Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1897-01-30
ClINlrTEli I.


ont another inch: she must have a new
skirt. Miss Pincham."
My mother krclt on the floor of QUE
little sittingrooni. The green cloth bad
been removed from our table, whicl, was
strcwn with scissors. cotton. tape nnd
ships. On square piece Of druggct. put
down by our landlady. Mrs. fipscornbc. ~
save the carpet, I stood. undergoing III"
,agonies Of being "tricd on"
I was wondering whether II could hc III
amy way connected with u letter which
mother had received n day or two pro-
viouslyy-a letter which I had seen her
take out and read several times since.
had not seen her answer II yct--mothcr 80
seldom wrote a letter that ] should hnv.
ben certain 20 notice it. Altogether was
puzzled. The letter. I believed, concern.
cd me in some way: else. why this new
frock?
Poor. darling mother! ~ she rose
from the floor and arranged, her widows
cap n: the glass. I thought how sweet
was her pale, lined face. TO me 1t was
all So natural. our monotonous lie to-
gctlicr Mt Shiplcy .lc- Marsh. that never
knew what she suffered.
Mother was the eldest daughter OF
Matthew Carcwc. n will.owncr. rolling
in money. lie bought Gray Ashtcnd. u
beautiful estate some fifteen miles iron,
Shiplcy. and added TO II every modern
luxury that wealth could supply. His
fomjIv consisted nj ,wo d,uuhicrs-l,m.
incline and Rosalic. Emmclinc was bcau-
tiful. with that fragile lovclincss which
so soon decays. A complexion like a
cOnch shell. delicate features. hair Of
pale gold. and soft. blue eyes. On her
nc ccn,crcd nil his ambition. "Who mar.
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80 nppcnr in n frw weeks. suing for for.
riyrurss md helm. lie much mlstook tho
nature of Constant Damien. Tho yo,,ny
mau, who was by profession mn artist.
worked night and Jny 10 keen his girl
wife from want. lie would have dicd
a thousand deaths sooner than apply 10
Matthew Carcwc FOR n pin. For u year
the foolish couple were very. very happy.
Success began to smile on Constant; poo.
pie took him M. ] was born and their
bliss seemed perfect. Then the shadow
fell. Constant, walking home one day
in the rain. took u chin. lie neglected
his cold--ncglcctcd tho hollow cough
which followed t.-continucd to go on, In
NIL wca,hcrs. and at last. one day, took
10 his bed. lie WAS In u rapid decline.
nothing could save him. and In year h.
was dead, ana beautiful Emmclinc was
II wldow-just twenty years old.
Then. indeed, she wrote to her father
but too late. lilo wonld have nothing
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forgive nor forget. Ills darling. idoliz'd
daugh'er hau dealt MIN u blow from
which ne could not rally. lic desired his
solicitor to write to- hPr ana tell her ihnt
tioo year, which she Inherited from
her mother, would be paid regularly
Ihat was al.
The dcspairns young widow next wrote
10 Constants mother. who had married
a second timc--a DcvOnshlrc gentlcmnn
named Burnside. The answer from her
was that she could have no communica-
ton with any member of family which
had insultcd her Constant; Mrs. Damicn's
own grand relations might look after hcr
ana her baby. By tho next post came a
kind. blum letter from MIR. Burnside. my
Grandmo'hcr's English husband. inclosilig
ter-pound note. ana promising to send
more when ! should be old enough TO
need education. But before that time
came he was dead. Poor mother was In.
deed fricndless. She came to Shipley.lc.
Marsh. and settled there. for two rca-
sous. First. It was within the reach of
her sister Rosalie; secondly. 1t was a
place where nobody knew her.
For some years mother WINS ALWAYS
hoping that her father would relcnt; but
when I was about four years old, Mr..
Carcwe adopted the son OF his cousin-a
hoy about three years older than |, Then
ri. A.. 80.