Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1892-02-09
MAIZE.

In a shabby boarding house in the
great city Of New York sat two girls.
One was grumbling and fussing over
an old brown silk dress They were pretty
girls, and poor. Their only living reIa-
tives were a maiden aunt aud a cousin.
Miss Evelina Hayes, their aunt, had q
great many pets-parrots, cats, etc.-all
of which she priced far more than these
two grandnieces of hers, Maize and Flo.
Use Iaurance.
The girls were brunettes, with rich
chestnut hair and great, fawnlike eyes.
Eloise was three years Mazie's senior. but
the two were so mi n alike that, If Maize
had looked just little older, and Eloise
just little younger, one might easily
have supposed them twins.
Il say, Ell, Maize began. "Im sick
and tired of this plagued old New York,
and think Aunt Eyy might ask us TO
spend the summer with her, or give us q
month on the mountains. We will have
to find some cheap place in the country,
aud we will roam through the woods and
fish and"
"Oh, yes! know, exclaimed Eloise.
@But after we have given up our situa.
tions and spent our money, what would
we do, and how would we live next win.
Cer?" and she shook her head.
"Then we would play Mr.. Micawber
and wait for something to turn up and
then there is no knowing what may hap
pen before winter We might marry" !"
Most likely, said Eloise dryly.
"Or die, Z" Maize continued. not MOTTO
ing the interruption. "Or. il Aunt Evy
doesn't relent and take us in, and il she
doesn't do that, she might-er-do as Har-
old said, when boy, his dog did, kick
the bucket, and-er-leave part of her
vast fortune to her 'impertinent, parrot
poodle despising niece. Maize EveIina
laurance, OF to her dearly beloved
niece, Eloise Hayes Laurance,' or per-
! haps-"
Maize Iaurance, said Eloise, going
up to her sister and playfully feeling her
pulse You must have fever and are
delirious How you talkl What prepos-
| terous--"
"Oh!" said Maize with a little gasp.
Hand me the dictionary What is that
/
ferrous! Obi" and Maize fell back in her
chair, quite exhausted.
well. Maize, seriously now, am sure
fyou should not speak 30 Of Aunt Evy,
and would not if you thought for min
ute. Because she disinherited mother
for marrying her despised neighbor's son,
and now takes no notice of her niece's
! dauohtara im No yoooon u.,hxy $50 sln,,Ia
speak disrespectfully of her.
la! ha! know why Aunt Evy did
not like her neighbor, Grandma Laur-
ance. Grandma had parrot, too, and
Polly Laurance was not so stupid as
Polly Hayes, and could talk best, and
then grandma's pug was sleeker and
prettier than Aunt Evy's. Sufficient
reasons for Aunt Evy's dislike"
Maize threw her unfinished dress on a
chair close beside her, as she ceased
speaking, and lay back in her chair,
closed her eyes, and rocked swiftly back
and forth.
Ell" she exclaimed, stopping so short
and with such queer little jerk that
Eloise started.
"What?"
1--WE an idea !" said Maize, hauling out
an old writing desk, made of pasteboard
box with an inkbottle stuck in hole in
one corner; and, taking from the boz
some neat though cheap note paper, be-
gan 70 write.
Well Maize ! I'm sure hope you have
a great many ideas. suppose you have
possessed yourself Of an extraordinary
article of that kind !" and Eloise laughed.
Oh. you needn't laugh. II you knew
how much in earnest am you wouldn't.
Yes, it is most extraordinary idea.
Maize soon finished the writing, and.
handing the paper TO Eloise, addressed
an envelope, and put the necessary stamp
on its corner.
Read it, and pass judgment, she said
with a mischievous smile.
/ II cost Eloise no little effort to keep
her face straight. knowing both Mazie
and her aunt so well, while she read:
NEW YoRK. July 2l. IsS3
DEAREST AUNT:-l trust you have recovered
| from your recent Illness, Of which we heard
through a mutual friend. Neither Eloiss nor
myself are feeling at al we'll. IL Is dread
4
! good authority that there were several cases
Df cholera in this part Of the city. have de-.
cidsd that II we could nDd good place within
our means. which are very small. we would
leave the city. aud take short vacation. As
You have been to = great many quiet summer
resorts could You not recommend some place
% " hicb We could 90. and get cheap board in =
| COOL familyS As have said onr wages are
sInal ~ and 90. of course are cur savings Though
sc live on very littieD. and We must them
! "a Ills best advantages. Eloiss 10 looking real
! iadlv and needs rest and change 80 much
and I am mol 81 all we'll. Oh. II Is dreadful To
oc - poor and have no enc 10 belp yoai II We
,ou:d only GO 10 the country. even for only q
week We could get well and strong When
nave YOU heard from Cousin Harold Give
him our regards when next you see or write 70
him. Please answer this letter at yonr eari.
est convenience. naming some cheap place for
ms. inclcse n stamp with which 10 defray
all expenses OF answering this. Please excuse
my writing % you. bur we have no one 10 tell
Rs v hat 10 do and We thought no one had more
right 10 advise rs than Yourself. eur dear moth
er's own aunt. AID our only living relative. ex-
cept CouSia Harold. Hoping and awaiting