The Signal, 1911-7-27, Page 61
Be inda's
Orphan
"No. 1 don't want no orphan." said
Mian Belinda. with a deride* shake of
ber b.•d. I'v. not fay bands full
sow with chickens and young turkeys
coming on and bees and currant bushes
witkont bothertus with a high eying
youngster that'll scan the chicks amd
g et stung by the bees, akhoegh they're
warranted stingless. mind you, sad to
trample on my berry bashes. No.
ma'am -so orpbana for mer Mistime
Mies Belinda's Zips Nicked together
with a little sound of finality.
"I'm sorry. Belinda. because the
home Is lest about running over with
'km 1 was telling the matron this
morning that I knew there were plenty
of folks to Little River wbo could glee
a good home to some of those yoang-
eters If they wasn't 10 mean and
stingy. Of course 1 don't mean yon.'
added the local member of the vtstttag
committee of the Riverview Oepba✓
home. "But sometimes wises 1 Mak
of all the spare beds. all made up
clean and white, to the empty IaMM,
around here It makes my blood bile
to look upon them poor orpbmes se
crowded for room that Mrs. RU1 says„
they'll have to deep In rows creeswise
td the beds pretty soon."
"I want to know!' ejaculated Be-
linda, with a startled glance at Ma.
!line Brown "I think you bettor stick
to the truth. Emetine. and not mar
iterate. Now, bonest •nd true, how
many orphans too many have they got
bp there?'
"Ten." replied Mra Brown flatly.
"Humph!' snorted Belinda.
In and out of the scarlet wool went
ber big wooden knitting needles as she
rapidly constructed a shawl to comfort
"Dome shivering shoulders when the
summer was over Mra Brown watch-
ed ber oetshbor expectantly. With a
!family of seven sons and daugbters
soder her own rooftree she was Life
to the condemnation of tbe uncrowded
homes of Lottie River. Here was Be-
linda Downs, now a bandaome, well
preserved spinster of forty-two, of in-
dependent means, posaeising a snug
h ome. a tiny Income sufficient for ber
Modest wants. a little shaggy pony and
a rusty phaeton to carry ber about the
countryside There was neither man,
womau nor child to call upon BeUnda
for service, for she was without rel. -
lives, having outlived them •11.
"I should think this wu juat the
place for an orphan to be happy in."
suggested Mrs. Brown. throwing an
admiring glance around the small do-
main where orchard and garden were
, green and thrifty In spring bloom.
"I've got orphans enough as It 1s."
snapped Belinda shortly.
Mrs Brown smiled as •bs saw the
tathertess and motherless strays wblcb
the lonely woman had gathered about
het- Then was a lame duck whish
Melinda toad rescued after a hunter had
brougbt It down with a glancing shot;
a carrier pigeon which had dropped
exbausted on 'her doorstep; • mongrel
dog of many colors which bad been
fattbfu"ly scrubbed by Miss Belinda
and was now mucb cleaner if not hap-
pier than in his soiled state; there wu
also . fine collection of homeless cat,.
Indeed, Miss Belinda's' place might
have been another orphanage, so thick -
17 was It popalated with waifs. •
'Would you rather have a boy or a
girl r asked Mrs. Brown craftily. But
Miss Belinda was not to be caught
that way.
"i'd rather bare a cat," sbe said.
"You ought to be aabamed, Belinda
Downs. the "ay you do taikl If you
could see them poor young ones look-
ing so wistful eery time a vldtot
comes, hoping ors somebody to offer
a home, you'd harmers up Doily this
very Instant sod go and fetch one
away."
"Might es well bring two while I
was about lt." remarked Miss Belinda
40mically. "eve beard tt said that
We cheaper for two to Boo than oe•.
