Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1907-05-27

Miss Prisyy turned a sob into feeble
laugh.
| "Oh, dear me, Tempy,' she said, lay.
ing her hand on the others arm. Il
b'lieve you think pepper teall cure
anything, even an empty pocketbook. |
wish 'twould pay bills then, don't
know but I'd drink a hogshead But
1t won't, nor cryin' won't, either. Set
down, and I'll tell you Jest how things
| are"
SO Miss Tempy, reluctantly giving
up the pepper tea" idea for the pres
emf, went back to her chair and Miss
Prssy continued.
"The money in the Boston savln's
bank Is gone" she said, "and year or
more ago l wrote to the broker folks
that bought the bond for us when
father died, and they sold it for me-
and got little less than thousand
dollars for 1t. l put the money into
the bank at Harniss, and though I've
tried my best to be economical. there|
amt but five hundred and eighty left
| That and the place here Is all we'yeI
| got"
In bewildered fashion Miss TempyI
| strove to grasp the situation.
Then we're poor" she said. "real|
poor, and l thought we was rich. Well
I shall give up that new bonnet | was
goin' to have next spring, and | spose|
| hadn't ought to subscribe to the
Comforter either. / did think so much
Of it,"
"Pm afraid We'll have to give up
more than the Comforter, Tempy. I've
thought and thought till my poor heat
is nearly worn through We might SO!
the place here, but 'twould be III,
sellin' our everlastin' souls-if tain
unreligious to say it and, besides
property at Orham is 50 low now that
we'd only get ha'f what it's worth.
and when that moneys spent there
wouldn't be anything left"
''Sel the place. Fathers place!
Why, Prssy Allen, how can you talk
SO. Where would we live?"
"Well, we might hire a little house
down at South Orham or somewheres."
footeh oihdhl. w ntlc an tlloSt
Portuguese and things live? I'd rather
die" And it was Miss Tempy's turn
to cry.
"You needn't cry for that Tempy.
We won't sell yet awhile. Not till
there's nothin' left. But we can't have
the barn shingled, and as for Bradley's
goin' to college, that, I'm afraid, Is
out of the question"
"Oh dear, dear And the barn looks
awful. Meissy Busted was sayin'
only last week that folks was Won
d'rln when we was goin' to have it
fixed. And poor Bradley! Ny heart.
was set on his bein' a minister.
don't know but I'd live in the poor
house to make him one They say Mr..
Otis keeps real nice poorhouse, too"
she added
Miss Prissy smiled dolefully at
hasn't got to the poorhouse yet" she
said, "and hope we can send Bradley
through high school anyhow. But
We'll have to scrimp awful, and we
must try to earn some money. / was
talkin' to Abigail Mullett at the church
fair last August and she spoke about
those aprons and one thing another
that l made and said she never saw
such hemmin' and tuckin'. She said
she'd give anything if she could get
somebody to do such work for her in
the dressmakin' season. I've been
thinlSin maybe she'd put out some OF
her work to me If l asked her to- She
does more dressmakin' than anybody
around; has customers way over to
Ostable and keeps three girls some
times. And you know how the sum
mer folks bought those knit shawls
of yours, Tempy. Well, | don't doubt
you could get orders for lots more.
Well try. and we'll let Bradley start
at high school and see how we make
it go"
So Miss Tempy frightened up, and in
a few minutes she had in her mind
sold so many shawls and Miss Prissy
had done so well with her hemming
and tucking that she saw them put
ting money in the bank instead of tax
ing it out. In fact, she was getting
rich so fast In her dreams that herr
sister didn't have the heart to throw
more cold water at this time And
even Miss Prissy herself felt unwar-
rantably hopeful She had borne the
family burdens so long that to share
the knowledge of them with another
was great relief. They discussed
ways and means for half hour long
er, and then Miss Tempy insisted on
getting that pepper tea"
II honestly believe" she said, that
if ] hadn't took pepper tea steady for
the last four or five years | shouldn't
be here now. That and Blasdelrs
emulsion has given me strength to
bear most anything, even the pros
poets of the poorhouse, Thank good
ness, I've got new bottle of emul-
sion, and pepper teas cheap, 50 | shan't
have to give that glp even if we are
poorer'n Jobs turkey"
"All right" sighed Miss prlssy "IfI
It'll make you feel any better to par
boil my lusides with hot water aud
pepper, fetch II along Don't say amy
thing to bradley about what we've
been sayln, 'Twon't do amy good aud
Will only make tho poor child feel
bad
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