Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1914-06-30

cause OF that th;lt he was little better
"a a beggar, and / said those hor-
rssle things." Again she bent her
eyes rereading the sentences: Took
his detractors by surprise
had just sustained a grilllng at the
hands OF the states examiner which
might well have dried ait their fount
the springs of sympathy"
She crushed up the paper in her
hand and rested her forehead on the
wet rail Idiotically rich-a v,indal--
useless. purse-prcud hanem She
had called him all that! She could
still see the paleness OF his look as
she lad said it.
Shirley, overexcited as she still was,
felt the sobs returning. These. how
ever, did not last long and in a mo-
ment she found herself smiling again.
Though she had hurt him, she had
saved him, tool When she whispered
this over to herself it still thrilled and
startled her. She folded the paper
and fastened on under the cherry
trees.
Enlmaline, the negro maid was wait
ing arAiously on the porch. She was
thin. to spareness, with face as
brown a. tobacco leaf, restless black
eyes ane wool neatly pinned and set
off b. "a amber comb
"ldciey," called Emrnaline, Use
been tearin' TO yo' wild all thar light.
min r'ar:n' eroun'. Yo' got tn Jess
mine? Give EN- to EN- line She'll fix
EN- all nice, jes' how Mis- Judith like. .
All right, Emmaline, replied Shir-
ley. and I'll go and dress. Has
mother missed me?"
Nom She ain lef hun room this
whole blessed day Now yo' barth's
all ready-all 'cepn tn hot watah.
en- ] sen Ranston with that tn fus'
thing. Yo hurry en- peel them wet
close off yo'se'f, or yo have one O.
them digested chills."
Her young mistress flown and the
hot water despatched, the negro wom-
an spread cloth on the floor and
began to cut and dress the long stalks
of the flowers. This done she fetched
bowls. and vases, and set the pearly-
white clumps here and thereon the
dining-room sideboard, the hall man.
tel and the desk OF the living-room--
till the delicate fragrance filed the
house, quite vanguishing the rose.
scent from the arbors.
AS the trim colored woman moved
Al. rt,,~ Il
with the low click of glass and muf-
fed clash of silver, the light tattat Of
a cane sounded. and she ran TO the
hall, where Mrs. cambridge was de-
scending the stairway, one slim white
hand holding the banister, under thu
edge of white silk shawl which
dropped its heavy fringes to her daint-
ily-shod feet. On the lover step she
halted, looking smilingly about at the
blossomins bowls.
Don they smell up tn whole
house?" said Emmaline. Il know'd
y'o be pleas, Mis- judith Now put
yo' han' on nah shouldn't en- I'll take
yo' to yo' big cha'h.''
They crossed the hall, the dusky
form bending to the fragile pres sare of
the fingers. Nov heah's yo' cha'h
Ranston he made up little lah jes
to take TIL damp out, en- iii zig lamps
lit, Ell Miss Shirley'll be down right
quick"
A moment later, in fact Shirley de-
scende5 the stair, in a f1lmy gown of
India-lnuslin, with a narrow betting Of
gold, against whose flowing sleeves
her bare arms showed with flushed
pinkness the hue Of the pale coral
beads about her neck. The damp
newspaper was in her hand.
At her step her mother turned her
head: she was listening intently to
voices that came from the garden-a
child's shrill treble opposing Ran
ston's stentorian grumble.
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