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I had seen him go back and forth, morn- ng and night, to the village foun dry for more than three years ; yet not always seen him, either, tor in winter it was scarcely light when he went, and after dark when he returned. Such a hard working man, every one said, and woudered why he should live so far from his daily toil ; bat to any ono who asked, he said : "Well, yoa see the cottage and bit of land my father left to me, and some how I can't bear to let go of it. And, then, here we have a gar den and a little firnit, and can keep a cow, so I think ii more than makes up for the extra walk." And now he was done with it, all. thf work, and the little home, with all Us tender interests. "And women must weep Not very many tears, perhaps, had pretr- ty Effie Wilson shed before this ; but now they were flowing in torrents, as she sobbed, her heart out by her dead husband, poor little woman ! And he so strangely unheeding. But the earth was scarcely dried on his grave, ere Uncle Esrael hollowed out another, aud in it we the pity ing neighbors laid gentle Effie WTi!on, with her tiny wax-white baby on her breasr. "For men must work, and women must weep, And the sooner it's over, the sooner to sleep !" Yes, it was over, and they slept the young fafb'er and mother; strange sleep,which their three.year- old Bessie could not understand. and so she pleaded with h?;r pretty mamma to "wate up n' not sleep so loud." Vain pla. Therft was no loving grandmother to come forward and told the bereft lamb in her kindly arms ; no kindred to give her a shelter ; and so I, an old maid peculiar hs some people say, and unused to children of any a,e I look the cliild home from the desolate cottage, aud, as soon as it could be doue legally, adopted her. My pretty Bessie! violet-eyed, with skin as fair and delicately, tinted as the inner whorl of a sea shell, and brown, clinging curls that I never tired of twining around my fingers. Katy, my maid of-all-work, who was fully as peculiar as her misv tress, was aghast at the prospect of a child in the houe, foreseeing liU tered rooms, sticky window-panes aud door knobs, and uulimited washing and ironing, and baking of cookies ; but before Bessie had been with us a month, Katy was her most devoted and loving vassal. I do not know which one of the neighbors would have taked the child if 1 had not, but they were, one and all, intensely interested in my doing it ; and said, with a tone that belied the words, that thev "sincerely hoped it would all turn out for the best ; but then a body never knew how matters would shape in this world !" The amount of instruction and advice offered would, if used, have served for the bringmgup of ten children ; and the qaantity of com pany that we had during those first few weeks did certainly, as Katy said, "beat the Dutch ! Young ladies came to see the precious darling, of whose existence they scarcely knew before, and eb tonished her with caresses; midd e aged ladies came and brought theii sewing ; and old ones cine with their knitting, and toid over tbeir wonderful experience iu dealing with children, and gave me so many maxims, and things to do, and things not to do, for my child'-i mor- al and physical well being, tht i:i sher bewilderment I was thankful to bid them good night, and tack my dari ng np in her bed, glad that for the present, at least, she was well, and pnre and safe. And after a while Katie grew rebellious. "I'm tired an' sick of seein' 'em come reg'Jer Solomons they think they be, every one more full o' wis dom than t'other; an' a tellin7 you'n oie how to learn her bice manners an' mercy knows what else. An' some on 'em is torever a strokin' down her precious hair with their scraggy bands, an' callin' her poor little creator, an' tellin' her what a pity it was her blessed pa an' ma died which, of course, it was; but what's the use ot sayin' it to that baby f Law ! "I suppose they all mean well, Katy. We may be glad of some help or advice, it Bessie should hap pen to get sick." "Then it'll be time enough to have it, all fresh. Advice is like yeast it soon gets stale, special if it's poor, as most of what's brought here is. An'for my part, I'm tired cook in' an' settin' out extra teas. It's ten days now, skippin' Sunday, sense we had a quiet supper by our selves, as we ued to have; an