The Prince George's enquirer and southern Maryland advertiser. (Upper Marlborough, Md.) 1882-1925, 1897-11-19

cretia Elvira, strong in all observances
and glad. perhaps, of any absorbing
occupation for her hands and mind
worked hard over her preparations for
the festival. The viands of Far IS
land, as before limited. were not varied
Il matter of cord or 50 of dried goldfish
piled up in the she'd a crop of potato
cs, and small investment in tea. S.
ced most families. But there are al
ways possibilities of pic and cake, and
besides, anybody with a vessel and an
ambitious turn of mind can command
the resources of the mainland. Mis-
Pratt was invited. and the children;
and there was a turkey, with onions in
the stufliing, and cranberry sauce; eel
cry, mince and pumpkin pies, and even
oranges and raisins!' The little Pratts
Sarah Euphemia and Milton Henry
ate with round eyes and elastic ca
pacity for these unaccustomed dainties
The elders were less appreciative; the
hostess had no appetite for her own
handiword, and Mis- Pratt was little
better William Luther ate because
he was man, and because he thought
enormously, that Eurilla Henrietta
must be better, on account of the
bright color in her cheeks. She sat
propped up on her pillows, at the end
of the table, next her mother, and pre-
tended to take a little of everything
and ate nothing, as the sharp eyes be-
side her saw very well. Lucretia Ell
vira 5 cheek bones were getting sharp,
rs well as her eyes; she had
the driven, worried look of an animal
aGonizing over its feeble young, and
unable to protect it against pursuing
danger. 1t wos hollow Thanksgiy-
ing indeed for Lucretia Elvira.
The dinner was over. The little
Pratts, filled with measureless content
and raisins-sat on the step leading
into the store, too replete for play.
Within. Mis- Pratt sat at the piano-
Eurilla' 5 piano, the only one on the
island-and with her spare fingers,
used only to the keys of the melodeon
ratified out the simple tunes of the
hymn-book, while the sick girl kept
time with her thin hands as the other
tried to sing.
1--WE shall meet beyond the river,
Where the surges cease to rol,''
Mis- Pratt quavered ont, and Lucretia
vuice trembled on the notes, while
William Luther came rumbling along
after her in deep bass, and the ac-
compartment came in anywhere and
every where
We shall meet-we shall meet
We shall meet-beyon i-the-river
We shall meet"
And suddenly, all at once, Eurilla Hen
rietta sat up on her pillows, and gave
one cry! And there in the doorway,
with the two children clinging round
his legs, bat not able to hinder him
from making his way strait to his
sweetheart, was-Elmer George!
How he had come back from the
dead-who knew and who cared? 1t
W "nn1gh that he Lad come. In the
wild whirl oi' the next five minutes,
when he was being frantically cmbrac-
ed by his mother, when Eurila's s head
was on his sooldcr, and William Luth
er was solemly shaking his hand, and
when the two children were shouting
and dancing about the group, the stran-
gest thing of all was to see Lucretia
Elvira embracing Elmer George and
her daughter alternately, and crying
and laughing like one possesse l. And
when, the first frantic rush of JOY over
the lovers sat hand in hand and beam
ed upon each other, and Eurilla Hen
rieita face had 4 lar-of reflection of
her old girldish health and JOY upon it
for the moment, her mother rose to a
great new hope.
''Euriliy IIcnrietty,'' she cried,
''yourc goin' to get well.'
Il will, nal" responded Enrilla Her
rietta, holding Elmer Georges hand
tight. For what was the use of vov-
aging now beyond the sunlit sea if she
had to leave him bchinG? II Jest cant
go now, nd near to STAY
And she did
PRISCILLA LEONARD.
Dr. Slade Tan Oklahoma drugoist
llo, Ike, u'rc lust the man m look
ing for. Have you got ANYTHING on
hand for the next half an hour.
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