A New Species Of Debt

Neüie r.lyi.n is a brigkt, sunnyhearted gdrl in her e ivly twenties, Ho eams her o-wn money and is learning to ispead it. Ixsarnlng, I Bay, ior ttot te 0B8 oí the thinga it seemsas U it would tafee a lifef.me to uuderstanil. Her fam'ly are in "easy" dreumstan cs Slie is an on'.y daushtor, witH tbxee bro.ho.-H, who are very fond of lier Tlwy are all careïul economists from tlie iathor down. And one of the boys lias been heard to boast that no mercliant in tóAvn had one o! their manes on the debtor skle of lus account books on NOTir Year's. Of late, NeUie'a tottaate friend, ra Payiie, tas feit mysttïied wnenei d has BuggcBted that Nellle indulge in ,,omc bit of luxury-a eHarmlng oldrose teagown, like Nora's own, atrtp 1O the city for the Pattl concert, a lovely Camadiaa outing to be arranged ior Uie comtog eammer, and to eacn proposal Naite Ims aswered : "I oümot do it. At least, not Tora grevs inquisitive, at last -Xellie, ffou are growing rtiagy. your bank account te setting tlve oeiter of you.' ' "No, it tea't," NelUe Bnfiwered , tot I ani paytag debts." .De4? Toitold me your iatliw dUm't you 1-ve anytnmg tle datotü, .vorking hard over them Uerseli, too. 'Aunt Jane vtt Bever ihanfe you, JC eaid, 'nor appreciate it al all. And as tong os sJie ten't destitute, but lias aood home nod aU that she needa utet te th í?ood oí your do.ng it It seems like throwing time anc streng-tüi-' "Motlier looked at me a minute. 'I cali it paying an bonset debí-,' ehe eaid 'I owe somctltiing to Aunt Jane _-w all do. Bbe lias watched witli you cliiiai-cn m:my lü-hts and has taken care of you days woeu you were Bfck, that I rnight st. And, notwlttotoidiDg the Ib bo iwWdaing. at lueart she tó as goad as gokl. I Wte to pay my debts eveai if tliey are "It was a new dea to me, and I ttoouglit it over uut il I wfl ashamed to Itod many Ipeopte beside the lioane folk tbat I was indebted to, and Eome oí ihem need tlve payment moWj oroly. '■I rfniemlx-r ivhen I was sixtcen I weait to Portsmbuth, to see mamma's old irieiid, Mrs. Kee-es. How very kind .-Jio was, and what a lovely t'ime I aaA tneve, wr ij . waltliy tlven, and dellghtful ïamily. Well, BhiB is older now, and poorer. Last week shc Had a Urtlulay ; I lun.p. ned to fcnow the date and sent her .omething. Yea, tt took just lmt Ihe tagOWB would Have cort. "Uncle Jack was nlways do.ng Urngs ior me wto I was litUe and growUig op. taktog me to places, making -me presents and Uelping mamma witli my school expenses and my patotlng lessous. Now lie lias children, mid a daugliter growing up and not very much money, ana tnere are many of the pleasant things thcy must lo without unless some one helps a Uttle. So I have iound a ■sva-y t.o pay some dnstalinents on tliat debt. "And wlien I eprained my ankle oaice, mamma was 111 aerself, papa avray, and tlie Tays bo thoughtless ! But Miss Frye Hved opposite us, aad eis was Buch a comfort ! She must have taken, infinite pains to look af ter me and keep me in good spirits. She is au invalid now, and oiten lonesome and Bftd. I know &liO is comiortable and independent, tat her lot might be tnucii brighter M eome one thought or cared to do little cheering things lor her. So I caa't neip seuuiuS back the crumbs ehe cast on the waters eo long ago. "They're lionest debts, all of them. I camnot repudíate one, and I am asnamed to have been eo long getting to thean. "And nnothr thing I am 1eginning to tlünk about," added NeUle, "is ihat I would lüe to mate a few iavestments oí tliat ftort myself. It in'ight be -very convenlent to have gome dividends coming in by-and-by.