The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-08-09

| temptation. One day when she and
| her little playmate. Daisy, were max
| denly exclaimed: Say, Daisy. we must
/ have eggs in our cakes. cook says they
are not good without eggs"
Where will we get the aigs?" said
| Daisy.
oh I'll find EN-" said Eliza. and off
/ Miss Alyrta had a hen of which she was
/ very proud sitting on fourteen eggs.
/ These Eliza put in her apron and run
/ ming back TO the garden gave Daisy
i half of them. and they proceeded to
make their cakes and things were going
/ along very smoothly when Miss Myrta
appeared on the scene.
: OF course Eliza received another sound
! scOlding. and in conclusion Miss Myrta
| added: Now, Miss Lie you shall pay
me for every egg you have broken"
j Il WILL miss, when / git some money"
/ said Eliza. stirring her mud cake rever-
4 endly. Il will If / don't forget it,
! If you forget il ] will remind you Of
! it. l must have the money or the eggs
/ said Myrta-
'All right, miss. I'll git yer aigs," said
I Eliza, as Myrta started TO leave them.
Shortly after this interview a message
/ came for Eliza to go to her grandmother
/ who was very i'll.
Mrs Carver gave her a small valise
I into which she put her few belongings
! and was soon ready to go. AS she was
! starting Miss Myrta went to bid her
farewell "Goodby Miss" said Eliza,
TN git them aigs fur you; if don't
! bring EN- right away you gist be patient
4 I'll bring EN- some time" Poor little
4 dirty brat" said Mrs. Carver when she
/ had gone I'm glad she has gone. but
I am sure I don't know what will be-
come of her, she will never be good for
! anything"
Soon after Eliza's departure Mr.. Gar
| yer died and Mrs. Carver and her daugh-
/ tiers lived life Of perfect ease and COM
| fort, the girls spending most of their
/ time driving. entertaining visitors, or
/ reading. And thus they lived year in
and year out, and If they could get
| frst-class novel to read they thought
| their happiness complete.
/ One day the mail brought Myrta an
| elegantly bound book, which had Just
been published a few months before; 1t
! proved to be excellent and the whole
: family were soon in great state of ex-
element over this wonderful book but
they could not learn who had presented
it.
In few weeks after this quite num-
/ Der of guests arrived at the Garvers to
| spend the summer months so the book
| which Myrta had received was almost
| forgotten
One lovely day In July a tall, dark
! lady attired in n becoming black silk
| dress and carrying a small basket on
! her arm rang the door bell at the Gar
! yer residence and was admitted by
! servant saving she wished TO see Mrs
| Carver and her daughters.
Presently Mrs. Carver entered the
/ parlOr followed by the girls
The caller introduced herself as Mrs
: Wallace, former friend of Mr.. Carver
| and was warmly welcomed by Mrs. Gar
Yer and the girls.
They all chatted gaily for a while dis
/ cussng different topics and finally their
conversation drifted to the subject of
/ literature and the book which had been
! presented TO Myrta was mentioned and
| Mrs. Carver begun to describe the char
| acter of this grand book "and they do
| say" said she that the author Of this
/ great book once live in a poor house
and now she is making a fortune; It
does seem strange to me-" 1T does not
seem al all strange to me-" said the
| visitor Mrs. Carver please allow me
to state that I am the author of this
book and it is true that 1 once lived in
a poor house"
At this they all showed great surprise.
but felt honored TO have such a dis
tinguished guest
IF that has surprised you" said the
lady calmly. perhaps l have a greater
surprise in store for you. / am the per-
son that you used TO call Dirty Lie,
the poor house brat
Mrs. Carver was completely overcome
with excitement and the girls declared
ii was impossible
g
land here Miss Myrta," she said, taking
up the little basket here are the eggs
1 promised to bring you the morning I
left you, so you see have not forgotten
my promise. do tell us where you
have been since you left us" said Mrs
Carver, when they had partially recov-
cred from their excitement 'WelI ;"
said Eliza, when / left you 1 went to
live with my grandmother where l be-
gun TO mend my ways and to keep my
self clean, and I'm a year I become al
most civilized. but when | had been
there about two years my grandmother
died leaving me homeless / was
soon after adopted by Mr.. and
Mrs. John Billings. who were
very wealthy. I was sent to school
where | received good education and
taken into the best society and treated
as their own child" "As YOU know -
she said after a pause, ''I have always
love to write, and about two years ago
/ / concluded to write a book and three
months ago 1t was finished. That book
has made me famous. short time ago
/ was married to Mr. William Wallace.
a prominent young banker OF New
York. Next week I sail with my hus-
band to Europe TO gather material for
another book. ] am now the happiest
woman in the world, although I was
once a dirty poor house brat"
Mrs. Carver was obliged TO confess
that Eliza had succeeded better I'm her
poverty than her girls had with their
riches. MOUNTAIN PINK"