Show S PLACE linda carroll folding bior while grandma s forlano has gono up liko a skyrocket sky rocket grandma does nothing but arv and I 1 a friend in abo country or any means of cir niDga dollar they take me as governess orns jalcs a any store without experience and references ive painted a lower piece and it hangs in alic stationery stationers station ers window as it has hung for six months 1 I kofl crad to sew for tho dressmaker dress maker and as soon as sho saw needlework sho said ah goodness gracious that would never do my superficial education was very well for a young heiress but it is of no uso to i poor pill who needs to earn her living and 1 be piu to be afraid that what grandma fays about sitting on tho corner and holding out our hands may como fmc it sound who is that me miss paid a voice in the crack of alic door and a losy irish face of eity was thrust in 1 I como to sec had you any pieces for tho wash today ive been obliged to do my own washing mrs replied linda suro yo suited miss cried the woman it was wet weather and alic last was dried indoors and not so white as id like 1 was very well suited I 1 am sure mrs maclynn said linda been losing money and my was empty I 1 conlan t afford to pay for it lord licup you mis im sorry to hear it mrs mcclynn Mn cLynn but theres trouble everywhere heros my own cousin baliu was my aunt s second husbands cifes brother in laws daughter fell down a llight of stairs and broko her leg and sho cook in an elligant illi gant houe at thirty dollars a month they took her to tho hospital the day sure it is a good alao sho had and tho wages wonderful fourteen dollars adouth for a cirl to mind tho baby well good morning miss 1 I suppose I 1 bould mind iho baby at least 1 thought linda and alien she land ladys black looks at dinner time perhaps I 1 could board grandma in tho country tor that sum she thought and get tho traveling expenses by selling my jewelry things arc getting desperate and she took up the newspaper and looked over tho wanted a young genteel person to take charge of boy sho read perhaps that might do if lean swallow my pride shu sighed and noting the number sho put on hoi plainest aliat liat and mantle and hurried out into the sho found the after a walk of nn hour a handsome residence and having been ushered into the recaption room was received by a neat elderly woman the are all loft in my hands said aliis person smoothing her lilack and gingham apron you would bo wanted to take caro of a child poor mrs bellamy died last week and a common servant will not do mr bellamy relies on my discretion im tho housekeeper havo been for ten years ho is a brokenhearted hannever man never looks up or speaks to anyone dear mrs bellamy now in heaven hail a most trying disposition I 1 sho generally scolded him all night and sho got pneumonia throwing up tho window because he shut it but that was all her nerves and lie adored her cioll never recover lier loss he hia a hatband hat band all over liis hat and her miniature and hair in a locket on his watch clinin you wont expect much in this afflicted household but have sunday afternoon ill take master thomas then and an evening bucu a week what references linda smiled would grandma do elio cil and then sho told glicr little story mrs and finally alio agreed to waive reference ami twenty dollars a month ali at sum know would secure an fiill rooi in her present of residence for hor grandmother ami sho accepted alio llio position thankfully at homo she spoke of her position as that of a governess and the old lady wept as well shu might when lindas modest trunk was carr icil ariy master tommy wa san unmanageable little boy who seemingly inherited his mothers temper A regular battle was before lio could bo washed or clothed he refused to go to bed nt and ho refused to get up in the morning when ono took linn for a walk ho ran anway he climbed out of the windows ami tood upon the sill he tore things for mis chiefs bako and was as annil of biting as a mad dog but linda wa cool quiet and good humored in a week or 0 o she got the mastery over him and even bogan to teach him something of the father she saw nothing but nt night she heard him the room ovi r acad with long ami solemn strides its his conscience my dear said mrs he saya ho is sure ho all he should bo to his poor amaila and that he broke her ho never even answered lier back and ive biad him gt up in the night and go to buy strawberries yhan they were not in season because sho was set on cm sho aia n alias and tho family do sir bellamy but I 1 never anch adoration even when she pavo him ft black eyo with iho dusting brush linda grew curious to EM this par ngon ono day alio ans gratified sho had left master tommy in thu nursery and gono down stairs to get a hib of hot water for his bath when she returned ho was gone sho hurried about tho lioi iso and soon heard low groans from the study on the second bloor tho door stood open peeping in sho saw a tall man lying on a sofa anil master tommy standing near by pulling out