The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1909-11-06

onc's fife"
 Instinctive.y (she had just returned from the
 de1 the three young men in her drawins-room glanced 1t the slim hands iding in her lap, then reassured
 @One Sunday" she continued dreamiiy, "Dr. Wright who preached regularly to the eottagers. was il and Jane Murray's cousin down to sup plv. He r'' had the iovesiest eyes and"
 T Slow long did he stay3' interposed Jimmy
 S5h. he returned to town after the service. It's hnrniIiating to reflect w"-depreeatins nsiy-"that once considered sewing in the St Agatha my whole
 "f suppose he recommended slunl residence" ]" commented Mir Merriam disraragingiy. sFe dzvclt on fhe importance of personal contact Ann admitted. bat gretfuIly--will not hear of settlement work
 E.s .os tlston ignored him sThe St Asath. secretary urged the adoption of a family,
 .syou visit it regularly, advise and assist 1t have takeny--Ann's tone was sweetiy hnai- 'he
 F,, Seated. r,exS morning opposite Mrs O'Higgrs n or. of the three rooms of that ladys dilapidated cottage she felt less confidence 5sn 1T, hsI sor the right word with which to explain her presence ner proteeee plump untldy pers1n r,'h WI her
 You're one of thin, guess. she observed, her eezrk being the evident result of nasty inventory If the visitors attire
 4frrTr th' charities I knew I'd sized ye up right" sne rss1.l stylish enoueL fr book agent and ye looked too wak-<need to be sellin sewn -raacninSs SO says to meself she'll be afther oein rom tn sI1ax- ,vr,t, had other-vistorsY asked Miss Castle ion disappointed for she had gained the impression I6at sis her seeds 'f S'nans's were - =. - sE is is %hetter he's xor'rlin, We'll, ma'am"-Mrs 3'Hiegin folded her arms with an air ot good }ztured dehanse-"he an't He had halI-dsgs sl,., cints tn naornin,; am OHiggn fggered you eoudrt flI eight mouths on fifty eints so he quit, Am possuln,e n,er drop in tn. bucket, maam Sure, ~.- elf vesuG find vec Erst job that comes along Yen have to hsser what k fetches in.
 fortable conviction that Mrs OHiggin had genially discarded the burden of her family and that it had sssSe neaxy and PaireE ~ho dropped in that noon she explained the urgency of the Sase' ior important thing" she concluded anxiously, "s to get O,Hggin work"
 itself in the light of opportunity to further his sr,it with Ann and from the reassuring chorus that greeted it she gathered but one impressor-eHe m dustrisl world pinng for recruits of the oHig- @Then Tn just leave the matter in your hands" she said with relieved sigh and felt justified in accepting an invitation for the weekend in the corntry- Bat she carried the burden of the family with her.. and her return to town sought the cottage with some little trepidaton, for she had heard nothing from her three aids The beaming face of Mrs O'Fsgin, who met her at the door, re- Sure, you're tn clever oner she exclaimed sd sn is hodin' down three jobs an wurrkin at of thin Tn last they sint us," she went with seaas S1s 1;es am an iulS %sld but fa
 Ann frowned "You said Mfr O'Higsin-" she suggested
 ~'Twas like this." began her protegee, unabashed- ~Th afternoon of tn day ye here little rurt of teller drives up in awtymobeei an asks if Tn, Miss Castleton's Mis- O'Higgin. I was proud 10 admit it. ma am, an he asks fir O'Higgin- Tn same bein' outsid. talin' politics with Tony, tn Eyctalizr had him in in jfy. I have tn promise of job fir ye O'Hggin, says tn little man, which hope to land in few days an in tn meantime fake this as bit on account Tn bit. ma'a tin"
 Ann beamed at this evidence of Jimmy's good heart Tb. tender of the money injudicious, perhaps, but
 Mrs OHigsin interrupted her rnsing. "That same night, sittin' down to a bite O supper, foine-lookin' gintlemin in pug-hat an posy knocks at tn door an asks fr O'Higgia. He says his is Merriam an he tells OHiggin that he's chasing job fir him an that, seeiE he's hard up. he doesn't mind advancin him trihc. An he hands him, ma'am, tin-'
 -But" protested Ann, "Mr- o'Higgin should not have accepted money from both Mir Holmes and Mir. MerriamP'
 Mrs. O'Hisgin bridled- ~O'Higgin is tn 10 turn down job tn promise of one," she de- clared warmly "An whin ye've raised six yourself, ma an yell think twice before Ayin' in the face O Providence But to go with story. Tn nixt rnornin' there stops at tn house feier with his pants tu'ked into his boots an whip in his hand an asks if I'm O'Higgin's wife. I don't deny it. ma'am and he pulls from his pocket little book an takes out bill Tell him. he says that have me eye on job fir him an that he c'n pay back wlnin he's wur'rkin,' says he Thank ye fr fh same, says I. slippin' tn tin in pocket but may as we'll tell ye first last that there's before ye--"
 "Ycu shouldn't have taken the money alir cried Ann. horror-stricken-