Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-06-23
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EDNA LYALL.


as a knife
AGAINST which we may struggle,
o Thou God of old
IGrant me some smaller grace than
comes to these,
But so much patience as blade OF
grass
Grows by, contented through heat ana
cold.
Z. B. Browning
Ceramic is coming back to Ril-
chester" observed Cornelia Collin
son, looking up from a letter she was
reading at breakfast the following
morning
/ Coming back" exclaimed Bertha,
in her annoyed voice. Il thought she
was to spend the winter at St Leon
ards. II am sure she said in the
summer that she had taken the house
for year"
She seems to wish to be at home
again. and as to the house, there was
little difficulty in disposng Of that.
She will return early next week"
And now there viii be those
wearisome pilgrimages down to the
Priory," groaned Mrs Mortlake. How
tiresome Of her to change her mind"
Where is the Priory?" asked Els
perauce, not a little excited at the
prospect OF a new arrival and rightly
conjecturing that "Grannle" was Mrs.
Passmore.
The Priory my grandmother's
house-is about two miles out Of the
town, on the London road" ey
planned Cornelia, after a moments
pause.
Espcrance was sorry that it lay In
an opposite direction to Worthington
Han She did not make any more
inquiries, however, as her cousins
were evidently put out, but her GU
riosity grew all the greater, and
she looked forward much to the first
OF the "pilgrimages which Mrs. Mort
lake had mentioned
Mrs Passmore arrived at Rilchester
on Tuesday, and on the Wednesday
Mrs Mortlake insisted that some one
must go to see her This led to a dis
agreeable discussion between the
sisters as to who should perform the
tiresome duty, to which Esperance
listened with some scorn and a good
deal OF amusement, concentrating
herself that for once she was out OF Il.
After much arguing. Cornelia yield
ed. not very graclously, and consented
to 90 to the Priory provided she
could have the carriage.
And you may as well come with
me" she added, turning to Esperance.
It will be useful FOR you to know the
way 10 the Priory."
Espcrance prudently refrained from
expressing too much satisfaction.
aware that any "foolishness" on her
part would put stop to the whole
thing; but inwardly she was much
excited, TO meet Mrs. Passmore,
her mothers friend and helper, was
indeed an unlOoked-for pleasure, and
Cornelia would certainly have been
scornfully surprised had she known
that Esperance spent good half
hour in curling her feather. prepar-
inr her dainty little neck-tie. and
mending her old but faultlessIy
neat gloves. IN view of the after
Moons expedition,
BY three o'clock the cousins were
driving through the sleepy streets Of
RiIchester, Cornelia feeling virtuous
though inclined to be cross, and Es-
perance almost gay. in spite Of a
thick November fog. which usually
depressed her more than anything
Almost for the first time she saw the
really poor quarter of the city, the
deserted, tumble-dowu houses. and the
squalid, dirty little children.
This is different from the rest Of
chichester" she exclaimed "Is this
where Cousin Christabel goes to see
her poor people,
'Oh no. she merely visits a few
81 the respectable houses near Ms"
replied CorneIia, shortly.
But who takes care Of all this
poor part2"
I'm sure don't know, It is not
la our parisho"
The parish belonging to the cathe-
dral merely included the houses I'm
the close and a very small sprinkllng
OF respectable poor" an arrange
ment singularly unfortunate since II
gave All the rich people the same
excuse for ignorance and idleness
which Cornelia had just made 1T is
not tn our parish. while the clergy
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