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iijgjngBm Hi teLaiyS- . JZf tr- W$6i)JVii L-i.z?pis' Pf f """ ii Tfel" ' BY CHARLES J. BELLAMY. 7 Copyrighted by the Author, and published by arrangement "with rim. (Continuedfromjast tceek.) '. f CHAPTER IV. CliTIXG FOR THE MOOJT. ,T' .Tho strident voices of 400 looms would fr -. ;seem to ba too much for human nerves, bnt . tho walls of tho weave room Number Two of the Breton mills are hung with soiled plaid .- . shawls and chip hats, the livery of tho fac-"-" tory girL Their restless forms are busy ":. among the rattling machinery, their swift ; cunning fingers moving harmlessly where ' mutilation would seem certain. It is a mere ' " matter of habit; ono look at most of tho set " 'pale faeds would show there was no brain ...f pre in exercise. "Why, tho overseer will " " -tell you,those girls are as much machines as v' the frames and belting; though they un doubtedly liave ono advantage for the em ployers, tho girls are cheajer. Tho wonder .ful mechanism of those looms, the skillful 'system of "belts and pulleys and tho enor " ' mous water wheel cost a fortune. Girls can be bought in tho market any day for a crust of bread. Is not that figure familiar tho one that stands this moment leaning against a dingy white pillar, while the rushing belts and slid- . ing frames seem hurrying the faster all about s " her! ."Yes, on, tho pioco of wall between the "i.tw-o-'jailliko windows nearest to her hangs V tie plaidshawl Philip Breton had for a coun- C .terpano only list night. Her dress is soiled T'aii'd ill 'inada, and her Jiair tied up In the closefeand ugliest coil to escape tho greedy - macnTncry,'ever reaching put for nowvic- .' vtlnia. IJut the warm, soft tint of her cheeks V and tho moist sheen in her black eyes were always tho same, and many a young man would rather "look at her this minute than ,tafcofEau extra cut, they call it, of cloth at vlwtmty cents. "a Her days used to bo more terrible to her even than niv. Sho had wished every morn- "riug that she might die before night, and at -Tiigbt lliat God would take her before morn-" Jing; take her, she cared not where; no place jMd be worse, certain. Hut she was slowly jiving, sue thought, into tho dead calm it all the rest had learned; and yet how sho hated the great massive mills, irresistible giants that held her with deathless grasp, grimly contemptuous of her writhiugs and foolish si niggles. The oversee?, too, how blio hated them; their sharp words stung her like tlie lash of so many taskmasters, and the paymaster who doled out to her tho few dol lars, the wages of her blood and life, as if that could lie paid for. Sho had longed so -many times to throw back bis money in the -. tjuiliug, patronizing face; but tho poor can - ?Kt afford tho'dearest of all luxuries, pride. ; utidenly the mill ltcll rang out above the l-rur of the wheels, and at its voice tho looms stopped, tho breath of their life taken away, and the belts ceased from their eudless race. Another day's work was closed, and the poor girls hurried on their shawls and hato as if at last something pleasant awaited them and went out in '-hattering groui. "What i- it, Tonimier A broad shoul dered young fellow hail left the crowd and followed her shyb up tho hill. "Nothin1 much, only may I walk homo with .your 'Will that do you any good? Hurry up then."1 He was an honest fared young fellow, and a little letter dressed than most of tho group that waited about the ! "i yard gate. ""What you want to -alk round here with me for I can't see. They can't work you very hard, Tommie, if you want so much extra exercise.'' -- It was rather a contemptuous laugh sho had for him, but sho showed a row of small white ttHith that poor Tommie thought were very beautiful. "I wanted to say sozneihm particular, Jennie," And he reached down his big dingy hand for a stalk of grass, and began pulling it nervously to pieces, as he kept up with her quick feet. They wero just issing Mr. Ellings'.vorth's house, and father and daugh ter stood in tho doorway. Xo doubt Mr. Ellingsworth had just coino home to tea. Ho held his tall hat in his hand, v.hilo he waited with his beautiful daughter to enjoy the soft spring mildness. Jano Graves could see in behind them. How could they bear to stay outside? JShesawa white spread tea table glis tening with silver and rare china, soft tinted caqiclsund pictures in rich gilded frames, far prettier, sho was sura, than anything natutv had to show. The girl's face, as sho stood resting her white hand on her father's shoulder, was as calm as the twilight itself. "How has she deserved it all mora than I? Sho was never tired in her life, and I never lie down at night but my hands and feet ache. Seowhat she gets for being idle; see what I got for my ten hours' work, every day since I was a child.'' "We've known each other pretty long, Jen nie, and and" ho had pulled tho grass all nil to pieces "and I s'io;e3-ou know how I've I mean how I'vo felt, I am doing a littlo better now." Tho young man's eyes bright ened. "I've got a littlo money left me, and you know I'm just made second hand." "AVliat is that to me, Tonimier sho said, innwtientli. Her woman's soul was longing for the beautiful life of the rich, whose house sue was passing, and iho felt, too, the admir ing glance Mr. Ellingsworth had given to her graceful figure. "Why was this awkward boy ny her sido to spoil the effect; Tommie Bowler winced, but ducking his round head to avoid the sharp look ho feared was in the beautiful eyes, he went on dog gedly. "I s'posed we'd been agoing together quite a while, Jennie, and I was goiu' to ask ycu whe : you was willin' to be nia,-ric.l0 "Marrieil to youf Ah, Tommie Bowler, wtiat were 3-011 think ing of to want to marry a girl who had such atone at tka. for