The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1900-04-07
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BY NJ. ATWOOD STUART.

By N. ATWOOD STUART. 8
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
S# The train rolled ont Of more than
Egyptian darkness and stopped sud-
f fdenl~.
ia The fare of many lights, the. rum
4 BILE and roar of traffic, and the throngs
& of people In the streets, proclaimed
the station to be city, and great
None.
The passengers whose changing
piace OF destination is was, poured
put, pushing and jostling against
Stream Of people coming in, for the
a train was a through one and the time
}imited.
5s 5 among the last to reach The plat
olsn was syoung girl, clad in mourn
S5ngs evide SSy stranger. She looked
about he onderingly, as thou ~
Ewish the Shmo ion and noise and
confusion she could hardly think.
Presently, by the intereession of the
station master, she secured carriage
md rode away.
S and by preached her destina-
Eien,and because she SO desired, in the
i course Of events she found herself in
4 the presence OF the master Of the
4 house. IL his hand he held the letter
ibrouehtt him by his careful hene ehman,
Who stated that BE besgar waited be-
letter, the
ict had returned that she appear
fore him.
Have you come straight from
omes'
Eyes. -
Slow long has it taken you?"
She told him. ..
tAnd what is your name?"
Wealthy
II SHumph! Don't fit your present
81 fortune
A pause.
-. . How old are you?'s
n teen my next birthday"
oh!''
S ~ "a pause.
Dorothy, I suppose we shall
n have Is lst her stay"
4 Let her stay! and the pale orphan
4 girl, a mere child, without father or
mother, was his own brothers daugh-
& ter, stranger in strange land al
- most, homeless and penniless; and
II the Cummings could have housed a
"a regiment, and were fairly rolling in
W WealtA
v A-trembling with the strangeness
II Of the reception, scarcely comprehend
II ing the right and the wrong Of the
fl whole matter, and already homesick,
a timid little Wealthy stood with down
II cast eyes brimming over with tears,
E while they so positively decided her
fate.
4 Mrs. Dorothy Dunning put down
II her work.
i 'sCome with me, "she said. Wealthy
II followed to an apartment containing
II two beds. Hore she was told she
3 might sleep. ''This bed will be
A yours indicating the bed containing
Il one child, ''and you can have the care
Of these three Children pointing to
S the other, in which were two, three
boys in all, sleeping soundly:
s.You can dress them in the morn
iEg, hear, their prayers, and open the
room to sair. Then come to me and
will tell you what next to do"
il Wealthy silently acquiesced by an
S@ inclination of the head.
aB Loft alone, she gave up, heartbroken,
q to real, genuine grief.
t'Oh, papa, papaY' she sobbed, as
she crept to bed at last, weeping.
Poor little Wealthy!
Son the whole, 1t is quite as we'll, -
! said Mrs. Dunning, when she went
back to the drawing-room. eve will
discharge the present nurse for
Arthur, Rob and Joe, and she can
serv&nstead. She told you she was
sS 16, saa she looks capable
y :sHer name will do very we'll forns
servant remarked Lou, the 4 @
daughter, and young lady oftbe My,
looking over the top of her music
sheet.
sAhem!-hardly a servant. You
must remember she is your cousin,
Iv-SoE know said Doctor Dunning,
eT1ncsSSs sllghI I"luSe oi con
science.
.'She needn't try CONSUMING ues p
muttered Lou, turning away to hel
own affairs; and at theeendrof week
Mrs. Dorothy Dunning had decided
4 sue same, and mentally vowed thai
= q agandy Wealthy should forget the
relationship, and keep her place with
the children and mind the housework,
which she could perform with sucE
de1terity.
sSo Wealthy found herself enc o:
Russes, WHO; were employed tc
care six Dunning chill
ge being the three
Z aand out in society,