Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1894-04-26
a BOX Or BcNsoNs.

Wuy, cFieo Eleanor u00de, sit'
. perfect palace. / really had n,
idea Of grandeur like this.
Isn't it?' echoed Miriam Kassan
4 wish dear could ask you /,
stay and spend the day, but l dar,
not. Pm too much Of q stranger
here to take any liberties
'Oh, ! shouldn't expect itl' said
Eleanor, looking around at the de-
corated ceilings, pale blue silk dra
peries and lovely bits of landscapes
on the walls. 4 know exactly how
you're situated, Milly. But cam,
Jon come shopping with mes Boil
has given me sonne cash to buy 4
new gown with, ,.and there are some
Of the sweetest old blue gingham.
at Tack & Nipp's.
Miss Kasson shook her head.
sImpossible!' said she. you see,
the family have gone to Darlington
to funeral, and am left in charge.
And you don't know she added,
with a comical little pursuing mp oI
the lips, 'how afraid l am Of Mrs.
Yeskes, the housekeeper, or how my
heart beats when I feel myself com.
pelled to give an order to the but
ler.'
q wish were youp cried Eleanor.
'lt would be such funr
'One hardly knows sighed Mir
lam. whether one is a lady or q
servant
'Oh, there can't be much doubt of
that, said Eleanor. Look at your.
self in the mirror, dear. Wouldn't
you say that you beheld princess
in disguise:?'
Nonsense. But at least let me
get you glass of cool water, Nell,
you look so flushed with your long
walk
She slipped away, while Eleanor
oeguilded the time of her absence
by a heightened survey of herself in
the mirror.
Yes, it was no unsatisfactory
view-a dimpled, rosy young Venus,
with sparkling hazel eyes, red lips,
and complexion of purest pink and
white. And then-good gracious?
one OF the ribbon loops of her airy
summer dress had come loose. She
looked frantically around for a pia
to repair the damages, but no pin
was to be seen.
They're in the bureau drawer
she said to herself. 'Milly was al
ways too distressingly neat for any
thing. Oh, here they are!' grasp
ing a paper of pins. 'And here,
too-oh, the delicious little glutton! !
here's a box of chocolate caramels,
tied with pink ribbons. I'll teach
her to hide her sweeties away from
me! How she will stare when she
finds them gone.'
It was the act of a moment to
whisk the bonbon box into her
shopping bag and appear deeply abb
sorbed in repairing the damages to
her wardrobe when Miss Kasson
came in, bringing glass of water
and some fancy biscuits on Jap
anese tray.
By the time she reached the Gel
ebrsted emporium of Messrs. Tuck
& Nipp the bargains in old blue
ginghams were gone, and nothing
remained 'fit to be seem at any
price to which she could venture, to
aspire. and so she betook herself
sorrowfully to the pretty fat which
she called home.
And none too soon, for a telegram
awaited her there, announcing that
her mother was i'll, and it was ne
cessary for her to goto her at once.
At the end of two weeks she
brought her mother home nearly
recovered.
Little Sarah, the youngest sister
received her ioyfully.
It's been so lonesome without
You, Nell,' she said. 'I've kept
house beautifully, only Biddy has
scorched the oatmeal every morning
and the coffee hasn't tasted quite
right, and Bob has been so busy he
couldn't find time to go walking
with me-
Busy satirically echoed Eleanor.
| oh, but he really was. He's got
o real case, Bob has, and it's awful
interesting too. The Judge assign.
ed 1t to him because the defendant
Il think that's the proper Law
phrase q pretty little wrinkle
of the eyebrows-'hadn't any means