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The Older She Crew.
lav ti. Ix Burr;
ulto I‘a'l‘I boy. you ii is to p
You're [at loo old tor rhsi, l lesr
Just isr. yourit old ro.d.iy, my dear."
The dimplr-s lost in chin and cheek,
r plltyotl hids sud soeir. I
And rrllybo-vls I or ur grow
I'll like than otirtor, ttou'tyou truowi"
Ah, well! sight ycsrs hsvs ned nvrey -,
My grsudrhilit mus to me today,
with can I)
rill on the nuns s srcyi wss hssrd
which all my child's salt blrzshm lllrvttl.
"lxsss hs whom she no
To [are the bill It‘ (I pinion.
And when the hour hcd come sr lat,
And Iolwrlu vows haul iinil thcru rust,
shyly my irvsiiilcliild mine In IIIA
-- l’ll ploy no more tcirh lioyi," said shit
THREE WOMEN AT ODDS.
ny A. L. xounn. '
slrirro no llrmvie
"The world is full or ciiro, much like
woiui-ii snir ciirc niui curs snrl vro
And vrouicn iiiirl titiro sud iron or .
-lcvirooritun Iiptyrvlrn.
mlln a bubble,
iuru,
emit-l-ett I.-A cunt rv-r IN.
1' won an old lsuiiiy-msnsiori.
wlioso windows loolred out on
DWI. Time sud moi.turc hid
stuns s irrocnish gray,
like s huge. mossy roc rid its
ost ln mssses or
pillsrn or he dc
y old doors hsrrod In
lnucicd ilic hsnv
' ' Sentimental tretelers. On
l'l’IIlIllI7I'l Heel! deserted.
the
8 lo the Mr villain 1 Denhlmi Mapped,
perhaps, to mid t the dots sud the ii
"l'er " o ht e eiitrsuce; then, too,
psssed cu,rliiu
"ofzr Ila! mrldoil lltltk blur: In Ind Iilhcr,
Rings out the unis or ii uiihird'n song;
only in. un sud rhs ruin coirieih hlrlier
All yur 5,--
Bnt ytcddler Ind lnvelrr were Illlla Irlietlkeu.
the salt tiirt that cii-hioried three
tcrr v up lrom the quaint garden. wss trodde
Into a loolpiilh rhst stopped It a so-door, ripen
wheuevcrrh sun s man nod
and w lied lh sluwstilirig
clouds. oliigginhly wishing that ethiug w I
o It urcycillo wss exceedingly
mouotononn. Thin woman wu arl . w o, wit
Deunyalonn. her huiihuod, kept the old rereyhume-
nteld from UAPEVEB. math and rust, until the return
or its proper owocr.
one Siiuimcr morning she stood thus in the door-
wny awaiting the return other rrabsnd. vi aha
down to II close on the a or! for I
9 went alter; hut wllll he
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This wu whul
two bodies-etrurtger cull. they were wIrlIt-llul e
hodies. with quick, betting hearts under their wet
garments.
Deriuystoris hlrly stnruhlsd on them helors he
diseoveredt em.
no wise s boy, one s girl; the girl n-iiglithsvo
hesu lour years old, the o younger. she hiid
a round, lisridsorrio tree, but I In: wes Ind elllsh-
loolrlng. ,
llsnuystuns studied them long in solemn surprise
sud drsspprcvsl; tic slwsys diupprovod or what he
could not no em on .
1' ey were
lhlun, ll one siiolre pi-ecite y.
took one under each arm Ind starred alnwly
r home wondering what she would uy; usually
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she Accepted everything an commnnplste, looking
It it with hlll shut e rs.
When he spproac d the door she wls looking
Inolhev way, nuli did not, It lirat. see him or his
“Just look st uni, will ysrl pulrcd Deltnnslyur
“The little gal is hesvy as it its rliig, Iweli
rs . who do u
who pulled urn out,snd whsicvvr is going
done wil um.
