The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1866-11-10

our own nice house" ~ t-
Until the law gives US back our own,
which IL may neysr do, then we must always
! live like thiSsi Aks5 1M
"Consin Gardiner would take us home,
Agnes. and do love him so much"
"There Julia, taIklng nonsense again
Cousin Gardiner ahaA'dO nothiag for US
can assure YOU | prefer the worlds charity
10 his"
The little girl made no answer to this her
curly head lay on the pillow, her eyes were
fast shut and h.. feet trod the pleasant
ways Of dreanlaud.
Aye sleep T. said Agnes, bitterly, your
love and trust has not been betrayed. as
mine has been. And what am | nowS
dependent on the nod of others, aauntsd at
by those, who in my real position would
fatter and caress me. Aud he has gone vita
the tide. Gardner, false friends, and money
both gone. Oh, If it were not for julia"
She did not finish the sentence, but threw
herself, dressed, as she was, on the bed be-
side her sister.
lew months ago she was q pretty heir
ess, the happy daughter szd cherished
friend. The death Of her parents ana the
loss OF property, happened IN quick sue, es-
sion. A flaw in her fathers will, gave the
next heir a chance 10 contest it, There was
but little hope for her the lawyers said. She
gave NJ everything, and went to a distant
city to earn Ter bead. Before this, she had
q lover, q cousin, whom she idoiized She
received a letter from him during a brief ab-
sence, giving up all Claim to her hand, ''siBce
she choose to act for herself" This was
crueiler than all. lie followed her, but she
would not speak 10 him, and at last be
contented himself with watching her from q
distance. She was = clerk in a dry goods
store, and she had the usual temptations TO
contend with that beset that class. The one
1 pleasure that she allowed herself was the
1 company OF ayoung gentlem an, who was ap-
parently the soul OF horor, and whose at.en-
tons seemed TO be dictated by the hlghes;
motives. He had not vet told her he loved
her, but his every look was eloquent Of love,
and he treated her with that gentle respect
men use to the women they wish to marry
Agnes did not love him, but she did not stop
to think Of that II she could only show her
false lover that she suffered none by as de-
sertion, that was all she cared fcF. She
| thought this evening would have settled all,
but he did not come. She yer thought
that he could be stopping II he married her
She felt herself as she was, his equal, even
though shop girl, and she hoped the next
day would bring hun with loyal excuse.
/ a. was trying day to her, in the shop,
! that next day. She was in the glove de-
( parInent, an5 when Mus. Sbodd tried to
( crowd Ler red number seven hands into u
I .elicate pair of number SKIES, Agnes gently
reminded her that that kid should not Ce
Iied On, and thu lady said in low vulgar
/ tones Such importance as II | hai'nt
worn Kid gloves ali NY life" And thea the
desk clerk reprOyed her for losing customer
And when a pale little nervous woman came
IN, and asked for white kids, she hurrIediy
( took down the wrong box, and they we're
I black, and the little white woman turned
whittier, and said, at was a Dreadful bad
\ sign If a wedding" and went somewhere
else for better luck. And young man with
Z cCTly hair and very red eye hds came, and
called her . My dear" and asked her If 81
had ever been to see the MINISTRIES, which
4 famiiiarities a gnes cody resented by looking
him fun IN the face for a minute till he col
cred, and paid for his gloves, ana walked Oh
crestial!eu, and so 90 all day. She ate her
dinner setting on a roll Of carpet IN the y are
rooms up stairs, and walked regularly back
20 her work, which she never neglected.
| When it came night, she hurried home
"Oh," she thought, IS she passed happy
looking homes, :" IL was created Tor his
life, | shall wish heart and SOU had beer
left out. can stand the hard work and
small pay, but Lot the perquisites Of the sit
ua.ion know what | would do If | va.
rich. would open build - large enough
4 10 hold all the shop girls in the city. where
I flr d s,.s.ld
amusement, recreation and instruction, and
from which snobs should be ex~laded; would
| have circulating library Of looks, it to be
read, true history and healthy novels, and q
! gymnasium, anu dancing hal II lhey want
ed il. where their fash ers and mothers would
not BE- ashamed TO see, and where tney coulL
come without the attentions OF the other sex
that is necessary to ensure an entrance "a
any other place Of amusement, though BIZ
may be the most depraved Of associates
! les would do that and more, if had the
I fortune that is mine alone by rights"
When Agnes got home, Julia came run
ming up from the lAndlady's room with q
little note fastened in her belt i Was from
him, Agnes knew. She had received 81 CT
notes before.
'Srhe pretty gentleman gave it 70 me, =
said the child artiessly, ano he looked ever
SO sad about something.
/ Agnes took the note and opened it.
''Dear friend" IL ran, for such you are
70 me The time bias come when for the
peace Of both, must speak plainly. love
you but cannot marry you, il YOU could
have me, of which | have no assurance.
! love you too we'll 10 tribe with you, and
/ there is ah insurmountable barrier to our
union. IL is b., that tell you th.s, and
see you no more; if wrong you forgive me.
Always your friend.
Henry Morton.
Insurmpuntable barrier ~ murmured
Agnes s'Yesl am poor and be il rich
dis wife must be sharp girl. Well nv
vanity, IS wounded perhaps, bnt not my
heart, that Is safe, but il aches, Oh il aches ,
false false false % and she lad her head
on the table and sohbed aloud.
She was still crying when some one
Knocked at the door she heard but did not
heed. Again and again the knock, and at
last she family said "come in" when she
lifted her tear stained face, her cousin Gard
ner stood before her.
show dare you! she cried springiBg to
Der feet in passion am not safe from
your persecution even in this miserable
abodes you have wrung my fortune and my
home from me, and now you come to gloat
over my weakness would l were q man
this nightp
She looked splendidly beautiful, with her
aashingeyes, and crimson cheeks, and 6ow,
ing hair thrown back from her regal brow
and her cousin looked at her with devourlng
eyes.
Agnes" be said "let me tell my business
6rst, This day, the latest will your father
made has been discovered, and hold the
papers in my hand, that make you his sole
and lawful heir; it is this come for"
'Yeu, you did this, / thought VOC were
leagued with my knsman, to obtain my
wealth; his own lips told me so
"Then they lied, as they often have ere
this be is my deadliest enemy,as he is yours
and | have sought many times to cay you,