The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1896-08-08
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How the Three Miss Ferrir1gs
~~Learned Forgiveness.
BY GEORGE HUNT.
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BY GEORGE HUNT.

''Ies'm we're just three girls tryin' ter
make our way in the world" Tie speaker
was shabbily dressed woman whose hair
was turning gray. Eyes, Mis- Haynes, "
she went Oh, ''its an old story. We three
girls kept house for pa after ma died, but
he wasn't contented, JUS like man, an off
he goes an marries, an she turns us out
the farmhouse an we three girls have had
to sew ever since. Hate her? l tell you
there amt no love lost between us girls an
her. She lives over on the OF place near
.Ionesboro. You know that stone house?
That's it, our Oh home. We girls don't
have nothing to say to her, | tell you.
What's that? You don't think she can be
very happy? Well, l amt never seen signs
of her bein' unhappy yet, Miss Haynes
Its an up and down world. Well, I've got
to be goin' I'll bring these waists home
Tuesday, Miss Haynes. Good evenin'.'
Miss Perring made her way down the
front walk to the pike outside. Her face
wore a very hard look as she drew near the
last of three beautiful farms that lay on
her way. Her stepmother lived there alone
with Mary, the old negro servant. She
gazed wistfully over the acres of land, and
up the long avenue at the old gray house
standing amid the lilacs and snow balls
Good evening Miss Cindy," said a
voice Miss Perring turned with start.
jim Collins stood behind her in the road.
"Dreamin', Miss Cindy?" he asked pleas
antly. cold place looks kinder nat raj,
don't it?''
eyes, said Miss Perring, the hard look
setting in her face. 'She drove us out,
Jim"
la. Miss Cindy," answered jim, plung-
ing his hands into his pockets; there S
ups and downs in the world for everybody. "
"There's ups and downs of our own
maxim, Jim Collins, an we amt got 10
right to complain: and there's ups and
downs of other peoples an / amt goin' to
feel right about them, | tell you. | amt
gon' to forget soon how she turned us out
of our own fathers place.
"She's never got so much happiness out
Of it, Miss Cindy."
Miss Perring started. 'Why, Miss
Haynes said Just that today, Jim. | ain t
much given to thinkin' of her happiness,
Jim
NO, know you amt said Jim
at amt no Use talking to us girls bout
her.. went on Miss perring. 1--WE don t
forgive"
Jim said no more, and at the end of the
lane they parted, Miss Lucinda making her
way TO the little house where she lived with
her sisters. 'Tired?' inquired her sister
Sallie as Lucinda sank YEARLY into chair
in the sewing room.
1T amt tiredness, Sallie, its passing the
Of place"
Miss Salie set her lips. ''lf it hadn't
been for her., she said, 1--WE d been there
today. There's one thing CERTAIN she
added savagely, shes got to be punished
sooner or later, an |, for one, amt goin
to cry if its sooner
''None of us would" returned Miss
Bette. ''There she is, jus settin' up there
easy, an in comfort, an we slavin, day il
and day out" and Miss Bette bit hel
thread viciously.
''Sister Sallie, did you ever think sh,
might be unhappy asked Miss Luclnd;
suddenly.
"No, Lucindy, | didn't" returned Miss
Sallie shortly. ''She amt got feelin
enough to be unhappy
"Who's been putting that into your head
Lucindy?' asked Miss Betty sharply.
Miss Haynes jus said she reckoned sh,
wasn't so happy, an Jim Collins said tn
same thing
what do they know about herr" 10