-- ‘r they he-loug to sonio liiihormsur-
drvtwled lllerth.
“No, they dol'I’Iw l lrnoiv every niiin. women
And child listrrscu here and Drnlicni-ysv. Iml
mile: begun ."
-- hlsy e," ssid llsrth, doiihunlly.
- voll,uow.letuteiyou do,ltud nous or um
III! the lure ot lhue ‘ere. '
it he t over to exsuiino the girl’: droid; lmt
the clorhinir olerich child was only peculiiir lri Illltt
it sits umplo enough to iurnish no clow as to pov.
arty or wellrh.
be whose bore leet were on Illa clllll
:tnues,sllivered in izllent drsoomlort. but the lilllo
girl hegsu suddenly to srrilre at llsrth with her tiny
L
ullt ill?
in its
She hood I: ll they were queer little Inilllulit,
sud then, Ior ths nrst tiuio, occurred to Ilennyr
stonsto nk them where they coins rroru; but he
received no Inllwer.
"Are you hungry 2'' sold llrortii, lu her turn.
The girl nodded.
it what is your name!"
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“Vio.
H is this your hrothrrz" A
-ulzoii ms fr'el'e,"she n wered; hot the rind
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orner o the o sell .
went to sleep as coziy its is y -irleri, while
“Vic.” II She called hersell, never took her bright
eyes from uni-rh's ' '
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bout uoou. her lord renter ed :
f
commotion. A
" l s' one I had better tiilrs um over to tlle'l)l:n-
hum poor in e 1 ll. csri t he
psstercd with them. it is like] y tlieyure shundoned
on purpose.
‘'No- 0 -ueedmnnl. I like t%lonk It lllll
lisvinltscen-shy young DIIER his long time; In
wine to look It.”
Ho seldom dolled hcr,
never with lucceae. a c llirelt ntntill that
day, and a week sitar. then I month-HIV YH0l'l'lItIv
llld I0 continued to nth . All thlt Marlh would
ever say in dclenve orrhsir detention was:
" I hIv’n't done rrlookln’ It 'em e ."
d geople nntued the wsiiu victoriu
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a ran soon ceased to use the foreign
word so “uouseuslcAl" to their simple protectors,
Ind lenrned to eomnllltlicltte all their end In -
lish. vlosoui ' o sis. voysgs; hiitil
the renicnihcred snytlilug olso, lllsrth hsd no In or
eliciting lnioruictian.
one. u ou his own Iulhorlty. settled it
was r . In Illa had
me or ltby calling her brnlher Pet; lo
the people began to call rliorit tlle Frlyr children.
Vie gre l he so hsu some. puniouele, un-
nlored. but u i uu oolb. 1’ e‘ ho w s vr e
and mores we lie wss old men‘: fnvorile,
blnrtohi. jiidziniz not from
Iny sonuuicnts exchsuged, hut lrom hheriiss tiilreu
Ind nllowe .
ens stone unwed the tiny wnl H s wise one-
lillrlwiug one. loll ya.”
He used to sitln l Dennystnne lislierl,
sud viropouud oliicstious like these:
" Does G no u long string oi time that he
lrerps unwinding to cut into yssr-hits. monrli-hits.
day-hits. etc.l And It God hu no much time Illnt
he never is goin to stop unwinding the string.
will at the unwound tirne trike up oil the room in
epics to hold it?"
Puzzled Derltlyetorle used to wink And mutter :
" iere ' ' p." y
“You trs n-uislriug lor it with me,” the old mnu
would Inllwer. ,
rertyirsyr never rsrhomcd the mystery or thoso,
tlo him, unseen logs-neither did Deuuyslous, as to
K IL
cturrrir xi.-A cl.Au( IIBIJOGNIZND.
rrr-s or-six ycsrs went h and the hut nl the
Yercy ramrly had not rctur-ue . The l o
w ogrswhlr he llawers in the untrained us
played there Summer alter eiuiurner, until they
would here resented the Ides that (ireycliirs was not
Vic, nln it
uh.