Ain't you hoard Uttar
"!fay indeed If tiere the case, nine
poopte Dight to Mve for nothing. and
[ know we don't do that" Mn. Brows
larked oe ber sunbonnet, shrugged her
tat shoulders and "without 'mother
word waddled down Um path that led
ne the gate between the two places
'Make en orphan, ind.dr sniffed
Belinda for the hundredth time since
tis. Riverview home tra4 been erected
'Hamper' she efaeelabd, also for the
oondredth time.
to verthele.. as soon as dinner was
ewer Belinda 414 harness up uMgg
tate Deity, •nd, etlmbtbg late the
ibeetne and bolding the lines eery
•dgk fa her witted bands, sig drove
erougm toe pia. woods down to the
Riverview bee
"re Ike te leek at some embalm"
odd BeMuds is the 'astral whoa she
true meted le ole Gert net pester e}
be hems. 'What tried nave your
Ise added. net as If Grabens wars
epOoMes Lir fruit le the mantel
Ria RN said le ens et the ,sin•
ear heat that msasty e+wepweret her
i el Sal 'We hove all Meda ewe,
r we haves 1 got all wises" ds malt
lhiemnpau ills etm.d a pedal d
visa eelleab liar 1snthe Wrted the
'1r issues►
eller heir std Dues M bah sed
se. Osla, w harts all ell NNW hi
" MfNw, and wbea it was all over tae11
retmitfnd to the parlor a soft. roue
tt.od damsel of lite 'sats. with a sot
leen of Video brown batr and a pale
at ass like brown velvet pantos lash.
I d thickly with black. Belinda's heart
was thumping rapidly while Me tater-
I Viewed the Little girl for the last mo
1 meat bettors gtving her decision. The
thlid was shy and gave timid. breathy
Mas Wil• whispering anewers. and 11••
Nada loved her the mon.
"Her nam. ie Buie Carson. Her
,•ether died in the dry bospitai last
'larch. and their records say tbat tis
dbIld'. father 1s dead. You can keep
bat for awhile, and If you aro sealed
you can take out full papers of ado}
don if you wish to. Mea Brown."
"I guess I'II want to do tbgt." sae
Moe Belinda as she arms to got
"When will Bessie be ready?" aka nak-
ed, with a delightful sense of owner-
ship an the dainty morsel of babyhood
before bei.
"This afternoon." mid Mrs. 011.
"You won't and her mach trouble.
Bloc's a quiet little thing and speaks et
her mother and the tittle baby that
tied. and. strangely enough. she sake
for seer tether. Where's your tither.
Bete, dear?" asked the matron, bend -
tag down
"Hell De beck la • Mals while," said
Beebe. running to the window. "1
geese 1 better took for him, hadn't Ir
"Qoatnt. t.s t sb.r wbI.pered Mia
OBI es rube let Mies Belinda oat
"Very nice tiale girt," said Miss BS
Nide, trying to kespr-
.tb. happy spa
Mss not of her ryas, for it did net
Mein right to grasp so mocb happiness
as was promised to the possession et
NMe Heade Carnet "ill drive doves
sew Bsssie Jost before supper."
AN the rest of the day site was very
hay preparing for ber orptian visitor.
Thee was a small bad to drag dows
been the attic and place beside bee
•eft, sad tt had to be made op wtth
all the miniature bedelotbtng whir
she had need as a child. There wean
old fashioned dolls and other toys te
be resurrected from hair trunks and
brusbed and reburnlab.d, and these
was a batch of delicious ginger cookies
to be made so that she might Insigne
• down gingerbread mea and sephaats
with cumot eyes for the daletatle0
of tittle Beene.
At last when all was to readiness
and the little girl had been happily
transferred to the phaeton and allowed
to drive the gentle pony home there
was never such unalloyed blies u
shone in the face* of Miss Belinda and
ber little orphan. The child loved Miss
Belinda and clung to her with ages
tion when she had a chance. and Miss
Belinda was almost ashamed or the op-
portunities she afforded Besse foe
showing her 'freedom
"lt certainly can't harm anybody tit
enjoy being loved," protested Miss Be-
linda to ber sterner self as she brush-
ed away a tsar.