there'll have to be another barrel o' flour got in less'n two weeks. I told you it would last till along to I the fall, but it won't, alter too bis- 1 quits I've made out of it lately, to ay nothin' of cake an' pie. Terri ble hands for bisquits, all our visit ors be." "That's largely your fault, Katy ; yoa make them so good, folks can't help eating them.' The next day after this outbreak of the usually patient Katy, it rain- j ed, and was gloomy enough out of doors ; but not a bit of gloom w--s there in the house with our sun shiny baby. I had helped her fit out her dolly with a real waterproof cloak and hood, "betause it wained so dreflul wet !" and Katy had made cookies, and had cut oat eorae of tbem in most fantastic shapes to please the child ; and now, wonder ot wonders? was leaning over a bowl of suds on the kitchen table, with a pipe in her mouth, showiug Bessie how to blow soapkbuboles. They were in high glee, and 1 ba3 been watching them, half tempted to joiu in the" amusement, but! thought it might be wiser to bring up eome neglected correspondence, and was turning to put my thought in execution, when I caught sight cf an umbrella bobbing along by the picket fence. I stopped to watch it. Could it be possible that we were going to be visited again to-day? My query was speedily answered, for the umbrella halted at the gate, and in the owner I recognized old Mrs. Mallory. She had come to spend the day, that was evident, for her well known knittig-bag dangled from her arm ; so vanished my plan of letterwritiug, and Kaly was forced to suspend her occupa tion, and take up the less congenial one of caring for the dripping um brella and shawl, and muddy rub here ; but as she was waiting for the rubbers, she relieved her mind by saying: "I wouldn't a-thought any body in their seven senses would a.come out in all this mud an' rain, '.oless they was re'ly obleeged to, like go in' after the doctor, or somethin' like that." "Well, I kindy felt as if I wus obleeged to," said the old lady, out of breath and red in the face, after her struggle wi:h the over-shoes, j "I've been a-tryin' my level best to git over here Jor two weeks back, j butje see John's wife has been j away for a spell ; her brother's step daughter has had the miliray fever, and she staid longer'n she meant to, John's wife did, and so I ain't had j no chance to come ; but she got back last night, and so I took right hoit an' come. I felt as if it was my duty to in a measure.'7 The kaittiug"need!e3 were in full click by this time, aud their owner's tongue kept even time, while be tweeu the words I could hear Katy out in the ki'chen handling the stove-lids and kettles, and &ance pan3 with unmistakable emphasis. After a little the door optned far enough to admit Bessie's curly head, I held out a beckouing hand and she came bounding to my lap. "So that's your new child, is it !" aud Mr. Mallory peered critically over her spectacles at her. "Jl-Vais to me she looks more peakeder than common. As I much doubted if the speaker had ever noticed her before, ths? words gave me no uneasoess ; but not so the next ones. ''U you feel an' consider your self fitted by natur an' grace tojwereleit to our quiet happiness, bring up a child in the way it orter go, Miss Cummins?'' "I don't know that I am specially fitted, Mrs. Mallory, but I shall do the best I cau.'' "Ges' so ! No doubt you mean well; but mean' an''doins iwo things. It's an orful responsibility to bring up children, an' nobody knows only jest them that's been an' gone through it, as I hev. I've brung up three, an though I say it, that shouldn't, they was well an' faithful brung up too!" "It must be a great comfort for you to know that." "So 'tis. I often think of it. Mine was all boys, too, an' some folks they're a sight; more worrit than girls, but I du-joo ; the b??.t on 'em recf.ires th? wipaom of ol'mon an' t,be ?oti"?3 of Jcb in r.iy opinion. .But if I was you, Miss Cummins, I'd corih out tbem riocjits and lra?d b?.ir in r. tidy fcraid.7 "He? ccr?o I Oh ! Mrs. KUoiy ! I think so innzb. of them ; and see how ;r3jr tliey rrc." "rTc 'jc"-p3 ! thev rca&o n eight o' trouble ; r.n' besides tvhen she git3 a Jeetle c-der they'll make her as vain as a pjcock; it'll be ber besettm' em.'' "I don't agree with you, Mrs. Mal lory !'' "You don't law ! I want to know V "It's just as Datural for her