Custer weekly chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, S.D.) 1890-1931, 1897-09-04

companied by q check for q hundred and
ffty-three pounds. thirteen and fourpence,
h balance due to her.
There. dear Deb, there Is my whole for.
tunel What shall I do with iti"
"We must take care Of it, ma belle
great care. Let me see. had better lodge
it to my account, and | will give you an &C
acknowledgement that / owe you that amount.
/ am proud to say / have an account at q
bank. Began with the Postoffice Savings
Bank, dear; but as my connection grew,
through yourdear grandmother and Others,
/ gathered enough to move a step higher,
/ make a fair amount for four months Of
the year-more han | ever hoped to dc
~once-then rather less for four more-a
trife for two-and two don't count at all
II my health is spared, l hope to provide
for my old age"
II know you are a wonderful woman
dearest Deb. But | cannot live upon you
What scheme had you In your head fol
me the other day."
81 will tell you. Now / am getting 4
name, people begin to bother me to teach
quite little children, and | believe / have
reached that point where a few airs would
w llO koohs ~ ohoii soy u thbhON VII
dertake children under-ohl I'll fix an age
bv and by; but that / should like them tc
be trained for a year, or whatever time il
suits to say, by my pupil and assistant
that | will see what progress they art
making occasionally, and that they may
be considered as under my tuition, though
at half price. 1t will take, my dear, like
wildfre. You are q very fair musician.
Wen go into partnership, and make a
good thing of it,"
What a splendid ideal Do you really
think | can teachy"
"Not a doubt of it,; but / can tell you it's
horrid work, and needs the patience OF
Job. / begin to believe there Is nothing on
earth so rare as p good earl You will get
on, | am certain. only don't be tcoanxious.
and be sure you give yourself airs. The
public is a nettle that stings il IL is too ten
derby touched"
81 am not naturally meek, but shall
only way to get on. Here's a book Oh
teaching the piano. I'm German. o study
1t, and follow 1t. Practice up a few OF
your noisiest pieces. People seem To
think you can teach music with your fin
gers, instead Of your head. They are SC
taken with q few gymnastics on the key
board"
Eyes, Deb, I will practice diligently.
haven't touched the piSac since poor gran
ME died"
"Well, it's time you began. You have Q
pretty touch and a fluent finger. AS t.
singing; come. let us try that duet SignoI
Boccaricho taught you last winter. What
ages away that winter seems TO have gomez
"Ahi does it not," said Mona, with O
deep sigh. Where is the booki I will
begin my preparations at once. must dc
credit to your recommendation. I long tc
make a start in real life"
Reality Is q serious thing, yet 1t has il
inspirations. The sense of doing real work
of earning hard money, has a dignity in
its righteousness which scarcely anything
else bestows; and Mona would have re-
joiced in this new development of energy,
had she not been so deeply wounded. Her
sudden, complete remuneration by her val
ued friends at Harrowby Chase cut her to
the soul, especially as she felt she had In a
measure deserved 1t. Her bitter disap,
pointment in Isle was more regret for the
loss of an illusion than sorrow for q per.
sonal bereavement. In her short expert
ence OF society, she had no friendships or
intimacies save with Sir Robert Everard's
family. II was this abandonment that de-
pressed and saddensd her.
1t was a curious, trying sensation the
giving Of her first lesson. II the we'll
dressed, demure little damsel to whom it
was administered only knew how awfully
afraid her elegant-looking teacher was OF
her. all chance Of discipline would have
been over. But silence, backed by gravity,
Is q splendid cover for nervousness; and
Mona did not utter a word beyond what
teaching required, nor did she ever feel the
same panic again.
She has beautiful frocks, mamma" was
the sentence Of the littlo ten-year-old.
"Her black cloth must be tailor-made-it
fits like a glove; and she has such beautt
full jet q r-ringsp
Nor did the young lady doubt that a
music teacher 20 attired must be deserving
Of all attention.
So the new life was fully inaugurated
soon after Christmas-that Christmas
which poor Leslie Waring had hoped would
be 20 heavenly bright-which Nine. Deb
risay and Mona quietly and sadly cele-
brated together. The former accompanied
her young protegee to church. and enjoyed
. particularly crisp French novel over the
fire for the rest of the day; while Mona sat
long at the piano, playing from memory
and dreaming over the past. She gave few
thoughts Of the future.
30 the days and weeks new past, and
Mona, with the blessed facility OF youth,
began to revive. A simple life, plenty to
do. the society Of . kindly and amusing
are wholesome tones. Nine.
Debrisay WA extremely amusing. She
had been largely educated by observation.
She was ut once skeptical and credulous;
her mind was utterly untrained-yet acer- |
tain keen mother. wit and largeness Of
heart made her Judgment. ON the whole,
clear. She was still quick in temper,
Il had been much chastened, and
also extremely rescntful of email sights.
Things had settled down TO . regular
The depth OF the winter was
over. and Parliament had met. and Mona
complish without fatigue, though she was
quite willing TO do more. Madame oven
talked of making q little excursion 70 the
ct the dead season, II things con-
Einued TO prosper.
Mona was returning late one afternoon.
n of her busiest days. She was
weary. but more hopeful, though she was
thinking how this time last year abe was
forward TO the mingled Joy and
Of being presented. 1t was . little
hard to be 10 suddenly dragged down, and
carried away from all the gayeties and
pleasures, the society and distinction. that
she had enjoyed . few months ago, and 70
which abe felt she should never return
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