Evening Star Newspaper, May 29, 1880, Page 6

ARE ALL THE CHILDREN IN. ‘The darkness falls, the wind is high Dense black clouds fill the western sky; “The storm will soon begin : The thunders roar, the lighinings flash, Thear the great round rain-drops daah— ‘Are all the children in? ‘They're softly to my side; Ther Torms within my aru T hide— Th tp hang arms ye with fary ¢ storm ma: With trusti: raith cach little ing With mother feels secure. But future days are drawing near— ‘They'll go from this warm shelter here Out in the world's wild din: The rain the cold winds blow, TU sit alone ard long to know Are all dren int Will they have shelter then secure, Where hearts are waiting strong and sure, ‘And love is true when tried? Or, will they find a broken reed, When strenwth of heart they so'mnch need, © To help them brave the tide? Godsknows it all : His will is best, TT shield them now and yield the rest In His most rizhteous hand ; SSmetimes souls he loves are riven By tempests wild, and thus are driven Nearer the better land. If He should call The children Afar from care an 1 know that I shall wat t e kee "Yetaall the ch MY FRIEND MRS. ANGEL. A WASHINGTON SKETCH. Ualia Sebayer in Scribner for June.j My acquaintance with Mrs. Angel dates from ‘the hour she called upon me, in respons? to my application at a ladies’ furnishing store for & seamstress; and the growth of the acqnatnt ance, as well as the somewhat peculiar ciarac- ter which it assumed, was doubtless due to the Interest I betrayed in the history of her early Hfe, as related to me at different times, frankly and with unconscious pathos and humor. Her parents were of the “poor white” class and lived In some remote Virginian wild, whose precise locality, owing to the narrator's vague ‘ographical knowledge, I could never ascer- Fain She was the oldest of fifteen children, all of whom were brought up without the first Tudiments of an education, and ruled over with brutal tyranny gy a father whose sole object in life was to vie with his nelghbors tn the con- sumption of “black “and corn whisky, and to extract the mam of labor from his pumerous progeny—his paternal affection find- Ing vent In the oft-repeated phrase, “Durn ‘em, I wish I could sell some on “em!” The boys, as they became old enough to realize the situation, Fan away in regular succession; the girls, in the forlorn hope of exchanging a cruel master for One less so, drifted Into mitrimony at the ear- Hest possible age. Mrs. Angel, af the age of sixteen, married a man of her ‘own class, who found his way in course of time to Washington and became a day laborer in the navy yard. 1 be interesting, if practicable, to trace the subtle laws by which this woman’ be- came possessed of a beauty of feature and form, and cotor, whieh a youth spent in fleld- Work, twenty subsequent’ vears of maternity and domestic labor, and a life-long diet of the coarsest desc ve not succeeded in ob- Hterating. e, heavily fringed eyes, want- ing only intelligence to make them really bowu- titul; dark, wavy hair, delicately formed ears, taper fingers, and a far, though faded com- Hexion, tell of a youth’ whose peauty must ave been striking, She seidom alluded to her husband at all, and never by name, the brief pronoun “he” a: swering all purposes, and this invartably ut- tered tha tone of resentment. and. conteiagt, Which the story of his wooing sufMictently ac- counts for. 8 home before d sot an’ « Tnever did see have him whether or Cal- line,” she'd say, ‘ye might as well give up fust as las Then he got ter comin’ every day, an’ he an’ father jess sot an’ smoked, an’ drank arin’ at me ail the time as if Bimeby I took ter bidin’ Sometimes 1 hid in the cow- Shed, an*sometimes tn the woods, an’ waited Ull he'd cared out, an’ then when I com the house, father he'd out with his cowhid Whip me. ‘I'll teach ye,’ he'd say. swearin’ ful, ‘I'll teach ye ter honor yer father an’ mot! €r, as brought ye inter the world, ye hussy An’ after a while, what with that, an’ s moth rytn’ ’roun’, I begun ter ‘git enough Of it, an’ at last I got So I didn’t keer. So I stood 4 im marry me; but,” she added, in her faded blue ey “lowed I'd make him sorry fur it, and I rec! he! But he wont let on. Ketch htm!” ‘This, and he ‘quent history, her valor- ous struggle with poverty t industry and lidiness, her Intense, though bliudly tf love lor her numerous offspring, soft-heartedness toward all the “niggers” and the tather of her cuildrea, tat: ested me th the woman to an e: roved disastrous to cannot tell how It cam Period of o take a lively promptly securing sueb articiesasI condembed as betny too shabby, e Wear of an elder!, in an’ subse s only dalreaty ‘n for the mployé, but iS the laying modestly deemed © Was Dut all g 5, upon Which sie tree with a view to thetr ultimate isnot pleasant togo thr ith the feeling of be suzgestia had up Course Of act le 1 cannot recall the time when Mrs. Angel left my rocin without a package of some descrip- tion. She carries with ler always a black Satchel, possessing the capacity and tnsatla- Dility of a conjurer’s bag, Dut, ui th: ele, While anything n ¢ gotten into it, noth- F comes Out Of it. Her power of absorp Fortunately, however, Which possesses her may is simply marvelous, e demon of desire be appeased. all other trliles a8 a row of plas, ewspapers. 