youf Tears of Khamo started into his eyes. "I ftlnt so low; I never thought but what you would before. She gave him a look half curious and half pitiful. Ha might as well have cried for the moon. Could it bo the lad thought that just because sho was pretty she could make his home happy for him hisf 'Tin not going to have a hand at making another poor man's home. Peoplo like U3 bad better bo singlo; there's only half tho trouble that way, Tommie." The broad shouldered young man, who did not know what was good for him, fell back from tho woman his heart hungered for as if he was shot. And she walked on, with hard ly another thought for the foolish lover who imagined they two could bo happy together. "WI13- couldn't sho be rich? They had al ways told her sho was beautif uL If she onl j had a chance They 303' men are fools over pretty women, and that i3 the only hope a woman has of winning her way. If she only cad a chance. A delicato gray mist Coated over tho river below tho village, and the green forests and fresh -meadowy oa the other sido smiled through it, like a fair woman through her tears. A tired soul might have drunk in its beauty and been rested, but Jane Graves cast her eyes down oa tho dusty road before her and walked along with a set bitter curl on her bright red lips, and did not once look at tho gift of God's mercy to the poorest of his creatures. For her part sho despised the poor; sho didn't pit- them; great strong men wbo'sutunitted to be trodden on and ground under the feet of the rich; whose blood and muscles and quivering flesh were weighed in the balance against a few dollars of the spec ulators. It was good enough for them as long as they submitted to it Sho didn't blanratho rich; they were the only wise peo plo; sho only envied them. They did well to take all they could get and walk over as many thousands as would fall down before them. Oh, if she could only win her way to their ranks. But tho rich men do not come into tho weave room for their enslavers. .ISdddenly'sho heard a step behind her; a step she knew from all others in the world, BH tho whole air seamed to tremble with a xiew.'Btnmgef heavenly impulse. " "Good evening, Jane.1 goo jterned with a new, sweet shyness. It tnts Curran, the agitator, who was beside je jl soft flush was on her cheeks, a warm light in herjeyes that had grown larger for him in delicious surprise. "Who is that .young fellow who just teft -jSi - - - your "Oh, ono of my lovers," she answered coquettishly, dropping her eyes before his. "He your lover!" repeated Curran in his imperious fashion. " You're not for such as he, Jennie." Her heart flattered in sweet fear at the meaning sho thought in his words. Sho was trying to walk very slowly, bnt how fast they seemed to pass the houses. "So I told him," she said. "You did well, then," and ho looked down adniiringly on the girl. "You are a fine wo man. I don't suppose you know it" Jane Graves tried to look as if it was nows to her, and Curran went on. "Few women are prettier. There are fine prizes for such as you in this world if you will only wait" He continued thoughtfully, "Men have to work for distinction; a pretty face brings it to women." "ivnat sort of prizesr And sho trusted herself to look up at him. How grand ho was, with his firm, strong Taco. If ho only had a touch of weakness in him that might bend down to her. "Position, money, power." "Iio woman caros for those." And sho be lieved it as she spoke, looking away over the river. "What thenP ho asked, smiling. "Those things aro what all men are working for, I suppose." "Women care for-but ono thing." Sometimes tho climax of a character is reached oalj in old age, when storms havo wroaked their fur' for a lifetime on a soul. Sometimes it comes in childhood, with three score years of decline to coino -after it It was at this moment that this girl's lifo reached its moral height If she could but have kept it "That is love," sho added softly. "It is their lives; they hope only for that; they dream only of it." Curran laughed, but gently, as ho took ho hands at parting, pressing them perhaps un consciously, yet no man can be wholly care less to such beauty as hers. "It is only because women aro more foolish than men, not because they aro more do voted, that the' are ablo to make such ab surd mistakes." She smiled on him as radiantly as a red petaled roao unfolding its glowing heart to tho morning sun the sun that gives every thing and wants .nothing, and stood half turned watching his retiring form. Tho road at this point passed near a deserted ruin, once a brick sawmill, which liad shorn tho hills and valleys around of their pride, now a favorite trysting place for lovers of moon light nights like this. would be. Curran wa3 just entering under nn arch, where once had swung a heavy oaken door which long ago had served some shivering famil- for a week's firewood. Ho went in and did not onco turn. How cruel men aro. Perhaps, sho told herself, ho is to meet there some messenger of tho Great leaTie he had told her about, and they will plan together somo bold stroke. It was beautiful to havo such power, even if it mado him forget this one poor girl, whoso heart longed so eagerly for another smile. Tho whole world seemed glorified to tho girl as sho walked on. Sho had loitered so long that the sun was now almost sotting, with his flowing robe of carmine about him, and the wholo landscape soemed in a rapture of silent worship. Jane Graves was like oae in a dream her home, which sho could tell from its cheap dreary counterparts, might havo been a palace; the path along in front of it, beaten by so many faltering footsteps, seemed only pleasantly familiar to her. What had she seen to envy in anybody's lifo that had not her dear hopo! But down tho hill comes a great whito