urled hulk. watched llze noldeu mist over the sen;
k It Incl" she cried. glyliy, II In unnsltlltu
errrnla, Ind. of I Illdden, glorlhr . her 0 crirllnl)
dress; Ind, truly, some one ought lo IIIVE ndmlre
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ll rho clind cine lrorn s law or vicious stock, her
hee belied the hot: her head wu line liar 1;
turn exquivitcly tnolde . Her cresrny slrlvi wsii
dark with no. but her cheeks were like the hesrta
' Vic. siiorply.
their rightful home. . ml
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-i mil you ever sit there heroic, vie, and soy thiit
iiitmo hi i"
this do you noun 2"
tlrcointd it."
t You have not hesn uleep."
- riien l htve-hccu Iwuy.”
onseuse! You toil silly, wrong stories," sold
The sunlight hsd slipped liroru her dress. nud
rawu on with it -all the tirightncss tiis eroth svsr
hsd,w ic wts ntuiuc .
“Well-very well,”tthld I’ettylrIyr,aleruly; --1
sin going lzolne."
vo leaped rrcni the hour. iursuod cud csught
‘ trong Irnll tigh y round hltn, slis
baglted:
to Don't treht me so, rertyirs r."
He looked It the wee woman, so Irllully lawm-
ing that she was tlis sggrisvod ona, Jud roicntr .
-- nri me never to any or to '
d see. or dream sea. r-or am
ooniswhcro else," sold the boy. vsgucly, his own
words perplexing him into ohsciirit .
-l y you lie, it shut is who: you
to ow no your lam."
cum." said he. psttlsliiy.
' Then whst you tisw, hsd. did." she put in st
l"IrIdD!I'l, most uuxioua to please, uotcui-iug much to
rest
I'eltylrnyr'e conhdences were more puzzling than
' 3. M s geuei-sl rttla.
-‘ No, let us trike n welk."
vlo willingly sgreed, and they returned to their
Cottsize in which they
would some as dwe l.
it run s pretty little huilding, not riirrrom Grey-
ellns, snd hrid hecu, since their memory served them,
on.
ltcrcre long, tliti deep Ihndmrs or evening had
tiillcu evtirywhcvc. ureyclitls loomed u in the dIl<
tiiuce like u grctt hlnclr rock. and they could only
thst broke on the
whispered: ii i don’! thinir
something sknlige or somebody dinerent-nty
di m on now -
where! where, pettyrruyr l-which way .'"
-- Oh. I don't know 1"
l- zlere, on the share 2''
r . Lotti run,Pettyirtyv."
Illiver ill the dark."
with: g’l'nnce over
0.
as seen ilpoa a
"1 wish I could," sighed Illa little brother,
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scrsnely.
vie hroho ltito s run end ulled him lost srrcr her.
not quite In mind until she esrd the thud or the old
'1;-ale hcliind icr mi saw the we come home i
clnrrsn rlr.-r-us rllmvnl ctri-riios.
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' rirusl mly develop some
one. lrl this little house the
Ind the Ionian Ire the prlnclpll occurrences ol the
day.
lriever hsd any strsngo experiences. but l lcel
u u old as Ihs hills, or sunt Doris, tor
she to have gotten much out or her
torty yeiirs or living. - -
The first thing I remember was sllltllg up In bed
d lnsllstlu hlvlng my clot e
tw s the llrst time I ever no
hut; larer in lire ldld vi-ii
straiious, knowing peo le tlelriur
changes who will a nus‘ once done.
Tllutduy niy grcridiorher looked oil trio ricwspsper
long enough to ss :
“ What is the nlllller? Dorie, do you know Hollie
will be six yetrs old to-murro
That well my llrst ldcn or time. My mother died
member: every one snys thttl she
Aunt Doris is good. hut
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Borllbly d log and leaving rrre ri .
