The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1894-02-02
CHAPTER X-tContinued.)

CHAPTER X-tContinuedJ
Suddenly she rushed to the table.
opene! her little writing desk, ttmblnd
the contents OF it out pelmell, seized IA
sheet of note paper with a trembling
hand and wrote upon it at full speed
as follows:
I Old Street, Saturday Evening
Madam: After having maturely re-
flected upon our interview Of this morn
ing, | have come to the conclusion that
it would be dcrogatory to my self-re-
spcct FOR me to continue to give les
sons i'll your family. l therefore beg
to resign my engagement as daily gov
crness to your children from this time
forward. / am, madam. yours obatli-
emily, Isabel Lilly.
To Mrs. Boddington, Beach Grove.
Mrs. Jack really supposed herself to
have 'maturely reflected" upon her in
tcrview with Mrs. Boddington. Ger
tainly it had been constantly present
to her ina agination ever since it hap
pencd. She sealed up the result of her
mature reflections with the same fever
ish eagerncss with which she had writ
ten 1t. and sent it off to the post with
out further delay.
There said she, half aloud. when
the note was fairly dispatched. Il sup
pose they will be satisfied now
am very glad have written that letter
Very glad.'
Just then her eyes fell on Popsy's
little frock-the jack towel garment be-
slowed on her by her grandmother
which Biddy had been sewing at.
I'm afraid Porsy won't have her
pink and white frock now" said the
young mother, sadly.
CHAPTER NJ.
We have all experienced the eX-
traorslinary transformation which our
yesterdays actions occasionally undergo
when viewed by the light Of next
morning. The color is all different
and even the outlines seem changed.
Now, to such. transformations Mrs
Jacks actions being usually performed
under the influence Of quick emotions
were peculiarly subject
The letter which She had dispa tchel
to Mrs Boddington did not appear
nearly so wise Il document when con
siderea by the cool light Of mornin.
as she had thought II in the full tide Of
her angry feeling on the preceding
night Popsy's joy-expressed with So
briety, for Popsy had great deal Of
Solid ef-posseSSion-Wha she found
mamma was not going out to teach that
day, but would stay with her own, own
little girl, as Mrs. Jack assured her with
q hug, scarcely raised an answering
smile on her mothers face. Popsy
needed other things even more than
mammals society and assistance in the
adornment Of an old battered wooden
doll, which underwent great deal of
dressing and undressing. Pop " needed
boots and bread-and-butter- consider
able quantity of the latter-:nd a new
hat, and warmer little cloak for the
autumn weather. And Mrs Jack began
to reflect with dismay that she had
reckoned upon getting many Of these
things with that quarters salary.
She looked sadly at the receipt for
the price Of her advertisement in the
Codlington Chronicle. Mrs Rodding-
tons was the only application she had
ever had in consequ ance Of it No one
else had taken any notice of it, and at
length, on Barney's advice. she had
withdrawn It III despair. 1t was clear
that Codlington people We're determined
not to employ her. Painfully she went
over the accounts for the third or
fourth time since sending the note 10
Mrs. Boddington: toiling up and down
the weary columns of figures until she
felt tired from head TO foot, as il she
had been literally walking on dreary
road. She dreaded getting into debt
again. And yet it became apparent
that she would not have the where
Withal to live on to the end Of the
year, paying ready money for every
thing
I suppose that they are right at
Percival House, and that l am IN idiot
who does not understand how to man
age my income she said, leaning both
her elbows on the table and pressin.
her soft round cheeks on the knuckles
OF her clenched hands She wondered
what this mysterious art Of managing"
really was, and wished that she could
learn it. And then the self-accusine
thought came dimiy into her mind that
managing probably meant simply doing
without many things one would like to
nave, either for ones self or for 9th
ers. For herself. Mrs. Jack continually
made the sacrifice Of pleasures and pret-
tiness which she was thoroughly a,lali-
fed to enjoy. But, for Popsy. She was
conscious Of being guilty of culpable
weakness. There was one sacrifice
which she had been advised to make
ana which she had hitherto refused
On her chlid's account But now she
began seriously to contemplate it. She
feared she must get rid Of Biddy. Now
tnat she had no occupation to take her