hair to curl, as it is for her eyes to be blue and hr skin white ; so she is no more likely to be vain ot one than the other, iu my judgment." There was silence for a few mo menta, broken only by Bessie, who, becoming ued to the o'd lady's presence, commenced singing sottly to tho precions dolly. But our vis itor soon revived. "Wa3 theie much prep'ty left, Miss Cummins V 1 "No ; nothing but the house and its contents, and the little land What money there was, and the movables to be sold, only about ev ens up the doctor's bill and funerai expenses." "Then how'll you manage about the bringin' of her up ? Au'what'Il you do with the place1?" "The place will be rented, and what it brings above taxes and re pairs will be put m the savings bank for Bessie. As to her bringing up, I shall do exactly as if she was my own ?" "I want to know ! Well, 1 re'iy hope she'll turn out good an be a credit to you; but if she don't, youdl know how to pitty poor Jane you Dent. Her daughter's gone an' married a litery feller that don't know scase anything, mless tts writin' ! He boarded up there a spell last summer, if you ricollecr. I seen him a nnmber of times, saun terin' around and lookin' as if he was half asleep," I should be ashamed to state, even if 1 knew, how many times 1 looked at the clock that day ; and it gave Katy, as she attended Mrs. Mallory to the gate that night, nns mjxed satisfaction to see that the rrfin was heavier, and the mud much deeper, than when she came, and there were no side-walks, "Serves her light!" she said, as shocime in from shutting the gate. itYes, it selves her jest right, to c me a wailerin' over here sech a diy us this, an' a settin' an' taliin' about her John's an' her David's an' their wboopin' coughs an' cun nin' capera ; an' none on 'em can't hold a candle to our bonny Bessie ! j A a tell you to braid up her nice j curls. I come pretty nigh lettiu'j her have a piece ot my miud, then Miss CemtLin, I tell ye ! Weil, it does appear as if nothin' won't hen derail the buy bodies this side o' Jeikbo fiorn coinia' here !" Days pissed into weeks, and weeks into mouths, nd the child grew and thiived, and best of all seemed perfectly happy ; and not for one moment had 1 regretted hav ing hSMimed the charge of h r; bur, instead 1 have daily flunk thai such a joy had come into my lonely life. The matter finally reused to be cf supreme importance to the neish- i bors, for several other mleiesting events occurred, and gradually we And it was really wonderful how the old nursery songs and stoiies ! came back to me. and if there weie any that I failed to remember, Katy was ure to recdl tbetu. And Christmas Eve had a new charm, fcr never before hd a Santa Cluus stocking been suspended from my chimuey shelf. What a happy winter that was! I made doll clothes by the dozens ; told stories by the hundreds or the same ones over, which counted just the some, and suited the hearer the best ; and sewed dainty garmets for my pet, and tended her and loved her, and watched her increas ing loveliness, until even Katy ot tered a mild protest : "Don't go to worshippin' that air child, M'ss Cummmg, tor jis as sure as ycu do, fome'hin' will befall to her, poor little lamb!" Pete, the chore boy, used to draw her cut on bis sled every pleasant day, and she wonld come in with her blue eyes sparkling, and her plnmp cheeks like June roses, and eager to tell us all about her sleigh ride, in ber pretty way. But, finally, one day toward the close ot winter, she was disinclined for play, and toward night seemed feverish and sleepy ; later she bad a j chill, and by morning Katy and I, with all our inexperience, knew that she vvhs j very sick child, aud Pete was dispatched tor the dector. He quickly cam?, and again tne next, (day, aud the next ; and then eveiy other day, for Bessie was convales cent. One dear woman, who hail never given us any advice, now cime in with practical help, which I still be lieve was the chief means of sawing the darling's life. The other neigh bors were not slow in flocking in, and one said, triomphantly : "I told you so ! I knew you let her go out too much." And another sa?d : "I told yon so! You kept her housed up too much ; nothing like good out-door air to make a child hearty and rug ged i" And another to?d me, by way of comfort, perhaps ; "You orto be terri'de thankful she lived, after not