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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1889-11-08, Page 24 • At rdindeou Guts FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1889„ Graseraisee Letter seem Jtm. onovell. 'What die you sey, Susan ? a letter for In from Jiro? Sri) a long time my doarle, since I hear from him, Th toy baby, too—the youngest of all al brood, Alwitys 'strong aud sturdy, and hearty a bib food. Mid always full of mischief, but flotilla very baa; lilait'stita, and straight as a arrow. Well, I'm glad ‘Thonever a letter comes from the rest, but Jim Don't write very often, and I'm glad this is fromt him, Give sale roy glasses, and I'll try what old eyes can do, IUn new -fashioned writin". Jim no is thirty-two, • Aral I'm seventy-eight, Ah a long stretch lies between Of vveary years. Re was the hardest of all to WOttrU ; • R,3 seemed to cling tp his mother more'n all the rest - rather used to say he believed I loved Jim hest, didn't. Of all the eight I never had any choice; You know, Sue, you come between him and the other boys. Cu' IInd my glasses? Dear mel I'm bothered every flay; ele.,c out of patience, and believe I'll g away. Evorrthing gets lost, Susan; you let them ildren do Duet about as they want to—they never 'Will mina you. • 'When I had a young family, just like 'our's around - • Not 0. thing w:1st so far that ib could not be fon , r Well, here,Alie.. you read !the letter. I n7t wait all day. "Dear inother,a am married." 'Whattwer dois he say? AZarrie0- .Is that Toy married. Who to? Do read, it spry, ,-,Pturry or the baby'll wako up and begin th • cry ; ;"&nrried to a lady who is rich as she is good; We want you to live with us—you pro- mised us you would. I am sure you are getting too old to live with Sue, But she instantly dropped the 11 with vigor, pretending not to see hi at all. IUD, here, Ills Kit I be crie advanoing towards her. You need* and began to whistle and work aw '',L•14, • d$ 'her—kinder than 74104 Repay at WAY ay rate. lt bapriwztd that a month or so later as sleek WAS at work in the 011 d, baru, Kitty came running out, Iter tit • eyeaperkling, her cede flying, and be quite so striking in your remark Oh, is that you Jack ? asked X ty, lookiug up with demure inn seem. ° Looks like me don't it ? What, d are you doing this agave fort It's her meanness1 said Kitty, y giving another ear a spiteful jerk, She couldn't .find enough for me to do in the house, eau so she tient me —out here to husk corn for—the is;I g Bah 1 I hate her! *1 her cheeks all aglow. - Oh, jack! ;rola she cried. Ile% c;* come! lie's come! Itees comet . Such a houseful of children must fret and -worry you, Jenny has a room all ready—cosy, nice, and still, And you shall have a servant to do for you what you will." Is that alt? Well, you toll him—you must ekswer the letter, For my hand trembles, and you can write it so much better; And she will see it too, though tt is writ to him, And I don't want it scrawny, to mortify my Tim— Tell him I thank him, and thank her kind- ly too, But if you don't mind the trouble, I'd rather stay with you. Though I'm a poor old body, when I feel "inclinea 1 can manage the children; you never make them mind. • I wouldn't like to leave you, and I d_rirk rabid the noise Tour girls are not so bad and I kuow boys will be boys. AT4 then you know the baby—what could you do with him? Just write a good long letter, explain it all to Jim, And tell him I wish him all the blessings life can give, Ban 60111a not leave your children to go wn there to Iive, s that a-oalling Grannie ? 'Sake alive ' that rogue Rex; He's. nging in the pieties of Grannie's °ken alms! • - KITTY'S l'ORTUNE. The golden light of a mellow autumn afternoon tell in broad bars o through the open door of the great 4 old red barn, where a bright faced girl a of fifteen, or near it, sat on ., a low is stool eery discontentedly husking the r ears of corn which were not a bit more yellow than liar own short tangled y curls. Is The earls were half covered now 'NI by a .big bine gingham apron. But any one could see that with a little K more care the girl gave promise of rare beauty botu of farm and fee- fo t ura . It's tocr—abomittable—bad, so 41 a iS I she grumbled, giving the husks a 0 stubborn jerk, to set me here at Ohs h work, just for her hatefulness 1 I ti -ain't—going—to Mend it—any—lon- b ger, either 1 0 She flung the ear she bad , !melted rt torte ier witi a It force tilti missed tho baake d flew across th hare; nearly hitti g -a young fello wrie had just come in at the back li door. Ile was a atelwart, ruddy, or farmer's &en aria a grass, hat, and g; stood looking young Av., weariest. a n • " 'ifs eyeo brightened as i.lie SW - k hist„ / Is And if the effending her bad bee the ear of corn in Kitty's hand ju then, she would have fared .but roug ly. Softly Kit I said Jack. And sea ing bireeelf on a bushel basket turne upside dowe, he began to help h husk the yellow ears. It is