Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1906-06-01
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Talk Of expense; talk, ms that woms
an in Brighton did. of children's appe-
tites and the cost Of mutton chopsw
Thus spoke Aunt Hosie to her sisters,
as the three held counsel together over
their wood fire on the first night of her
return-little Daphne warmly sleeping
in thc spared for her upstairs.
"! maint..n that child must be posi-
tive economy in any household. Look
at the sous l give Jean Marie for
wedding. although he oftener plucks
up my seedlings than the groundsell
Look at the clothes we throw away
said Aunt Hosie. drawing. 1t must be
confessed. wild drafts on her imagins-
tlon-'the clothes we throw away be-
cause We have no small creature to cut
them down for. As a matter of econ
emf ? 4 i'eifsq qt;;s:sfe only 70 make the
dust ny. only as oil to hinder the old
wheel from rustlng."
A sufficiently commonplace gloss to
put upon a fine action, this OF pence
and shllllngs. But it accorded with
Aunt Hosle's habit of mind to keep 10
commonplace in the solemn as In the
trifiing things of life; and pence and
shlllings were subjects to which the
Miss Vansittarts must perforce give
heed at every step they took.
Their fathers death about five years
before this date bad brought the sis
ters in day from afIluenee to need
Colonel Vansittart, Generous George
as he was called in his generation. be-
longing to that open handed class Of
men who hold what they pleasantly
call "short views" Of life. not minding
the lengths behind. Genial, hospitable,
n header Of subscription lists. giver
| Of delicate meats and rare wines. Cen
erous Georges moral near slghtedness
would never permit him to see that it
might be n duty to make provision
of some kind for his own daughters.
Sufficient unto the Gay is the charity
thereof; such was his maxim. wrought
out conscientiously into practice. as i1s
| .... . .a,,,,,, az. ,sTd,hf hundred pouuuS
sun. sun - .sss.-I ss 70 each of the Miss Van
sittarts under the marriage settlement
of their long-dead mother; this was all.
BY the time the coloners funeral ex-
penses were paid-and so immensely
! popular a member of society must, Of
| necessity, have an expensive funeral
the last shilling tying in his bankers
hands was pretty well expended. Then
came the settlement of his bills
tailors'. haberdashers', wine merchants
(for it is noteworthy that men of the
shortest views invariably require the
very longest credit. and then-the
Miss Vansittarts realized their position
to the full. The lavish. genial old
colonel had been airily trenching on
capital for years. and died exactly in
time to escape the taste of poverty
himself; made his exit from the
world surrounded by friends, with the
assistance Of the first physicians, will
benefit Of clergy. expensive funeral
notices in the local papers, and
semi-publlc pageant.
Now, how should the Miss Vansit
tarts continue TO find bread?
They had reached ages when not tn
widest female brain can any more cal
cuIate on marriage as probable
financial resource; they were accom-
plished up to the standard usefulness
of their station and PERIOD and theiI
Joint income might be estimated al
1out one hundred and ten pounds a
year How should they continue to
find bread7
Colonel Vansittart. at the time Of MS
death. was nhabiting a furnished
house in Cheltenham. and on dinner
exchanging terms with all the best
people Of the neighborhood; SO his
! daughters were not left friendless.
1t had ever been a favorite boast
with Generous George that he had the
l1nack of making friends for his chill
dren. Others might surpass him in
the acquisition OF money. 1t was his
poor pride-so he would declare, with
generous tears suffusing his eyes-his
pride. his ambition. to leave his fam
lily rich in kindly social ties. Now
came the fruitition of his desires. Hot
house grapes and camelllas. cards o
inquiry boarded to this hour by MIS-
Theodore, especially such of the poo
bits OF pasteboard as are made sacred
by a title; later on, advice I'm meas
ureless quantities-all these overflow
ings of the milk of human kindness
did the Miss Vansittarts receive.
To be Continued.