hayin' a doctor that first night. I always s?nd for him as soon as one of my children coughs or sneezes, no . f they do die, it won't be ot ceg" leer." And that very day another moth er in Israel said : "I wouldn't think of letting a child of that age take doctor's drugs ; they're altogether too strong. Some catnip tea ar wild cherry syrup would surelv have cured her in less'n no time." But, in spite of all thee adverse opinions, they all met ou common ground when they said to each oth er, with sigri6cant nods : "What can you expect when an old maid undertakes to bring up a child ! Law I sakes !" It was some time before Bessie regained her plumpness and her red cheeks, and the rass was growing green iu sheltered spots before we took hr out-doors again. II. How all the little incidents of my !trajn as lt comes down the valley. Bessie' chi'dhoa.1 come up in myIamost wisv, j UiHl gone orjt into memory to-day, as fresh as if they j tLe gar(ieDj too ; we can't see the hnejut happened; and yet, it s j train from the house on account of many years since I first called her tJP trapSj uut j Bessie will be mine, and people cons der rnean , eading our of the window. But old woman. My hair is qaite sii- j sbe Wijj 0Ln here, for Pete will very, and there is more than one drive fast up frorn the eta:jon . he wrinkle to show where time his j knows how impatient we are, oitved its lines; but my heart h:is' (Concluded on last paqej not forgotten how to be eager and impatient, as I watch the clock, and with almost girlish pride and anti cipation have 1 looked forward to the happy time, lor my Bessie comes home to-night with her scbooMife j done. There is a port of regret, of , cruise, when au page has been written and turned down and jet, 1 cauuot be really soriy that uiy dear is a schoobglrl no longer, for now I shall have tier with me to brighten the old house 1 have not seen her since Christ inas week, and now it is June, I should have gone to the commence ment and brought her home, but for i the continued weakness of a sprain- fd ankle. But she is coming, my bonnie Bessie ! and all the afternoon, since the 1 st routes have been put to her dainty room, I have had leisure to think over the past; and Katy, who is with mestill,and has become more of a friend than a servent, has been busy all day concocting favor ite dishes to tempt the child to overeat. I am almost sorry she has grown np, and we call her the child still, but she will be nineteen next week. I kept her little as long as I conld, yet the years would go by in spite cf me; but they have brought her added beauty, as well as growth? until peop'e tell me f-he is the belle of the whole country side. We, as a neighborhood, have grown since the old time. The vil lage begond us has become a city, and is pushing its suburbs in this direction. Our mountains are far famed, an1 summer boarding houses are spiing ng up on every side. I; seems strange to the old residents. A railroad has gone through di rectly back of B-ss-.e's cottage, and the money paid for right of way has been put in the bauk with the rest, so the child will not be enti-rly dowerless. I am glad it is so; not from any e!fih motive; but be cause, it ihe child's father can see or know anything of earth in hi far dwelling-place, he will be glad Jo know that he did not leave her to the world's charity, and that she is to reap the reward of his labor and careful saving. I have decided to get a pony and i phaeton. I have been thinking of it for sme time. J want to make BeSfie'thome so tractive toht r that she v. jU not be tempted to leave it for long years to come. Theie wiil be no lck cf wooera. How wel! 1 remember when she first went to school. I bud taught her at home until she was quite a good reader and writer ; but she was impatient to go to school like oth',r children. How faithful Kity was to go after her with umbrella and rubbers if there came up a sudden rain, and Pete drew Iter on his sled across the snow many a lime. Ai d how proud she was when she came home with lessons to get, and how goiug over iberrs with her refrecheo my memory in geography and arith metic. But the hardest part, was when she went away to school. Ob, ho? large and still the house seemed, and how long the days grew, though it wa? September! Those were lonely times for Katy and I, and it seemed hardly to be worth while to get