The new South-news., 1905-07-15

4f Nif" WY 't "N NNiI"l Mt.NN NN
snycd us both exceedingly
N We agreed. however Ast The auni
aa sweet 0li lady exactly nko
VI n Ola World picture or hgr1no rn.
tance lnai ihe iYpo one instructive By
aseoclaits with hn atmosphere of la-
SENDER and faded rose petals
Her one iden in iifr- iudlni. nearly
4ii her interest seemed ccnieffd on
Pc only human being she bad len i0
syc- her erandnicce. Lillian
.r u was really too pathetic TO hear
hor ialh. I mean when one saw tho
>tiri. ior she fplke as IL She p1asorsod
sfll ihn Riuras and charms oi beauty
I. end iio aitriiuira nf o. genius ln cm.
a hfyo. NhercfH. ln Hlity, rhc was as
mentioned before. q muaf nrilnnry
soohInF. commonplace lire person.
with noihll.g 90 redeem her rather
plain features but a pleasant. though
rare. smile. whieh lit up her face FOR
moment. and quite changed Cos os.
precision
Tho pn'hoa however. iay in ihc fact
that little. old Miss Lavender" ue
W. had. with common consent. chris.
"a ibo old lady could never see ihr
ilc. or. indeoi. anything ln the
Ia AROUND her for 6ho Was totally
o.
10, for her did tho sun turn the
90 eioniug dcwdrops on their iiay lawn
into diamonds or tho swoot.scruiod.
oldiashloned flowers ln The little bor
der spring forth into glowing colofs aa
sho passed. a Had LOOKING old figure I
though with certain dignity Of her I
Own down the tiny. gravel path De-.
tween the illics and ru7os. which
stretched In a row 10 the little. green.
wooden gate.
Yet one wonders ". after nll. there
were not componsati0na loving her
niece aa she did. % would have been
agony 10 her sensitive heart 20 aee
how the flfl was sometimes passed.
over among her more favored com.
panions, or whom other girls mp.
poarcd, arrayod In an the pristine
freshness Of crisp. new mualins. or
noii silks, LILLIAN rilll came out In her
well worn white cashmere. We used
60 call II Mrs. Noah then. and laugh
nocto,ly az its regular rcappcatanco
each hiNhdny aud holiday. How little
We knew % was only the other day
j found my sister Molly knocling be-.
fore a funny lutte box sofa la Miss
1a,ondors best bedroom. shedding q
quiet tear over something inside. and
when stole over to see what the
contents were which caused my usual
ly lighthoarici sister to weep | found !,
her holding a fold of the historic cash. /.
mere IA her hands. /,
" made lump rise In my throat
toe. and ! turned quickly away. and /,
cropt softly downstairs TO whcro the \
pathetic, old figure, IN iia dainty lace !,
cap and nchu sat In the sunshine a
pn the little lawn. "
She looked up as | approached. with
" SMILE of welcome, and made room
me TO sit on the scat beside her Is
heard your footsteps, my dear "
knew you would spare the old s'
ian little time for a chat You ~
v. ! have had another lctlc, from
an the dear child is 80 happy i'
nnd I waat TO have little talk about u
her With some one who knew her ~
Tho slghiloss cycs were turned al
Eagerly toward the. while tho fragile u
hands fumhlcd for the letter In the b,
|ittlc satin workhag sle always car W
tioi nl
How could one have tho heart 20 Nm al
deceive hor-to dash the hone from "a
The brave. old face and rho brightness h'
from her lifel u would hcod a hraNol W
ono thsn I. and we had long ago de- h'
-idcd 20 help Lillian ia her deception. 10
and never 20 hotray her secret 90 the 90
oyal trustful heart which beat for
her alone. As she said. Il could not q
Dc for long nov. ano. after the end y
what would q all Matter GO anyone q
pxcep, horsofl a
II was curious how We all. oven 81
down TO Molly. who was always 80 Ia
down on anything not quito above l.
board. combined TO aid Lillian In her
deception toward Miss Lavender. but h
yet what else could We dos a
She had conndod in MS one day q
while we were an three sitting out on a
he lawn, and Miss Lavender and my a
mother were indoors. having quiet "
chat together h
To this day ! don't know what led Ct
20 10. | rather think q was after |,
ny had been holding forth on hsr "a
subject OF the general uselcssnoss v
most girls lives nowadays. and how n
few realized the obligation OF work v
some sort 81
Il consider any 80 < OF work Is ii
noble. SHE wound up, IN her imneu. q
cus way "and. provided it d honest. h
there Ia nothing dcroaaiory I'm a girl
Earning her living 10y doing some so. a
called mental task" "
II am quite OF your opinion. said b
LILLIAN. quietly. "aad Il leads me 10
tell you something which have de-. $,
cided upon doing. You tnow-or. az n,
least. no doubt you have guessed. " hl
she continued. flushing painfully. I'd
shat We are very poor You girls IA
who have almost an that you can N
wish for. can hardly realize how poor
difficult q Is sometimes 10 "
make both ends even get within a L.
distance OF each other. rl
much less attempt to meet. Wen IN
lately. auntie has lost some money
not much te you. dare say. but to p,
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