Gulf Coast breeze. [volume] (Crawfordville, Fla.) 1897-19??, 1900-06-08
HOnora's Hit.


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| he others" The girl sank into q
chair in the dark little corridor, for
her limbs trembled under her. Miss
Haviland, when she came back. APP
peared somewhat at a loss for the
right word herself.
"We don't seem to have much in
the way OF sewing" she began, but I
suspect that Providence may have
sent You to our relief, after all. You
know four Of as girls-tEe four that
you saw--live here with Mrs. Tre-
maine in suite OF rooms, and we've
been housekeeping by turns, getting
our breakfast and lunch and taking
dinner at the cafe. But we are all
tired Of the arrangement and we've
been thinking II we could get some
nice ~ Miss Haviland hesitated -
"refned young woman to cook the
meals and keep everything comfort.
able, 1t would be good idea oil
round. Can you cook ?"
Eyes" Honora's tongue really
wouldn't say ma'am, so she made II
"Miss Haviland" instead.
"Then what do you say to trying
it.? We put out the laundry work, so
it would be easy housekeeping" and
the young artist went on to speak Of
wages and the usual Saturday after
noons."
The candidate asked for an hour to
consider the matter. She walked up
to the park and sat down on one OF
the wooden benches near the Fifty.
ninth street entrance. Honora thought
how she had come to the city only
four months ago, fred with the
dreams Of larger life, aud utterly ig-
norant OF its difficulties, disappoint.
ments and perils. She thought Of the
brave start abe. had made, her con,
Adent courage and high hopes, and
the succeeding bitter discourage
ments, repulses aud failures. Peli.
quagamas, Me-, was the melodious
name OF her birthplace she shut her
eyes and saw the prim village street,
her old auut's neat cottage, and her.
self, o restless, impetuous girl, grow
ing up under the good spinster's wing.
like an entorprising hawk under the
wing OF Q we'll disposed hen.
Six months ago she had offered o
tale to city newspaper, and all her
troubles dated from that day. for IL
was promptly accepted, and the check
which came back seemed to open out
a dazzling prospect of wealth, fame
and career" One or two Inter
ventures proved equally fortunate,
and then nothing would do but go to
New York and try her fortune. OF
course her eldero demonstrated, but
Honora's strong will and abundant
relish for adventure carried the day.
Dick stormed, protested and implored
but what was six-room cottage,
even with Dick, to a girl stage struck
for the triumphs Of world theatre 2
OF the succeeding months Honora
did not like to think - their pitiless
lessons were still gall to her spirit.
Enough to say that she had left the
expensive boarding house, and, too
proud to confess her straits or ask
help from home, taken the poorest
OF lodgings. Even 80, with needle
instead of O pen in her hand, the
struggle was too hard, the battle was
against her.
At this point in her meditations
Honora jumped up and said to her
self, resolutely:
"I'll do it It's better than starv.
ing, better than posing and better
than destroying my eyes and running
my temper by sewing IA hours day.
I'll let them call me Nora and think
it's me Oirish name," she declared,
under her breath, "and I'll give them
some first rate Yankee cooking and 60
to the free lectures and concerts and
the museums, so that my time won't
lie all wasted. I'll take up my de-
spised diary again, and when / get
home in June Ill make a clean breast
to Dick"
"Nora," said Mrs. Tremaine one
May morning, shaking ont the folds
OF her gown, 81 expect a gentleman
from Philadelphia to dinner tonight,
so lay an additional plate and have
something little extra, will you, and
pretty fowers?" for "Elizabeth's pro-
tegee was trusted now even to
choose the bouquets. "He's the edi.
tor OF 'Pettingill's,'" she said, turn.
ing to Grace. "a remarkable mani"
Morals heart gave little futter, but
it died out Immediately.
The gentleman duly arrived, and
between the ice and coffee he observed
to his hostess: cousin Laura, came
to town today partly to see one of our