St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-17


thee?"
81 am an orphan" said, .taud l have no
real home; cannot live any longer with the
people who have kept me until now, they dis
like me-"
She looked at me without speaking when I
said this.
perhaps thee shows thy temper" she said,
after awhile; "the mistress demands patience
of the servant. especially in the South"
had not said 1 was a servant. but she
must haye taken it for granted, and did not
contradict her.
s.,rhee is sure thee has no parents?' she
inquired presently. @
.'They died long ago." replied, with tears
in my eyes.
sit is sad loss," she responded. 81 think
thee is good girl, so thee can stay here for a
while, and will think the matter over. Does
thee know friend Hoty well?"
"No, ma'am, never saw him BEFORE" I
said; she is very strange, but has been very
kind
''Thee can sayno, without the ma'am, said
the Quakeress. 'Speak to me as friend War
rington. Yes, the man always means we'll. I
cannot understand why while using the plain
language, he is so full of form and ceremony,
and more given to the gay dress of the worlds
people than any ever saw. But it is part of
his brain disorder doubtless. There was
tale that cannot tell thee, and its end was
what worlds folk call duel. They tell me
that he then received a wound in the head
which is the cause of his madness. Verify
he that taketh the sword shall perish by the
sword"
''The young people in the village, who con-
slider themselves witty, no doubt first called
the unfortunate man Donkey Hoty,' and it
appears he does not resent it, However,
donkey is considered an offensive epithet
therefore thee will never use it, but always
address him as 1 do, as friend Hoty"
l had no doubt that the poor gentleman
had bestowed the sobriquet on himself, but it
was plain that friend Ruth Warrington had
never heard of Cervante's celebrated work.
therefore 1 only said s'Yes, maam. I'll re-
member"
"Thee is forgetting one thing already" said
Ruth, ssbut bad habits are not to be broken at
once"
And, indeed, it was long before could drop
that courteous 'maam," which is used so
freely in the South, SO that it is thought very
rude and unmannerly to use a 'tno" or eyes"
without it. 1 still think it pretty custom.
Indeed, the Southerners have many very
pretty fashions of speech, which it is to be
hoped they will never allow themselves to
alter
Shortly the Don returned, having eaten
comfortable meal, and made a long speech as
to the delicious viands of which he had par
taken, and the honor the sabbess' had done
him in inviting him to the banquet. Friend
Warrington only shook her head.
81 have often told thee to say only, Thank
thee, friend, for a good breakfast. if thee must
say anything which is not needful," she re-
marked. Then spying my glove in his hat
band, she cried out, 'fBut, friend Hoty, I think
thee is about to carry off Annals glove. Is
not that the mate to the one thee wears,
child?'
''Nay, then, gentle abbess, but desire to
wear it, that may be the orphan damseps
knight" responded the Don.
SIT will be better that she shall wear it, not
being over well supplied with this worlds
gocds," said friend Warrington.
'sThy word is law, my lady abbess," the
poor gentleman replied, and laid the gray
tons departed.
He was so plainly a gentleman, so we'll in
tentioned, with so much of the spirit of the
Knight Of La Mancha, and he had done me SO
great service in bringing me TO friend War
rington, that my heart went forth to him in
gratitude, and resolved that if it were ever
in my power to do him any good, I would
do it.
And then-oh, what foolish little soul I
was, but am determined to be candid
though knew he was distraught, the words
he had used delighted me. He had called
me beautiful. He had spoken of me as
lovely.
stood near the window, looking out, idly
watching the wagons and carriages that
drove by. The ladies, followed by their
colored servants, on their way to market.
The negresses carrying baskets and tin pals,
the ladies with silver butter-tasters hanging
by little chains to their foreflngers.
1t was not until half an hour had passed
that friend Warrington lifted her eyes and
smiled upon me.
"Maria is going to friend Mapleson, to
learn to sell goods in her fancy store She
leaves this afternoon" she said. 81 shall put
Sarah in her room, and Jane in Sarah's. and
thee can have James. have twelve
orphan girls here, and as one is placed
where she can earn her bread, I take an
other.
''Thee comes in good time, that is If thee
wishes to stay with me. If thee does thee
must wear plain dress, use plain speech, and
obey me-
81 am willing, friend Warrington" said,
"to do anything for those who love me and
whom love-"
cit is commanded that we shall love one
another" said friend Warrington, ''but we
must do our duty, even to our enemies.
To all she said was willing to agree. She
was so kind and gentle that already began
to love her.
Afterward knew that this good Quaker
ess supported the little charity entirely upon
her own means, asking aid of no one. She
had done this for years; being widow and
having no children of her own, she devoted
herself to the children of others.
When there was a vacancy, certain
benevolent Quakers who were much with the
poor were notified, and usually filed it
promptly. On this occasion had been
brought to the door in the very nick Of time.
CHAPTER VII.
Don Quixote was our champion, our knight
at arms. Sometimes we heard him pacing
before our door, guarding US from some i'm
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