Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1894-01-18

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name. and her n,ilny.col0refl 4 tt;ra nSd
her peculiar manner. WINS m ,,l,l.rst.ah
Ilishel Institution IA Cotllingtun. I Vo.
body stared al her i,s she went thrn,,h
the streets. she was accented M 49, q
tmatter Of course. The o(llsslyt,,n folks
were Glistrustful and contcmptous al
every thing they were not, used To. nrd
distrustful and contempt uous OF you ii
| you expressed any surprise at what
they We're used to. They were used
Ito Miss Barnasconi. The dun little
town the Codlington ians mipht
not seem to offer very favorable
field for her professional exertions
Yet she managed to live, and even ia
save a little money. She taught slnpinp
and music In the PRINCIPAL schools Of
the place, and In 'smany private fami-
lies Of the highest gentility." to whom
she referred the public in genernl in
her annual advertisement in tho ODD.
lington Chronicle.
Her italian M mo stoo1 ho,. /, -. .
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nosnonia Italian was mono - NJ % 90.
est, having filtered through two genera.
lions Of cockneydom. Her grandfather
had kept a shop for the sale OF plaster
casts in the neighborhood Of long
Acre. Her father-being idle. and hay.
Ing q pretty tenor yoice-got into the
chorus at the Italian opera In SI nnf3nn
She herself had gone to Codlington thir.
ty years ago, being Attracted thithar
by the fact that some OF her mothers
relations lived in the neishborhood The
relations did not help moor Barney
as she was Familiarity called-not being
proud Of the, connection with the plaster r
shop and the opera chorus. CThey
were pork butchers, in a large way Of
business, and naturally felt that thew
had position to maintain But Bar.
ney helped herself, and made her own
way, after hard struggle, about which
she seldom spoke.
Such us she was, Mrs. Jack believed
in her sense trusted her and consult
ed her. And if she did not often take
her advice, she often acknowledged
that she wished she had taken it, which
was as much as could be expected,
Miss Barnasconi was accustomed to re-
tect.
On the present occasion Mrs. Iacl,
told her all about the interview with
Mr.. and Mrs. Lilly in the frankest
manner. Mrs. Jack was always frank.
too frank, her mother-in-law said: and
1 am inclined to think her mother-in-
law was right. Rut thpre arc nSt,ros
which need a pretty sharp discipline
to teach them the lesson that other
folks are not SO much interested in
them as they are, in themselves, and
1t is not rare to see persons go through
life without having learned it. Mrs.
Jack ALWAYS expected sympathy and
it must be owned that she gave it album
dainty and warmly to others.
Miss BarnascOni listened, drinking her
tea the while, to the young widows
story: and when Mrs. Jack wound up
with, Il dare say it's all very true,
aud that I'm not good manager, al
though I'm sure buy the very, very
cheapest things!- quite horrid things I
buy!-but as to going and living in Per
clval house. It does seem too dreadf,,
to think of!'-when Mrs. Jack a1,ilei1
with this yehemently uttered sentence
Miss Barpasconi slowly onenad her
snuff box, took copious pinch. and
said, in her deep voice: ,>~
"Come! they're not ogres ut parc,vo1
house, are theyY They wort eat VOL,
cold hoiled for hraalfa Of ,r;,, ~ yS -,
"oh, but they are so stupid! Ard.
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