The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1903-10-07

ready made from metropolitan palaces
of convenience. They knew they must
wait until Simeon's hard earned say.
ines had accumulated into the sum of
$500, the amount to be paid down on
the little farm on which he had long
had his speculative eye fixed. Ono
hundred he had already laid up, the
savings from summer hayinS wages
and winter school teaching another
hundred Rosa's father had promised
upon the wedding day, and for the
other three, "hope told a fattering
talem
I'VE are young and we can afford to
wait" said Rosa, cheerfully, when 81
neon grew desperate and talked Of
gold hunting in the Klondyke.
Yes, but I don't want to wait until
| I'm an old man." said Simeon, dole
fully.
The next day Rosa, with a pocket
handkerchief tied over her sunshiny
curls and her pretty figure enveloped
in prodigious bib apron, commenced
on the moreen cushions with a pair Of
big shears; for Rosa took as much de-
light in these small preparations for
home of her own as any maiden in all
the land, and her fancy already pic
tured forth a neat chintz draped lounge
with pillow to match, made out Of old
Cousin Percy Milman's quaint gift. ST.
neon had already@reyarnished the old
chairs and desk and bureau and set
them in the barn chamber to dry, and
Rosa's eldest brother had promised
them an eight-day clock, so that the
decorations for q modest little sitting
room seemed not SO very far of.
Thinking of all these things Rosa
clipped vigorously away at all the pill
low seams.
my goodness" she exclaimed to her
self with q slight elevation Of the
brown brows, what horrid stitches,
lust like sharks teeth, and what
coarse thread. I wonder who could
possibly have sewed it?'
And when all the seams were ripped
apart Rosa plunged her hands into the
cushions, and out flew the feathers like
q flock of imprisoned birds.
"Hellor cried Simeon's deep-lunged
voice behind her shoulder, that looks
like work"
But Rosa only laughed SCI ttering 4
handful of downy dust over ler lovers
jet black hair.
See, Simeon, that's the way you'll
look when you get to be rs old as Cou-
sin Percy when he died. Just wait a
minute until touch up this black spot
on the back Of your head. Why, ST.
neon, what's this?'
With the feathers apiece Of folded
brown paper had drifted out upon the
foor-a small envelope. pasted down
on the edge.
''Camphor to keep cut the moths"
suggested Simeon.
But Rosa stopped to pick it ~, and
tore it open.
Simeon, it's money! She cried
breathlessly.
And money it was-five dingy twenty
dollar bills, neatly folded inside q slip
of blue writing paper.
Simeon" cried Rosa, don't you re-
member what YOU told me Cousin
Percy said? All the things were to be
yoursr'
"Yes - brt - Rosa - don't under
stand"
"He meant this monay-tEc savings
of his lifetime"
"By Jerusalem" cried Simeon, fall-
ing back upon his favorite adjuration,
80 he Gid"
| And he poancci on the other two
cushions, tearing them so violently
apart that poor little Rosa sneezed as
if she had taken q whole boxful OF
snuff at once.
Simeon. are you cra2y?" she OK
claimed, with widely opened brown
eyes.
mo, butt thought so. Rosy. Hur-
rahr' and Simeon tossed his fur cap
into the air. There's Tic same amount
of money in each OF them. Three hun
dred dollarsl Rosy, We can get the
farm now. We can go to houseke2p-
ing in the spring. Hurrah for Cousin
Percyw
Rosa was counting over the rusty old
bills with fingers which trcmbled SO
she could hardly hold them.
"Oh. Simeon she said, st don't
hardly seem possible!"
"Rut it is possible" exultcd Simeon.
Wont my stepmother be mad, though,
when she comes to hear of it:'
Mrs. Deacon Milman was indignant.
She thought Simeon ought to have di-
vided with her. but he CHANGED to be of
q different opinion.
Its just like Percy" said the dea-
cons wife. "And arter all I did for
him, too. A mean, selfish old miser.'
Its just like Percy" said Simeon to
Rosa. "He was eccentric, but his
heart was in tie right place all the
time"
Is it not strange how opinions call
differ on q given subject?-New Yorl;
Weekly.
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