The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-07-01

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AT the age of twenty-ninc Bessie
Pryor was forced to sit down and take
stock of herself. her requirements and
her future. The money her father had
left her. which she had foo!iShly be-
Neved would last forever. WIS gone.
with the exception Of few hundred
dollars.
She had had good time with it. AS
she looked back over recent years
and considered how she bad spent 1t
she had to admit that she had had
very good time with it. First she
had had four years in the best college
In the country; she had had year OF
foreign travel; she had been much
about her own country: she had had
seasons in the mountains, seasons at
the seaShore, seasons in the city: she
had heard the best music. seen the
best plays and studied the best pic
lures in the world. And. as for clothes,
shr had worn right and left the finest
productions Of the shops and expert
euced modiStcs
Now all Of this was at an end sud
denly. She had had Il last Interview
with her fathers old attorney. and he
had told her the tr,i;il. She had r$"d
h.I
written iiniS to the story OF her rr"di-
gality. Only few hundred rcnained.
What was size to do:
or course thee was AUNT Bc>s. for
whom she ha, i.2"n named Aunt EesS,
under whose wiag She lad %ayly
s luanGercd her substance in riotouS
living.
She knew very we'll wiz Aunt Hcss
had allowed h." /" 90 on aS she haG.
She had expected her t" make Il n"ta-
bic match. But fAte would have it
otherwise. There had been nlen
enough. but only one for whom she
had cared, and he wou!d have none of
her. And so she had come to twcilty-
niue ard at the end OF her fortune
without the slightest Claim upon her
freedom.
She could live with Aunt Tess. but
Aunt Bess had girls Of her own. who
were just coming out. one after the
other. at enormouS expense. And
Uncle Ed wasn't the richest man in
tue world.
II caIt live on them" the girl
thought. They'd take me in and do
their best ly me. but I'd lie burden.
Alas ard a.ack. If Only | had learned
some useful craft! And only $7G0 re-
naming 1t appears the only thing
left for me is to be a verdcr of old
clothes. I've got enough Of them.
goodness knows!'
She laughed little tremulously.
"But, dear ne. can't sell my clothes.
shall have to wear thcm. Well, it
stands like this: i can't live with Aunt
Bess-pride forbids" She checked Off
one finger. Il can't teach; can't
sew; can't can't do anything
She dropped her head in her hands
60 -. - o,,,a,.on h,,,rt1.1
80, D. -, ,.orr 4h;nrs o,n ,,l,n
a walk. You will he crying next thing
you know"
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Tho otr,or GIRL i,rmhrd
"vyhv don't Won %9o,y? I'm here
taking cCrrrc in tl,v i.uSincss col.
lere I'm lcarni.~ sl,nri hauA ard tytc
writing. You see her ynice dronpcd-
there's been hard times 1t home. and
I'm getting out hr mysplf 10 ,s,Se the
harden if | rau always did love to
tiuker witj, 4 r,prwritcr. even whom
I didn't have lo a,d hone snan't
like it ary tho less now taat | shall
f,sva TO look 10 il aS 4 mems of SIN.
port"
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