4, conceraing 3 Qtry-shelves with “em” * It isa wonder your husband n Sa se slug er taught ‘The look of concentrated hate fac in. “He ‘iows a woman read,” she to larn, } 1 no call ter Tallers laid off alu’t never got home from my ovfice one day autumn to fad Mrs, Angel sitting by the fire in wy vom, which. as I board with friends. 13 never locked. Her customary trappings of woe enhanced by Vell of cheap crape h swept the floor, and her round, rosy vis- age wore an expression of deep, unmitigated filet, A patch of powtre ae riz oruamented T Up-tilied nose, a delicate aroma of Farina col Water pervaded the atmosphere, aud the bandie of my tvory-backed hair-brush’ pro- Uruded significantly from one of the drawers of bureau. 1 at ber apprehenstvely. somewhat mythical pe “had toally shufted him- I approached her respect- ight was that Self out of existence fully. ood-eventn’,” she murmured, “Pretty . I responded, ily. “You seem to be tn trouble. ypenet Was the dismal answer. “Oid Mr. Was he a near relative of yours?” [in- day “How do you do, Mrs. Angel?” sympathetic Whet *s dead” omewhat dubtousiy, He wasn’t righ t wife’s sister married my ol sister's husband's mother—but we’ allers knowed him, an’ he was allers a-comin’ an’ a- goin” amongst us like Che O° the family, An’ if ever they tras a saint he was one!” Hiere she wiped away a furitve tear with a k-bordered kerchief. 1 was silent, feel- patay on my pari in- “He was preared,” she resumed, presently, “ef ever a man was. He got religion about forty ye —that tim? ali the stars fell down, y He'd been ter see his gal, an’ Was coin’ home late, and the stars was a-fallin’, and he Was (00k tien. He weat intoa barn, an’ begun prayin’, an’ he aln’t never stopped sence.” Again the black-bordered handkerchief was brought into requisition. “How are the children?” I ventured, after a was the disco answer. “Jinpy an’ Nely an’ John Henry fas al had the croup. I've been a-rubbin’ of ‘em with Rad- Way's Relief an’ British ile, an’ a-givin’ on it to “ema internal, fur two days an’ ats runnin’. Both bottles ts empty now, and the Lord knows Where the next Is ter come from, fur we ain't got no credit at the ope He's out 0” Work ag’n, an’ they ain’t a stiek 0° wood in the shed. an’ the grocer-man says he wants some feoney putty soon, Ef my lens would only —— “It was unfor ” ice, with a glance at “hat you felt obliged to purchase mourning just when thugs were iteking badly.” a sharp glance, glow, some- e resentne! nt crept into ace puts ou Diack fur ‘¢ 0 high!” she remarked with kas 8 \ bneal descendant of an Englisn could us, itin’-office, where she Mars a month, an’ she she's got a pe in the ‘arns her twenty-five never seen the day as she could read like Phenie, an’ she’s ugly as sin, too.” It ocew tome just here that I had heard of an additional force me | temporarily required in the Printing Bureau. I resolved to use what influence I possessed with a prominent official, a friend of “better days,” to ol employment for “Phenie,” for with all the poor woman’s faults and weaknesses, I knew that her distress was genuine. Work was scarce, and there were many mouths to feed in that forlorn little house at the Navy Yard. “*T will see if I can find could not help say- veil Ce with 80 Be! bave utvered the words “our family” with moe hauteur, 1 tell the rebuke, e employment for your daughter,” I sald, after reflecting a few moments. “Come here Saturday evening, and I will let you know the result.” I knew, by the sudden antraation vistbl2 in Mrs. Angel's face, that this was what she had — for and ex, en I came from the office on Saturday even- ing, I found Mrs. Angel and her daughter await- Ing me. She had often aJiuded to Phente with maternal pride as a “gcod-lookin’ gal,” but I was entirely unprepared for such a vision as, at her mother’s bi , advanced to greet me. It occurred tome that Mrs. Angel herself must have once looked somewhat as Phente did now, except as to the eyea. That much-contemned “he” must have beea responsible for the large, velvety black eyes which met mine with sucnu a Umid, deprecating glance. She was small and perfectly shaped, and there Was enough of vivid coloring and graceful Gurve about hér to have furnished a doz n orai- nary society belles. Her hair fell loosely to her waist in the then prevailing fashion, a silken, wavy, chestnut mass. A shabby little hat wis perched on one side of her pretty head. and the tightly-fitting basque of her dre3s of cheap and faded bine exposed her white throat almost too freely. I was glad that I