"is you crying. MeswIander asked
Bessie wistfully. "
"Just a tient) bit. Isar, because you
love me so much," smiled Belinda,
bending to kiss her charge.
"I smile when you love one," con-
fided Bessie. "It makes me feel so
good ban." 8b• placed a tiny hand
on her beard- Miss Belinda kissed ber
again.
That happened after Bessie bad bees
there three month*. The ■dopttoo
papers had all been made out and
Nod and Bessie Gerson bad become
Bessie Downs when one afternoon Um
pt. latch clicked sharply. and a tall
man strode up the path and looked
strangely down at little Bessie playing
with her dolls at Miss Belinda's fest
From her chair on the veranda Yes
Belinda arose with a stoking teeltug
at ber heart This man was not from
W borne, although there was a
strange familiarity in bis fait, ens
Agora his tanned cb.eks, with tee
ihem, beardless lips and chin. Be did
mgt look at Mies Belinda, but be pasta -
'
d back his hat and bled out els
bands to little Beside,
1 "Beast Darting little Beset Doo'l
you know daddy? he eked boareely.
With a startled cry the child looked
at him earnestly and then re, straight
to his arms with the unthitg Instinct
et the child for its parent
Then the Inas looked op and saw
Miss Belinda standing, white and
disking, before him. "I'm sorry.
ma'am. but Ws my little girl, ao4—
Mer yI dada Dewtr, what are yes
going bete with use Bauer
In tis egg, coat twilight there was
thine to relate bow Jaime Stearns bad
married tis• girt he bad been engaged
to wee Belinda Downs met bum h
as wast so many years ago and they
bad both taBen in love in Notts at
ods previous engagement. but he had
bean tree to W promise and marded
the girt who bad been Bessie'* moth•
er; bow nee of the devastating Goods
et the west had separated th. Mals
family for mon, and at last the
wide and ebLid had gobs east to the
hope of Muting some of Mrs. Btsard
✓ elatives Rite had been taken ILi 1•
New Tart registered by mistake en-
ter the name of Clarion. had died End
1s4 tbs homeless little Beas% to tis•
eve .f stranger medn.
in the meantime the districted ?s-
teer had bees hunting high and low
ter his tastily. He bad traced them
to New York, had Woof of bis wif.'s
death eat new had roam to tittle
!Hew to find last an all wise Prolyl.
deem bad beergbt hie tittle 4.nget/se
I■e the empty, learn/ arms of the
one woman Iles the world who avail be
the wigs new.
Wt•st bm•tds brows beard of II
she elmettlsd awd lgy 'Dem't WNW
MT at orphans smile. Salado
Dees," alts adeeedstisd the Web T• Keep Court Oat
grits user a Ms d /Ins rude Of ' The ll ldls sit Oemny Onmell bath
me ger welshes d yes le Oohs este [bolded te maks as eMoweaw .f y
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TILL Slur AL GOD
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LOT 0r WORRI[i►
SIsh.p et Manchester Says That Is
Secret e1 leappin•se.
hpeasing of the removal of DI Tal
pot to Winchester at • westing
Church Home, Westminster, the u
fir day, the Bishop of Manchester
in a using story of his own deper-
Idre from a small pariah to • larger
ods w sariier years When h• told
s pariahiouvs that he w,esoe going 10
lye seven curates they slid, That's
worm than h•ring seven wives.'
Els answer was, "1t all ,jepetrds
n the wive. 1t all depends ull9*
gist ea Besides, Dr. Knox add -
hi little exp. -nonce of We was
s --that the secret of happiness was
have a sufficient multitude Of wor-
Tpe man who had only abs
1 blind that world not
ed up straight by the servan
do•1Jduttle the bottom of w
eye coming o* -that man
lad s way to the lunatic asyluum�
1 the man who had no time to to
n his worries bM*nse he had ip
from one to another and balk
n. .pd round sed reload lilt/
1 in • cage. oonld be • pe
man.
rl is in many pelmets on.
