Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1902-10-29
A HEROINE OF HOME
How She Entertained an Angel Unawares.


"I'm sorry, Uncle Mac. but---but Ted
die went off In hurry this morning,
and-and he took my purse away in
his pocket"
"SilIy boy! Silly boy! And yet he
doesn't know it," replied Uncle Mac
ruefully. "For when 1 called at his
office to borrow flve shillings off him
he said he had left all his money at
home. But there" lie added cheerfully,
~ have q sovereign, and we must
spend that. My lucky SOW. must 60"
"Your lucky sovereign" Querled Mel.
lie.
"Well, call 1t my lucky sovereign"
said Uncle Mac. because it was the
first sovereign ever earned, and 1t
happened to have the date on of tlie
very year started to work rs boy
of fourteen. I've kept 1t all these
years"
ooh, You mustn't spend that" cried
Nellie. Tonight Ted will be paid and
we shall be all right again. Come
down stairs and have some more ba-
con-"
Uncle Mac said he had never enjoyed
any meal so much rs he did that bacon,
and after he had finished he proposed
that they should so for walk to-
gether.
"As we can't afford tram ride" he
said, laughingly. 1--WE will Just walk
i Wound on6 fbiplr oro i11io,, {,.no
Nothing like building castles in the
air, my dear, when you are down In
the dumps. If you can't actually en-
joy the things wealth would bring you
can look round the shops and see all
the pretty things, and then by little
imagination Just consider they are
your own. Now, as moneys no object.
where shall We say we live?"
'NOh, at Highgate," cried Nellie
"Why Highgate" asked Uncle Mac
seriously.
Because there's such lovely house
there to be let. 1t stands in its own
ground. and I've often looked at it.
long before we were married even. l
think 1 told you about it one day."
Finding the gate Of the house open
they ventured to look over 1t. Nellie
waXed quite enthusiastic. and as they
went from room to room she furnished
them sumptuously In her imagination
The drawing room would be IN gold
and white with, Louis XIV. style fur
nitura
Never heard Of him." said Uncle
Mac, with conviction. "You must
show me some of that on the way
home"
Nellie replied with laugh that she
would show him the very thing she
meant in Dormans & Browns Empo-
rum. and on the way back she pointed
out many things she would like and
have. 'if only they had plenty of
money"
When they got back Ted was waiting
for his dinner, and while the chops
were grilllng Nellie told him the nd.
ventures of the day. During dinner
Uncle Mac. amid many bursts of laugh
ter, described tile wonderful home In
which Nellie would in Imagination.
live.
Uncle Mac started off early next
morning to get work. or, as be said,
'die In the attempt. Toward the end
Of the second week Uncle Mac OBJ
tanned Job" "Of course. 1t isn't ex-
actly the thing L wanted he ex-
planned, "but then, beggars can't be
choosers. I'm to get thirty-five shil-
llngs week, so thought, Nellie.
could pay you pound every Wednes-
| day toward the. housekeeping cx-
penses."
Matters were so arranged, and Nellie
began to feel quite rich. 1t was sur
prising how much help that extra sov.
ereign was, and Nellie's nightmare Of
the end Of the week began to vanish.
Uncle Mac continued to come down
at s. and Nellie and he still amused
themselves by building castles In the
air" and with looking'in the shops.
At last, when everything seemed so
happy, Edward came down one night
with5a hard, drawn look upon his face
He kissed his wife with great tender
ness at the door. and, with. a shake In
his voice said: "Come into the kitchen,
Nellie"
"What is 1t, Ted?" she asked any-
lously.
':I'va got the sack, Nelly he said,
with sob.
For some moments they stood In 81
lence, then he sank on a chair and
buried his face in his hands.
"Well. my little love BIRDS" cried
Uncle Mac, entering from the garden
"Why, what's the matter"
In few broken words Nell told him
of this last and greatest trouble.
"Well, WE'LL" said Uacle Mac, when
she had ended, keep brave heart
my dear. and things may be all well
yet think Ted and will take lit
tie walk up the street and talk matters
over" t
When they came back she was lying
on the bed. where she had been crying
bitterly, but she tried to meet them
with smile.
After dinner Uncle Mac produced
bottle of Australian wine from his bag
and they each had a glass, but 1t
seemed to make her tired and heavy.
and she felt as though she must 90 to
sleep. Presently her head nodded, and
as she lost consciousness she thought
she hear Uncle Mac say: Garry her
to something" Presently, in her sleep
she had II beautiful dream. She
thought that she woke up and found
herself in the house at Highgate, fur
nished just as she always pictured it,
and Uncle Mac and Ted were there,
and they were talking and laughing
joyfully.
"Tsn't 1t lovely dream?" she said,
turning to Uncle Mac.
"It is not dream, my DEAR" he said.