his hair by hand fulls with every tug tho groaned but nado no resistance commy lom my called tommy come horo really sir ought notto allow that tommy obeyed and ran to her tho martyr lifted up hia head dont disturb him ho said mournfully 1 I would deny nothing to her I 1 wish to do mv duty by him at least that is not tho way to do it sir said linda absurd indulgence is iu ju to auy child sho led tommy anway tho next morning as sho was instructing ting him in alio alphabet a tan pled licad of black hair appeared at alio door 1 thin tall figure followed and mr bellamy with a dejected air and tone inquired may I 1 come in linda hastened to place a chair and went on with her lesson alio father eyed glicr with a wistful look you seem to manage him he said 1 I try to sir he lias hiis sainted mothers face said mr bellamy the child with his nose and rough red checks was not particularly saint like but linda as in duty bound bowed gravely it comforts me to him said mr bellamy may I 1 come often this is your own house sir said linda from that day mr bellamy sat in alio nursery a gratt deil in tho evenings lio took tommy to walk at the caid of that month lio raised lindas wages As tho summer wore on ami the year of hiis mourning glided by lie bestowed hi nursery governed lie remembered each causo of complaint his laic wife had had against him and desired lindas opinion generally she found liim not to blame by slow delicci lie crew moro cheerful and at last brought home a top for tommy and set it humming ou alic anniversary of his cifes death lie took linda ami tommy to her gravo and wept A brokenhearted broken hearted man is mr bellamy said mrs but it seems singular to me that lie ask mo to take llie child instead of you the week after mrs r and one of tommas tommys aunts camo to make a visit there was a good deal of whis paring in tho housekeepers room ami one evening mrs entered iho nursery willi a haughty air and seating in a rocking chair addressed herself to linda 1 I am the into mrs Bell amys as I 1 suppose yon know and I 1 lave come over to see how tommy is getting on I 1 cant say I 1 think lio is doing well at nil and I 1 I 1 can find a letter nursemaid nurse maid for him so as your month is up next monday ill lay yon now iu of warning and oil can pack up at once linda looked nt the old lady quietly lausch a moment said very adl and walked out of alic room her trunk stood in the storeroom store room sho opened it and began to take her cw plain gowns suddenly tommas tommys voice reached her crying whores Wh cres my linda and she heard tho grandmother say linda is going away alios haugli than sho realized eliat alio had como to lore tommy ami tears fell fait upon the garments she was packing crying said a boico behind her why linda what lias happened im very h all mr bellamy it is only leaving tommy she answered looking around leaving tommy what do you arucan cried mr bellamy ho came into tho storeroom store room and stood near bior looking down at her mrs has dismissed me she daiil but have not anid mr bellamy lie bent toward her ho looked at glicr as 1 master seldom looks at a servant suddenly linda understood all it is right that I 1 should go she thought and yet glicr loans fell faster acy alm not only loved tommy but bhe certainly liked mr bellamy very much it will break lie childs il you go s iid mr bellamy mrs pen leather oversteps over steps her privileges linda my dear child you cant go I 1 leavo thought for time eliat you never must it is my duty to gh c tommy a mother and I 1 im so very fond of you wont you marry me iio put ins arm about glicr waist lie had such 1 soft kind way though lio was weak and womanish say yes linda ho said but sho answered bot koiv not here and hurried her clothes into glicr trunk lie stood by think it over linda lio pleaded and she promised in the little liall bedroom such a tiglia fit for two she it over with her grandmother that night linda had had dreams of gallant ami oung princes liko other birli and bellamy ans neither but sho felt as ho to be taken care of and tharo was tommy and it was n good match as her grandmother dmd ami so it came to piss p iss that thero was a wedding one day nt mra scrolls boarding bouse and that afterwards lindi and her grandmother went homo to tho old house alic rc tommy for their coming mrs gic warning sho could not keep couo for a bunc nunc anid alic declared but housekeeper was needed and grandma said mattered little lo 10 young mrs bellamy sho is very happy and so is the old grandmother whom tommy while mr bellamy admits to himself that though his sainted first wife was his second uno ia simply perfection fec tion and ins alio llio advantage of n temper and no nerves 1 I hail no idea my nurse annid s would be so linda often thinks to herself but I 1 love both my babies alic ono and the old one dearly aa Y ledger such is tho location of eagle city nov iu the mountains that thorun does not shine upon it until eleven n in ami then only for an hour disappearing behind mountains at noon cacao 71 ia |