The farmer and mechanic., 1911-02-28

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lady had insisted that her brother
make h first New Years call with
her. and had brought hlm 10 this
scene Of misery That afternoon the
young man told the story Of his first
New Years call to~his aftianced bride,
Ella Grey Ella had heard Of such
scenes before and cried over them
in story books-but It never occurred
to her that she was called upon IN
any way to relieve such suffer- ng
" hen her lover had finished his story
she turned on him her beautiful,
ba by blue eyes, and said: "Rom@ntlc-
wasn't it2" She saw the shadow
which came over his face, and hast
ened to add: Perhaps I had better
take the girl here as a wa ting maid:
sadly need one" No replied
the young man, '*she is going TO live
with relatives in the country. The
country, exclaimed Ella with
shudder Il would rather freeze in
New York than We in the dismal
country Again the shadow but
she knew just what to say to John,
and added: But I could be happy
anywhere with you. What was the
Young girls name?" Strange. but
ii forgot to ask replied the young
man, and they fell - talking as low
ers will, and Dora Deane and her
sad case were soon forgotten.
| Three hundred miles away, in the
western part Of New York State. Mrs
Sarah Deane, the adopted sister of
Doras mother, and now for many
| years a widow. sat with her daugh-
tiers. Eugen and Alice, in the draw
| ng room of her place, Locust Grove.
lnear the cillage Of DunWood Hard
had been the struggle Of the Deanes
| to hold on to their home. But it
would not have been so hard had they
not also striven with all their might
! to keep up appearances, some
thing which the imper Gus Eugenia,
who dominated the household. insist
ed upon as their foremost duty. So
lthey half starved and scraped and
pretended and were always in the
depths Of poverty in order that they
might appear rich-a m Serable and
heartbreaking life, as any one Knows
who has tried It.
It was just in the midst of prepara-
tions for a large dinner party( the
family were always on short rat ons
for fortnight after one Of these
|dinner parties) that Mrs. Deane re
ceved her sisters letter, to which was
added a postscript in a strange hand
say ng that she was dead. There
was moisture in her eyes as she read
the touching lines and thought Of
1.-THE years gone by. Yes she said
half aloud, II will give her home .
And then her evil nature WHISPERED:
t'"No, I will not receive the ch Id. We
duty not to incur any additional ex-
lpenses."
Then her eyes fell on her ma: d-of-
Iall-work. whose stay in the house
was problematical owing to some diff
tficulty over wages, and she thoueht
why should not Dora fill Bridget's
iplace?" The matter was talked over
with her daughters and Eugenia said
that Of course Dora must come tn
Ethem-and help in the kitchen. 1T
would sound we'll for us to have a
she said. That was the sort Of char
tity which was awaiting Dora Deane.
That very night the Deanes receiv-
ed a letter from Nathaniel Deane.
the golden uncle out in India. Dora S
mother had written h m some months
before she died telling him how un-
lprovided for she was leaving Dora,
and to whose care she had consigned
her. She would be dead. she told
him, before a reDly could reach her.
but begged him by the love he once
had for her to write to Sara and
task her to be kind to her ch ID. So
| he hail writ ten-a pathetic letter.
full of allusions to the past-and had
Enclosed to Mrs. Deane a check for
$500 to be paid to the benefit Of
Dora. and saying that each year he
would send a like amount, until. as
DOIa grew oiuCI, VI1S dliOHdhC WOulu
be increased.
s.The older miser has really onened
his heart" exclaimed Eugenia when
she read the letter. Nov We'll have
some solid silver forks. and not be
in terror all the time lest some one
Eshould discover that we use plated
ones; and, Alice, you and I will have
some new furs. What shall We get
for you, mother?" Mrs. Deane faint
ily objected that the money was not
itheirs. but Eugenia declared that il
WAS the same tn sng-were the- not
tgoing to take care Of Dora? She
and Alice would go to New York a,
ionce and bring the girl home; she
had long wanted to visit the grea,
lefty. but had always been too poor
Now she would go and do her shop
ping there. SO Eugenia and Alice
went TO New York. and after spend
ting nearly all the money obta ned or
Uncle Nathaniel's check at last found