Eagle River Democrat. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1893-1896, 1896-01-27
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CHAPTER XXI.
COMPANY.


e'T have been quite looking forward
to your coming" said Agnes, Joyous
Nv, assne assisted her visitors, and
then collecting bonnet, hat and shawl,
slowed them away, behind the baize,
screen, in her apology for bedroom.
''You may be quite sure it isn't many
visitors | have in this poor place"
'FIt's very clean and nice" said
Nelly, as she looked around her.
s'Wel, you know, in London,
the higher one gets the better; and
though the stairs are firing, we
get the air deal better; besides that,
I have the landing to myself, for
there's no one lives up here, and that
you know, is good deal, when one
has to pay for every bit Of room one
uses
EYES," said the elder woman, with a
sigh, as, in strange contrast, thererose
the picture OF a cottage home, whose
door openedupon windswept cliffs,
where the never-resting waves sent
their music upward day and night,
and the eyes were not freer than the
feet TO roam whittier they would.
seI think it must be so different to
YOU" said Agnes, Coming from the
country, as you have so lately"
Nelly shook her head. "It's use a
good DEAL" she said, "and [ shall get
used, after a time, [ suppose; 1t is
more for her, and she pointed to lit
tie Ida, who, true to instinct, had got
close TO the press where stood the
balsam, and was gazing up with
parted lips and admiring eyes at the
rich blossoms.
s'And how do you get on now with
the boxes? do you find it any easier?'
Agnes asked.
ooh, much better much," replied
Nelly; lit was so very kind Of you to
come and show me; for it was just
that one thing made it difficult; and
when that was mastered, the rest
came easy"
ooh, indeed, it is all easy, " returned
the younger; land, when they are
busy again, I'll come round and show
you how to manage the ornamenting,
that pays twice as well; there's no
reason in the world why you should
not get the very best work Of all.
Though, indeed, it pays best working
at the place; but that you could not
manager"
Nelly looked at Ida, and shook her
head.
|'No, indeed you couldn't" said
Agnes, 'I'm sure wouldn't persuade
you"
81 am SO slow" said Nelly, sadly;
s'it seems past belief to me how quick
those girls work !"
'|Bless you, it's just use," said her
friend, why by the time you've been
SIX months at it you'll be as quick,
and twice as clever. Oh! they wouldn't
have tried you a second time if you
had aot pleased them. I know what
they are; they saw you had light
hand, and was tasty, and that practice
was all you wanted Never fear but
YOU will do; and, though it does pay
but poorly, it's better than needle
work, and not half so bad for the
eyes"
L am thankful to have found any
thing at all to do" said Nelly; 1T
was mercy OF Providence, and more
than ever | could have hoped, a
stranger as / was"
<FYou wouldn't mind, would your"
SAID Agnes, hesltatlng little, IN her
query. "You Gid tell me good deal
that wet evening, when you were so
kind as to give me shelter at your
place I've thought Of you ever since.
and how, after all, you gotto London.
IL you didn't mind telling me, should
so like to hear the rest"
FfI'm sure [ oughtn't to mind telling
you anything, that have been so kind, :"
sad the other; "and, if it's any pleas
are, I'll tell you all there is to tell
Agnes set to work and got the tea
ready, which Nelly and Ida did am
pie justice to, after which Nelly recited
Che story Of her journey to London,
from the point to which she had, on a
previous occasion confded it's chief
particulars to her new acquaintance.