could answer the anxious pleading of those eyes In a manner not disappointing. ‘The girl’s joy was a pretty thing to witness as I told “her mother that my appl- cation had been successful, and that Paenie would be assigned to work on Mondiy “He lowed she woulda’t git tn,” remarked Mrs. Angel triumphantly, “an’ as fur Colum- bus, /e didn’t want her to git In no how.” “Ob ma” interrupted Phente, blushing like a June rose. “Ob, What's the use!” continued her mother. “Columbus says he woulda’t ‘low it nohow et he'd got a good stan’. He says as soon as ever he gits inter business fur hisself—” “Oh maw!” inter} Phente again, going to the window to hide her blushes. ‘olumbus 1s a butcher by trade,” went on Mrs. Angel; in a confidential whisper, ‘an’ Phe- nie, she don’t like the idee of it. Treckon 1’s readin’ them story papers all about counts, an’ lords, and sich, aS has set her agin’ butchorin’. But Columbus, he jess loves the groua’ she walks on, an’ he’s a-goin’ ter hucksteria’ as soon as ever he can git a good stan’.” Lexpressed a deep interest ‘In the success of Columbus, and rescued Phente from her agony of confusion by some remarks upon other them-3 of a less | pope nature. Soon after, mother and daughter departed. sy oe o'clock Monday morniag brought Phe- nie, looking elated, yet nervous. She wore th: faded blue dress, but a smart “butterfly-bow’ of rose-pink was perched in her shining hair, and another Was at her throat. As we entered the Treasury building, I saw that she turned pale and trembled as if with awe, and as we passed on through the lofty, resounding corri- dors, and up the great flight of steps, she panted like a hunted rabbit. Atthe bureau I presented the appointment- card I had recetved. The superintendent ga’ it aglance, scrutinized Phente closely, beckoned toa minor power, and in a moment the new employé was conducted from my sight. Just. as she disappeared behind the door leading into the grimy, noisy world of printing-presses, Phenle gave me a glance over her shoulder. Such a trembling, scared sort of a glance! I felt as if I had just turned a young lamb into a den of ravening wolves. Curiously enough, from this day the fortunes of the house of Ange! began to mend. “£ Was reinstated in “the yard,” the oldest boy gan a thriving business in the paper-selting ine, and Mrs. Angel herself being plentifu't: supplied with plain sewing, the family wer suddenly plunged into a state of affluence which might well have upset a stronger inteliect than that cf its maternal head. Her lunacy took the mild and customary form of “shopping. trips to the Avenue (by which Pennsylvania avenue Is presupposed) and to 7th street becaine of semi-weekly occurrence. She neraily dropped in to see me on her way home, in quite @ friendly and informal manner (her changed circumstances had not made her proud), and with high glee exhibited to ms her pureliass. | They savored strongly of Hebrate tniluen +e and included almost every supertiaous artic! of dress known to modern times. She also sup- plied herself with lace curtains of mirveloaa | design, and informed me that she had bowrhi a magnificent “bristles” carpet at auctloa, for a mere song. 1 “The Uristles 1s wore off in some plac: acknowledged, “but {t’s most _as good Her grief for the lamented Mr. Lawson foadd | ession in “fmourning” jeweiry of a | © and somber character, including ear- Hugs of a size which threatened destruction to the jobes of her small ears. Her fledgelings were liberally provided with new feathers of a | showy and fragile nature, and even her feel- ings toward “him” became sufficiently softenca | to allow the purchase of a purpie an embroidered shirt-bosom for his adoram 8 nt. | | @ at not ter say so ugly of a Sunday, when he gits the smudge washed off,” sae re. marked. In connection with the above. | “It must have been a great satisfaction to | you,” I suggested (not without a slight ttn, e), “tO be able to pay off the grow Ube dry-goods merchant.” Mts. Angel’s this unfeeling ened. «They has to take their resks,” she remarke1, sententiously, after a long pause. tingert! hard-rubber bracelets, and avoiding my Once I met her on the Avenue. — She suing from a popular restaurant, foliov four or five young Angels, all in high spi and beaming with the consclousness of Wi filled stomachs, and the possession of divers i promising-looking paper bags. She greeted me | with an effusiveness which drew upon me the attention of the passers. “We've done had a: Henry. ieee fab ey ‘nh’ cakes!