The Republican journal., 1894-03-01
The Repentance OF Miss Deborah
Parker
ny MRS. ". :. CARTWRIGHT


pan. scrub pail, claw hammer and saucer
Of tacks, she Slowly descending the
front stairs, secured till they were as Slip
perN as glass.
'Thank goodness, L IN through that
Job, She was saying to herself. s.My,
how lame ! be. dom believe I'll clean
that spare room twice a wear no more.
Once is plenty enough when faint never
Slept in
'.By spare room Miss Deborah meant
her guest chamber which, indeed, had not
been occupied for twenty years.
/ Nevertheless, twice year she conscien-
tiousls removed every article of furniture
from the unused apartment. whltewashed
the wall, secured The spotless floor, pol
! ished the tiny windows and finally replac
I'd each article of furniture in the exact
spot it had occupied Tor a lifetime.
1t waS i quaint, pleasant old room, that
tiny guest chamber. and the pride Of Miss
Deborah heart IN one corner stood the
great old fashioned bedstead piled high
With tiuify feather beds just opposite
the bcd Stood solid mahogany bureau
With -geat brass les Shaped like lions
paws. In the Wppcrinost drawer lay sun
diY garments VI fire linen scented nith
laNcndcl Nil. Deborah often alluded To-
tham hei t4lNc clothes, and .aNe
elaborate directions ~ hel friends as to
h0W ~he Was w he NrlaNed in them,
There MAS little Toilet table covered
with White dimity between the front Win
COWS. Above il hung 4 long nalrow
minor With a wonderful landscape paint
NM pn Ms WPIel division N thr 4laS~
M hen TINE minister y witt ',ilauE wv,
Will Miss ptbbN SHE always laid hel bon
net on ihv ai-h white bed ana alfang-
w her Hair before the little mirror, but
N within those sacred precincts NO lesser
mortal WAS cvef admitted
As y sleeping in this spare room,
Miss Deborah had some dim notion that
She might have hel last sickness II it;
mt Sne had never really faced the idca.
But at the moment our stony opens She
was entirely obliviolis Of these doleiul
matters She WAS deciding hot To Clean
that spare room for whole year.
Just as she set hel foot on the last STAIR
i loud knock At the back porch door ~
sounded through the little house.
Miss Deborah started neryously and
dropped the tack hammer, which fell on
htr toe. who On earth can that be-
She exclaimed petulantly. "a tramp as
like as not. and in no amahle mood She
lmped out and threw open tile door
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