30 THE FIRST GLASS OF WINE;

 

ccs It may be your brother, dear, or on6
of the boys,’ said his wife. bine
_ 6 At this moment the servant appeared at
the door, and said —

‘¢ ¢ There is a poor woman in the hall, as
- would like to see the lady of the house.”
et cA poor woman out on this freezing
night!’ said the lady, and she immediately
rose and went out into the hall. | |

—¢¢ There stood the timid and shrinking
fisure of a woman. She was dressed in a
faded calico, thin and scant, but perfectly |
neat, a straw cottage bonnet covered her
head, and a gauzy shawl was wrapped about —
her. slender form. ‘Her face was pale and
‘very much emaciated, and her very looks
were a. strong, appeal to the apfipathies 0 of
the charitably disposed.

és There was a great contrast between this