* supplemented Cor- nelia. The fond mot their “tin-type: usion. Her beaming face dark- sheler remarked John exhibited,with natural pride, aken thdividuaily and cottec Uvely, sitting and standing,with hats aud with- out. The artist had spared neither car: rv gilt-foll, and the effect was unique aud daz- “Pve ben layin’ off to have ‘em took these two yeal he loudly explained, “an’ I’ve doae it! He'll be mad as a horaet. but I don't keer! He don’t pay fur ‘em 1” A Vision of the long-suffering grocer and mer- chant rose between me and those triuapns of the limner’s art, bat then, as Mrs. Anze self had philos phically remarked, “they bas Lo take their resks.” Phenie, too, in the begianing, was a fre juent visitor, and I was pleased to note that her pal! ful shyness was wearing of a little, ani io a marked improvemen' e in her dress. “‘fasre was, With all her catldishne: ittle trace of coquet- ry about her,—the tnncocent coquetry of a oird preening Its feathers In the sunshine. She was simply @ soft-hearted, ignorant little beauty, whose great, appealing eyes seemed always ask: ing for Something, and in a way one might tind it hard to refuse. In spite of her rich color, I saw that the girl was frail, and knowing that she had a tong walk after leaving the cars, I arranged for her to stay with me over night When the weather wa3 se- vere, and she often did so, sleeptag on the lounge in my situing-room. At first I exerted my: to entertaln my young guest,—youth and beauty have great charms for me,—but beyond some curlostty at the sight of pictures, I met with no encoarage- ment. The girl's mind was a vacuum. Shesp -nt the hours before reuring in caressing and romp- ing with my kitten, in Whose company she gen- erally curled up on the hearth-rag and went to sleep. looking, with her disarranged curly hair and round, flushed cheeks, like a child kept up after Its bed-time. But after a few weeks she came less frequent- ly, and finally not at all. I heard or her ovea- slonally through her mother, however, who re- ported favorably, dilating most fervidly upon the exemplary ey with wiich Paente placed her earnings In the maternai hand. It happened one evering in mid-winter that I was hastening along Pennsylvania avenue at an early honr, when, as I was passing a certa’h restaurant, the door of the ladies’ entrance was pushed noisily open, and a party of three came out. The first of these was a man, middle aged, well-dressed, and of a jaunty'and gallant ‘afr, the second, a large, bigh-colored young woman, the third—Pnenie. She looked flushed and excited, and was laugh- ing in her pretty, foolish way at something her male companion was poles toher. My heart stood still; but, as 1 watched the trio from the obscurity of a convenient doorway, I saw the man hail a Navy Yard car, assis! Phenie to en- ter it, and return to his friend upon the pave- ment, when, after exchanging a few words, the r Separated. Iwas iJ atease. I felt a certain degree of re- aoe. concerning Phenie, and the next dsy, U fore, I waited for her at the itiron gate through which the eaplores ot must. pass out, determined to have a few words child in private. Among the first to appear was Phente,and with her,as I had “te the high-colored young woman. In spite of that person’s insolent looks I drew Phenie’s ittue hand ly through my arm and led ber away. Outside the building, as I had half expscted, loitered the man in whose 2D her on the evening. | and he | speak to her for right | Of to see her to-night for certain. a Rieke were visibly dampened by | himself with a mingled alr of military distinc- Uon and senatorial dignity well calculated to deceive an unsop! observer. He greeted Phenie with a courtly Now and a smile, which changed quickly to a dark look as hiseyes met mine, and turned away with a Sudden assumption of lofty indifference and D- ‘ era aca fee me to my room bhi word, where led in preparing some work for her mother, chatting meanwhile of various trifling matters. I could see that the girl looked puzzled, as- tonished, even a little . She one of her small, dimpled hands n under the folds of her waterproof, too, and her eyes followed me Wistfully and q i “Who were those people I saw you with last evening, coming from “s saloon?” I sud- denly asked. Phente gave mea startled glance; her face Ww pale. — Wer name,” she stammered, “is Nettle Mul- in.” “And the gentleman?” I asked agatn, with an frony which I fear was entirely thrown away. The girl's color came back with a rush. * His name is O’Brien, General O'Brien,” she faltered. ‘He—he’s a great man!” she added, witha pitiful little show of pride. “Ah! Did he tell you so?” I asked. “Nettie told me,” the girl answered, simply. “She's known him along time. He's rich and has a great deal of—of influence, and he’s prom- ised to get us promoted. He's a great friend of Nettie’s, and he—he’s a perfect gentleman.” She looked so innocent and confused as she sat Ley S the toe of one small boot across the figure of the carpet, that I had not the heart to question her further. In her agitation she had withdrawn the hand she had kept hitherto con- cealed beneath her cape, and was turnin; around and around the showy ring which adorned one finger, “T am certain, Phenfe,” I satd, “that your friend General O'Brien ts no more a generai and nomorea gentleman than that ring you are Wearing is genuine gold