horse, tossing his mano and curveting in the pride of his strength and beauty. Its rider who held tho rein so gracefully must be young'Philip, the mill owner's son; ho had just finished college, they said So that was tho young man Bertha Ellingsworth was engaged to; not ill looking, and he rode welL Tho girl smiled to herself. "But Bertha Ellingsworth had not seen Curran." "Did he lift his hat to meP Sho looked inquiringly about her. "There is no on else, and his black eyes soemed to know me, too; how odd!'' thought tho girl, as she walked 0:1 more hastily, and tho horso and its rider disappeared in a cloud of dust "And it seems as if I had seen him some where, loo." CHAPTER V. a vlvit; by moon-light. Bertha lay back indolently in her favorite armchair, watching tho deepening twilight from her parlor window. Her 03-eswcro al most closed, and I'inlip, auecting to do inter ested in Mr. Ellingsworth's conversation, thought ho might look at her as foudl- as ho choso without discover- and rebuke. He was sure ho was not noticed, but tho girl was quito enjoying his silent offering so loug as no uui not guess sho perceived it If a girl must have a lover, Philip did very welL But her lover was no divinity to her; she saw all his faults as clearly as anybody; not with impatience, however; that was not her tem perament For example, ho was too short and his shoulders wero too slight She never forgot it for an instant But then ho always did what she said, and that was very con venient, and yet she was half provoked with him for it. A man ought to command a wo man's love, not try to coax it from her. He thought quito too much of her for what sho returned him; he ought to bo stern and cold to her sometimes, and givo her a chance to be something besides an ungrateful recipient But perhaps sho would not like him at all in that character. Sho suddenly opened her eyes wide aud looked curiously at her lover; there is nothing so chilling as such a look as that, and Philip winced under it "Well, I suppose you two aro bursting with tender confidences." smiled Mr. Ellinsrsworth. as ho rose to his feet; "I really won't stay a minute longer." Ho moved toward the door, then he smiled and looked around; ho had thought of something very funny. "Now Philip, my dear boy, you mustn't be too sure of her just becauso she seems so affectionate. That is where a young man makes his worst mistake As long as thero is another ttw" in the world, he may havo hope, that is, tho other man." His daughter looked coolly after him. "Must you go? Why we shall die of ennui. We shall havo to take a walk ourselvci Ex cuso me, Kiilip, while I get ready." If t alone, the young man rose and went to the window and looked out at the evening sky. There was a little frown on his face. "What an unpleasant wa- of talking Bcrtlia's father had. One would think he believed in nothing. Thero was no danger of his feeling any too sure of her; how far away sho seemed to him. The idea of marriage seemed vaguo and dreamlike, and yet he had her promise." "You may adjust my shawl for me." His vexation fled, and ho smiled with tho sweet complacency of possession as ho laid tho deli cate bit of laco about her wmrm shnnldom To-night would be a good time to turn his idea into reality, and ask her when "But you must promise me ono thing," sho said, standing close to him for one moment "What is that, Bertha, dearf ho asked with guilty uneasiness. Sho put her soft white hand in his so charmingly that ho was suddenly sure it could be nothing hard sho would require. "I promise," ho assented. "Xolovo making in tho ruin, if I lot you take me there." "Why, BerthaP he exclaimed so sorrow fully that ho showed his whole plan. Tho girl laughed. "You aro too cunning by half, Mr. Philip, but then you know lovo making in the saw mill is too common. Why, it is the rendez vous of all the factory hands. No, I couldn't think of it for a moment" "Then I won't insist on taking you to the old saw milL" 'Oh, yes! it is charming by moonlight" 'Ono would think you hadn't any heart" Philip did not confess the peculiar charm this woman's very coldness had for him; there was somo quality in it that was irre sistibly exciting to his nature. Perhaps it was tho presence ot an unconscious reserve of passion, never yet revealed, that ho felt in her, that kept his heart ever warm, and his eyes ever tender for its unveiling. The round faced servant girl had come up from Ihe kitchen, and stood awkwardly at the door. "Yes, you may light the gas now, Annie; we are going out" She laid her hand lightly on Philip's arm as they went down the walk. "I must really have a maid. That Annie is too clumsy for mo to endure in the parlor or dining room. Oh, yes, I probably have got a heart; some time it will frighten yon, per haps." - They walked slowly along the street, pass ing the very spot where Tommie Bowler had offered his poor little all to Jane Graves only an hour or two ago. Their feet trod care lessly on the bits of crass the nervous lovar had scattered along the path. "But you haven't told me about tho meet ing. Did the agitator have auburn curls, as I said? That is the clearest idea I have got of a hero." As ho told her his adventure they reached tho ruin and went in. The moonlight poured through the dismantled roof, and made a white track for itself over the uneven floor, leaving the rest of tho interior in tho shadow. Such as remained of tho fallen rafters made , convenient benches for visitors, who'might easily enough imagine themselves in some old world ruin. And tho young mill owner's son and Bertha, tho hem of whose garment had never touched poverty, seated themselves where many a penniless young fellow had wooed some pretty weaver maid to share his destitution, all for lovo soon starved out of both their lives. Philip