The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1898-06-16
|tertaining the Editor
By ELLA hi00lNSON.

L. and l were orphans and lived
kth our brother Tom. Tom was
bhan, too, Of course, but then
orphans are never the recipients
bpathy and motherly advice from
dear old lady in the neighbor-
DO that by-and-by they really for
ht they are orphans.
! was 20, and he kept q stationery
Ind we lived in four small rooms
rear Of the shop. This was one Of.
" towns that spring up In night
ret Sound, and although the town
was rough, bustling and noisy,
IRE very happy there. for our
were within 100 yards Of the
} waters, and the shore sloped
m, green as emeralds the whole
through.
assisted Tom in the shop, and I.
being housekeeper, contributed
Fral magazines, which helped
fully In the way Of new gowns.
bonnets and oil the dainty
which delighted our souls. for
ID I liked pretty things. .
vere quite the noisiest and most
scarum household you can
E. As have said, we had only
oms. In one of these Tom slum-
he dreamy hours away nightly,
was "the meanest, darkest,
riest room in the whole She
Tom was given to declaring
me he entered it on slumber
Then there was a room wherein
ID I slept, and from whose win
could see ut dawn dear, white
Baker towering into the prim-
y. Then the kitchen, and lastly
lor, which Nell called the draw
m, and which also served as din
m. Between the parlor and the
as a tiny cubby-hole of n room.
pix feet square and dark as a
p, in which Tom kept surplus
Ind in which we likewise smug-
'ay sundry bags from the green
), trusting to the friendly dark
conceal them from the inquisi-
IS of our visitors.
Parlor was a thing, having once
en-, to be remembered. 1t was II
de and 16 feet long, and in it
pc stove, one organ, one sewing
2 1--WE made our own gowns),
ee-ply carpet, one big, black
the name Of JEFF, who was q
and the object of our devoted af-
D, one dictionary and stand, one
table, four chairs (more or less
one trunk (deceptively Gre
and cushioned up to allure un-
ing guests into the rashness of
upon it), ono bookcase, some
and, alas! that must chron-
aparlor! q bureau! "A really
y bureau in a parlor," as a lit
said once, to the hysterical
4 ourselves and the speechless
alton of her mother, who had
her to call. However, the size
x Of size-of our bed-chamber
the introduction Of q bureau,
he parlor 1t went.
atumn evening Tom was in the
"a Nell and I were making our
cry comfortable in the parlor,
aek In our rocking chairs, with
aocolate In our hands. and our
ne low nickel rod that encom-
ne stove. We had been sewing,
room was In the widest disor-
= machine was In the center of
It's box was upside down, the
was Uttered with yards and
embroidery, spools, scissors.
and buttons; there were
muslin uncut. and dozens Of
srments In various degrees of
'sed and sewed" all over the
ARA organ and trunk. The
was really immense. ofr
nave our chocolate" Nell had
then we'll have q 'cl'sr'n'.up'
nx things before Pom comes
loenly We heard the shop door
then . gentleman's voice
ot voice We did not hear fire.
nthss rough town. Il wa
J eoaEseoys. Insanother mo-
~ ntsoduced himself to Tom
vsrstt Of The south African
waited to hsar no more.
9 my feet, ovsrturnine. The
- ne dog WITH 1 drsadfnl
3 snils and IL cheoolate
vWs;'ny hssTt Jumped iate