My mol let": family took me lu, led, clothed Ind
let me ‘alone, which was very ihdeespeeitlly the
last. 1 should have been erverss. hut l
grsuduiotiic hevlw oiiircll-sniilcd on
B I lew curs, Illtln folded her he tlitlnd we t
heaven, w are l lsncy licros old iiscvr i
not hire her lresheued up with wings sud cslesriul
ow
ursudlsther wsv s suisll, quiet nun. who sit
hours. sctrccly ruuiin his sprr. its never re
re uie, mes pushed up his glci-sea Ind
looked me long in the nice, ssy rig, -- sriistsui. lilis
her father."
Now thot he has long ago resd his lltsl pnper and
elipped out or run, wish llisd oll n picked llilll
flowers (he loved them 7, or hlitl jual‘. oucia Iii:-sell his
roreuciid. which loot d
'e no ll '9
surveyed the apartment sud the stronger. nodding
solrly to Vic, behind him. its ‘
wt it, o course." No grnutaurprlse moved either
. only curiosity: one ol thcru expected sonic-
rhing, tho other delighted in excileruztl
“Oh Lntl ' sisrnlstod ncnnyntoue, sturuhllng
sgsinut thorn in thc hsll. ‘Make yourselves scsrcs.
lllulh is lrinhrtul husy upoisirs. on be missing tor
to-rug at In in .
our hncwswhtt rrl get lorsdop-
! lltri did it, i do insist. En your
so per like mice, and he on to had wit el”
r iiiccrly obeyed, hutvio rllulle noisy
d isucern, with t s ho e Ind
axneclnlou or wslrinir up the newcomer. s e i
hcr noise
morning, ncnuystouc vront to Denliiini.
9 out ol tll
e children.
llnd that Vlu hld Irisen Ind taken the been by the
htirtle, no to elicit :.
llllrlh hid overheard her telling Mr. Percy her
. r better lhltl it coul IIIVO been tol
lor her, Ind then. with perlectlnuocence. Iak if Iho
w is way now just hecause e s conic.
lllsrlr laughed eirce ‘velylor him. Ind then po-
litely invited her to ‘ Iinlsh her Visit." I e I
[ew inquiries of hlnrth. Ind let lhl matter tire for I
c siouslly watched thee 'ltlren
lerest.
-- is the buy hriglitl" lis sslred, one evening.
-- I-lrlght!” echoed neuriystous. -- Yes. sir. he is,
iihs doeslco w l .
fleeheud bon Iahlnalater.buI- ,
that little chip’: soul illn’t hull ths tliiclrnsst ol yours
or urine. us ktlowsloo much, lflrlylhiug."
-- wrist do you mcsu by thrill"
1- Nolllirll-I csu cipher out hy Irlthmelic.”
H is ho triciyr"
-in , ind, now, he is ts honest Is an sngeil
You'll mtlrs him our.msylio,"suswcrcd the old
- limo wi , out
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minded 01 deep wttcr sud s short rummet
riei-or gtvs you my order to provide me with s
may-mods lunily,” sltid llsrir, ter s psusc.
“ You ought hl hove given them over to the proper
Iutllrlrilies. lt will not do to put them iu I poor-
s d Deonyslone, decidedly-but breIlh-
less from Inxiet . - ‘
Mr. Percy viruclr the ashes rroiu his cigir, leisl-led
sgsiriiii its storiopillcrs or the porch, sud cogi-
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some hsppylnspirstiou untYl’c gnyly esrolirig
through the sn
Her hrig
grcst hnll. it out on the porch.
brown hair VII vrrcsihcd with lirilliuut
pron overllowcd with I cm.
s ususl, lollowsd silent and
Ill? tlu .
Vio nestled up to Dennystoue. but regarded lllark
with 011711. nnspyieued curiosity.
riger-wo co on s, n lt-
rei-ing with dic oruls,sud dint: tltllll the people went
wild with joy.lus they did ut s cause in
irrsndmotliorrorrisuilierod. lily manner must have
impressed r a man.