felt all his last night's enthusiasm coming over him again, as he described the meeting of the hopeless poor and tho lifo of the family that had taken him in. Ho seemed to bo again thrilled with Curran's eloquence as ho pictured his noble presence", and tried to repeat his vivid sentences. Was Bertha listening so patiently to him or only idly watching tho shadows as they shifted with tho moon? He hoped sho was touched. She could help him so much to do something for tho thousand souls in .the mills if thero was anything could be done. And then it seemed so sweet to have an earnest thought and hope in common one more bond to unite them. "But what can I do, Bertha? It is all so mixed up. Do you suppose my father would listen to me? But if ho would, what can I propose? If I tell him tho people are poor and unhappy, he knows all that. I can't ask him to divide all his wealth with them; that wouldn't last so many very long, and then ho couldn't employ them any more they would be spoiled for work, and we would all starve together." "I wish I could see him," said tho girl slowly. Ho looked at her blankly. "Whyf Suddenly a double tread of feet without, and tho forms of two men, ono much taller than tho other, blocked tho doorway. "Hush, then," whispered Philip excitedly. "There ho stands." The men came forward till they stood di rectly in tho path of tho moonlight, which seemed to clotho them with its silver sheen. No need to tell her which was ho; tho girl bent eagcrl-forward and fixed her eyes on tho majestic figure that stood with folded arms. "I am very late," began tho shorter man apologetically. Curran did not reply, and the man went on in a minute more. "What is tho news? I want to report your village, you know." "Thero is 110 news. It is the same old story. What is the good of reporting and reporting, and then doing nothing'' Tho words escaped between his teeth like tho staccato tones of a cornet "I am sick of tho word 'wait;' it is the resource of the weak." "But wo aro weak. Givo us time." Curran unfolded his arms with a gesture of impatience. "Tho injustice has got its growth: it has f ittoned on our flesh and blood, and sucked out tho life of untold generations before us." His eyes shone fiercely on the man of caution. "I bcliove the time has come to destroy it, and tUo crime of murder lies at our con sciences for every crushed soul sacrificed for our delay." Philip fancied Bertha trembled. "But," began the stranger, in the metallic voice of the objector, "the officers of the league think the laborers aro not ready." "No, nor will they ever be; they have sub mitted too long. But they are alwa-s good for action if somebody will lead them. They hang oa our lips, but wo do not speak." "Yes, we aro spreading intelligence, send ing out orators like you; wo are arranging political campaigns. By and by capital will be more reasonable." "Do you fanc3 then," retorted Curran, bit terly, "that tho rich will willingl' open their coffers to tho logical workman, out of wha-o earnings the- have filled them? Isn't it too delightful to bo able to build a palace for u home, and create another iaradiso for a gar den; to many off their sons and daughters when the first coo of love trembles on their young lips? Then will thoy divide," and he raised his voice with terrible emphasis, "when there is no escape from it As long as tho people submit, if it bo till tho trump of doom, so long the lorda and masters will de fraud them of the price of their labor: so long their wives and daughters will look down complacently on the sufferings of the million, ono of whom starves for every piece of finery they smile to wear." Philip felt Bertha tremble again, but her eyes never once wavered. "What do you proposer' "I don't know," muttered Curran, turning his head half away, "but when I see the silent raging in the hearts of tho poor, when I see the riches squeezed out of their scant, ill fed j blood, 1 am mad with impatience. But I suppose all great changes come most benefi cently if they aro slow. Then there nro no heart sickening reactions. Come out into the open air. It seems closo here." The two men went out and tho indistinct murmur of their voice's was all that could bo heard. "How do you like myhcroP said Philip, pleased that Bertha should have a chance to learn from the saml source whence he had been so stirred. Now, sho could sympathize perfectly with him, in tho new idea that ho felt must have such a groat influence over his life, "Ho is coming back," she whispered breath lessly, "alone." Curran looked in astonishment at two figures starting toward him out of the sha dows. Ho recognized them at once. "Well, I hope you may have learned some useful truths," ho said scornfully, looking tho young man full in the face. Bertha's lip quivered, and she came close to him in tho moonlight and laid her whito hand on his arm. "Wo did not mean to over hear your secrets," she said earnestly; "but surely it could do no harm to listen to such beautiful words. They seemed to be wasted on the ono you meant them for." err - v Sj '. mean to oterhear your secrets." Philip looked at Bertha in"startled sur prise; ho hardly know her; then ho glanced at Curran, whoso curled lip softened its stern lines. Tho girl's bonnet had fallen back on her neck, and her face was turned up toward his in the perfection of graceful entreaty, her big blue eyes showing dark in the evening. Tho agitator glanced at her sparkling dia monds, and tho rich laco shawl that lay over her shoulders, then hack into tho beautiful upturned face, and at last his eyes fell before hers. His boldness was gono; his scorn and contempt for the women of tho rich changed to timidity before her. "Don't distress yourself, my dear lady," he said at last; "thero Is no harm done, I am sure." As his tense mood