Middletown transcript., 1895-01-05

thankful that two and two do not max
three!'
'But how are we going to ge
through the rest of the winter?" queirt
Emily, in reptoachful tone. "Witl
mother down sick in bed, and the doc
tors bill to pay,-besides medicine
and nourishing food,-and-oh, dea
me! how | wish something would lap
pep! Do you know, George, l onct
read about a poor girl who found {
fortune behind one of the family por
traits"
s'But don't believe our family evel
had enough money to have any portrait
painted!' laughed Georgina, Then il
the next breath she exclaimed:
ooh. my gocdnessl Yes. they're over
in the snowbank!-and there goes the
horse! Poor old lady! Pm afraid she's
hurt. There. En-, something has hap
penedl Come, quick, and see if we can
help"
ooh, dear me, l meant something
pleasant" mnrmured Emily. slowly
following her sister, wh already dis
appeared out of the door, and who,
when Emily reached her, was helping
the bawildered driver t. lift the little
lady. his late passenger. from her i'm
prompt u bed in the snowbank.
They half-snpported, half-carried her
int, the house, and while Emily bore
the dismal iding 10 her sick m"th-l,
Georgina bmsied herself With rPsrora-
tves for the little woman. who Wa
half-fainting from excitement and tie
effects of the shock. When the doct y
came he looked little grave as he tx
amined his new patient. and fnalI,
ordered her tn be- mt t. bed, and kept
AS quiet rs possible.
"Oh, nv gnndnessl" murmnrtd d
Emily. who entered the room just in
time to hear his orders.
Eyes, Pm afraid l an intruding,"
the little old lady protested weakly.
"Doctor. couldn't you somehow get
me over to the station?-but
couldn't get into a sleigh again, oh,
dear mel no-pm too much upset and
shake up for that. But once you put
me on the tlain couldn't help getting
there. and I'd have you telegraph to
Mr.. Neal to meet me -"
"It never would do" the doctor said
emphatically. II would not be re-
sponsible for the consequences. Your
nerves are all unstrung and you should
have absolute quiet for a time.''
"And she SHALL" said Georgina, with
decision. "It's all right, I'll take good
care of you, madam" with a sweet re-
assuring smile, Sand you needn't be
one bit worried or bothered about any
thing"
So it was settled, and Georgina
brightly shouldered the extra burden
of care. Emily refused to share the
new care, though she assisted in the
care of her own sick mother, and at
tended to few of the lighter duties
about the house: and so Georgina's
burden was necessarily much in
creased.
The days passed on. Mrs. Mowbray,
the mother of the girls, had begun to
improve rapidly at last, and soon was
able TO sit up; but the little old lady,
Mrs Neal, was very weak and still
confined to her bed. Georgina had to
watch over her night and day, for she
was very frail little woman, and had
been more seriously injured than they
had at first supposed. She had come
on from a neighboring city some weeks
before, to join an old friend whom she
had not seen for many years, and who
had appointed this place as a conven-
enL rendezvous; and on the morning of
the accident they had parted again, and
her friend had resumed her journey to
the South, while Mrs. Neal was on her
way to the station to return to her
heme in Wye, when the horse had be-
come unmanageable and she had been
thrown out before the Mowbray's door.
She was in frequent communication
with her me but as she told Geor-
gina, she fell that she was in good
hands, and Knowing that the house
was small, she would not have Mr..
sNeal cnme TO her until she was able to
return with him, or unless she grew
much worse. Thereupon, Georgina
had smoothed her soft gray hair caress-
ingly, for already she had grown very
fond of her little patient, and had told
her that she did not think she was in
y danger of growing worse, but was
sure that she would be better soon.
Every few days report of the inva-
lids condition was sent to Mr.. Neal.
Georgina usually wTOte from Mrs.
Neal's dictation ard although few
penciled lines were always added by
the invalid, Ge young girl never
dreamed that these postscripts were
chiefly enthusiastic tulogies Of her own
sweet SELF. and her kind, thoughtful
care.
AT last Mrs. Neal began to improve,
and Georgina's cares grew less. The
little lad, had paid her way so literally
that Emily had come to think that her
accident had been a blessing-to
them-in disguise !; and as it had caused
herr, extra labor, she began to dread