UM ba for your Aunt Hem, but— Site's no aunt of mine 1 snappe Kitty, fiercely, She's no relation 'a all, only a friend of grandpa's, and s he left no with her while he was gon to foreign countries, somewhere, don't know where. Why, I really thought -she was you aunt ? said Jack. Well, she ain't, then, and I'm gla of it l'm sure grandpa pays enoug for my keep, that I rteedn't work lik I do either. Look here, Kit, you surprise me I thought— Oh, yes, Mr Jack Morgan, yo ain't a bit smarter than thereat of 'em You thought I was a charity Weld didn't you ? Aud I don't weeder, th way I work, and the style she keep me rigged its Look there,that s hand some, ain't it ? .And she held up he apron with a long sliein it. I to that on purpose, tear up eve one she pats on mei The idea of teak ing a big girl like me, most a youn lady (it would be impossible to por tray the air which Kitty spoke th last two words !) wear sleeved aprone I'd like to make her wear 'em ! I there's a woman I detest, it's Hepsy Ramsay, so it is! But look here, Kitty, said Jack, seriously, it isn't a fact, is it about your grandpa's sending money for your board ? Of course it's a fact 1 Twenty-five dollars every month. I'm sure 1 don't eat that much, and you see how I dress. Well, it's little short of robbery! cried Jack, indignantly. Why don't .you write to your grandfather Dorn't know where he She never lets me see his letters, But he's coming home some day, and take me away to live with him. Won't that be grand? Grand tor vote but not tor me, Kitty, I don't like Mrs. Hepsy any better than you do, and I wouldn't stay on her farm, if y ou wasn't 'here, Wouldn't you now, Jack with a swift glance. Indeed I wouldift. Kitty, 1—. Just then a shrill voice sounded from the house :— Kitty 1 You Kitty 1 Kitty Browning Kitty, I say. Yes, there she is yelling at me as usual cried Kitty, springing up. Now rye got to run I'Don't you come Jack, as he rose, she'll scold me for talking to you. I'm not going to the house, said Jack. I canto out to do the feeding, tier, give your corn to the pigs. As they stood up, it glom/low chanced that Kitty's curly head was n the level with Jack's broad shoul- er. And somehow, -too, his artn slid round the back of the deapiseci ging- ani apron, and he left, a kias on her osy cessek, saying, softly :— Poor little Kit, it's too hard a life for ou, treated like any servant 1 I'd rite to your grandpa, myself, if knew here ho was. Jabk, you're a good boy whispered itty, An I? Then give me a return r kiss won't you Kitty dar1 'Yes, Jack 1 She lifted hereface,and 5 jack bent low to receive theNstpict. d °areas, she suddenly rid* her reierand gave hire a ringing box on se oar, then /led -like deer from the asee Provoking witch! cried Jack, thhing the cheek and ear which jetted einartly. get even with fir for thet yeti Meanwl ile Kitty hastened to the i 4euse asid marchel,to Mittel Ilepsy's s dere as if ohs"' were the veriest t eolith wishing devoutly that her o *wipe would came home. She 1 ardly remembered him, but surely he k mild have laved her and be kind to Who? our grandfather! askeel jack. Yes! Mies Uepsy's got the letter! He'll be here next week, aud he's going to take me to New York to live, and send use to school, and, oh, Jack! luhe got lots of money. So you will be a fine lady, and I eball never see you any more! said Jaelr, 2" No, no! Don't you think that for h an blatant! Ill never go back on my dear old Jack. You're all the one " that's been good to me here, and I'll never, never forget yea! er d I hope you wou't Kitty, said Jack . gazing into her eyes with an earnest look. d . Don't I tell you I won't? You can t come and see Inc too, Jack. And you can write to 'mum know, so it won't T seem very long. May I write to you, Kitty? r Why, to be sure you rally! Won't I want t obear frora—from d s--wele front you? h Not half ao much as I shall from e you. I don't intend to stay here al. Ways, and Jack drew himself up very 1 straight. I shall be something better time alarm haud, someday, and then u maybe 1 wou't be ashamed to come mad aee you. , sha'n't like a bit'if you dont come, e Jack. And remenaber, whatever s happens, 1 shall never, never for . got my dear old Jack! r ✓ Four years passed rapidly by. y Kitty, delighted to be emancipated from the sway of Miss Hepsy, had g gone to NewYork with her gransl- - father, and found herself at once the e pet and darling -of the old gentlemau's houselsold. f Ile was perfectly indignant at Miss Repay's treatment of her charge, and before he took Kitty away, 'treated that lady to a rather extensive piece of his mind. Now all was ohanged. Nothing was too good for Kitty to wear, or too ex- pensive for her to possess. If she had not been a very sensible little soul, she wculd certainly have been badly spoiled. As it was, she did not grow one bit vain or selfish, but she did grow prettier every day, and learned many things which a lady ought to know. She spent nearly all the four