The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1897-07-11

my tongue Perhaps YOU van uudcwuud
now why II was sharp
nut" / asked. why didn't sou, lf
you Cclt llky that, try to do something
yoursclr Your voice was very nltlr
I checked m, sylt suddrnly
Exactly" site rcplicl. quietly "Nr,y
little inferior To- Mamlc'u. but uuu, the
less inferior II waa the Same IN every
rcapc't waa n,tlc inferior TO Mamie
Try to do nDm, thluR' oh. dld Try jid
try' spt Niamlo to take me to her agent.
hut the moment saw him frlt that hr
/ would rccosrtsr nay lnfcuorlty. and /
SANG worse than had ever sting IN my
Ne. know tt at the time. and Mamie
told me Ho Afterwards After that 3 ursd
| VI kuda OF shifts 10 mako myself ind,.
pendent / wav not sufficiently ,duro,,d
TO Nr Il g>yerncss once found out that
slrla could do well las touching up photo.
gtaphs uul> sou aa,e to hy appt,nuc,d
ntst ant that take. money. Mamie uC
course wnuld hav, found tho motley bai
/ even hiutrd ni tho ttcN but took
sond care hot to- We wore not too welt
on, au,r an Them I b,Ean 70 question
,hr visitors 60 the houav na 10 Wha, they
'Jid. on The chance that / might dlnro,rr
snmr possibility for mynrlr uur man Vaa
$50 author. and wrote sturics SO / wrote
% 3. ai TO- an advertisement that pn editor
Vtr open tp accept stories nul / -rut
him mine tlr replied that hr would '.ar
them 81 I bouEh, .o many ruplv- of the
ptier And ro. ms ne went Oh, sruWinE
moro ald more mDrarablc ryvry ill
The evenings Wrrr thc hardest part ur
tho trtl Mamie was away then making
money I usci iH hntr rer n,lrr nvHF
a.Vt'- tr.h chat uts aaHd str
would besu 10 drspla, u,c bccsuer lrfJ
,h" whnlr support OF the family TO her
AMI ! wanted her tn hv constantly with
u,. byeaur, her pc,aypcr ami manner ass
aurri inv thcrr wAH nn troz1u Tot mN
fears Mother tHd / would Dr lrN tlon,
then. siullf uy thc nrr. and no lhr tmr
had tn listen tu Mamlr's rfaissa o.
wasn't that though, tho praises ,Ntruy-
agant REALLY ! toll,yr cared NOR, for
Mamie than mother Ald Docs that sccm
Inconsistent with what have told your
rs true. nevertheless hul tli the praise.
you s'r. htd rv,vrsy side tn g. and that
side was blame ior M" There Was q Iyr,
p~tual comparison between Mamir'a Hhli-
lty and my inoomp, ioncr. and { tasd lo
rush ont ~ tbs room and uh Co our bed.
room. and ety my heart out IN the dark
until ! heard the llnslr % Mamte'r hln-
som stop in front ~ the hourc Mamie
ana / shared one bedroom. AMI vhrn !
beard her tripping with hush upHtsirs
/ aad TO pretend tu be- cheerful. and 'o
hide my eyes from the light 90 thrt uhr
mlshi not rcr that I had bccu crying
while she undrr.,rd She would talk about
hrr projects and sucrr-srs. how ao-und.ao
had hr1rJ hcf sling a~l made her an uT,r
ALL quite modratly of rourrr She only
valued her succcrr because ll Kept trouble
AWAY ffom 40 until began 20 wish lh,t
some nigh, she would make some rom-
plctc. lrr,m,diahls failure. and thn, $40
might so hack raunl tp our oli poverty
In ,hc I'stridsy road That sounds h6r,
rlblc. / ruppoarr knew II wu horrible
at tho time that I wished n. bot rould
not help wishing IT,"
she paused for u moment m hc- re-.
citnl noticed that tho tears had gath.
cred IA her eyes. that her voice fultcr-d
when she spoke OF her sister. and dli
not doubt that she uttered the truth
when she said thnl she cared for Mamie
even more than mother did
we lived IN that way Tor TWO ycars."
she resumed, and then / received an IN.
yltttion to stay with some friends IN
Shropshire. und I went. II seemed like
stepping into fairyland II people talked
to mo II was not because I formed IL
convenient stop-gnp unul Miami" was
dIscngtgcd-it was because they wanted
to talk to me And amongst the visitors
was -wns.-Jullnn Mnrdnlc."
JulllN hNihhlFt fAtlhlinfN.
''Ycs' You are surprised? You VIII De-
more surprised when you hear the rest
almost IA surprised na ! was. lie was
rich. you know, and very Reserved. wen.
ho singled me out from among the guests
II ! loft the house ulonc I was certain 10
meet him, after dinner he would come
straight 10 III" corner where / wns slt-
ting. In fact hardly an hour passed the
whole day long during which ! wn, out
Of his company. At nrst I thought nccl-
dent WIS throwing M together The only
other alternative. you see. seemed incrcd-
iblc 10 me-ycs. up TO the evening when
he asked mo to marry him. We were
standing on a yernnda at the back Of the
house. and the mill wheel ut the bottom
Of the valley was murmurlng IN Just the
same way u sthat one n now The sound
was Ike an accompaniment to his voice
that and his voice was all | wns conscl-
Gus Of. From my bedroom ! could hear
the wheel, ard I I'D hear II ull thltI
night: the hum Of the wheel and his voice,
loo ~ NhHU H'i'ly lHf HhllnlHtllol OF !
realizing that / should no longer bc Il !
burden to my slstcr-lndced, forgot that. |
But was OF some value 10 one particular
man; more. the one thing In the world
Of value to him. ! was responsible for
the happiness OF his life. for the good or
evil he would do with H. / suppose man
can't quite understand the pride and the
feeling Of strength which comes 10 al
woman along with that knowledge. or
course, wrote home nt once From
Mamie ! received an enthusiastic anawcr.
from mothcr-lct us say one Of tempered
II WIS as though she had
tried hard not write I should never have
expected IT, There was almost grudgc
expressed In her letter that II was I who
was engaged to Julian and not Mamie
Utmost hint Of jealousy. I went back
o London and Julian followed me Hell
anne to the house OF course, continually;
,e was there all day You can'ti