girl.
but how came he to do that?'
'.Oh, he often talks To me when / am
at the court said unconscious sara.
About what, Sara
"Oh, about Helen. and about the
ferns and orchids in the conacrvato-ies
and the new birds in the aviary-and
about the foreign countries he has
travelled in. Oh, wish you could hear
him, mamma" cried the girl, enthu-
siastically.
What sort of a man IS he, Sara?''
asked the mother, becoming vaguely
conscious, at this late day, that her
pretty treasure was no longer q child
but = budding maiden. with al a
maiden's sweet possibilities before her
Hes very handsome, mamma Dark
and tall with 4 straight, military way
OF carrying himself and the pleasantest
voice you ever heard"
Docs he talk to you much?''
'-Oh, often. mamma" declared Sara
Mrs. Aubrey was silent for a few
minutes. \ vague fear was entering
into her heart.
Sara, =, said she, at last, Il do not
think that it IS best for vou to be too
much At Hazelton court"
why not. mamma Sara opened
her big blue eyes in innocent surprise.
Its 50 pleasant there, and l like them
ali so much.
Mrs Aubrey hesitated- She could not
answer: because Col Hazelton is
widower. and people Will talk and
gossip So she equivocated a little,
and made reply:
They live so differently from what
we do, darling. 1t is scarcely a good
or wise preparation for your new life. "
Sara pondered the Izatter over.
u don't see what difference it makes,
mamma" said she: but, OF course,
when I get 4 situation l shall have no
time for visiting; and Helen is going to
Paris with her father in the spring. so
there Will be an end of all my intimacy
there"
Brave little Sara! She 1ras hero
inc for she wore the old washed-oyer
muslin dress, standing among the fair
young girls in soft merino and lustrous
dcad-whitc silk
Mamma can't afford it." she an
swcred, quietly, to all the criticism
that was uttered
Helen Hazelton brought her home
that evening in the sleigh, with a box
of cut roscbuds and East India ferns,
and left her with her mother.
Mrs Aubrey looked up from her sew
ing.
My darling said she, your cheeks
are like caruutiCns,
Its the winter air. / suppose" said
Sara, fiinging down her bonnet Nam
ma. put aside that hateful needle Nou
are never to sew any more. I've made
up my mind not to teach in the New
York public schools"
Sara
Il am going To Hazelton court"
Mrs. Aubrey's faded eyes sparkled.
TO be Helen's governcss?" cried
| she.
"IIelen's governess, indecd"' said
! Sara. Helen knows as much as do;
mamma, you have guessed wrong this
! time
She llnelt down on the floor and laid
| her cheek on her mothers knee.
Mamma, Col Hazelton has asked
me to marry him" said she, ''and l
have said yes"
Asked you to marry him, Sara? But
| you are such child!'' cried Mrs Au-
! brey.
That's the reason he likes me, he
says" confessed blushing Sara
And you, dearest--do yOu love him?"
Mamma, he's the one man in all the
| world to me, whispered the girl.
And child and mother wept together
a shower of happy tears.
But, sweetest" whispered Mrs Au-
4 brey, you seem such a child to be
married.
Yes, mamma, l know" said Sara,
! gravely. But if j am to be happy,
the sooner / begin the better"
Which was an incontrOvertible piece
of logic--Amy Randolph, in n. Y.
Ledger.