and diamonds.” She gave me a half-laughing, ha't-resentful look, colored painfully, bu id no>hing, and went away at length, with the puz:led, hurt look still on her face. For several days following I went every day to the gate of the bureau, and saw Phenie on her homeward way. For two or three days “General O'Brien” continued to loiter about the door-way, but as he ceased at length to appear, and as the system I had adopted entatled upon me much fatigue and loss of time, I decided finally to leave Phente again to her own devices; not, however, without some words of advice and warning. She received them silently, but her large, soft eyes looked into mine withthe pathetic, ‘wondering look of a baby who cannot comprehend why itshall not put its hand into the blaze of the lamp. 1 did not see her for some time after this, but having ascertained from her mother that she Was tn the habit of coming home regularly, my anxiety was in a measure quieted. “She don’t seem nateral, Phenie don’t,” Mrs. Angel said one day. “She’s kind 0° qulet, like, as ef she was studyin’ about something, an’ she used to be everlastin’ singin’ an laughin’. Co- lumbus, he’s a-gittin’ kind 0’ oneasy an’ jealous, like. Says he, ‘Mrs. Angel,’ says he, ‘ef Paente should go back’on me after all, an’ mea-scrapin’, an’ a-savin,’ an’ a-goin’ out o’ butcherin’ alon, o’ her not favorin’ it,’ says he, ‘why I reckon wouldn’t never git over it,’ says he. Ye see him an’ her’s been a-keepin’ comp’ny slacs Phenie was twelve year old. I tell’s him he ain't no call ter feel oneasy, though, not as 7 knows on.” Something urged me here to spexk of what I knew as to Phenie’s recent associates, but other motives—a regard for the girl’s feelings, and re- ance upon certain promises she had made me, mingled with a want of confidence in her moth. er’s wisdom and discretlon—kept me silent. One evening—it was in March, and a little blustering—I was sitting comfortably by my fire, trying to decide between the attractions of anew magazine and the calls of duty which required my attendance at a certain * Committee-meeting,” when a mutiled, w Sort of a knock no ny door disturbed my eae of thought. I uttered an indoieat ‘Comme 1: ‘here was a hesitating turn of the knob, the door opened; and I rose to be confronted by a tall, broad-chested young man, of rudy com- | plexion and undecided features: a young m: Who, not at all abashed, bowed in a friendiy manner, while his mild, blue eyes wander: about the apartment with undisgutsed e: ness. He wore a new suit of invisibie plaid, an extremely low-necked shirt, a green né and a celluloid pin in the form of a shapely feminine leg. Furthermore, the little flager of the hand which held his felt hat was gracetully crooked In a manner admitting the display of a | seal ring of a peculiarly striking style, and an | agreeable odor of bergamot, sugyestive of the | | barber’s chair, emanated from bis person. It ‘lashed over me at once that this was Phenle ‘ngel’s lover, a suspicion which bis first words verified. “ Aint Miss Angel here?” he a full of surprise and disappotntm: as she Is not,” I answered, Columbas- — Columbus Padgett, ma’am, ma'am. Aint Phe: if 1. in a voive | | You are her | he responded. beea Did you expect to find her here2* dgeti’s frank face clouded perceptibly, shed his hair back and forthoa his uneasily, as he answered: , ma'am. I—you see, alu’. been comia’ home torehea “Idk mvam, gar or late, nie aint, an’ aint had no good chine? to martof awhile. IT laid T've got somethin’ ;ariii’.ar to say to her to-night. You See, ma'am,” he added, becoming somewhat confused, “me an’ her—we—I an’ h = flently feelti his tnabillty to ith the delicacy the subject she > vid wi gett,” I said, smil- enle are—" interposed Mr. Padgett, much Ina‘am, that’s how the matter 3 that’s Where sue’s been. € not seen Phenie for two or say she has gone home with one of the girls trom the bureau,” ] sald. reassar- fogly. fia been studying the you the meantime, aud had ded gett was avery good sort of a fell ‘Was good materiai in ht i state, but it was very good material, tudeed He might be a butcher by trade, but sureiy be Was the “milldest-manuered rman” that ever felled an ox. His voice had a pivasant, ring, and altogether he looked like a man with whom it might be dangerous t9 trifle, bat who might be Uusted to handle a sick baby or wait upon a helpless worman with unlimited de- yotion. “ You don’t have no fdea who the girl might be?” he asked. gazing dejectedly into the crown of bis hat. “’Tatnt so lat Imight tod Pae- nie yit.” It happened, by the merest chance, that I did know where Nettle Mullin, io whose com- ny I feared Puente might again be found, arded. That is to say, [knew the house but notits number, and standing a3 it didat a point where several streets and avenues {nter- sect, Its sittation was one not easily imparted to another. Tsaw, by the look of hopeless b> Wilderment on Mr. Padgett’s face, that