years at school. Then she came home, to be even more the delight and pet a t her grandfather's life than usval. -11 was about ' this time that one • Afternoon a fine, handsome young gentleman, dressed in a neat suit of Fray, ran up the steps of Mr. Brown- ing's elegant house, and asked if Miss the same only you are e 1140 derior -- A Marked telleret Telma ego there lived h And I wear keg &ewe now, Jack! of New York a boy, the sou met - And 1 don't weer the ugly old apron! er, who also worked at t h. And you, Jack, !gilding bins og it potter. The buy virgsir, 141;arl;e11 Arms leugth—Why how fine you alai because he did ebb hie hsigut whits - I told you I wohldu't &vale be a Mr untiortook. lie- wea leader farin hand, Ritty. Well, what are you in the ordinary everts of boyhood and, whenever the ferns or the pettery I'M a ulerk tha bank now with a reitetssit their hold upon lam lie would. good salary. You used to laugh at tie tound repairing wine damaged me, for reading and studying so much, article or deviaing e, new intylemeLit„ but you eye it has paid me well. Ilia tither was poorthe furm wee Yea, but I am so glad to see you. waI, ono Doted only 'be eelareed by Jack I can't t gult f anything else clearteg up the prneovel. fore.e. Thu flOw. boy was nexions to equiv4 know - You dear little true-hearted,Kittyl ledge, but his eves wro so meets. I was afraid riches and city eramlettr ary to his father that he Weld mit be might spoil you. 1 was almost afraid spared to attend the winter term ot s to einne to -day. the common school. Thee you ought to be ashatned, But the boy was in earnest, With Jack! Didu't 1 pronisie to be the the aid of his liroAler, one year hie flame? Didn't 1 say I'd never forget junior, he chopped and cleared four you? eeves of birch and topple wosailand, Yesdear. But very few people ploughed it, planted it with mire, and keep such promises, Kitty! then :weed, eaJ1Ifr empensation, to Thee I'm tem of the few, You are one of a thotteand Kit- whiter. Ot course the father greeted th You titan trend auttool Mime the tyl Nonsense! , There, you mustn't When the boy was seventeen, the kiss ine any more now. What do you father's pottery lee -mesa had so he rueau, sir? Don't yon see I'm 'a lady creased as to detuatist a wore extent+, growed', and we muste't act 1ik. factory. A carpe. tor wes hired to children. Now sit dowu and present. head the new butelieg and the bov ly my dear old grandpa will be home, assisted hen. So hurdler did he bes awl you shall see lien. Our house is come with the tools end trade he de- ythoeureihtymn, e, too, Jack, while you are in ternained, with the aid tif the younger . , brother, to errect a me -story frame Perhaps youtgraudfather may not dwelling house for hie father's family approve, of that Kitty. = The two boys cat the timber front Well, we'll see! I'd like to hear of the foreet, planned and framed the that poor old soul opposing any- etrotiture, and then invited the neigh. thing Twitnt to dol bors ipo assist at the meting, They But Grandpa Browning did approve, casne floes far and near to see what a He liked Jack very much, and when lad of seventeen hid tem. When he learned that he was a staunch every inortiee and te-mie was found to friend who always stood by Kitty in lit in its jilace,aind the frame was seen the old days, he liked him much to stand perfect and secure, the veter- better. tins cheered the young architect aud So, after a while, when Jack asked builder. From that deity he was in de- fer Kitty to keep, tlr Browning did not mend as a master -carpenter. refuse. Ile 'could not part from Isis The boy was Ezra Cornell, the darling, however, so a good business founder of. the Cornell -University.-- position was found for jack in that Evangelical Jlessemier.! city, and they all three live togetlier. XU IL that she has come into E� Got The etta a triple fortune—plenty of money, her For a year or two past the collector good grandfather, and her dear Oki for a certain tailor has been trying all Jack. $18 from a young matt who has been sorts' of -devices fo get the sum ..of wale Words About women. a debtor for over two years. The Men make laws ; women snake collector has been put oft a hundred martners.—DeSegur. times by promises made to be broken As a husband is, the wife is, if aud has worked every ' racket known mated with a elewn.—Teneyson. to the profession but without avail. But One thing" -on earth is better . The other evening ho happened down than a wife— tbat is the mother,— • to thedepot and saw his young man Leopold Schefer, buy a ticket for Chicago. A mother's love, in a degree, saneti- So you are going west. flea the most worthless offspring._ Only to Chicago, PR be back in Hosea Ballou. 8 or 4 days and then I want to paye . A house is no home unless it con. you that little bill, eine food and fire for the mind as Yes. Going to Chicago on a roll as body.