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

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tn fonf ssy anJNae please" as
opened my ipa io rn.ak "Aunta
haa hcr ilftle annuity enough for h.f
+ i9 Dive upon ucf In nwv. cara.nIF
hnf Nlo ias limn.e laeif.. lni can
nanaff VOL enough WHOM n cDnD8
tp tao-h10 eYef fh.le if nothing
moro 90 be aa'l anl sD ii i"
ahe ialicrel nulo ior 900 Instant
'hafc decided 90 leave hor aAd %
earn my otn living"
"Noi., caIl tpt worry sensible OF
iou." fad Molly warmly "f am
dicainlly sorry Tor you. 90 ro1rto.
DEAR aho added giving Lnnns hani
% liiiio rql ezo. 'ani son huow -'
Wait uli you hear all." said our
companion. roidcnine painfully 4
don't mind for myself OF course. 80
won't mniicr to mo bIf." aho wcnt
un. lrafsly. "huf { think lf aunflo
Knew. o. would break Der heart She
thinks have secured a post aa com.
pHnlon io one of the leaders OF the
-FOUR hundred nnd ia quite delighted
800 ihe lla NJ my heine ln society.
hnl in reality aud here for mo.
mDlL ahN hegliaiod. then. na n max
ng innl onou. went ou. hufrledb
30 ia not aa companion that this 800.
cioiy woman has cnsngod me. but as a
sewing maid"
For one second we were silent
"a sowing mald2" echoed my sister /
quickly oh Lillian. what viii you
have 10 do?'
1.-Two with the soryanto. for one
thing answered Lillian. "Yas.
lnow ihai-wo an have meals 10.
rcihor in The servants hall-oniy tho
nppofa have their dinner In the house.
Keepers room. and shall not even be
ma upper she added. sadly. "Oh. I
know well enough what you would say.
bat when all "a said ana done. what
.lao can I do7 Mrs De voore treats
lcr servants we'll. / shall b. earning
hy own living, and earning II IN the
'nly way | am competent 10 do.
lavo no talent. nothing to recommend
ne above the thousands of other far
lovcfor girls all anxious 10 make
wing nowadays. and. after all. II
Won't be 90 bad. as long az auntle
oea not hnuw-you will never. never
n her oven suspect. VIII you?" she
ntreatod. "She cannot live long now.
he doctor says that at any moment
.or heart attacks may prove fatal.
nd na lons o. ahe thinks | am we'll
md happy and she has no anxiety
bout money matters. She viii 70 ON Z
apply and we'll Noihlng would induce {
or 10 lct me so II sho know Che real Z
'uth-shc must never know promise {
leY" she insisted. cntrentlnrly.
What could we dog We could only
romisc. and walk sadly Indoors. our r
other tried 10 do something about II
hut whom she was driven. as a last n
sort to give a sort of half hint to s
ins Lavender. we could see. BY the a
NY she took IL. that she had not a II
Iadow OF an idea as 10 the real truth. n
Id, In honor bound TO Lillian. we could
} no more.
Well she went. and what that Girl q
gently nurlurod aud always accus- b
med TO certain atmosphere Of s
licacy aud refinement must have q
me- through makes me shuddcr to d
ntomplate. a
Her letters 70 the old lady were per "
ct marvcls OF ingenuity. Always *
;orous as TO truth she managed in
g cloycrVst possible manner to evade
unpleasant items. and yet appear !
be having "a perfectly delightful time. l.
her accounts. Il was only 20 US 3
lo, knowing the truth. could read q
tween the iincs. that these letter. p
rtared one Of tha saddcst and most G.
aching tributes 20 the love she bore g
" aunt. and We learned to dread our q
'ckly visit 10 the little. red brick u
'uso when lilian's last letter was
yariahly brought out for our doloc.
ton c
The girl always wrote describing \
q events which took place In Mrs 7
, Nooro's household. and when men r
IN was made OF certain smart !"
Inco which had been given. she de. :
rihed the decorations and the young =
dies bah gowns 50 yividly that Miss y
,vender remarked. complacently: a
IN is easy 60 see that they treat
n as one OF the family, Why. the
ar child seems 60 know all about G
cir pretty frocks. and the little ins p
"a outs of their lives, You see" c
Ic went on. tapping the letter which b
e noticed she seemed 20 love TO e.
indie. as n the feeling OF the paper q
'nveyod some impression OF her dear. 5
loved niece Il feel that dear Lillian K
now partaking of some Of the ad n
inisgcs which she ought To have had {,
J along did my best for her" I,
iih a slight sirh: "hut now she is
',iug something OF lie. and enjoy
q herself in natural way. and IL 81
pes my heart good 10 think how truly 81
.ppy my little girl is" W
What could we sayg know Molly h'
"a ! left the dear. old lady thar day tr
lth terribly guilty feeling in oul "
ARTS ca
IL was always most painful 20 us 60 BY
e those hraveiy written letters. con y,
wing SO much OF the WEAKNESS and OF
ariacho beneath the carefully word. CO
lines 10 those who knew the real Gu
cts. and could realize how sordid
q bitter her life must be, in reality.
Sometimes we wondered how II
luld all end, and II ever in this life NJ
Han would win her reward for the N
ick and tenderness she was show mi
: toward her beloved guardian. di
The end came sooner than We ex.