"sing now." he sold. lrtiiing sgsinst tho gtto
where [he gooseherries row.
lsrrcigiiicrisd proudly hsclt. sud in t high, high
key, war-re long o my sentimental Aunt
Doris‘! lieginniug:
‘ Twrre rain in lcll Illr-e all I It'.‘L'l."
mesler Ilsu hed
mun.
Alle: grsodlotlicr died. his siusll property was
divided horwcon Altut Doris iind uiyscii, hut his will
sin . . ,
“All the bonlts iii the lihrnr or. In be Eloise’e.”
I nllg t until my lentil hlrlh-
How elm I!"
ow,l i could lisvo nttderitlood enough or
book: to live ht them In I did. There were the
or llsiciiiger, rrsnslstions Iloliier Virgil,
"Tale: ol ii GrIudfulher,"Ilugidll.l stewsrt sud D.
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to filliitlt,lI Aunt llorls cell! it.
educltlio '
Now
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When I win lilteeu lvretlt to I bulrdlnlltlchuol
I th lk ul e
pick up shells one
ciphhol ought '
l-otsihl . some usu
plcsssutsstheoi
ended; il l continue s lourosl, Iolnelhing 1llll.I(
CHAITEI lVr-ELIIXFI T'RISTAIlH JOURNAL.
lmirx hid sir hrlvciitnrsl lwill hogin at the be
ginning, Is children say. one d y not lnng Ago, 1
out on a d eve pull Injurylrnm earth and sler,
toolr a hrislrot tor -polls snd sinned tor a queer
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1 urdeu. otpiulr ole evs. she could not hm hsru mo sse in the on s on ti mic mm time. no -.hit route is e
lll was s lnrge, llshhy cvesrnre, with yc1low- “You don't lea me,"slis expostnlated, pm-hing presence or aristocrat. w ll clesr-eut lnee place where tlis looipsrh rumi llloml the side or s
lab h-in Klmy er". I Ilmillm mouth. lind.wlthsl. the eurlllvorn her sot e on with s suisll lirown sud slightly cyuicsl smile, had she heen heri-ell precipice, roe -s sliovo and is lies hulow.
w so loosely put together, she could turn e -- I never vhiill look so pretty sgsla. Petty- the lust ollhe Percyn, rind he the lutsrloper ln hrr When two persons h one must step
head until her lace seemed on s line will: her lPlnIl 1 old dress I: like the red roses h cam orrislns. humbly down nto s slriiidiiip-spot dug out ol the
colnmm She I1 YUM ,9“ ""9? r Ill. Blarth, she siiys Hhe ollhrod him Ihyly, A hall-open rosehvld Irom rock. while the other retains the path.
thin: elm 1' Illa dllaltreerl with Dennylwlmi the ilk dreell, olconrsc. I out her treasured Indoor hush. all when he Klnvolell 1' as s r the p new that]
lazily disagreed tor ever, though proven in the lrnow why It ls of calm-e; there Ire such r l I. to sccsptltwlthaIriu,shslill.edInatently erglow- e ih. yrs.-.
wrong nt every step. ' hen u grow lrs money, and let uii ve luglittls lace to his. iolitely; hut
p the nrdvn-path 4:-me the old mnn. panting tlilu house sud Ii iii the empty Brown coluigs; ilsd she known it. that lrl-is sealed her hit p. it tr.
lo. brenlh, hurl drollpull both children st her leet only all ltwlrh heautlrul thlngs.’ ell. lr 's s we - ntsoon euouirh h e in I as, 0 common pnrson- odowul" Not
J -- whose!" was the vita word the spolre, Iller a VPaltv!n r. with elhows deep in the sand, rolliwd lesl herull s rccuiirilzed,power at tirryolills, slip- quits lihlng this. lcoolly ivced her. sud ws scanned
E moment hrmselrlo onlr, then to ask: ping easily iron: the kitchen lo the parlor. each other lrom head In lrior. l srrw rhst she was s
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