Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-02-27
CHAPTER vi,
The Genius OF sernard'..

nounced Demands HOTEL The ner.
sonality Indicated by the name ~Rer.
nard was q miner, an incurable. al.
ways wandering in the silent noun.
tains, always just going to strike II
RICH But Sally Bernard, his wife.
was equal to her lone hand" and
scrupulously faithful to her husbands
interests For her mother and her
daughter Viola she made 4 home, hap-
py II rude; for her husband she made
dollars that he dropped into his pros-
pecting holes.
The hotel was the most imposing
structure In the town and aszresstyelv
new. The odor Of pitch met the guest
before his entrance, and continued
with him, Z warning he wisely needed
by keeping away from all partitions.
Doors and windows stood open to
patrons and dies alike, for the tenn
perature spoke Of summer, though the
calendar said winter.
Sally Bernard was known from Sac
ramento to Virginia City as Sally B..
and It vas In her motherly heart and
home that Stella Anthony, orphaned
and knlsss, found her niche and her
work.
Why, Mrs. Bernard, you've only
known me few weeks. I'm not wise
enough to be Viola's teacher"
They were sitting In grandma ans
room, which was family bedroom, sit.
ting room and parlor, q conglomerate
OF furniture, color and uses, that none
but a three-generations'-b bred frontier
woman could have evolved 4. wide
shelf high above the floor extended
the length Of the longest wall Under
this two rough bedframes were hooked
up, though the mattresses were the
best that money could buy. Beside
them were homemade dressing cases,
a washstand with pail for a pitcher,
a gourd for a dipper and a shining
brass basin. Nails adroitly disposed
utilized every angle for hanging
clothes
Stella gave Sally B. no time to re-
ply, but went on firmly: You need a
capable governess for her, one who
can prepare her to meet life. OF
that am as ignorant as little child
I'm quite satisfied with the dining
room work, Mrs Bernard"
Don't Mrs ME; 1 amt used to it.
AS for knowledge, you know heap
sight more'n Viola; an anyway,
want her to be with you. I might
hire herd of governesses, an not git
the right kind There's more'n arth-
metic an fancy readin'. a girl will
learn from her teacher"
Stella's voice was grateful. But
Mrs-but-"
Call me Sally B., like the rest
does"
mo, I'll call you Mrs. Sally. I
shan't earn my living, Mrs. Sally"
Sally BIS black eyes snapped IT
you don't you'll be the first ever took
Sally BIS money without givin' value
received"
Stella smiled She had already seen
that there was no nook In Sally BIS
house where shirkers could hide; yet
if one were Ill or unfortunate, no other
good Samaritan than Sally BIS self
was needed
I'll send to Auburn an git the
same books they use in the schools
there You can put vi through from
8 to IL, help me in the dinin' room on
busy days, an keep school agin from
two to four. Here in grandma ans
room can be the place. An I'll double
your wages How'll that suit?"
Its not question of how it will
suit me; it's all on my side. Let me
make the beds and sweep Saturdays
and it will be nearer fail"
Sweep? Have Viola's teacher
sweep No, stree, An I wouldn't
let you go in that corral for six bits .
minute!"
Viola entered, small, childish in dg-
ure, old Of face, yet lovely in coloring.
Between her dark mother and grand
mother, the latter the bent, weakened
original Of her daughter, the fair,
hazeleyed child seemed Of another
face. As foreign to them, too, were
her air Of delicate refinement, her
soft voice and her gentle movements,
inheritances from father bred out
OF his proper environment She held
Wild buttsrcups and violets, which abe
carried to her grandmother.
The old face flooded with . sudden
glory. She took the Aovers II both
hands, gently pressed them to lip and