relaxed, tho charm that had so transformed tho girl seemed broken, and she drew back as if in surprise at finding herself so near him. The walk homo was a silent one, till almost the end. "Do you know what I am going to do to morrow, Bertha! I am going to put on the old clothes again," "Don't you think it rather boyishP "I'm in earnest this time. I am going to learn how to make cloth, and find, out just how hard tho work is, and just how why Bertha, are you yawning C They had reached the doorway. She looked very sweet, even when smothering a yawn with her two fingers, as sho stood on the step above him, and gazed off on tho river. His foolish heart began to beat "Bertha, Ave are not at the sawmill now, and" She smiled. "But yoa were not to say anything if I let you take me there, and I have let you, havent IP "But arent you ever going to consent li-- vs -s-r - "V "4. "S "IVc did not to" "There," sho stamped her foot playfully. "You are almost breaking your promise;'' then she looked at his reproachful face and let him take her hand and kiss it "You know there is a sort of solemnity in the kind of business like talk you want so much. But Til promise this: if yoa will bo patient for just one month, you can say what yon please tome." : Philip went off in great gleo, and bis horse Joe could not leap too high to suit him, for what Bertha had said was almost what; he asked. Oao month from today that would bo a Friday early in the morning. CHAPTER VL A DAT OFF. Jane Graves was putting oa her hat and faded plaid shawl for another dreary day's work. She hated it with all the passion of her nature. Sho saw nothing in it but slavery and degradation, and in her impa tience thought she would rather dio than drag out her lifo thus. Somebody must do the work, but not such as sho, surely. "Come here, my dear." - Sho had been lingering aimlessly, only that sho dreaded to turn her foet toward the factory, whoso tolling bell rang sternly in her ears. Now she approached her mother's bod with a gentler expression on har face. Tho thin hands wee laid on her arm, and tho sick woman drew tho girl's head down on the pillow beside her own. "Was I ever so pretty as yon, I wonder?" sho said wistfully. "They used to say I wa3 tho prettiest in tho village." And tho sunken cye3 brightened at sweet memories, tho sweetest in tho world to a woman. "It did you littlo good, mother," said the girl in a muffled voice. In a moment more she started up "There, mother, I am late again: a quarter day's pay lost, and a scolding gained." Tho sick woman's eyes opened wide, and tho girl waited one sad minute more, to sec how terribly whito the poor face looked oven against her pillow. "I had something to say, I thought," said tho woman eagerly, "but I can't remember, I am so sick. But perhaps it wasn't any thing. You may go now, dear; I am sorry I kept you. Tho girl pinned her shawl about her. What good of looking in tho glass? It could only tell her she was pretty, as her mother used to be, and remind her what a fool she was to expect a different fate. Fifteen 'ears, and she might bo sick and broken on this very bed, perhaps telling her own unhappy child how pretty sho used to be. The girl shud dered at tho picture as sho went out of her mother's room. "Oh! I remember now," called tho sick woman. "Did you want the tea put near you?" asked tho girl, coining Back wearily. "It is not that but but you are not to go to work today. Somebody is coming to 6ce you. He wants you to live with him." "What, to marry me.1" exclaimed the girl in astonishment "Ho didn't speak of that," smiled her mother, languidly, "but I can't talk any more, l am so tired." Jano Graves had learned one lesson of pov erty, not to hope. So after this strange an nouncement of her mother'3 she onh laid off her hat and shawl, and waited. After look ing idly out of tho window for a while, and swing nothing that had not worn itself into her very soul years ago, tho vaguo woman instinct stirred in her and she moved about the house arranzinir thines. Sho found n little map that hung in tho sitting room u littlo awry and straightened it. It- was a dingy map of China tlfat had come onco with a pound of tea, and sho wanted to throw it away, but the wall looked too bare without anything. Sho took down a couple of ugly littlc gift chronica her father had placed on the mantelpiece and tore them up in disgust. There seemed nothing else to do, there was so little to arrange. Sho wasn't sosurc but it was better in the mill perhaps it was a blessing tho oor wero kept so many hours in its grim walls, where at least there was but littlo ohaueej.o think. What was thereto 1 ig for in such homes and such leisure as tnis? She stepped to tho closet and took out a well thumbed book and sat down. She turn ed two or three pages, and then countwl how main- times sho had read them before, and she felt sick with the foolish hopes and dreams tho oft read book had used to wake in her. Sho laid it away with a sigh mid picked up on o!d newspaper. How slow tho forenoon went. She read down the advertising columns. How many beautiful things in tho world, and all for sale! Somebody must havo the money to buy them or the stores wouldn't bo run ning. Where was it al! ? Did anybody work any harder for it than hw father and herself ! Jane Uravcs opened her little iwoketbouk and shook it over tho table; but it was as empty as tho day sho bought it Then there came a light tap on the street dcor. This must bo the "gentleman," this tall, elegant figure in a checked summer suit; and ho actually lifted his hat to her. "My name is Ellingswortli.' Ho needn't have told her; he hod figured . in the girl's fancy for years as tho very im personation of rank and wealth. "I called about a maid Mr. Graves gave me leave to speak with his daughter. Is she in?" "I suppose I am tho one. Will 3-011 coino inP Sho watched him as ho crossed tho room to tho nearest chair. How- much lichter ho walked than she could; and ono might liavo thought from his unconsciousness that ho had been used to just such a miserable room as this all his life. Ho showed no surpriso at her being tho prospective maid servant; no doubt he knew it all tho time, mid the wa h' spoke was only a part of his good man ners. But then sho could not imagine his showing surprise at anything. "There will be but littlo to do," Mr. El lingsworth continued, looking at her face and not seeming to see how ill sho was dressed. 