The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1893-02-25

n with the money, lifting il up and letting il
e slip through her neryeless fingers. II wa,
: a curious picture, had there been any one
e to note it. As for Mary, she conld only reeo
t from the sight of the being sac had reVer-
enced, weeping maudliug tears upon her
useless boarded gold.
. ayes" said Mary again, you're rich.
If there's one pound spread there there $
: fifty. You can get people to attend on you.
There's plenty II do it, if you show you
} can pay them, as wouldn't when they
thought there was nothing to be gained BY
it, You can easily find some one as ii
even read prayers to you. can't do it
never any more.
Suddenly her voice changed. At the
words she spoke herself righteous wrath
melted the ice-bouud flood of indignation:
it burst forth now in torrent.
Prayers" " she said, "and readings about
God, and pretending to be so pious And
all the while you was hoardin' money, and
actin hypocritically and deceivin' them as
thought you destitute. When l think of
it, it makes me burn with anger 1t amt
anything as you We taken from me. You're
welcome to all you've had, for Jessie's sake:
but it's not bein' what you seemed as |
can't get over. You've done me a cruel
wrong, Mrs. Dowie. pr'aps you can't
rightly realize how I've set store by you and
trusted in you, and fanciod you was all you
seemed; and now that's ali done. drather
have thought bad of you all along thanfnd
it out like this" Her eyes famed "It's
all been cant and hypocrisy religion,
and what things you've said; you've never
been my Mrs. Dowie. don't see as can
come here any more.
The old woman turned ard looked up at
her with the pitifal expression of dumb
animal which is receiving al the hands of
/ a beloved master well-merited ehastise.
ment. At her movement another Of the
coins rolled on to- the ground and across the
room: her eyes fell from Marys face to
follow its course. Then she pointed to the
heap of gold which lay on the eoverlid.
'sPut it back, she said feebly 1T falls
when 1 moves
"Yes,r said Mary, Il will put it back. =
"There, she said, when her work was
complete. ''Do you want it put hack on
the shelf?"
CAS- Won nlease. INV dear said tho ola
woman waar;Iv Hey intorost in ho, Wy t,oas W.,
ure seemed to have died out during the
long pause when Mary had been doing it
up.
Mary shiyered little nj the term Of on.
dearmcnt That lie eycrvtl;no. els,. baJ
lost its meanino She had thc ;ntolc,nn,c
of voutb and believed that wbnrc son,o
tbino was false notbino could he genuine
She no lonper believed that Mrs now;,,
cared for her hut for the tbinos which SIN.
gave her
Mary put the tin on the shelf, and ar
ranged the hotties as before. II seemed Ia
her many DAYS. instead of a few hours
since she had GOT it down. Then she
crossed over to the bed
aGood-by.p she said. oIm eoinp
ooh. my dear said Mrs. Dowie. her
I mouth dropping. and fresh tears BEGINNING
to roll down her hollow cheeks s;vou ami
/ poin' for eood p
eyes said Mary sternlv aIt wouIdn't
be anv nse me comm Ms Dow;e We
wouldn't he comfortahle tooetber Notb.
ing would seem material any more
SOh.n walled the poor thing. arm so
old, Mary-Tm SO old NV bones is aeh-
in; my breathin's bad. The Lord won't
Law that upon me p
oIt isn't God, Mrs. Dowie It's your
own sin. wonder YOU dare use that name.
You NAV say" she went on, "that il isn't
for me t, iudge, but there's a harm you've
done me can't never be repaired. You've
taken away everything | cared for. If
you'd died I'd always have Thought of YOU
ia a sort of way like bein' with Jessie.
wouldn't have had any but kind notions of
YER and when peonle acted had + shouh
have ,bouobt tWell if some as I've Ioved
has deceived me'n-here her voice trem.
bIed-ss there's been others as could
trust. There was old Mrs. Dowie. and
there was Jessie But you've taken
that comfort away from me. You'll make
IL the other way' When any one seems
GOOD or right I shall think. sAh but so
did Mrs. Dowie, vet she was deceivin' me
all the while WHY. I'm wonderin' now
/ if. after all. Jessie. who seemed an angel
we'll nigh. wasn't p'r'aps untrue and sham
ming. / can't expect YOU quite to re'lize
what you've done to me. Mrs Dowie.
You'd have to be me to understand IF
I've smoke hard Won mnst forgive me Tn
,o;n, now az ~ os beS eye fell on
fbe ten aTiil leave Won that fbousbt Il
when tbonabt Won needed il Bnt i amt
coin to take Il away
She MIGHT have snorod ber v;ct;m ,b;s
lost I;,tla n;ooa of saroos,n go ~ NJ naw;o
al Al ~. 80 - % NJ i bad b;ntoa nd nndorstand
eTao,Iv ava s wbv Il the Latter vas % - nnfara;v;n,,
foword bar @ bnt r s5o ii,e' aothorod tSat ~ baS
;U;mred tho ;rl IL 80 tSat ,he Ia Ist,Sr r ,ss ,rss
nsver ,.rn coming s1y more and that vet sSe had
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