Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-03-21

lr.i tSSJEN faded carpet might be
M TMS characterized as such,
w and the fresh lowell.
ess OF two girls who sat IN the apart
.ncnt struck you like an incougruily. Il!
seemed as if they must be there by mis-.
take.
"Half pound of beefsteak. Ruth
and few potatoes, and loaf OF bread;
tnat viii do, l think" SAID the elder,
thoughtfuiIv, 20 a tall, gaunt old woman
with little market basket on her arm,
WHO stood in the middle of the room, a.
II as sitting orders.
Amt that are pretty cius' dinner
FOR three, Miss Josephine2' said Ruth,
giving her rusty black bonnet an extra
twi,cl.
~ know it, Ruth" laughed the girl,
"3u- We must regulate our expenditure
aceording to our resources, you ar2
aware. See!'
Sc held up a lank little purse as sh,
sposc. Ruth smiled too-but she was
looking, not at the purse, but at Jose
phine Carey, standing where the sun
shine threaded her brown curls with god
and melted into hazel wells of light
under her long dark lashes.
But she was not as regally beautiful as
her sister. AS Cecile Carey sat in the
antique easy chair by the smouldering
remnant of fire, it would scarcely have
been difficult to fancy her crowned
queel.
She looked fretfully up from her en-
broidery as Josephine spoke.
Ruth, do Ering a few oranges fol
DESERT canuot live on this beggarly
d!et.' she said.
I'VE caunet afford it, Cecile," inter.
posed Josephine, gently.
Cecile Pouted.
you don't care whether I starve o.
not"
Josephine's lip guivered.
dearest Cecile! Is it not better h.
bear up cheerfuIly and strive not to re-
pineF
AS if one could help repining in this
dismal hole! And then since papa's
bankruptcy and death our friends have
all deserted us-ot course, they would
not come to such place as this"
"Ot course, then, they are not worth
our regrets. But Cecile, you should not
say all Mr.. Archcliff has been here
several times"
eyes, said Cecile, little conscious
II, as If she would have addei' "Aut
l defy him to stay away while l choose
to keep nm with a smile or a glance.
"But, then, Josephine, he is our lawyer"
The law business has long since
come to an end, said Josephine, archly.
Never mind, Cecy, we won't Investi.
gate his motives too closely; aud now,
where IS my sewing2"
Cecilc looked rather scornfulIy at tn.
plain calico dress which the busy fin.
gers OF her sister were working on.
"Things will be different when I an
Mrs. Archcliff," she mused to herself.
~ wonder if he will come here to-day;
lie has been absent since Wednesday.
The sunshine was creeping up the
wall like an ebbing tide of gold, and the
coarse iudices of the wooden mantel
clock were pointing to somewhere about
., that afternoon, when Ruth put her
stiff muslin cap into the room where
Cecic was doing over q book, and JOS
ephiLe still az work over the calico
Lreaiths.
49, YOU please, young ladies'"
i.n e!.f' drawled Cecile, sleePily.
"Ir. Archc,ide is here"
And, without further ceremony, sns
ushered the lawyer into the apartment.
A tall, stately man, somewhere be-
tween thirty and forty, with dark, heavy
hair, straight features, and eyes full OF
quiet, thoughtful strength, he entered
with the same chivalrous respect ne had
been wont to show the sisters when they
dwclt in a superb mansion, aud wera
Clothed with purple and fine linen.
~ have come here on business" HI
said, breaking the momentsry pause that
eusued after the usual greetings; "5us-
iness that imminently concerns both OF
yOu young ladies. While eIaminin..
some wills and leases relating to an en-.
tirely different case, accidentally SUM
bled on a clue which, when followed up,
brought me to the knowledge that you
are hers to considerable property,
which has for some years been enjoyed
by those who possessed neither right nor
tIt'e to it,"
The wretches!" interrupted Gee le,
passionately.
Nay" he said, gently, "the presan-
possessor is quite ignorant that ne has
uone any wong, whatever suspicious
lis father may have hal on the subject. '
"And how soon-when-" STAN
mered Cecile
ID you mean how sooa do you come
nto Possession7" he asked, as she paused
abruptly. within very few weeks,
I trrst-l3 soon as the Troublesome
forms OF IA can be gone through witt.
Acting as your legal advisor, I hav,
.lready given notice to the young man."
"Tlen it is young man. Poor fell
owl sighed Josephine "What sort of
person IS it, Mr.. A-chclif Z"
Il know nothing, Miss Josephine,
except thls lie is about sixtecl, all a
ripple"
"A cripple7"
"les; martyr, an told, to spinal