he couid have discovered the Northwest’ Passage with equal facility. I reflected, hesitated, formed a hasty resolu- tion, and said: “Tam going out toattend a meeting, and I will show you where one or the girls, wita Whom Lhave s Phenie, lives, You mity tind her there now. ‘The young man’s face brightened a litile. He expressed his thanks, and waited for m2 oa the Tanai: ‘The house where Miss Mullin boarded was only a few squares away. It was one of a row of discouraged-looking houses, which had start- ‘ | explained, na ed out with the intention of being genteel but had long ago Bren up the idea. It was lighted up cheerfully, however, we Saw On approaching, anda hack stood before the door. I indicated to my companion that this was the house, and would have turned away, but at that moment the door opened, and two girls came out and descended t feps. The light from the hall, as well as of a Street-lamp, fell full upon them. There was no mistaking Miss Mullin, and her companion was Phente, in a gay little hat set saucily back from pe ped the foolish, pretty laugh ringing from er lips. ‘The two girls tripped lightly acro3s the pave- ment toward the carriage. As they did 80, the door was opened from within (the occupant, for Teasous best known to himself, preferring ' not to alight), and a well-clad masculine arm was gallantly extended. Miss Muilin, giggling effusively, was about to enter, followed close by Phenie, when, with a smothered cry, Padgett darted forward and placed himself’ between them and the carriage. “Phenie,” he said, his voice shaking a little, “Phenie, where was you a-gotn’?” The young girl started back confused. “Law, Columbus!” she faltered, in a scared, faint voice. In the meantime, the man in the parsiage pub his face out of the door, and eyed the intruder, for an instant, arrogantly. Then, affecting to ignore his presence altogether, he turned toward the two girls with a slightly impatient air, saying, in an indeseribably offensive tone: “Ccme, les, come, What are you stopping for? hide Hand specentessy: et tt eat ed Bae nttle han lessly, let it fall, and turned towa:d the carriage excitedly. “Miss Angel is stoppin’ to speak t me, sir,” Ps ‘Seid. “Have you got anything to say a "inst ‘The occupant of the ee Stared haugatil at him, broke into a short laugh, and Nicnet ain toward the gtris. r. Padgett, pushing his hat down upon his head. took a step nearer. The gentleman, afier another glance, drew back discreetly, saying, ina none! U manner: 2 ‘Miss Nettie. etal at colony “I suppose you're Di ing with en, ‘Miss Angel?” said Miss Mulita, wita toss of her plumed hat. Mr. turned, and looked Phenle stead- ay in the “Be you goin’ with them?” he asked, in a low eoree Lyte Sir, faltered, faintly. “Tu go A muffled remark of a profane nature was Pralonty aioe rom the carriage, the door was Ses and the vi Tolled rapidly 1 had kept discreetly aloof, although an inter- ested itor of the scene. Phenie, after one swift g] in my direction, had not raised her eyes again. “Well with you where you're in’, ma'am,” said Mr. Padgett, as the carriage Gis red, but I would not permit this. " Rood evenin’, ma’am‘” he said; “Im a thousand times obliged to Mera ora evenin’.” With an indescribable look into Phehie’s pale, down-cast face,—a look made up of pain, ten- derness and roach,—he put her hand through his arm, and they went away. As might have been expected, Phenie avolded me, after this, more caret than ever. I was glad that she did so. I was also glad when, a Week ortwo later, Mrs. A) f aiageeay ay hersel in a towering stateot indigna ion, to inform m= that Phenie had recetved her discharge. Ta yar i reminded her that Phente’s position had been, from the beginning, a temporary one. “I don’t keer!” she persisted. “Td like ter know what difference it would ’a’ made to the government—jess that little bit o’ money! An’ me a-needin’ of it so! couidn’t they have Some 0’ them women as sets all day on them velvet carpets an’ cheers, a-doin’ noth- in’ but readin’ story-papers? Phenie’s seen 'em a-do.n’ of it, time an’ ag‘in—an’ she a-workin’ at a Old greasy machine!” In vain I endeavored to prove that no injus- luce had been done. Mrs. Angel’s attitude to- ward the United States government Temains, to this day, inflexibly hostile. “Eft Columbus had let alone tnterferin’ be- {ween Phenie an’ them that was tntendin’ well by her, I reckon she'd 'a’ been settin’ on one 0’ them velvet cheers herself by this time,” she Femarked, mysteriously,” “or a-doin’ be.ter still.” J looked at her sharply. “They’s a gentleman,” she went on witha foolish stcile, “a gineral, ‘as fs all taken up with Phenie. He's a great iriend 0’ the President, you know, an’ they’s noknowin’ what he mghi cot the gal, ef Columbus ’d let alone inter- ferin’.”” “Then Phenle has told you of her new ac- quaintance?” I said, much relieved. Mrs. Angel looked at me blankly. “Lord, no!” she answered, si never let