The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1892-05-19

will wear what I please. But mamma,
If / could only have tho white merino
dress this once!'
MY daughter! my daughter!" Sara
could feel the warm drops from her
mothers eyes upon her cheek.
Mammal" she cried out caressinc-
ly. don't cry that's q darling; I'll
wear the old white muslin! I'll wear
anything! You have been heroine
quietly and patiently. all these years.
and here am that can't endure a
single privation! Mamma, I'll be a
heroine too And the pale mother
and blooming daughter clasped each
other tenderly in a long, silent en-
brace.
I But it's shame isn't it. resumed
Sara, after brief silence, that
wealth should be so unevenly divided
in this world? Look at Helen Hazel
ton, at the court with her green
houses full Of flowers and her pony
phaeton, and the diamonds she is to
have when she leaves school. It's a
surprise for her. mamma. quite sur
prise. Col. Hazelton himself showed
them to me-a cross and a pair OF SOL
itaire eardrops like sparkles of white
fire." -.... -'.. '.. r..
Showed them to you. dear?"
: "Yes. mammal" answered the girl
':But how came he to do Jhat?'
'Oh. he often talks to me when 1
am at the court" .
Mrs Aubrey was silent for a few
minutes. A vague fear was entering
into her heart. -..
Sara. she said at last Il do not
think that it is best for you to be too
much at Hazelton court"
why not, mammal" Sara opened
her big blue eyes in innocent surprise.
Its SO pleasant there, and like them
all so much"
Mrs. Aubrey hesitated. She could
not answer: because Col. Hazelton
is widower and people will talk and
gossip" So she eqaivocated 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 matter over. Il
don't see what difference it makes,
mamma" said she; but, OF course,
when | get a situation 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 nv in
timacy there
Brave little Sara! Sne was hero
inc. for she wore the old washed-over
muslin dress. standing among the fair
young girls in soft merino and lu5-
trous dead-white silk.
Mamma canG afford it." she an
swered quietly to all the criticisms
that were uttered.
Helen Hazelton brought her home
that evening in the Sleigh with box
OF cut rosebuds and East India ferns,
and left her with her mother.
Mrs. Aubrey looked up from her
sewing. ~>-sv
MY darling" said she. your
cheeks are like carnations!"
Its the winter air. SUPPOSE "
said Sara. finging down her bonnet.
Mamma put aside that hateful
needle! You are never to sew any
more! I've made up my mind not to
teach in the New York public schoolsn'E
.'Sarar' St.
Il am going to Hazelton court"
Mrs. Aubrey's faded eyes sparkled.
TO be Helen's governess?" cried
she.
'Helen's governess indeed" said
Sara. Helen knows as much as do:
mamma. you have guessed wrong this
time.
She knelt down On the floor and laid
her cheek on cher mothers knee.
Mamma, Col. Hazelton has asked
me to marry him. " said she, and I
have said yes"
p asked you to marry him, Sara?
But you are such a childr' cried Mrs
Aubrey.
THAT 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 *ept together
shower of happy tears
But sweetest whispered Mrs.
Aubrey. you seem such a child to be
married..
Yes. mamma / know" said Sara
gravely. But if l am to be happy
the sooner begin the better" Which
was an incontrovertible piece OF logic.
Amy Randolph, in N. Y. Ledger.
A CaptIous Critic.
'On recent trip to Philadelphia.