The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1895-01-19

| should think. erred Elizabeth. you
would see that the pride which hinders
your doing good to all these
Suddenly Elizabeth eyes dilated as if
she saw some awful apparition. She did
indeed. But it was not the phantom Of
Marian ; pride What was her own pride
that let comparative poverty and name
that had been dishonored stand in the way
of Ted Dakins happiness. that let them
stand in the way too, of all the work in
the world that might be done with Ted
Dakin,S money oh, she exclaimed,
you have taught me something already /,
Wait moment 1t seems as if | had
known you all my life. | have half the
mind To tell you
| haven the moment said Marian.
You must take it. then. | will carry
home some of your work for Jane to do on
her machine Sit down here, and she had
pulled Marian down. and they were sitting
on the step with Elizabeth bic cape round
both, and she was pouring out her story.
Oh lac is the best, the noblest-l know
it has half killed hint has almost broken
my heart-it is all my evil pride have
been 81 wicked-and oh, Marian. ! will
make fair bargain. If YOU will put
down your pride and come to uS-there :
only Aunt BeSsy aud me- will put down
mine and write to him Iou are an angel
an angel, and | saw it in Mr.. Fills eyes
when he pronounced your name For
Marian was listening with all the interest
in half guessed. half limited. mcoherent
love-story that even nuns and angels may
feel
Her face was as pink as a rose, If
my staying with your aunt will
oh, it will cried Elizabeth Aud
we cau make your mother well among us
She never can get well here My life
won be%lseless after all And if don {
love the old woman, Oh | do love You
And She kissed the half startled eirl beside
her. who could only dimly feel that a part
Of this exuberanee was the long repressed
affection for some enc else Il am sure
we are something To- each other some
natural afhnity-it was love at first sight
II was what Mr. Ellis said or the way he
said it. oh l-stopping short and hold
ing Marian of and looking at her the face
suddenly blooming again ike flower
Well. she said, viii "a now But
| viii come back tomorrow. and you will
be ready
Not tomorrow. said Marian i
mus, have a little time to aecustom my
self
Wen see. said Elizabeth and she
ran down the rickety stairs 'Oh, it
makes you - happy to be doing good,
she said. if it : only to yourself And
she smiled on ali the bad little boys, and
gave pennies To the little girls, and beamed
ike a sunburst the whole way home And
that afternoon special delivery boy put
into Mr Ted Dakiu hand = note that
said something about the writer being
very wicked and having just found it out
and about its being Iittle Christmas, and
if be- wanted present that WASH fit for
big Christmas he could have il by com
ing for it and i, would be Epiphany, she
believed. ii any one could keep the run Of
the festivals in this parl q heathendom
and IL the star had risen IN the EaSJ II va.
shining in the heart Of his Elizabeth And
the consequence was that whole green
house was robbed of it, rses and spec
al engine took them and an eager youuS
fellow who had found nothing better 10 ID
with his money over the mad with ma los
Of time Aud the lights burned late that
might in Mis-, Bessy Ilrlor among the
r>es aud spicy fagranees, with two people
too bliS>iully nap, to remember that there
wa- winter and trouble in the world out
side
We can live here summers said Ted.
the next morning, a. the sun shone, the Sky
burned blue, the snow sparkled aud inside
the ire snapped and the flowers bloomed.
Elizabeth herself loveher than any flower.
10 his mind. And the rest Of the year
We viii ~ where We please And he
made a rapid review in his mind Of future
avenues and trees and gardens and piazza,.
Is far this Marian of yours. she shall
have salary for taking care Of all the
blind. halt. and lame in the village
|, would be a great deal better for me
. If could do it myself, said Elizabeth.
wi.tfullv. But it will be a great deal
better for them that she does it Till she
marries the minister, added Elizabeth.
And afterwards 5oo. suppose
Oh and is that on the cards ?
They haven t. either of them. evel
thought &c it They don know they
have
But it viii be, you mean just the
same? Then she Il have to have her sal
arv doubled. Speaking Of cards where
i Miss Bessv? In the dining room
( Aunt BeSsy. had almost forgotten. ! have
brought you present And you are nevel
To play YOUR patience with anything else
They always called it patience didn' they
in the old English novels
oh. my dear exclaimed the ittl,
woman. a. she looked at the ivory minia
ture portraits of Louise of Prussia and lisa
bella of Spain and the royal rest II
shall never dare % touch them HoI
have taken this way to cure me Of playin.
solitaire
Aud then this eager young fellow, who's
will there was now no resisting, went viii
Elizabeth and brought Marian Keighly an,
her mother to the farm. whether the,
would or not and gave Marian to under
stand that She was now in the receipt of
salary as their agent for doing good
Perhaps its new business. sal,
Ted But it ; going to be fine one al
round. And we want you to remembe
that YOU, too are one of the people to b.
done good TO, and 50 keep justice eyel
handed And for the rest of your life, $
far as this village is concerned, you are t
be our conscience and carry the key Of tn
strong-box And as Miss Bessy hustle,
away with Marian he aud Elizabeth wen
Of into the window-seat. looking along tn
broad snow fields to the green wood. an,
hearing the winter wind sing in the higl
clear azure of the noon sky, and his art
kept off the draught from her, and the
forgot there were any other people in eX
istence. all in all to each other as entirel
as if they had been two blessed spirits i
space.
Well. Elizabeth said Miss Bessy