on! No, indeed! But I knowed {t—I knowed it all g. Sam Weaver's gal, she told me about it. ned she was keepin’ company with him, <ind o',” “* And you sald nothing to Phenie?” “Lord, no! Gals is bashful, Mis’ Lawrence, No, indeed!” “Nor say & word of all this to Columbus?” I asked again, * What fur? ” sald Mrs. Angel, imperturbably, we aint got no call ter interfere, ef she kin do etter,” I was silent 4 moment in sheer despair. “Do you imagine, for one moment,” I sad, finally, ‘‘that if this general, a3 he calls himself, is really what he pretends ‘to be, a gentleman and a friend of the President's, that he means honestly by Phenie? ” Mrs. Angel regarded me with a fixed stare, in which I discerned wonder at my incredulity, and uate oa at the implied disparagement ot her jaughter, ay hy not?” she asked, with some heat. “Phenie was a-readin’ me a story, not so long ago, about a man, a lord or somethin’ like, as married a milier’s daughter. The name was “The Secrit Marriage,’ or thereabouts. I'd like to know ef she aint as good as a milier’s daugh- ter, any time 0” Isaid no more. “Against stupidity even the gods strive In vain.” A month later, perhaps, Mrs. Angel, whom I had not seen since the interview just related, came toiling up the stairs with her arms piled high with ‘suggestive-looking packages, and beamingly and unceremoniously entered my sit- Ung-room. With rather more than her custom- ary ease of manner, she deposited herself and ae upon the lounge, and exclaimed, pant- ng] 2 all! Phenie an’ Columbus is goin’ to be married Sunday week ! ” “Ah!” I responded, with a sym athetie thrill; “so they have made it up again ? “Yes, indeed!” she answered, “they’ve done made itup. They ‘ras one time I was most afeared Columbus was goin’ to back out, though. ‘Twas after that time when he come down here after Phente, an’ found her a-goln’ out ‘lonz 0° that pee galan’ that man as called hisseif a ineral.” : “So you found out the character of Phenie’s friend at last? ” I said. “Columbus, We found it out. I'll tell ye how “twas. Ye see, him an’ Phente was a-havil ft it that night after they got home. They was in the frout room, but the: At smart of a crack ‘roun’ the do’, an’ you kin hear right smart ef you sets up clds’t énough,” she Phenie,’ says Columbus, kind 0° humble, like, ‘I don't want no wife as don’t like me better ’n ary other man in the world. Et you likes that man, an’ he’s a good man, an’ means right by ye, I ain’t one ter stan’ in your bul,’ says he, ‘I don’t believe he’s no good. 1 Seen them kind beio’, an’ I don’t have no conti- dence into him.’ “Columbus,” says Phenie, kind o’ spirited, fur you ain't got no to talk agin’ Lim. gentleman, he ‘All right!’ says Columbus, chokin’ up, ‘all right. Mebbe heis—but I don’t like this meetin’ ct him unkeknownst, Phenie. It ain't the thing. Now I want you ter promise me not to meet him any more vinbeknoiwns? Ul you Kn ws more about him, an’ you give me leave ter tnd out all about him, an’ see ef I don’t. fe Wont listen to no les,’ says Phenie, kind oO’ fiery. ‘* ‘TI wont tell ye no lies, Phente, he never has, an J ala’t goin’ ter begin nov “Then he got up an’ shoved his cheer back, and I had ter go ‘way from the crack. “Wall, Phenie looked real white an’ sick after that, an’ I felt right down sorry fur the gal, but 1 didn’t let on I knew anything, ’canse twarent my place to speak fust, ye know! Wail, she dragged ‘round fur three, four days—that was after she was discharged, you see—an’one evenin’ Columbus he come in’ all tremblin’ an’ surred up, an’ him an’ her went inter the room, an’ I sat up ter the crack. An’ Columbus he begun. “*“Phenie,’ says he, his voice all hoarse an’ shaky, ‘Phenie, what would you say ef I was ter tell ye your fine gineral irasi't no gineral, an’ was a maried at that “* “Prove it! says PI “7 had ter lauzh ter he like. I didn’t think * much more’n a child. “ ‘Wall,’ says Columbus, ‘ef 7 can’t prove it, I knows them as kin.’ “ ‘Wall,’ says Phente, ‘when he tells m2 so hisself, I'll belleve it, an’ not beto’!” “Then Columbus went away, an’I could see he Was all worked up an’ mad. His face was white as cotton. Phenie, she went to bed. an J heerd her a-cryin’ an’ a-snubbin’, all night. She couldn’t eat no breakfast, nuther, though I made griddle-cakes, extry fur her; she dresstd herself an’ went off ‘some- wheres—I didn’t ask her, but I reckon she Went down ter the city ter find out about that man. Wall, towards nizht she come home, an’I never seea gal look so—kind 0’ wild, like, an’ her eyes a-shinto’ an’ her choeks as Ted as pintes, She sot an’ looked. out o° the winder, au’ looked, an’ bimeby Columbus he come ih, an’ they went into the room. I couldn’t hear rightly what they sald, the chill’en was makin’ such a notse, but I heared Phenie bust out a-cryin’ fit to break her heart. an’ then Columbus, he—wall, Lord! I never dif see sich a feller!’ He jess loves the groun’ that gal’s feet walks on “« He must be very forgiving,” I said. “Phe- nie has used him badly.” “Wall, Ido’ know,” she replied, with per- fect simplicity. “I do’ know as she was be- holden to Columbus ef she could a-done better. The child didn’t mean no harm.” Although aware of the impracticability of trying to render Mrs. van dees comprehension of maternal duty clearer, I could not help say- ing: “ But why didn’t you, as the girl's own mo- ther and nearest friend. have a talk with Phenie in the beginning? You might have spared her a great deal of trouble.” Mrs. Angel’s eyes dilated with surprise. “ Lord! Mis’ Lawrence!”she exclaimed, “you do’ know? Why, gals is that bashful! ‘They couldn't telistheir mot?ers sich things. Why, I'd ‘a’ diedfore T'd’a’ told mine anything about—lcve-matters! Lord!” “Weil,” I sighed, “I'm glad Phenie is going to marry so good a fellow as Columbus.” “ Y—yes,” she answered, condescendirgly, “he’s a good feller, Columbus is. He don’t drink or smoke, an’ he’s mighty savin’.” J remarked here, as on other occasions, that Mrs. Angel regarded this being “‘savin’’ as a purely masculine virtue. “* He’s give Phenie most a hundred dollars a’- ready,” she continued, complacently. “They aint no gal on the Navy Yard as ‘Ilhave nicer things ’n Phenie.” A fortnight later the newly wedded pair calied upon me. Phenie looked very sweet in her bridal finery, but there was something in her face which I did not like. It meant neither peace nor happiness. She looked older. There Were some hard nes around her lips, and the childest expression of her lovely eyes had (ee Place to a restless, absent look. Her usband Was serenely unconscious of avythiog Wanting—unconscious, indeed, of everything but his absolute bliss, and his new shiny hat. He wore a lavender necktie, now, and gloves of the same shade, which were painfully ught, and, with the hat, would have made life a burden to any but ‘the bridegroom of a week’s Standing. Phenie had littie tosay, but Colum- bus was jubitantly loquacious. “ve gone out 0° butcherin’ fur good an’ all.” he declared, cE pea Coy. “Phenie didn’t like {t, an’no more do I. Hucksterin’ is more to my miud, ma’am. It’s cleaner an’—an’ more genteel, ma’sm. I’ve got a good stan’, an’ I mean to keep Phente like a 7a7y, ma’am!” She lived but a year after this. Sie an1 her baby were buried in we, That was five he Tie SI ie. r her speak up so pert asia her, and she not *twas consumption a3 she often repeats, “but I aint never get red o} thinkin’ ‘twas trouble as Killed her. used ter think, Mis’ Lawrence,” she with “that she hadn’ e meget lowered voice, ‘tnever got thinkin’ of that man as fooled her so! could see him once! Says she ter me time an’ agin’, ‘Ma,’ says she, ‘I reckon I aint a-goin’ ter live long. I’m Habe young. ter die, but I do’ e.” know as I keer!’ says ‘Did her et ever suspect that she was RO, ma’am! Or ef be did he never let onl An’ I never see sich a man! There wasn't nothin’ he didn’t git her while she was sick, an’ her coffin was a sight! Th sich a one seenon the Navy Yard! An’ he to her grave, rain or shine, as reg’lar as comes.” AST have said, several room have since Phente’s death, oat Mrs. Angel's visits he lapse of time has left hardly any traces upon her comely exterior. In times of plenty, her soul expands gleefully and the owe rapes multiply. times of ts, and conti! my substance insatiably as of yore. Occasionally, as I have said, something within me rises in arms er quiet, yet persistent encroachments, but this isa transitory mood. Her next visit puts my resolutions to fight. “My pore eae strict churchwoman to her children at Inning of the recent Lenten season. “I should like very much to have you deny yourselves something dur! e solemn Weeks of Lent. Will you do 5 mamma,” said Johnny, a <eiate child, who was very fond of griddic-cakes; “I'll do without my cakes In the morning.” “That's a good toy. And what will you give up. Harry?” she »sked of his little brother, a bundle’ of the purest mischief that ever lived, who was fond of play, but had no love for books. “Oh, I'll give up going to school, mamma, for my pari,” was his ready answ Ir ts Harp to belleve that that noisy boy, whose hands are always on the most intimate terms with all manner of grime and diri; wh: hair is never combed, save on compulsio1 whose clothing samples everything it comes near, till “it is a sight to behold” whose hoot- ing and yelling are constant reminders of abor- iginal memoirs, and whose whistling is an ag- prceation of three steam bands anda brace of locomotives—it is hard to belleve that he will ever become transmogrified into the amiable and tractable young gentleman so particular in the fit of his coat, the shade of his kids and theimmaculate whiteness of his shirt front, so excruciatingly clean of person and so eml- nently proper in word, act and deed. But he will be. The answer to this enigma is, Calico. Bost. 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