The Dickinson press., 1893-04-01

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some anxiety and much sympathy.
Margery's scheme was to Cousin
Sall.y's liking; but handsome Harry.
busy With his own plans and ambitions.
had not the faintrSt %prcmonition that
Nemesis was approaching him.
So far as his gay. eaSc-loving DISPOSE
ton would permit. thos" days we're
anxious ones even to him. But his
spirits did not suffer thereby. and it
WAS with an appetite wholly unim-
paired that he walked into his boarding
house, in time for dinner on the cve
ing of Marscry'S pilgrimage to Cam
bridge.
There We're several things on his
mind just then. and Il somewhat de-
pressing letter from his father WAS in
his pocket. But Fitch was telling Il
funny story as Harry seated himself.
Catching the point i'll his own quick
way. he laughed as heartily eel it as
amy. Then he himself told an anecdotc
apropoS of the other. and was listening
To Il confidence from his ncighbor on
the right.
Say. Emerson. Miranda has gone
away. We have Il new table girl. and
she's Il beauty"
Then behind him the new girl spoke.
will You have mulligatawny or lamb
broth. sir"
If he had lost his composurc com
rlctely: if lie had jumped up and de-
nouncru her. or ever if he had tainted
before his mulligatawny could reach
him. this new table girl would hardly
have been surprised. But he did neither
of these things.
Starting slightly. he turned around
and looked her in the face; hut though
her w rl!ddy cheek did change color.
there WAS no recognition i'll his gaze.
In the coolest possible voice he replied,
Broth. please"
Then Morrison across the table called
out mockiugly: Our friend Emerson's
struck I'LL of Il heap with SO much
youth and beauty"
Emerson. quite in his usual manner,
answered, I'm all of that, l assure
you"
But all his sang froid could not pre-
vent him from finding that dinner Il
bitter one: and his fathers letter in his
pocket seemed to have gained an added
weight.
An hour or two later he retraced his
steps toward the boarding house. rang
the bell. and brought the landlady her
self to the door.
II want to see that new table girl,
Mrs. Coffin he said. she left my
mother only this week, and l have a
message for her"
'Oh. it's all right" he added. impa-
ticntly, as Mrs. Coffin fingered with
some inquiry in her eyes; you needn't
he afraid"
Concluding that oven if it We're all
wrong she had nothing to fear, the
landlady went out at once and sent the
girl in.
Margcry came with her pretty head
erect. and no fear in her innocent eyes.
But tumult was in her heart, and at
first she could not tind voice to answer
his imperious greeting.
May | ask the meaning of this mas
%quorading, Miss Emerson? Whatever
it is. you certainly choose Il nice way
to disgrace both yourself and me-" lie
said still more angrily, after Il mo-
mrnt'S pause, and then she flashed
upon him.
There never Was auy disgrace in
honest work. It's you who are in
much more danger of d%isgracing us all,
and perhaps you will thank yourself if
your SeltiShncSS and extravaganza kills
papa. He il just sick with anxiety
now. and YOU could save him from it
if you only would. am sure you could
live on half what you do, and you have
SO much influence with nm that
she would save, too, if you would talk
to her.
I'm not clever. l know. but l could
do the housemaid's work. and l would,
but YOU will not do anything. You re-
fused to take that situation, and YOU
only laughed at inc when / talked to
you the last time YOU were home. And
then l just made up my mind that if
you We're too proud to work I'd show
you TINT IWasnat!!stss9 fs
( All throughst hsstofrent of words her
itsten:s Bat II. aso sea isM hff now, look aIe
isssn ssyssa4sssssse.snFaefionsly into her face.
~. kAndffyOuswtn stay here and do this
'menial work just for the sake of
shaming me?'
Put i'll this way she did not like the
sound of it. but she held her ground I'M
tlinchingly.
II not only mean to say it, but I
mean to do it. oh. you need not look
ut me like that! l don't like it, you
may be sure. l could have sunk into
the ground this evening when those
young men ioked about me. But I've
begun, and / am going to go on. I'm
not going to be Il sham or Il burden one
day longer"
He walked away from her then, and
leaning against the mantel, remained
in utter silence fully five minutes. To
most of us, however %ease-loving or
however hardened, there are moments
when 1T is given us to see a new
heaven and IL new earth; and to Harry
Emerson this flash Of inspiration came
as he stood studying the border Of
shells wherewith Mrs. Coffin had flank.
ed her fireplace.
Margery watched him with intense
anxiety. Under all her pain and disap.
po1ntment she had still such faith In
MN II a 1t was lot wholly q surprise
to her, when, returning to her side, he
said, with all the anger gone from his
voice:
we must call Mrs. Coffin in and ex.
plain to her, Margery. Say anything
you like-I don't care-but I'm going
to take YOU into Cousin Sally's this
evening. Your mission is accomplished
Ill lake the hotel place or do anything
else that l { can to help; and when I fail
Ill give you leave to go out to service
again as fast us you please"
Margery, looking up ut him through
her happy tears. felt almost as if she
We're marring the splcndor of his sur
render by saying as she did:
But, Harry, / must tell you! Cousin
Sally said that if you saw things this
way, she would pay every debt yo,
owe, and help papa IL of the tight
place he is in. She v did help Us
before. she said, because we seemed tc
her so lacking i'll good principle"
But even when Miss Sally had helped
them to such an extent that they soor
sailed past all the breakers of which ]
have written, Harry's new manliness
proved scaworthy. So e~ffectually, in.
deed. did he learn the lesson which
Marsery gave. that his contributions tc
he family e%Xchequer saved her from