The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1897-02-23
CHAPTER TT.

Kenneth lived in an old fashioned
house in Kensington, fenced from the
outer world by we'll grown trees. His
father and mother had lived there before
him and had died there. Kenneth then
asked his W aunts to live with him.
Aunt Hannah was tall, bony and vigor-
Gus; Aunt Matty fat and gentle. Han
nah Gordon was we'll known in the phil.
anthropic world. She was an active
member of the Charity organization
in fact, organization vas her forte. Her
special season began about November,
when tho first touch Of winter woke up
the poor. Then, take up what paper you
like, and ton to one that in some corner
of 1t you would find Aunt Hannah ell
tightening the world as to what they
should do or moi do. Exeter hall knew
her not, nor did she subscribe to African
missions or soup Kitchens. What she
gloried in were boards-school boards,
poor boards, parochial hoards-all kinds
OF boards. Nothing she enjoyed more
than ferreting out abuses md getting
them remedied. Her abomination was
promlscuous charity. 1t was beautiful
to put her III the track of some philan-
thropic impostor and observe with what
holy zeal she would hunt him down to
tho death. 1t was sho that opened peo-
plo's eyes to the iniquities Of that arch
impostor, the archdeacon Of Saratoga.
Before that he was the darling Of west
end drawing rooms. When she took
him i'll hand, he exchanged Belgravia
boudoirs for Holloway Jail and wasted
much persuasive penitonce OF the chap
lain. HOW many sham mendicants did
she not expose, bouncing upon them III
the highways aud byways and giving
them in charge with joyful alacrity! 1t
was Aunt Hannah who plunged into q
crowd in Piccadilly when Il poor man,
seized with an epileptic fit, was sur
dundee by II ring of sympathetic by
ISLANDERS. Elbowing her way through
them, she speedily seized him by the
collar.
"Epileptic fit, is it? I'll soon cure
your
Leave the poor man a~lonel" cried o
tender hearted bystsnder. "Don't you
see he's foaming at the mouth?'
"Soap!' cried Hannah contemptu-
ously, and, 10 and behold, the mannndid
come out Of his very artistic fit, spat
out a lump of soap and said:
'Sp LIN 81, val Z SCls lc ~ clbI1cC
the devil or old Hannah!''
You're rightl' she said triumph
antly. II am old Hannah, and, what's
more, if ever l catch you having a fit
again I'll run you liz"
Aunt Matte was the very reverse OF
this. Aunt Hannah always alluded to
her IN her milder moments as "poor.
dear Matte" and in her more vigorous
ones rs that fool, Matilda" Matilda
mad never been on n board in her lifo,
put II you looked down the subscription
list or any missionary society you would
be sure to find her modest initials.
II never put my full name,'' she said
meekly. Hannah makes such q fuss"
1t was to this household that Kenneth
brought Sally. The girl had fallen
asleep as they drove along. Kenneth
placed her on the seat, but Sally prefer
red lying ON tho floor Of the cab and
coiled herself up at his feet like a dog.
When they got homo, Kenneth oar.
ried tho tired girl in. and, seeing that
she was not fit for the drawing room,
placed her on the nat in the hall, where
she lay-a little heap Of rags. dirt and
tousled hair. AS he entered the draw
ing room he heard Aunt Hannah read
ing IN her very emphatic voice the sum.
mary of q paper she intended to deliver
at a charity organization conference
next day. 1t was entitled "Sixteen Rea-
Against the Present System of Out.
door Parochial Relief" She had got as
far as the tonth. Konneth's entrance
was hailed with joy by the long suffer.
ing Matte.
"Oh, here you arei' she cried. '"Ten
o'clock, and you were to DO here by o."
i've brought home a girl"
Aunt Hannah dropped the 10 reasons
and calculated, WHAT" Matte start
ed. Those five words might moan SO
much. With tho calm that ptecedes a