The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1892-08-10

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That I can't tell you you viii find
ways enough if you look for them
All day Mrs. Andrews went around
among her pretty belongings with pre-
occupied air. The books, the pictures,
the curiosities from far away lands all
seemed to say, aHow are you TO use Us /!
Mr. Andrews business as cotton
buyer and broker had taken him abroad,
and now, tired with wandering, they had
come back to their old home on the
Chiekasaw Bluffs, as Memphis used TO be
called. 10 settle down to quiet life
There is nothing Ike home, after all,
is lhere?" said be, as they sat on the
m0onlit veranda.
NO, indeed she replied, ~and hope
nothing will come to make US leave it
again. But did you notice what DR..
Martin said about our using the house
for Gods glory
@Yes, noticed It, bat It passed out Of
my mind
''Well, he says = house is talent, and
you must use it to multiply il but how
can one do it?7
you'll find q way, don't doubt he
laughed.
aFve been thinking" she said, slowly,
~as God has given our darlings a happy
home, perhaps. He means Us to open II
10 some one else's dear ones"
do not mean TO adopt a child? her
husband said.
asNo. ! wasn't thinking Of that"
@Well, is il a gospel feast? Case ofthe
lame, the halt, ete?7
@No,n she answered "that would be
party, merely. That might come in,
though"
y give it up, then. I am no qdipus.
You must read the riddle"
q AN not quite sure l know myself,
but my idea was to take one evening in
the week, hunt cut those who are in need
Of home Influences and have none, and
bring them into our home, and make
them feel that they belong somewhere.
don't want to be visionary, but don't
you think it might be done, so as to
brighten some cherries lives and ligheDt
some sad hearts"
@My dear, her husband answered, Il
should have thought such q place the
Garden Of Eden If II had been opened
10 me when I came here, q forlorn and
homesick boy, with not a soul to care
whether lived or died. But that re-
minds me ola card put into my hand as
] leit the elevator"
lie stepped inside the hall, read the
note, then laughingly, put it into his
wife's hands
Dear Andrews it ran, I wish you
would do something for Wright tonight
! don't think there is much the matter
with him now, but he looks badly, and
viii be i'll if somebody don't look after
him. I can but feel that we are response
bic for the clerks, 50 take him in hand if
you can. an of to New Orleans in
the morning"
There. Nan, is something for you to
begin on. viii send him up 10 NOR
row."
The afternoon sun blazed on the pave
ments as a young man came YEARLY
down the street.
4 don't believe I'll 90 in after all" /" he
muttered. "What does she care about
me and my head aches now" and he
turned back but the idea Of his steam
ing third-story room made him hesitate
until the cool shadows and the tinkle Of
the fountain drew him on.
The faint bell-pull was not answered,
and, really unable to stand, he dropped
on the sofa in the hall and there Mrs.
Andrews found him asleep.
"Oh ~ he exclaimed, starting up and
eoloring furiously, pardon me-"
at is I who must beg pardon for keep
ing you waiting, but here is my apology,
and she handed him . bunch Of Mare
chal Neil roses.
"Oh, how delicious ';;he exclaimed, in
haling the fragrance.
Hos tired you must get in the hot
city, she said-noteing his paliar, now
that the flush had faded, and his tremu-
lOus hand. Cant you get a vacation
and 60 home to your mother"
Il have no home and no mother.
my poor boy - was the answer she
made; but her eyes, which filed with
tsarss and the gentle clasp Of her hand,
spoke more than words.
Now ! am going to give you a curl
Gus prescription. and send you of TO take
bath before tea-there is nothing SO
refreshing. Mr. Andrews always has
when he comes from town"
Half an hour after, rested and refresh
ed, Calvin Wright came out on the Seran-
da to find a tempting lunch Of strawber-
ries and cream, in sparkling glass dishes,
awaiting him, and he dropped into a sofi
chair with a sigh Of pleasure.
Ambrosisl berries they were 70 him. at
least he told the boys that night that he
had been in paradise.
TIE dainty tes-table with its excellent
daPery, and its quaint, delicate. old
ch NJ, was revelation TO the boy xho
had known nothing but third-rate board.
ing-honse fare, TO say nothing Of the
White-robed figure at the head. and the
earnest -sOuled man who heaped his plate
with deiicacies and brought forth his rich
powers to entertain his
guest with as much interest as if he had
been the highest one in the land instead
If the youngest clerk in the elevator.
oh, we'll" thought the boy, they
Ire rieh, and have always had every
hing they want; it is all luck anyway
Bot in the long talk that came after
ga, Mr.. Andrews told him how be had
ONE to Memphis with a suit Of butter
iut jeans and 81 in his pocket; how Le
lad steadily worked his way up, stayed
u through the terrible years of pesti-
snee, and had the feler himself in a /
'ospital- so you see It is not all luck"
did ! say that, sir?"
No, you did not say it, bui that is /