The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1899-11-23

b apply 10 Miss Mary. She
lWays immature. From her
had been docile, plant, and
and now ut sixty she still
n hardly grown. up. She was
~. even daiLty, to look at.
white hair was arranged as
a. Il had been at sixteen, and
ID ed as readily now as then.
ID AIRY Jones lived in q dowdy
'A uburb with only one servant,
IN her herself-Betsy Mills.
~ was, so report said, the
], Of q sea captain, and had
/, ,,,ught up for a LADY," but
new much moro OF her than
tsy Mills was close, and Miss
not giyen to gossip, but, as
oarlance went, "kept herself
-
re o women lived in one of those
iour-roomed, semi-detached
y sidences" which abound in
,able suburbs, with on unin-
! ,lking "trip of lawn and oyster
n, front, and an equally un-
sslug-ridden plot behind. But
4 y, who was fond of garden
4 trained a pretty yellow iessa-
IN the rickety porch, and she
le oyster shells because "'they
Cd her of the sea-" Betsy
y lard.featured, tall old woman,
a scarecrow, though she was
damant to every one else,
pke Otherwise than softly to
'ess. She humored her fads,
her Weaknesses, and never
re Ter except when necessary.
Al aryv She always called her,
d, ,ost a tender infection in her
I'd hence the neighbors also
h1ke OF her as anything else
Mss Mary"
leTary was charitable to a fault.
l.e was very refuge to the
- TO it focked all the beg
d impostors in the neighbor-
. ,e OF relief. No tale was too
ID, story too disjointed, to i'm
aty IN This tender-h hearted old
OF stsy, who saw through every
th a who was made of material
Ma Miss Mary's was soft, re-
lsrseIf as q shield interposed
IN to protect her mistress,
',ld Otherwise long ago have
: whole substance to a crowd
ny beggars. But even she
lpi prevent Miss Mary's con-
to DIS on the scanty larder.
leave nothing ut all for YER
ia grnmbled, "if I didn't look
I1likea mother, and be forever
ok"
Mary paid no attention to
les. AS long as she had any
n her larder she would share
,cltsy Say what she would; and
ri we'd her too we'll to remon-
ne'iously. SO the crowd of beg
ili on coming, till hardly a day
nithout seeing somo recipient
nj fa,y's bounty.
is1mes II was a man-Betsy per-
'Nted men!-an "out-of-work, "
lin dirty feet all over the place;
r,,s al aged female in rusty
n, scribing herself as "a rela-
,oJ scion of the late Duke of
pon," smelling horribly of gin,
tid persist in staying through
ii 9, and giving Miss Mary more
vpugh of her company, scion
OF be We're. Or, as if this were
Ugh, Miss Mary would occa-
pick sup lost children whom
VA crying in the streets and
m IN home, to Betsy's indigna-
op her own confusion;' for they
r :eilerally sit crying after the
u'' II loet children, and refuse to
lhi cajled for by their parents.
pa this Esame charitable off
Miss Mary once found herself
praltlon of nearly having a par.
saddled upon her altogether,
q Betsy refused to allow, put.
d foot down firmly for once.
D Y Nothing but a baby her,
,csss ye, SIR" she infor med the
rgeant on that memorable oc
le But the fact was Miss Mary
5 oftqr heart even than usual
'ci iiidren were concerned. Al,
a Ilrenlian after her gladly-hei
icao snggeated to them toffet
i0r sbcky joys. Tramps used
iicaliy to invent large families
lm on her compassion; for Mis-,
y Fas q large. hearted charity that
~ sriticise.
=. Betsy" she said, hurrying ur
!. 'mentor" with tears in hel
cghere's a poor woman come tc
ii With matches. She's got 1
husband and sixteen children
them a triplet-all of tendel
be ION, has shep Ali that's on,
'aey Gan all ave." grumblet
wi Inmoved, as she wended hel
alstairs with her broom.
WAS a diplomacy in Beisy'i
! 10. Ii Miss Mary would give
n }, poor contents OF the larder
NJ her not be there to SEQ. A
greedy. grasping wretches
Il a. she seized the broom witt
i a. oegan to sweep her mis-
40 !eafoom. 1t was a plain, un
et t'ne little room enough, every
vat but very old, the pain
~ eYerything, but scrupulousl,
old,maidish, with sort O
n Of its own that bore no re
20 Mrs. Panton. The bed
e. e. th a scanty blue cottor
: hnng over it an antiquatet
NJ Raphael's est. Catha
e small bookcase were (
NeIHment aud the poema n