Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1894-03-26
rsSUr- A SACRIFICE.
81 asAInY JANIsr SAVED THE
FARM.
cave IN Her Trip 10 Paris and
said W the Mortgage That
meadow Brook Might
Not lie Sold.

Il s,Ncther speculation" hazarded
n, Jane. looking up from her sew
n Yes" shortly, gone and married
I \, wilder Gray. II that amt specula-
(. ia like to know what 1t is. All
I, say is I'm awful sorry for sairy
IsSe'-
% am IT, assented Miss Jane.
a,sss she won't find much time now
10 tramplng over fields paintin'
Us and such like, making sketches
4 ogs and barnyards. There'n be a
order Of things when Wilder Gray
n In among Mirandy's furnishings.
n Il poor sairy Jane don't have to
n chalk marks my name amt Jane
idleton. The little girls awful fond
Il aintin', amt she, Sarahg"
IA Well / should say" returned Miss
.ah. emphatically.
IN new order OF things Sarah Mid
& I'm had predicted began Immediate
"A mon the Widows ascension TO the
,ne. when few days later she
Il md her step-daughter seated behind
u anyas unon whlch a bed Of mari
"A 4 and whole field of clover were
# sting into bloom under her skilfui
< sers. She. without much ceremony,
I| sbscated the canvas, the paints and
.8ushes to the flames. and hounced out
~ The room. with the reminder that
Il ~ was butter to be churned and
"a rkiugs to be darned, etc.
57'rNlt any wonder that few days
s&,sr little Miss Jane, coming home
4 "a the post carried little tear-
lined missive in her black shopping
Isl n This same little mlsslve carried
. row into the bosom Of the family
Ma Il had been read and reread a
nen times.
indeed, Sairy Jane shall not stay
\ II home to be abused and maltreated.
Msasei she shall not" remarked Miss
Srah Indignantly. "Shall she, JaneT'
IS No. indeed" re-echoed Miss Jane
M All forthwith the two little ladies con-
t,.ed letter, which went by the
n FLOWING mail, begging Sarah Jane to
one to them for a spell" till things
a stisd blow over
H. Sc could study art in the Cincin-
II I,n Ehool of design" said Miss Jane,
" nd sten once we get her we won't
N hfap"
II TA,Mter and the IS bill It enclosed
together With the fast express, brought
he little artist one spring twilight.
Her laihsr had guessed she had better
n not CO. and her stepmother had
I stormtd and scolded, saying she was
a readd on the farm. but the girl had
-Grnaned firmly fixed on the north
Nrar q her ambition, and had come
HsBte all objections,
'l& Sarah Jane found her place In the
HI school, and the "spelr' heightened
q 1t into a period Of two years.
u lou certainly have talent. Miss Mid
isen' the president had said to her
fsh she submitted her sketches to
"a "Your style Is bold and vigorous
"a Epular In the new school. Your
ss in color and shading IS exceed
hi good. Your faults will be over
r.; your good points strengthened
dose application. Study hard two
All At the end of that time you
n End yourself famous artist"
&c would study hard, though, OF
rse she never could be famous. He
only said that to encourage her
NJ Perhaps, 1t was as great a surprise
n Sarah Middleton as 1t was TO the
n little aunts--when they heard the
. duews-to find her picture hung on
line in a notable art exhibit
Vas she really going TO be famous
s all? The thought lent new i'm
Il ~ TO her work. and when at the
innlng Of the next school session, a
AZ b was offered for competition, she
\ sfmined to work for 1t.
, II h was a prize worth winning-a
j. Me- between $1,000 In money and q
he years course In Partisan art
@uos. She would paint picture OF
dear old Meadow Brook farm, with
fowering meadows and meek-eyed
he A three years art course II
lhsl Oh, the Joy OF contemplating II
he picture was begun at once. Al
~ ieisure moments were spent on 1t
III The little aunts found time hang
g nther heavily when Sarah Jan'
~ shut up in her studio transferring
a Not Meadow Brook TO canvas
Mat last the painting was ulmos
sleled. only few finishing touche
@h would be ready for judgment
aatered a half prayer as she ben
fh that May evening with he
HAln hand, that II might be sue
a So much depended upon II
HAii vista the gaining OF the pilz
Hipen up to her!
nsfs was a timld knock at the STU
Id door; moment later 1t was push
II open and Aunt Jane STOOD ther
III ~ the mellow light of the dying ga
a -luI her. She held a white ehVelup
her hand. The letter was from a
schoolfellow, Robert Grant, who's
MI alnefs farm adjbined Meadow broof
III Dear Sarah-Your father has bee
lng for some time. Today / calle
see him and found him much d'
- essed. He asked me to write to 80
ask II you could not come back
adow Brook for little while. Abol
= gear ago he mortgaged his hit
q IN, for $1,000. Things have been g
On rather bad on the place, and u
iteage is to be foreclosed shoru
i " Is, think, which weighs upon h
Hlah uttered "A sharp little or
n taew Brook to be sold!
4 H. RS there no way TO save itY
" like flash the word rang in h
The prizel the prizell the prize
.&W Neuspnd dollars. Should she "
YES the sacrifice worthy the LAP
- cost her? Paris and its gold'
(sea must be relinquished that Mea
( /: brook might be saved.
N ny need dwell on the hopes al
the expectation and dou
= .aed Into the following days. II
needful to know that Miss Sar
aleton was awarded the prize a
.. when asked her choice in the mi
NE replied In as steady a voice
you'd command:
!, ae money, II you please, BIr. Pre-
~ mortgage on Meadow Brook "
tis II Areclosed. The place is still poi
as the property OF Josiah NJ
and Sarah Jane, who still liz
- asr beloved art, has found gold
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