The morning call., 1894-09-16

pressive cough and look Indicative of the
pride he felt in thus suppressing the
offender, he said:
MARY, wimmen folks wasn't made to
think. What Pa'son HIGHS salary is, or
how it is paid. is no consarn of yonrn. /
think your Rittle has billed over"
When Mary went to look after the i'm
aginary trouble on the stove, ne turned to
his brother and rs nearly winked a. he
had ever been guilty of doing, and then
took up the thread of the Interrupted dis
course.
what Gid the pa'sOn say wuz ailin'
2! oehe ?'
Fever" laconically answered Henry
tits some kind of catchin' thing, an no
One'll 60 near her. She amt got o doctor,
nuther, but Pa'sOn knows good bit a DO u
medicine, an he says she'll die eff some
one don't 60 an nuSs her pretty quick"
why don't his wife go eff it's SO tarna-
ton bad as all that?'' ut in James.
Mother baby. gruffiy replied Henry.
Goodness me-" said MS brother, Jump
ing W, there we've set a talkln' and i 3
full ten minits past our usual lime fer
goin' t4r bed. Good night, Mary. Henry.
dnn'S set there Stain like an owl" at
which the other rose aud the two went
above and we're lost in dreams long before
poor, tired. little Mrs. Muggins had fn-
ished tidying up the kitchen.
The brothers woulI not have slept so
peacefully if they had known that up in
Mrs. Muggins' room the single candle was
sputterng along until close on to midnight
and the former meek little sister In its
feeble light was busily engaged in putting
some of her belongings into the capacions
earpet-bag that she had brought out West
ten years before. It's downright heath
enlsb, that's what it IS" she said to her
self as she patted down an extra nightcap.
IF they want TO go before their maker
with that girls death on their conscience
it Is more tlan | do, and even though
they turn me out OF doors Pm going
to go and do my duty by PhHbe-poOr
girl; many time she's given me d helping
hand when L was ready TO dror, and she
knew right well, too, she couldn't expect
any pay Tor ii. Eve got my $1,000 and its
accumulated interest. and if the worst
comes o the worst I'll just pack up, and
when Phoebe gets we'll shs and I'll 60
East and see If we can't make a living
somehow. Land knows l couldn't work
any harder than l have in the last ten
years if had to go Into factory
The brown eyes snapped and the stoop.
ing hgure Strengthened up as though the
very thought of such reballiouS feeling
gave her new strength. Poor SOUL she
had been under the harrow so long that
this mlld mutIny appeared 10 her like the
opening Of new path to an untried ex-
lstence. Thus it was that in the morning
when the brothers came dOwnst Iirs they
found note on the table explaining the
absence OF the household drudge, whose
loss they already keenly felt, the cold
stove and unprepared breakfast teaching
them very cuDclusively that they needed a
woman around.
Strange Mary never showed no notion
OF kiekln' over the traces afore," said
Henry, as he tried to drink cup of very
muddy c, flee prepared by james. ''Wim-
men is all queer, an YOU kin never til
when they's gOln' to break out. / must
say, however, pm disappointed in Marv
IL ain I decent nor material like to go off
nussin' workhus' girl and leavin' her own
kith and kin to git along as best they kin"
Its soap-makin' time, too" groaned
Henry.
YES, and there's all them pertaters as
need sortin', aud the apples II rot eff some
un don't can 'em or suthin' au' the feather
beds to be picked over, an the socks, an,
an-oh. LOr, what will we dov
DO without her." replied Henry. who
by this time had plucked up bit of grim
COURAGE as he saw how rapidly his brother
was losing that cOmmodty
"Mary's made her bed-Iet her lie in it,
We done without her before she came, l
guess we can On without her now"
But as The days went Oh they found they
could not do without her. The neighbo
who bad always been in sympathy win
kind-heartad Lutte Mrs. Muggins, now alb
solnteiy refused to come TO the aid of the
helpless desDots. who saw their pretty, tidy
home assuming an uncomfortable. slovenly
appearance that had not been there for
years. The daintlly spread table, the
wel-cooked food, the Clearly hearth and
The air of home had all gone with Mary.
Even Tabby, the black cat, me wed mourn
FULLY for her accustomed petting and soon
brgan to look as disreputable and I'M
kempt as the two forlorn bachelors who
night after night pulled at their pipes In
silence, the holes in their stockings grow.