Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1896-04-10

nara upon Hcr
you'll tell your aunt, Miss Jane, thi
] shall proceed TO law, if lose anothe
spoon" said one angry matron, to whor
Jane had been forced to speak and sb,
poor soul, flushed hotly and answered;
you'll be kind enough to call me Mr.
siJrphy after this"
And The visitor retoried
you've about as much right to tha
rame ! believe. as your aunt has to M
spoons"
Poor Jane! II was very hard upon her
So when her boy grew older there
were children near by Who, If he ven.
tured into thelr company, were dragged
away as though he had the plague And
when Jane would have placed him at
one good school, Aunt Dinker having
allowed the money, the lady who pre-
sided thereoyer gently limited that it
would not do.
And little Richard, clinging to her
hand asked as they went home;
"What is it, mammal"
Then poor Jane wished that she were
dead
Old Miss Dinker called in high dun
geon upon the old schoolmistress and
In vain. The fact that she
stole a spelling book during her brief
stay did not further her object. When
little boy was sent for It at dusk Jane
wished herself dead again. If only she
Gould have had pride in anything or
lnyone, she thought, but life was all
hame to her.
ooh, aunt, If you only Wouldn't" she
obbed, and Aunt Dinker shook her
Iead.
"IIabits are hard to break" she said,
but I'll try Only you oughtn't to be
0 hard on me when I've stuck to you
D" And then she revealed plan
'hich she had concocted for giving the
oy an education "Pll put him to the
EST school In New York." she said
ri keep the story that they tell-lie as
is-to myself and I'll pay his bill reg
ar. "Tain't likely I'm a going to see /
IN grow up without eddicatioR. Wen a
axe him a clergyman or a doctor
ell snap our fingers in the faces of G
csc critters. I'll take him no myself Y
morrow and ne shall come down every I
turday night" n
al shall miss him So" said Jane, "but II
S for his good and | thank you, aunt" &
So Jane spent the night in tears and a
the morning Aunt Dinker went to e
{ city, taking with her little Richard. a
Jane suffered great deal that day r.
d W. en- at night she saw Aunt Dinker Il
turn alone she could not find voice n
speak to her But the old lady was n
good spirits She sat down before t'
: fire with her shawl on and told Jane n
" pleased Richsrd was with the jour ia
y and how Miss Speers had admired b
Al. Jane brought her her tea and she 81
* it sitting by the fire, but still kept 'f
her shawl, and, moreover, the shawl az
'ked curiously thick and bunchy. p
)noe before had Jane seen the same ca
ng and 1t had resulted ia the appear 81
sc of somebody's work hex Her &C
art misgave her. 10
Auntie," she said in trembling tones, G.
e you cold'"
Not particularly said Miss Din ker.
Then shan't take your shawls" pc
When ask you to do so" ia
ane was silent. Old Miss Dinker tn
,eted Finally Jane burst into re- sp
aches. he
Oh, auntie Couldn't you help dis pa
cling my poor boy, to steal in New mi
rk where they'll have no mercy on wi
/. and at the school, where hoped vi
could hold his head as high as any dis
p Oh, aunt, auntw Va
You ought to DO ashamed Of yourself Sc
e. I've been a good aunt to you, and I'M
Tor the school, never touched fai
ng. put my hands in my muff and tn
just so and made a point of it. And be
much to make a fuss over. TT
,ok II almost without thinking, II m,
ne SO handy" a
What is iti" asked Jane desperately. co
Well, I'll tell YOU" said Aunt Dink- bu
"and If they want it they can have it pc
habby old thing. AS | was going sc,
m the school house to the depot there
nc up rain. had on my best bon
and SO looked about me and there
church open and in | popped. Ike
A. as | stood out came a gentleman Is