any meals a: first; but then we began to look forward to o .uok .ora.u 1 be Christmas vacation, ad U ft e J that w'3 over' to Eter, and then to the summer, when she was with us tor weeks ; and so we b-ive gone through three years, and now she is coming home for good. "Well, Katy, are yon tired of wailing ? "I am that ; 'pears as if it never will git six O'clock ! Everything's j done now, so I gues I'll run down to the foot of the garden au watch for the train.' There he goe tired as she is, dear faithful soul ! She grows old fast, Katy does, of late. Ah ! now I hear the roar of the The Local Newspaper Governor Francis, of Missouri, was a successful business maD, and made a fortune by his energy and sagacity, befare he became Govern or. Speaking as a tnau of ex per il nee. he pu's thus ou record his opinion of the value of the local paper to the community iu which It is published : "The editor, in proportion to his mems does more lor his country than any other ten men ; ho ought to be supported, not because you like him or his writing?, or not sup ported because you dislike him or disagree with his writings, but all should support a ltcal paper be caute it is the best investment a community ran make; it may not t'e brilliantly edited or crowded with thought, but financially it ib more benefit to the people than the preacher or teacher. Understand me, I do not say morrally or intel lfC?ually, but fir ancially ; aDd jet on the moral qoestion you will find most of the local papers on the right side. Today the editors of the home papers do the most for the least money of any men on earth." This is literally true, and finer of the papers published in small towns aud in the rural districts, sometimes called connty papers, which depend almost altogether on heal support than it is of the papers published in large cities. There isn't a paper published in North Carolina, however insignifi cant it may be considered, which isn't worth more to the community in which it it ispubh-hed than th community pays for its euppotfr. Omitting the dailies, there are weekly papers published in North Carrhna, some of which compare favorably with weeklies published in any State, which are worth many times as much. The work they do is not appreciated but if they ceased to exist their value would sooon be discovered and acknowl edged. Local papers are not always as good as they might be, but in such cises it will generally be found to le the fault of the peop'e, who do not support them as they should be s-ippcrted. The better a paper Is sustained the better it can be made, and Ihe better the paper is the bet" ter it speaks for the progress! ve ness, business thrift, and intelli gence of the community lor which it speaks. A man roa7 subscribe for and read a holf dozen papers, but the one that ouht to have the first claim on him is bis home pa per, not, altogether on account of it, but as a matter of local interest. He should take pride in having a creditable journalistic representa tive of the community in which he lives. It is busineps, too. Wil. Star. EditorM in the Swlmt Mr. Cleveland promptly denied that he bad declared that he would not give office to an editor. It is well. A partisanship and hospitali ty of that kind would make his pillow full of thorns and nightmares. Be would have had no chance i ' whatever for serving a second term ,f the newspapers bad antagonized him. He owes bis nomination and re-election to the earnest, strong, faithful press that stood by him in the hour of Snap-convention's and cn and on until victory came to his standard. The report was perhaps absurd for no man not crazed by the exaltation of office and the weilding of a "little brief authority" could so soon forget the power that lifted him to his high office. Mr. Cleveland may be very self-willed and inconsistent as to appointments but he is not stnpid enough to ig. nore the mighty Press. To show bow absurd the rumor, he had alt ready put in his Cabinet a Georgio': w ho is understood to partly own and control, a leading daily It is not known to us that he was in any stuse an editor but an owner or co partner. Then the uews is that a young North Carolina editor, Mr. Josephus Daniels, is selected by Mr. HoSe Smith, newspaper oner, for a nice fat place in bis Department. Wilmington Messenger,

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