'There is onh my daughter; 3-011 11133- havo seen her, yes? and myself. The wages will bo small," and ho named them aud smiled ajiologeticall-, as if ho expected her to de cline. "Your father spoke to mo as if you did not like tho factories." Out at service; well, why not? Could it be any more degrading than tho life she lived and such wages, too. Why, she could drs quito prettily then; and her girlish heait fluttered. And she could leave ugl3- things and rude people, and breathe perfumes and havo only graceful surroundings; what mat ter if they were not hers? Sho would bo lifted right up in the very atmosphere she longed for. Yesterday she had envied the Ellingsworths, to-morrow 6he could share their beautiful life with them. Why not? She lifted her bright eyes to his face. It was in half profilo at this moment, and sho could see his hair was just touched with gray. How could men in this world ever grow old? Ho was smooth shaved, showing in full effect tho delicate, cynical curve of his thin lip and tho clearly defined outlines of his chin. IIo must have been very oddl3- affected by the poverty pictured so unmistakably about him; but there was not the smallest sign of it on his well bred face. "I will go," sho said abruptly; "when do you want me?"' "I shall be atvay for it fortnight," he said, rising, with his own admirable smile. "Yoa can come when I return." Sho rose too, but could think of nothing proper to say. But how- poverty stricken she would look in her factory clothes, lier spirits had fallen alread-. "By the way," Mr. Ellingsworth turned, us if a sudden business item had struck him. It was a peculiar expressionless monotone ho used sometimes when on delicate subjects that seemed to baveos littlo personal qualit3" as a printed page. "I alwa-s pa in advance; bo kind enough to accept your first month's wages and our bargain will bo cloEcd." The girl found herself alone, looking at the crisp, fresh looking bank bills he had placed in her hands. "How thoughtful these rich peoplo are. They have timo for it, I sup pose." Her wardrobe was vein- simple. There hung over the back of the chair the dull check of a merino, chosen long ago to endure the most service with tho least show of it. On the bureau before tho mirror was a papr box holding a discarded ribbon or two, pink or cardinal, and two cr three pieces of cheap jewelry the girl was too proud to wear. "It won't take me long to pack," sho said aloud. Sho suddenly took a pretty attitude of lis tening. Sho had closed the door into tho sick chamber in a moment more and stood in tho middle of tho sitting room when Curtail camoin, "Why, yon don't look very sick, Jennie. 1 have to walk to Lockout by S o'clock, but thought I would look in just a minute." "I am going to leave the milL" How pro occupied ho seemed to-night "I am going to leave tho mill, Mr. Curran," tho girl repeated with beating heart He might not like her VBw plan, and at the very thouzht of his dis approval she felt all im- bright hopes taking to themselves wings; and tho old dreary pio--ture of factory gates and soiled calico dresses came back. "Going away, little girl?" Ho seemed to speak with a slight effort, as if hw mind was pot on what he said. "Well, I suppose you can't bo any worso off, but wo shall miss yon." And was that all he had to say when he thought sho was going forever out of his life had ho no reproaches for herl "I am not going far," sho began hurriedly. "There would bo no use going far." He had seated himself oa tho other sido of the tabla from her, aud rested his face on his hand. "It is just tho same e nrywhere. Wherever thero nro a thousand souls ten will grind the rest I don't supposa the rich mean to bo so unjust, not all of them; they don't stop to notice that they aro getting all tho good things in tho world. It never oc curs to them to wonder why tho great earth seems to produce only for them." Jano Graves sat back in her chair, hor hands crossed in her lap. Why didn't he talk about her just a little? She looked up at his absorbed faca wistfully. 'Why, Jonnie, sometimes I got so tired trying to stand up against it all, so sick of my own heartache, that I can make nobody share with me." He had risen to his feet and was walking moodily across tho room. That very night ho must pour out all tho precious energy of his soul into dull, stolid ears, that seemed so slow to understand. A hall full of strango faces would look up coldly at him, and his hot words would be quenched as they fell from nis lips, in tho unmoved depths of their hearts. It seemed so vain, all ho could do or say, and ho felt so tired to-night, long ing, instead, to rest his head on some gentle breast, and be soothed with some foolish words of comfort and tenderness. The girl had risen, too, and stood resting tho back of her hand on tho table. But her eyes dared notjift to liis. Sho tried to speak, and her lips trembled so that her voice came strango and unfamiliar. "I am sorry for you. Is there no ono, no woman f' she half whispered. "Women do not care for such as I," ho said, smiling a littlo bitterly. "They love light and pleasant things. I am too serious. I should oidy frighten