—Margaret Fuller Ossoli. visit. Atte Can man or woman choose duties. Something of a vide Going to get No more than they can choose their married, erthplace, or their father and mother. Nol —George Eliot.- e • Fact. Ceremony takes place at 1G 4. house is nosier perfectly fitreished Kitty Browsing was at home. Yes, sah, answered the polite watt- k er, just step into the palliate sah, and s I will deform Miss Kitty ob your arribal.' Wsill you send up your card, h In the morning. or enjoyment unless there is it' child And you want to be there of course, a it raising three years- old and a eh 2 itten rising three weeks old.— I should smile. .. The collector took off "his coat mad outhey. ' f A mother's rst ministration for bat and , was peeling off his vest er infant is to et ter, as it were, the when the other asked him what wise sahl No, said the gentleman, as he took w his seat in'the fine parlor which the a waitor showed him into. Just say a fe friend has called. I'll give no s name, Yes, Bah! The waited bowed him- h self yet, mid incsently the gentlernan heard light, trippling step . s the hall,' h and the door swung open to admit a' e little lady in a black satin dress em- broidered with purple aud gold pansies. an A very lovely, stately little lady—bat ei the short yellow curls were unmistak- ably Kitty's and so were the eyes. The visitor's heart gave a great jump, but he rose and stood silent as le she drew near. Kitty saw the hand- on some, well-dressed stranger, but it was es no one sbe knew and so she said, bit politely with a sweeping courtesy:— th Did you wish to see me, sir? wi The stranger bowed and replied : st Yes, if you are Miss Browning, and gr with another stately bend Kitty etood ea waiting. wi Wiwt to—that is 1 thonghb per- so baps—you would like to hear of an old friend—an old friend, began the ba caller, hesitating over his words. Something familiar in his tone 1VI drink Xitty. She drew a step near- wa er, end looked eagerly into his eyes. sh Thrdn she ran to a window, flung back mi the heavy curtain, arid returned to wi lie stranger's side, She looked again of uto his eyes—ite smiled and said *' imply, Kitty! and then she fairly bu brew herself into bis arms, erying se at:— 011, held ilaekl I always it mow you would come! 1 aIwaye of new itl wi My dear little Itittyl you rtee jest eels alleynof the shadow of death, and UP. in its life at the peril of her own! I've been biding -my time and my ow different must en affection thus opportunity has come. ended be from all others?—Mrs. How—what 1 igourney. I'm going to light into yott. You It is curious to'see how a self 'willed, are the biggest mart and I expect to aughty girl, who sets her father and get licked, but the'row will certainly other and all at defiance, and cannot cause both of ns to be arrested, and e managed by anybody, at once taken to, the station and yeti willNee nda her a master in a baby. 'Her your train. Perhaps I can.bleekyoor ster's child will strike the rock eye, and in that case theetatriage can- • . , t . It is, - t , Say, man, you Wouldn't be ex mean .rf d get all the affections flowing,— net come off for a Week. Pat ap• your !series Buxton. i " 0 ' dukes. Mind Your stops. tie that ? :-, 1 , Young people, when they write, no Thirteen dollars or allow Is ' a. atter to whom, or for what purpose, I'll pay you half. ts,sh ' gilt to get into the habit of putting The *hole or bet tie. Ites sty first ,. their stops *here they belong. If last and onlyelsert Pace down or ey are slovenly and cachets in put uP. ,• is particular, those they write to The young man toefadut his boodle II often make mistakes of under- and counted out the menu* of the andiug their letters, printers commit billaind while he skipped for the trait eat blunders, sometinos, just be- the other °wally donnedltis garments, use the authors they havto deal and left. the depot whistling : I wonder e th either do not point their mann- what DIY Ma Would SAY 1 ripte at all, or point them wrong. Staten's Conn will immediately tell& The worst mistake resulting from rotw,IyhoopingCongh And Dromobitis. ear d pointing that we ever heard of, g. et:reuses. as something like this. A. lady in The merchant who expects to keep aseachtusette hail a liaaband who his name and business constantly be - s about making a sea voyage, and fore, the public eye is bound to relate n wrote a note and gave it to her the beneficial effects of so doing. niater to read on the Sabbath ih Pen le will f 4. i she meant to say, A member ed with him,and his naraerwillnaturally this congregation, going to sea, his. %ear to them when they need hie fe deeirs prayersohie safet fires. In these busy tunes people instead of reading it thus, Am do not care to hunt up the man who count of the stops being used wrong, has eon& for sale; they prefer, rather, was read in this manner: "Ametre to go where their attention is What* this 'congregation, going to his ante then if they find the, go 4 fe, desires payers for for his represented the, foundatithe 0 fatute patronage is leicl„ !+' • it. s