Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1897-04-28
PENALTY OF CHARITABLENEss.
After All Her Labor She Was Snubbed
for Her Pains.

SlaSSeS.
II was," returned the girl in the fur
cape. I'm afraid that hereafter my
charity will begin at home and go no
further than next door"
"Ah, you are wrong there" said the
girl with the eyeglasses. "Cf course.
does discourage enc to have the waif
n whom she is interested pick her pock-
ctand the destitute widow for whom she
!:as been prosecuting her friends crit
icisc her taste in millinery; still, the
broad principles of humanity"
Look here" said the girl in the fur
cape, Gcrccly, sit is all very well for you
who arc Engaged 20 a young clergyman
II talk about the broad principles of hui
r,anity-Fn surprised that YOU don't
use capitals in speaking Of them-but
fcr my rcrt I'd Ike to sec little less
public charity in some people and a lit
tie C'or2 common humanity"
"Oh, if vGU mean in regard to pauper-
ling people by"
81 mean nothing of the kind. Now,
there is Harold"
81 was wondering how soon Harold
was coming into the conversation"
said the girl with the eyeglasses,
softly.
"it-it wasn't Harold, exactly" said
the girl in the fur cape; sit was his
mother; she--is interested in charity,
You know"
"Of course, woman with n nose like
that couldn't be expected to keep it out
of other peoples affairs"
81 think she has very nice nose my
self" said the girl in the fnr cape, stiff,
lv. "fIarold is thought to look a great
deal like her.
"Oh, THAT is, by the way, heard
that you bought n gold thimble the
ether day. Have you been doing much
fewing?'
"N-not very much. Oh, Elsie, if you
will never, never tell rs long as you live,
I'll tell you all about it. You see, Har.
old's mother has somehow gotten an
idea that / am frivolous person, and
last week I-well, 1 decided that I'd
show her how practical I am"
"Well, and did you?"
1T was this way-I was, of course,
anxious for her good opinion"
"M-yes; understand that she has
good deal of money in her own right"
"She wants Harold to marry prac-
teal girl, so gave up curling my hair,
bought pair of boots mile too long
for me and asked everybody to call me
'Margareet' instead of Daisy"
eyes, and what was the result?"
"She told Harold that she hoped she
was the one, not she, who was mistaken
in my character, and casually men
toned the fact that she thought every
young couple should own the house in
which they set up houselSeeping!"
"Oh, Dali mean Margaret, how per-
fectly lovely!" 49,.
"Wasn't it? Then heard that she
was interested in an orphans home, so
] decided to become interested in H.,
too. I told her that would make lot
Ct garments for the orphans, and you
should have seen her surprise and pleas
ure!"
$50 you really made garments for
the children? How did you go about
it?"
II made one. I bought n lot of stuff;
the people at the shop seemed to think
IL rather unsuitable for the purpose.
but it was so pretty that couldn't re-
sist it. I had expected mamma to help
RE, but she showed such lack of ir-
terest in it that just shut myself up
alone and made little dress all by NV
self"
"You don't say sol How long did it"
"Take me? A week. When It wss
finished decided not to wait until the
Others were made, but take It. Mt once
to Harold's mother. When 7 rot there
I was so proud and so excited that I
could hardly open the package and hold
up the dress for inspection!".
"And wasn't she surpriscd?"
"She was. She-she held it in her
hands long time, turning It this wov
| and that, then she asked me-
"Whcre you wanted to live when you
! were married?"
"No; she-she asked me what ~
earth it was!"-Cbicnoo T'r,os-TTcra,?.