The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1897-03-04

ing tho youth of % into man Of 30.
They had brought few more gray hairs
to Aunt Matte, u fow more angularities
to Amt Hannah, but they had absolute
ly transformed Sally. During the first
two years Kenneth had staid at home,
then he had accepted an appointment in
Bucnos Ayros, where he had TO stay for
five years. When he loft England, Sally
was promising girl Of ID, and he was
easy about her future, for step by step
she had won her way into tho household,
first gaining the hearts of the servants,
then Aunt Mattio's and then by slower
degrees Aunt Hannah's. Sally as a
enid, glrl and woman was unchanged
in ono thing--tho littlo wild heathen
heart had gono out to Kenneth when he
fought for her and remained his always.
Her love had grown with her grow th.
Education and refinement were az sun
shine and dew to 1t, fostering and feed
ing AT first it was arranged that she
was to be trained for service, but her
wonderful development altered their
plans. Then she was to be apprcnticcd
to some first rate shop, and, lastly,
trained as IL teacher. So she was sent to
Kensington high school aud spent her
holidays at Bedford Lodge. She was
gardening one June morning soon after
Kenneth's departure, and Aunt Hannah
watched the tall, 1.-the figure moving
about among tho flowers
"Who.' she exclaimed, "would ever
have believed that tho dirty child Ken
meth brought homo that memorable
evening would ever look like that?"
She might be Flora amid her own
flowers" said Matte gently. The very
sight Of the girl seemed to bring glad
less into the hearts of the two old spin
;ters. Aunt Hannah had softened won
ierfully under Sally's pretty influences,
and, as for Matte, Sally was enshrined
in her heart next to her own dear Ken.
meth.
Sister," said Hannah abruptly, lcav-
ing tho window, eve ought to think So
riously about Sally. We ioro her dearly,
butt
"But what!" asked Matte arxiously.
but, of course, she comes out OF the
gutter Our first duty is to Kenneth-
we must lot him run no risk"
'He has no thought of that Besides.
he won't be back for five years. -
''She must go to good boarding
school and be trained as governess
She is pretty now. What will sho be
when she has outgrown the awkward
agep"
"But. Hannah, don't let us lose hor
altogether.
'Men always make fools Of them
selves over beauty and always will"
at this moment Sally came to the open
window with two posics in her hand
Her cheeks were flushed with q tender,
rosy glow, her eyes sparkled with happy
life
''This Is for yon," she cried, pinning
tho posy in Aunt Mattio's dress.
"Flowcrs arc for tho young, dear
The old never want them till tho end
comos." D." Nevertheless Matte tucked
them in prcttily and glanced at tho
mirror Then Sally made rush at Aunt
Hannah, but was rcpulsed with:
DO Off with your tomfoolery, Snllyl
Put your flowers in water and 20 and
practice. u But Sally coaxed till she
gained her point, and tho servants stared
to SEQ Aunt Hannah's uncompromising
left shoulder daintiIy adorned.
After lunch Matte triod to look stern,
though tears stood in her loving old
eyes.
"sarah. my DEAR" she said (Sally
started at the unusual 'Sarah"), "you
arc IA now, and we havo determined to
send you to good boarding school,"
"Whatl Leave you all?' cried Sally,
turning pale.
"You will spend part of your holi-
days hero perhaps" said Aunt Hannah.
Remember, you have to earn your liv.
ing. My nephew can't always keep you
in idleness Sally's dark eyes flashed
as she answered:
Flo has done so much you may trust
me to do tho rest. They said at school I
had a fine voice. If 1 worked hard, I
might
you'd have to toll for years to earn
oven your bread, hut I'll see to it,"
Sho did SO, and speedily. Tho very
next day Aunt Hannah walked Sally off
to n professor to givo his opinion of her
singing Aunt Hannah sat upright, um.
brolla in hand.
"You will understand, professor, my
opinion is there's boon no real singing
since Malibran died, and I'd have half
your modern scrccching women gagged.
This girl thinks she has voice, so let
Iioi SlllS w you anu luVc uOn0 WIN IL. -
When Sally had finished ono verso of
ballad Aunt Hannah calculated,
Goodness gracious, bless the grip
At the end of tho second tho professor
said, "rho voice is real contralto of
great beauty, but it needs training and
years of hard study"
cit shall have both," said Aunt Han
nah.
u
Five years afterward, when Kenneth
returned from Buenos Ayrcs, Sally was
still at school. Almost tho first thing he
said was:
"What have thcso years done for my
little Sally?"
"That style Of talk won't do" said
Hannah. "Whcn Sally scrubbed floors,
it didn't matter. She is a pretty young
lady now, and things are different.
'Where was nothing pretty about