The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1892-06-10

my gay, anu MI IluSGIulduu udu
no way Of raising it. The amount
he owed was about equal to the sum
Julia had for the piano, and the I'M
selfish girl went at once to her faith
er, laid the money in his hand, and
said: "Take this, l can wait for
my piano"
"'The look of unutterable relief
that came into his face when / gave
it to him more than repaid me for
the sacrifice Julia afterward said
to her mother.
"My precious girll' Mr.. Hager-
mann cried, 'itshall not be for long.
You'll have a piano as soon as [ can
get it, though I am compelled to
work day and night for the money
GA short time after that Mr.. Hag-
ermann was accidentally killed, and
thus Julia lost a kind and loving
father. This was the first great sor-
row Of her life. But though the
family was deprived of the princi-
pal bread winner and found it very
difficult to. make both ends meet,
Julia still chung to the hope of own
ing a piano and becoming q musi-
clan. She attended school, and
worked hard before and after school
hours to help her mother support
the family. When she was sixteen
years Of age their circumstances
improved somewhat, for two Of the
boys were then working, and Julia
and her mother were plentifully
supplied with sewing, for which
they were well paid. Thus they
managed to save money to buy a
piano, but when once more ready to
make the purchase were again pre-
vented. 1t had become necessary
for Mrs. Hagermann's mother to
live with them, and she was such.a
nervous old lady the children con-
staptly annoyed her by their bois-
ferrous ways; therefore the doctor
advised Mrs. Hagermann to take
her to an old ladies' home. The
one he recommended was an excel
lent institution, but a certain sum
Of money must be paid before she
could enter. The grandmother
went gladly, but she never knew
that Julia's piano money was agair
sacrificed for another's good.
"The following year Mrs. Hager
mann married a man who proved t.
be Incorporate and brutal. No ONT
but the family will ever know thu
suffering he caused them until thel
were relieved of his presence b,
death. Aboutthis time Julia grad
uated and received an appointment
as teacher in a school near home
Now, she thought, she would sure
ly realize her fondest hopes; bu
! as fast as she saved money it wa
needed for something in the fami
ly. Finally diphtheria entered tn
home and took away the three boy
leaving of the children only JUL
and little girl four years old. TIL
> expense and,sorrow this occasione
you can imagine; | shallnotattemI
, to describe it. Then came the sac
! dest affection of all. The troubl
through which she passed had cau'
1 ed such a strain on Mrs. Hagel
: mann's mind that she went hope
u lessly insane. Of course she ha
L to be removed to an asylum; an
. Julia became mother to lit
: Elsie. Then l gave up all hoI
d of becoming a musician she sal
. to me with tears that would not
"a kept back. All [ can do is to liz
u for Elsie and my poor mother
IL "The mother is dead and the Ii
u tie sister is grown up now and hop,
% to be able at least partly to repf
Il u Julia for her devotion; but she CO
u not give her back the buoyancy
youth or the healthy body al
u nerves that accompanied it, Ho
u do you think a class ought to tire
l. a teacher who has experienced