them; they could not understand." Then ho came toward her with a softer light in his eyes. "You are a good little girl, Jennie." He had taken her trembling hands, which only trembled the more. "I shall mis3 you very much. What is tho trouble with your eyes, Jemiie, you can't look at me? I am going now." Then she raised her eyes, like lightning, to his face. "Oh, let mo comfort you," she cried. "I would die for you. I will ask nothing back but a smile now and then. Nobody can ever love you liko 1110." His face was troubled, but cold and im passive as rock. Ho still held her hand3, a (he sank in a heart breaking flood of tears at his feet After a moment he bent down in pity, and gathered her trembling form in his arms. How- tho sobs seemed to shako her. Ho smoothed back her wavy hair from tho low forehead, and oven kissed her wet cheeks. But all he said was: "Poor littlo girl, poor littlo Jennie." For an instant she la- still as a nestling 'hild. Then she sprang back from him, and fled into her mother's room, and wept and moaned for shamo and heartache, until the calm of weariness came over her, as nature's lilesaed gift to her hopeless children. (To be Continu-d.) The Influence of Symbols. An American, writing home recently from England, says: "I happened to be present at tho funeral of a soldier, who, for bravery iu the Zulu war, had received the Victoria cross. The badge was fast ened to his breast as he lay in the coffin. His mother, bidding him farewell, touched the precious bronze token and said: 'It lessens my grief at losing him that he should take that into his grave!' "It was the symbol to her not only of his heroic life, but of tho gratitude of his country. I wondered, as I heard her, if we Americans make as much use as we might of the influence of symbols in train ing our uneducated classes." A singular instance of the effect of this kind of symbolism was once shown in the famous reformatory school at Lusk. One of the teachers had induced about twenty of the boys to give up profane and inde cent language, and to do extra work, for which they were paid. But they were in different and half hearted in the effort. "Form them into a society and give l hem n badge," suggested the superin tendent. The hint was carried out In a month the bo-s were eager and enthusiastic in their work, and as proud of their prison society as were the old soldiers of Napo leon of the Legion of Honor. The man who Is successful In leading human nature to its highest endeavor must work upon the innocent weaknesses as well as upon the stern love of duty. Imaginative men and women like to sym bolize their work or sacrifice for the world in some uniform or badge. Youth's Com panion. Down on Muinlilcrs. "There is one bore that I wish you newspaper paragraphists would pitch into," says Mr. M. 13. Husson. "You have pretty nearly succeeded with your jibes and flings in putting a stop to the fellow who used to carry his cane aud his umbrella under his arm or over his shoulder and prod peoplo with it Now, I should like to see you take hold of the fellow with the low, mumbling voice, who talks to people in the cars. I have some acquaintances whom I shrink from meet ing on the cars simply because I cannot hear more than half they saj-, and then I have to strain my ears so that it makes my head ache. I don't like to keep ask ing them over and over again what they have said, so I frequently pretend to hear them when I don't, and I sometimes make distressing blunders in my answers. Only last week one of these acquaintances told me that his brother's boy had died the night before. I ouly caught tho words my brother,' 'boy' and 'last night, and, concluding that a boy had been born to his brother, I said, pleasantly: 'Is that so? "Well, wo must mafco him set up the cigars on that.' Now, fancy how I felt when I learned the next day that the boy was dead. I wish you would go for these mumblers, who mumble in the cars or in other noisy places." Chicago Times. Fruits of Colombia. The fruits and vegetables in Colombia aro delicious and grow without culture or care. The plantain is in universal use and is always served as a vegetable. It is fried and boiled when tho skin is yellow, when it is known as "green'- plantain, and when it is black and tho fruit is con sidered thoroughly ripe. The banana is never fried in the tropics, but is always served as a fruit There are many varie ties of banana. One of the most de licious species in flavor and fragrance is tho little fig or guineo banana, which is scarcely a finger in length. The red ba nana is not a different species, but a va riety produced by grafting nt Baracoa, Spain. All the bananas in Colombia are 3-ellow. Tho caruba, or iassion flower fruit, the enstard apple, called by an en thusiastic traveler "the spiritualized strawberry," and the guava are all de licious fruits which nover reach our north ern markets in perfection. Amy C. Shanks in Good Housekeeping. The Bucket Shop' Advantage. "The odds are all with the bucket shops. I would not lay my money in any of them," said a veteran gambler. "Thebet yon make is against the shop. You lay your money that a certain stock will go down. The shop bets it won't. "That seems even, doesn't it? But It isn't, for the shop keeps a portion of your wager whether yon win or lose commis sion, it is called. I say it is odds. Ten dollars is your lK-t on seven shares against $7.50 if the commission is ouc-qnarter; and I think a man is a fool to be con stantly laying money against a smaller sum. It will break him sure.. You will seldom find an experienced gambler who can be induced to have anything to do with these concerns. "New York Tele Electric Bitter. This remedy is becoming bo well known and so popular as to need no special mention. AH who have used Electric Eitters sing the same song of praise. A purer medicine does not exist and it is guaranteed to do all that is claimed. Electric Bitters will cure all diseases of the Liver and Kidneys, will remove all Pimples, Boils, Salt Rheum and other affections and prevent as well as cure all Malarial fevers. For cure of headache, i consumption and indigestion try Elec tric Bitters Entire satisfaction guaran- teed, or money refunded! Price 50 cents and $1.00 per bottle at Dowty &Becher's drug store. In the world who knows not to swim, goes to the bottom. 