Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1909-07-24
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
1t 0verCame the SCheming of a
Selfish Sister.
BY ARA6ELLA NASMYTH.

The indiSputablc fact which has SO
often sadly surprised people that two
and two will not make five was star
ing the AnSlcm girls in the face
1t was a year after the death of their
father, and many cvasions and putting
off of the fatal day had gone for
nRught. They were face to face with
the knowledge that they could no Ion
ger afford to keep up the old family
home and, moreover must do some
thing to add to their intintesimal in
come.
"In some way" said Regina, looking
up rather wcarily from her pencil and
papcr-"in some way we've got to have
money. We've got to 20 to work"
Regina was twcnty-SlX, with rebel
lious dark hair and a firm chin which
always amazed people by the dimple
they discovered in it. Regina was the
one who always did things in the fam
call her a beauty, so she had never
quite realized the fact that she came
very close to being one and could de-
vote her leisure to accomplish results.
OF course with Esther ii was differ
cnt. From the time her first fun OF
golden hair had made itself manifest
and her big blue eyes had first glanced
appcalingly at humanity 1t had been
decided that Esther was n beauty, and
the decision had clung to her through
life. though at maturity 1t IS doubtful
if she would have been thought more
than an ordinarily good looking fresh
young girl had not those around her
been so educated In the other view.
But as a beauty Esther had always
been waited ON and put forward, and
even when time went on and gIrlish
pctulancc and ficklcncsS and caprice
dcGcncratcd into pcttiShncSs and self
iSh in"OnSidcratcncSS nobody ever cx-
pcctcd Esther to do anything but ex-
list
And now she was thirty, for In spite
of bcllcdom the men who had wooed
her seriously had been few and with
her aspirations, beneath her cOnSidcra-
tion. At her sisters fiat Esther drew
her broWS together frctfully.
work" she said You are ridicu-
Iou., re all vor,. vou f,r ynu to tou,
hut ho,v could I ,vorl,2 what cou1d
do? Regina"-
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SISTER stopped. heaHy' heSilla' l"r
EroWhup person you are dlStreSSlliElF
SHY! III sure l'r- hrlE"'rlShU Is no
worse than lots or men, ANA thihK
what you'd have.
(which you, or course, would snare,
said Regina coldly. Her face took on
an immohilc expression as she looked
down at her sister. "Cnderstand, I'll
never marry him. I'll find work to do"
IT'S Neal Maxwell" the older girl
flashed angrily. You'd be glad OF
the chance If YOU weren't eating your
heart ont for man who threw you
over and never cared anything for
Won, YOU
Rut Regina had swept from the
room her head In the air, her hands
clutching mechanically the papers GOV
crcd with their rows Of diScouraging
fpurcs
She was hurt MS only a proud person
can be hurt and the sure knowledge
deem in her heart that Neal Maxwell
had indeed beyond all doubt, cared
for her In spite of the opinion voiced
by her sister and shared, as Regina
knew. by nearly all her acQuaintanccs
I'm the town, did not help much In
hearing the taunt.
If was n wear since Neal had gone
abroad AS foreign representative for
his firm and eleven months since his
,ottoro bnJ ctnunnd ohrrDtIv without