Marshall County independent. (Plymouth, Marshall County, Ind.) 1894-1895, 1895-06-21
POOR LITTLE JANET.
~ DOR little Janet. The great soil


clung darkly to the room where her
adopted father had dicd-the birds
dropped. without singing on their
perches. and even the tropic ferns ana
white blOsSomed gardenias in the con-
servatory made her think. with a
vague shudder. of the wreath they had
Just laid upon his cOtfin-lid.
He was dead. the kind, silvered-
haired old man whom she had loved
so tenderiy, and she was ali alone in
the world.
well, Miss Janet" said Mrs. Farqu-
harson, the Manufactured Scotch
house keeper. meeting the pale, heavy
eyed little girl, as she wandered for
lornly about the deserted rooms, what
are you going to do nOw?"
"DO!" Janet AmOry looked vaguely
at her. What shall 1 do. Mrs. Farqu-
harson? l shall go on with my music
and French | suppose. after a little;
and III begin that course of English
history that Uncle Ethan always wish
ed me to undertake. I've always dread
ed RolIin and Hume, but now it will
SEEM" the quick tears starting in her
eyes, "as if it were doing something
for him.
Mrs. FarGuharson looked rather curl
ously at her.
''AIiss Janet" she said. "don't you
know? Haven't they told you?"
"Told me what. Mrs. Farquharson:
"That you've no more right here than
Ihaye That your adopted father was
no real relative to you. That you must
60 away"
Eyes. | know; said Janet. solemnly.
1--WE were not related. But Uncle
Ethan always told me l should be pro-
vided for in his will, just the same as
II were his own daughter"
"Child, there is no will"
'He said he should make one!' said
Janet, still calmly assured that her
Uncle Ethan, as she had called the
old man. would never leave his little
cosset lamb to the mercies of this cruel
world.
"And l don't doubt" said the house
keeper, that he intended to make one
But he failed to do So"
Janet looked puzzled Poor child
she knew as little of the legal machin-
cry of the world as she did of the
Eanscrit alphabet.
"Even then" she said. chow can all
this affect us?'
1.-THE property all goes to the heir
at-law, don't you sce:" said Mrs. Farqu
harson, impatiently.
"And Il" gasped Janet.
"You have-nothing." was the reply
But" hesitated the poor girl, what
am to do?"
That's your lookout" said the Scotch
woman. brusQuely.
al have no right in this house?" fal
tered Janet.
Except as the heir-at-law chooses t.
allow you to stay here" Mrs. FarQu
harson replied.
"And the money gave the lame beg
gar at the door yesterday"
at wasn't yours to give"
"And the new mourning that Madame
Doyle is making for me?"
well" s:fd Mrs. Farquharson
doubtfully. 81 suppose the estate vii
pay for it. but legally. they are under
no obligations to do So
At the drawing room door she met {
servant with card on a silver tray
Was 1t her imagination. or did the mar
really look at her with eyes of con
temptuous pity, as she took up thu
I
CarisbrOOke?'
Her eyes frightened. her heart CAV,
an upward throb.
"Why didn't think OF her before 2
she asked herself. Charlie Carts
brooke asked me to marry him week be
fore last. She will give me home I'm
I'll have one of my own. II don
think | care much for Charlie Carts
brooke. but must do something or &,
somewhere at once, it seems"
Mrs CarisbrOoke was a plump. sim
pering young natrOn, in a seal Jacket
diamond eardrOps and a French hat, al
yOsebuds and blonde. She was as,
sorry for dear Janet" she hoped Their
was some provision made; 1t was "s'
unfortunate" she said, that this SAL
event should happen just at the begin
aing of the ball season. And now,
darling Janet wouldn't consider her in
trusive, what were her plans for tn
future?"
Janet lifted her large, tear-dimme,
eyes to Mrs. Carisbrooke's face.
81 was thinking" she said, "of com
Ing to you, Mrs. Carisbrooke, for tn
present"
Mrs. CarisbroOke recoiled little
She had heard there was no will.
'Of course" said she, 81 should hav
been delighted, only Mr.. Carisbrooke'
sisters, from Omaha, have Just arrived
70 spend the winter with me, and
haven't spare chamber i'm the house
Dear Charlie, too-but, perhaps you'v
not heard Of his engagement to Mis-
ooldthred, the bankers daughter"