New-York tribune., 1901-01-27
THE PHlLANTHROPIST

,orsiy my whats the matter?" 1 inquired anx-
1r Iri,.S,qg ought to be-" she added with sigh.
That's quite different" I said.
worsn ,taa a nlserabie sinner and Dora Fenton's
"lncredible." 1 exclaimed Emily looked at me
stansi5. o. "a prevent regrettabe misunder-
NJ ne whole thing, i mean. Of course"
my sister sighed again and poked the fire
Girls viii be girls" she said
agreed with her
u went 10 church yesterday evening with
Dora and MIR. Fraser preached and made us feel
aMfuIg wicked. He said were a disgrace to
What! You and Miss Fenton?"
On, all those people who don't do any work
but Just idle their time away. We were very
solemn SO nm, as We walked home. But. Johnny what
.,Ii,, .Grsat ,Is1.e,, hgayens, Strange things"
They DON'T often do that
Il mean good girls"
Sc. 81 never knew any," said ]. sorrowfully shab-
Il didn't think You could help u.s." replied
Mr. Fraser this afternoon"
i became little alarmed.
.'eople-horrid people-may talk" said l.
Il don't care Besides, Dora and I have put
our heads together and made up a tale
Two heads should certainly De equal a
We don't want it to be too sudden, so were
going to say that we-we-did little good in
When" ] cried in amazement
i used to visit old Mrs Wellin in White
only gong 10 give a general impression, you
know; We sha'n't state amy facts"
have always considered Lady Emily TO be a
great loss 10 the political world.
ITS for a good purpose she continued.
Il disapprOve Of the whole business" / said.
You don't want me to be g0Od?"
j shook my head mOurnfully. The thing is
impossible 1 said.
I'm going TO try however," rerlied Emily
Dora and have made up our minds to visit all
the poor people in the village. Dora says she |
VIII wear last years jacket-but don't think /
that's quite necessary. shall dress very quietly |
in black. and carry basket"
You'll catch a fever, 4 expect"
Rubbish" said Emily.
leaned forward and looked steadily at my
Mind you don't catch the curate." said
Emily made no reply. Surely the freight was |
playing tricks. She could NOT have smiled
You chase a mans heart like a boy does a /
butterfly, only To In through il when il is /
in your net" l remarked.
Still no sound came from the other side Of the |
fireplace
added. and then paused 20 let my little sermon |
sink i'm. For a few seconds the silence was un- |
broken except by the pattering of the rain the |
window. Then Emily said m triumphant tone: /
ing"
Then. she looked UP innocently into my face
What you saying about butterflies |
Angry at my want of success 1 rose to leave |
the room. But she jumped up and kissed me
'Of course it's all right. Johnny" she said. /
I'm going to be good girl now.
With which assurance was forced to be con- !
tent.
Nearly every morning after that fatal sermon |
Emily and Miss Fenton in black dresses with /
baskets attached, ministered TO the deserving /
poor in the village. These accepted the situ-
alton, and the eggs with that cold indifference
and want Of gratitude so typical Of the deserving
poor Still. the philanthroIists persevered, and,
Of course. were much i'm the society Of the Rev. |
Wilfred Fraser That the crash would come
had no doubt. So I waited ard watched
About three weeks after the philanthrOpiStS
had begun their noble work. the curate
called away to a neighboring parish He left on
the Monday morning. and would not return for "A
fortnight ON the following Saturday morning |
Emily informed me that she t. conduct the !.
Sunday school in his absence. and that she WAS
preparing a lesson which would transform the
village children into angels with the utmost dis |
patch. fsale rejected my Offers of assistance
with soornD
were sitting round the fire discussing the best |
way Of teaching the young idea to shoot. and To |
shoot straight, when TO our surprise. the Rev. |
Wilfred announced.
This surprise not diminished by his he /
Lapior when he appeared. Totally ignoring Miss |
Ferton and myself, ne walked straight to Emily !
and held her hand much longer than was neces- |
sary. Then ne said TO her, in low, fervent |
tone:
THANK you. thank you. From my heart /
thank you"
After which extraordinary speech ne shook /
hands with us and seated himself close to |
! Emily as possible.
There was silence for moment Emily looked |
al ne fire; the Rev. Wilfred looked at Emily; |
,sfes Jr.psap and A looked "a each other