The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1899-03-18

foreground OF hedge and orchard. AZ
frs she read a good deal, but gradual
" more and more time was spent with
Mrs. Fry. Mabel followed her in and
out OF the dairy, 10 the kitchen, TO feed
the pigs. 70 collect the eggs. And the
eyes OF the faded, uiddie-aged woman
grew tender. though ner words we've al
ways The explanatory commonplace or
the mourlfuI biographical
But one Gay-it was the day when
Miss Rosco-nnca first churned the but
tsr-Mrs. Fry sighed, and said:
My little Alice would ha' been about
your age Il she'd lived. own ! Should
fh1' dearly liked 10 IA taught her to
c.5H-n."
Il was that night that Mabel kissed
3irs. Fry when she said good night"
ard almost wished. as she crcpt be-
tween the cold, IGyeadered sheets this.
che mad been born q farmers daughter.
She and discovered aer vocation. II was
not teaching. as she had stead.astly
believed. nor literature, as she had Sc
crerly dreamed; hs- true vocation was
the pastoral l!fe-the hurry and hustle.
the cIeYernesS and bravery. the wise
and the great; not 10 forget them-to
honor tam from ataT, bu; 10 take no
further part In the strife and struggle
Of strenuous life; 10 watch 1t from the
safe haven OF the little life. the quiet,
o.dStei. placid life o. the farm. Th!s
was h.- yocatioa-her fate was high
scEOoi teaching.
When Robert Fry came ho.ne-the on
u son OF his mother, the farmers wife
-Sap4l shared in the hustle and glad
preparation that heralded his coming.
He was In business In LONDON, but he
vas coming home for his holiday, his
=aother said.
But ne hates the business" an. went
or. He s got scholarship TO 20 to
OXFORD, FOR he's very clever, my dear!
but It vas not enough TO keep him there,
and II vas the year ne did so badly
Eith the wheat. SO father couldn't spare
enough % let him go; no then Bob gave
10. and he said: All right. I'll 10 Into
business, FOR / don't want to stay al
farming; 50 his uncle took him into the
NANTES. ThETe he might be dong well;
but ! wish led never gone to school.
I Co, then he'd abe-en content to stay
and help his father about the old place
that's belonged 10 the Frye no one
hnvTs how long. You can gee their
danes IL the churchyard"
~ WsB N the cDGrch-yard, amid the
FE.cfS-5rp%n he2dstUnes that Miss Roa-
common not only cav the names OF
many csod and gone FryE, but made
the acquaintance Of the newcomer. He
came 10 her acFogs the field that lay be-
i%esn the houEe and the church. and
SEe could gee his fair hair shining In
me sun. He vas tall and hansOme, che
thought
'Ay mother sent me 10 tell you that
tsz g ready. It's half an hour earlier
Than usual Yes, I've Just come down.
u ~ sfsrhs very beautiful. after Lon.
don. dpggH't it2'' .,-. rag,
'Its ~ beautiful" SAID Mabel. THAT
am beginning 10 wonder bgw ! shall
eyef b. 'abIe 20 leave H."
He ~alke1 Leside her FOR awhile. II,
EiIehc9. then no raid:
You we're al Clifton, my mother tolls
me. Dyn't you find this SORT Of thing
tlYeng" after the 8tjrring intellectual
ll!e there" 49,
She laughed a litue a'EZls
y don't tbink We we're very lntellect.
Eal-----' gte bNGan.''
y feel 20 much all have Ta!sged /.
Se SAID. II only my father haG no,
iDEH whes, that year"
Yea she said, Il know; II was ycr,
Shs wsa lnterested in the b6y. IN,
th9sgE he vas her avn age, he seernel