The new South-news., 1908-12-05


agony
I've fallen. Hsth. aud In, afraid
I'm badly hurt. ] think m, ankle
is brosol
Huth looked. and saw the poor foo,
hanging limp aud twisted IN its we'll
worn slipper
1T ~ broken. Helen" she said 81
win call Hazel. and send her for the
doctor a, once"
i,ovsjoy stretched out OBTAINING
hand
Please. Ruth. don't frighten her.
she said Couldn't you 20 your
Beify III stay quietly here till you
come back"
Ny dear. think Hazel ~fll wagt
to 10. and, anyway. I'm sure u Is bosr
TO fell her %
Then. AZ Ruth started toward the
pafior door. something which she al
ways aaya WAS an inspiration flashed
into her MIND Tho holdness OF It
terrified her FOR moment and made
her pause. but only Der "a moment.
Then. With n calm face but a little
| sick feeling at her heart. she walked
through the hall and into the parlor.
She paused only iong enough 10 bow
10 the caller. aud then said quietly
Hazel our poor servant has failcn
on the stairs and hurt herself badly
Can you SO for the Doctor"
For just n second after she had
uttered the terrible words. Ruth felt
afraid OF The irxuc ~ Hazel should
Z iail--if the cank.r OF thouHhiiaasncs8
had eaten too deep knew that
shc should never forgive either her
self or her niece
nut the girl. NJ the moaning OF her
nunts words made itself plain to her.
rose 10 her feet. ana over her face. 10
the very roots of her hair. poured a
food of crimson which quickly gave
place to a deadly palior
." II ~ my mother she said. with
dignity which no one had ever no
ticod In her before. "Lc me go ut
once"
Then she turned 10 her visitor.
wholly Indifferent ms TO the impress
aion she might make. anxious only to
atone for her previous cowardicc.
II know you win excuse me. Mr..
Bennett" she said. 1T il my mother
who has fallen. My aunt is punish
Ing me very Justly for not having told
opened the door for you this after
noon was not our servant, but my
mother We have no servant"
People had often said that Mr.. Ben
nett was fastidlous He may have
been. but he was also gentleman.
The scorn which iiazoi's confession
could hardly help arous,ng had no
Pity for the girls embarrassment and
suffering. and admiration for her
hnal courage and loyalty and frank
ness. blottod out every other feeling.
1T was my mistake. Miss Love
jos,' he said, nravcly. "and | am
afraid AN objectionable one | am
mOre- sorry than | can toll YOU -
Then. before any one could object.
he had SEIZED his hat and started for
the DOCTOR
lie found him and drought him
and move the sufferer. and by and
by. when there was no excuse for
staying longer. be said to Hazol's
aunt. with an almost boyish diflidence
and hesitancy:
Miss loveioy. please do not think
me prcsuming. but my father and
mother are both away. and our SER
wants have almost nothing to do
WIN you not let me send one of them
To help you--a woman who has been
with us a great many years. She
would be most willing to come. and
I'm sure you would md her of as
sistance."
With all her independence. Aunt
Ruth was almost tempted to accept
the offer. but It was Hazel who de-
cided the matter.
1T is very kind of you. Mr.. Ben
nett she said, ''and please don I
think us unappreciativo: but Just
now, at any rate. we shall get on very
well ] have vacation now. and l
, can give all my time to my mother
and the house. | want to do It. She
has waited on me all my lie"
She was equally determined when
her father came home and somewhat
excitedly urged the necessity both OF
a nurse and n kitchen girl. She con-
yinced him--although no knew II
only too well before--that they could
not anord lt, and she had her way.
Like all young pilgrims. Haze
found the road long and sometimes
rough, and she travelled 1t often with
aching feet But she never turned
back. and in the long days which FOL
lowed. filled as they were from earl,
morn till late at nignt with pett,
household duties. she learned as sh,
could never have learned in any othe
way the cost of that motner-lov'
! which had SO long and iealousiy shel
tered her.--Youth's Companion.
For Sparks.
"Wh,t sort of n girl aid n