1 Try Moore's headache cure, it beats the world. For sale by Dr. A. Heintz. Neither bribe, nor lose thy right Good Wages Ahead. George Stinson & Co., Portland, Maiao, can give you work that you can do and live at home, making great pay. Yoa are started free. Capi tal not needed. Both sexen. All agw. Cat this out and write at once; no haim will be done if you conclude not to go to work, after yoa learn all. All particulars free. Best paying work in this world. 4-ly Many kisses the hand they want cut off. I am selling "Moore's Tree of Lifo" and it is said to give the very best satis faction. Dr. A. Heintz. 30-Cm3 Many friends in general, one in special. In CoHABmptioa lncarable? Bead the following: C. H. Morris, New ark, Ark., says: a"Vras down with Abscoss of lungs,and friends and physicians pro nounced me an Incurable Consumptive. Began taking Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, am now on my third bottle, and ablo to oversee the work on my farm. It is the finest medicine ever made." Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says; "Had it not been for Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption I would have died of lung troubles. "Was given up by the doctors. Am now in best of health." Try it. Sample bottles free at Dowty & Becher's drug store. The fox knows much, but more that catches him. he The Bcxt Method. The most agreeable as well as t'10 most effective method of dispelli lg Headaches, Colds and Fevers, or cleans ing tho system is by taking a few do ;es of the pleasant California liquid fruit remedy, Syrup of Figs. It acts gently, yet effectively, strengthening the organs upon which it acts, so that regular hab its may be formed. Manufactured only by the California Fig Syrup Company, San Francisco, Cal. For sale only by Dowtv & Becher. A journeying woman epoaks much of all, and all of her. Dr. I. Rader, of Fulton, Kan., says: "I have been practicing medicine for 27 years. Many times I have prescrib tl Chamberlain's Cough Beinedy and do not believe it has an equal in ttie mar ket." It is a certain cure for Coughs, Colds and Hoarseness. It is a splendid expectorant. It contains no opium, chloroform or any injurous sulstane, 50 cents a bottle. Sold by Dowty A: Becher. A well-bred youth neither speaks of himself, nor, being spoken to, is silent Worth Yonr Attention. Cut tlii out uul mail it to Allen &. Co., An gH6ta, Maine, who will send you free, something new, that just coins morey for nil workers. Ah wonderful ait the electric light, as genuine as pure K)ld, it will provo of lifeliuiK value uml imimrtanco to you. Both sexes, all aes. Allen &Co. bear expense of start inn jou in business. It will brine you in more cash, riht away, tli.iu anythinK else iu tbis world. Anyone un where can do the wrk, and live at home nlso. Better write at once; then, knowing all, should you conclude that yoa don't care to engage, why no harm i done. 4-ly Prayers journey. and provender hinder no A conflict for possession. When your system becomes disordered do not let sickness or disease take possession. Take St. Patrick's Pill3 at once. They act promptly, cure costiveness and bilious disorders. They ward off diseases and tone up tho wholo system. Sold by Dowty & Becher. Much spends the traveler more than the abider. A positive cure for liver and kidnoy troubles, constipation, sick and nervous headache and all blood diseases is "Moore's Tree of Life." Try it. Sold by Dr. A. Heintz. Gossips are frogs, thoy drink and talk. Any person who is effected with Tet ter, Salt Bheum or any itching or smart ing skin disease, had better try Cham berlain's Eye and Skin Ointment. Thw will certainly never regret it. It is guaranteed to give satisfaction. Sold by Dowty & Becher. With the discreet advice the fool doth his business. A mountain neighbors. and a river are j;ood To Save Life Frequent! j requires prompt action. An hour's delay waiting for the doctor may be attended with serious consequences, especially in cases of Croup, Pneumonia, and other throat and lung troubles. Hence, no family should be without a bottle of Ayers Cherry Pectoral, which has proved itself, in thousands of cases, the best Emergency Medicine ever discovered. It gives prompt relief and prepares the way for a thorough cure, which is certain to be effected by its continued use. S. H. Latimer, M. D., Mt. Vernon, Ga., says: "I have found Ayer's Cherry Pectoral aperfect cure for Croup in all cases. I have known the worst cases relieved in a very short time by its use; and I advise all families to use it in sud den emergencies, for coughs, croup, &c." A. J. Eidson, M. D., Middletown, Tenn., says: "I have used Ayer's Cherry Pectoral with the best effect in my practice. This wonderful prepara tion ouce saved my life. I had a con stant cough, ni;;ht sweats, was "leatly reduced in flesh, and given up by my physician. One bottle and a half of tho Pectoral cured me." "I cannot say enough in praise of Ayer's Cherry Pectoral," writes K. Bragilon, of Pal-stin, Te.as, " Iteliev ing as I do that, but for ita use, I should long since bare died." Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, PRKTABEO BY Or. J. C. Ayer St Co., Lowell, Mass. Sold b j all Dm retats. 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