a1c biah6p• in
L e rvic.s on the
kpool in tie summa and
t froln the. shoulder" talks
tit
of Lancashire mill
tt make holiday there, have b.00rile
thatbna.
hlpi on one occasion on char;
• x, dealing with e vtk-
ypes of wastrels that 9kde
own the country, relate a s
aarttotoearl pp.41iAuud •red bp
rub* of the fraternity. En
7,Minga000sted D him, gave
De piece. The Anal, h 1
e 10 in the palm of his d
Iatd� it for sorra aeeobds: q�
• tarok I m Ing to do with Chi T'
LadQ__�! tlwee ^ie it, and gggtttve
to tome poor Warnta
THE AGE OF yOUTN.
11... Governor General et Australia M
Only dot Years 01d.
Where a few years ago the young
n wire considered to be too hot -
and inexperien .d to be en-
ted with the reins of government,
tthey have gradually forged to the
b•ont until now they are displacing the
gray -beards in p,.sition• that call for
the highest qualifications to which
MCI can attain. '
A striking example of this is evi-
denced in the feet that the British
Oabinet is the youngest that has ever
been in once, and it has appointed
1h• youngest .governor-general of Aus-
tralia—Lord-Denman, who will sue-
oeed Lord Dudley when he retires this
year.
Lord Denman will be 37 years this
yai, and already he has seen and
done a lot. Quite early in life he
e up his mind to be a soldier, and
opportunity came sooner than it
s for most men, for not long atter
be left the military college at Sand-
hurst the Booth African war broke
cet, and he served as captain of the
UiddlesexSquadron of the Imperial
•o artry and saw mach service, and
�y being invalided home after a
fwd received during $ skirmish.
was immensely popular with his
leo iers and noted for the attention
hq paid to their comfort.
esides being a keen soldier, Lord
an is a man of strong political rneons, apd u he has great ambi-
ens he is likely to be heard more of
toft- He is a Liberal, and when
party came into power r.o•lvsd
rst appointment lord -in -waft -
o the late King. He has .4 o oct-
al
y deputy speaker and whip tis
ouse of Lords. His last appQoin
was that of captain of th• do
i.ntlemen-at-Armes, th• ,f
bodyguard which celebrs 1
anniversary last year.
New Peer's Pictures.
en the Lord H1``b C4mmis��sfong
ifs eneral esu mbly of ode 0hurtlls
licotland, Lord Glenoonner, took 0
residence in Edinburgh reo.etl
was, aocording to an old onstOM:
r
with the kers of the 1ity,
ony beinng( fo11ow.d- bj t
an official dinner.
endonnerwo, as Bir Id-
nantwas Liberal li.pp
erited from his fafm
of pioter*the early English sehooL
he built • galleidio10.
nas 1n Queen AnneOath,
hey might h c on cer n aye ot ilii
Weak, • oonoesslon that is ma.
ah te laked. The Lord High Oom
r is the eldest brother d Wt..
atilt. Lady Tennant 1s onepf
pretty sisters, daughters ell[}
y Wyndham.
O•Ifcts Horseshoes.
A unique sight is to be seen a1
} tud1•y, near Trowbridge,
r. Jam•• Jennings, the weal-kne
di -roundabouts proprietor, las
s
stack of old hoes-ho•s
• ha. Qoll•o1•d dntins the es
eon. 1'f stands t1 1_••t 1s 1
set through, weighs •abod Ito
and eoaid not be purohased for i1 r..
shoe stack attracts great *41 .
T. partroularly from touring mot
j�ptt
t. who frequently stop to main
• curious pile
The
ebony
Served
ou's estate
Warwickshire Meeting at Who
eitrtrdt. the vicar. Rev Leese
e dada, and a number of pad
formed into precession, and
wall -know, taros were vial
several
ints In
•ailed, send en bebre fated loth
aafwl•e gess Wteugh.
Blessing the Crepe.
quatnt and pfctureegn•
of blessing the (cops
recently oo the Saari of
.1 Braley. in Noe
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