The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-10-08

Co dru wer and took ONT clclu table
cloth .-lNpgurt was Che cost Uf washing,
and She could not afford to throw away
.iNpcuccs. and the other one had only hcen
used three or four times. but her pride,
as ] have said, was up
And where are the uapkiusi' said
Dora. I'm lay IL for YOU. J really like to DO
1t. and q uicely-laid table, with the crys-
tai sparkling and the silver shining. and
the linen so fresh and smooth. is very
pretty object 10 look at father Always
says
ooh dear! must hurry up cried Mrs.
Hesketh II hear Alfred step upon the
stairs
Now Dora did not admire Alfred, though
she was fond of Alfred wife. He brought
"a sniff of the shop with him which was
disagrecable 10 the girl, and he called her
"miss," which Dora hated. She threw
down the tablecloth hurriedly. "Oh, I'll
leave you. them she cried, for I'm sure
he does not like TO see me here when he
comes in. -
"Oh, Miss Dora, how can you think such
a thing" cried her friend; but she was
glad of the success Of her eXpedicnt when
her visitor disappeared. Alfred indeed,
did not come in for half an hour after, but
Mrs Hesketh was at liberty to make her
little domestic arrangements in her own
way. Alfred. like herself, knew that
tO5b SlA lJillNt a tLf III IL NTul
10 the wash-which Dora, it was evident,
did not do.
Dora found her father reading in ex-
actly the same position as She had left
him, he had not moved except TO turn a
leaf. He raised his head when she came
in and said, Il am glad you have come
back, Dora. ! want you TO get me book
out Of that bookcase in the corner 1t is
on the third shelf
And were you so lazy, father, that you
would not get up to find it yourselfl'
Yes, l was so lazy" he said, with a
laugh. II get lazier and lazier every day.
Besides. l like to feel that / have some
one to do it for me. l am taking books
out Of shelves and putting them back
again all the day long
Dora put her arm on her fathers Shout
der, asshe put down the book on the table
before him. But you like it, don't you
father You are not tired of it.
'Of the museum he said, with a
laugh, and look of surprise ''No-I am
not tired of it-any more than l am Of my
life"
This was an enigmatical reply, but Dora
did not attempt to fathOm it. What the
little people upstairs want is just to have
money enough to live on, and nothing to
do, she said.
The little peoplel And what are you,
Dora2 You are not so very big
Il am growing" said Dora, with conf
dence; land l shouldn't like to have moth
ing to do all my life"
There is great deal to be said for
that view of the question, - said Mr.. Man
nering. Il am not an enthusiast for
mere work, unless there is something to
come out Of it. Know that thou must
work, does not apply always, unless you
have to earn your living, which is often a
very fortunate necessity. And even
that" he said, with a smile, has its
drawbacks"
Its surely far better than doing moth
ing" cried Dora, with her young nose in
the air.
well, but what does it come to after
all? One works to live, and consumes the
fruits of ones work in the act of living.
And what better is that than if you had
never been2 The balance would be much
the same. But this is not the sort of
arguments for little girls, even though
they are growing" Mr.. Mannering said
Il think the museum must have been
very stutfy to-day, father,' was the re-
mark which Dora made.