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truly appalling.
IL ever you prcsume'to do such a
thing gain said she. ina low voice Of
concentrated wrath, yea shall b shs'
up on bread md water for = rnonsh,-
But Ihasenothing toy wear. = pleaded
Grace.
Your clothes arr Eoo.iSenoussi. ''-saisi
Mrs. Toiliotf. sharply There D. 10Th
ing 50 sinful as anify."
-Bu; when I 30 20 sehool-S' began
Grace
You are not going 20 schoDl.- said
Mr.. FolIiott- 1t IS your bss iuess 70
.;ay here and help jane wisir the china
anil silver. and make yourself ussfssl-
/ Yon are not Young ladp like Mss
| AIcettc ard Miss FluTrn,s-you are
oniy working girl
| child though she 1sas. Oracle BEL
Sire comprrhsnded thr iu5usticeAof an
7 thfs Kind oh NJ. Foflioti hadn't
meant This when be gave her ever into
Mr.. John FolHott's charre- He must
have forgotten 70 seusl the moueyN Grace
Thought. or she ncxer7Votld hEe beer
7 treated thus
It's shame.- sai8shone~t Bridget.
lie cook. The child. ought % have
I exercise. az least
.-S1re. 10 she ~ a. thetcat they couldn't
take less notice Of herT said Norah, the
waitress.
And irs, look At the clothes % her"
sid Fannie. the smart chambermaid-
shes Kept me awake with her cough
FOR two nights said. Bridget. and all
the parcgorie l give.her don't loose it
up a bit
For Mrs FoIliutt. under an extra pres
& sure Of company. had ordered Grace "a
I sleep with Brsdget for night or two,
and when the company was gone moth
ing had been said abCut her restIniilg
her little room again.
The girls need it to'ke-p their sum
mer dresses in said Mrs Fodliott-
And Grace IS just a well OF with
Bridget
They wouldn't care IL she cough-d
herself out cf the world entirely said
Norah
Morse luck to en- said Fannie
But nobody ever vet ground down the
orphan and the fa,herless without there
was Judgment on I'm for it"
Mr.. FoIliott ali this time was b-gin-
Z Ming 20 be a little unsasy. HIS elegan;
city relative wrote az stated intervals.
I but her communications w~re eminent
I Is unsatisfactory.
i should Ike 20 Sc the child he
I said within himself. And last night
. Il
me. just a. be used TO look. and asked
ne " hat had done with his one eve
lamb | don'; believe in supernatural
warnings. ! never had any faith in
signs and omens. Bat believe I will
20 down 70 New York aud see IL Oracle
IS WELL
Aud 50. late one snowy December
night. there came a tremendous peal at
the door bell OF Mrs John Folliott :
mansion That lady was absent to a
fashionable reception with her three
daughters. Norsh and Fanny had gone
10 visit a friend in neighborine
kitchen. aud Bridget. half asleep. stun.
biei to the front door and opened it.
Miss Grace. i it, she stammered
SURE. Il VEN step in the parlay III
send her up TO you"
Up repeated the keen old gentle
man. where j. she3"
In the kitchen. sir" confessed
! Bridget.
i viii 20 where she is,- said Mr. Fol
ilott. -Tak- me 10 her al once
{. Poor little Oracle sat before the kitch
cu FIRE. the meekest and palest Of Gin
dsrelias. IL an uneonsciouzly dropping
sttitade- Her dress was worn ans
s faded. her hair brushed back in plain
plat. her cheek trsnsparently pale. ans
there vas an expression in her ewes. a
they looked into the red embers, tia
made Mr.. FOiIiott's heart ache.
I've not come any too seon.- b.
: thought. and then he said abound:
Oracle. Little Oracle
With sudden cry she sprang 30 he
feet and ran sobbing into his arms
-oh. take me away" she exclaimed
'-Oh. l am 50 miserable here
The old man looked a; her. with tear
in his eyes.
- have made a mistake, Oracle. sal
he. NO man can DO his duty By proxy
/ should have kept you myself Neve
mind. lft,le one. heneeforward you shal
be ali NY own
He turned 20 Bridget
Pack her clothes. said be. san.I los
no time
Bridge; stared Are you going ,
take her away. SIR said She
Mr.. FoIiiott nodded.
: And its glad % il an said -
honest girl, for though rs wsarifr
lonesome shall be without her. its n
place for gentleEnan's daughter. Is hi
ovid bisck-heetle-hauuted kitchen. y
more It ain't.-
And whez Mrs Folliott and b.
daughters returned. tired and cross.
two o'clock in the morning. there wa
; no patient Oracle TO do the duties Of
lady's maid TO them. And a note fro,
their rich relative on the hall table e
planned the phenomenon
Mrs. Follio,t grew pale as she res
the curt words in which Cousin Pa
expressed bis meaning
= I'VE shall never have a cent from hi
e. again as long as we live said she.
M But Oracle. secure in his parent
- love, was happy. and when she look,
z" back over those New York DAYS III,
al seemed like nothing but a troubl
dream
90 From which she had awakened, thar
Heaven,-N. Y. Ledger.
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