Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1867-04-13

Thus sp he Julia Anderson to Henrietta
Mat,ison, both Of whom worked in one Of the
large CIT, mills Of New England.
"What for7' asked Henrietta.
1--WE want to m ke the superintendent a
present Of u gold watch and chain. He has
always bern very kind to us girls, and il
would be pleasant to make him New Year q
present.
Il do hot think have = dollar TO spare,
repli, d Henrietta.
"Now think this is real mean in you -
said her companion. ECU 'earn a, much rs
dou't know. | only know you don, spend
It rs the rest Of us do There is the old
scarec'ow OF ha, which you haze worn so
many winters presume you mean to wear
it this winter, don't youY'
Henrietta replied, You say am real
mea" because l will not give dollar To-,
wards gold watch Tor the .upcr,ntend, Mt :
aud then >ou say | wear IN, I'D hat, and in
slnuate that | EXHIBIT me"n"ess because
do not get n new one With DO you con-
sider the IN aner # the twO?
II don't know, SAID } uia, both are 10 can
enough think it real mean to be so say
'ns Of your money that you do not dress
decentty. You never 20 anywhere with th.
r, st ot US When The mrnagerie was here
you SAID you would like 10 20, but You did
no, aud all the girls think It was because
you were too slnsy to spend qnar,er.'
"lnstead OF answering my question, you
have only added another TO the number Of
what you consider the real mean things ,ha.
hav done. AS you decline 10 answer, |
will onl y say that | have other use tor N y
money.
Julia re,or,ed, "Yes. probably you are 90
ing 10 set up tor sn old maIo, "nd lhink you
vail 1T ed all you can rake aud sc,ape to nv.
on ~ The state .f single bt, ssedue,s.''
Henrietta replied, ",uppo>e sho"Id be an
Did maid, what then? Are cid maids mean
Ell than those who get IN .rri d? | NAV be
an old maid Ter what | k low, tu, If ever
should get married shall wait something
With whluh TO commence hou cke, ,.!u. |
do not th'"k It would be any IN aver 20 ha, e
Il lev uol!a's Tor s"c' purpose than 10
spend 1t all IN fr0lsh vaultIes, aud then be-
gln married ht, with vi y cent ut money IF
any own.
Jui,a answered, Nv II, come, | ,annot
stop TO talk with YOU. Are you go.ug to
give dollar or i:otl
To this Henrietta replied, n am not The
SuperIn,-n -ndrnt has II good watch now, and
does no, need one. | have other use Tor m,
money!
JuIla said, rather snappi.hly, We'll. keen
) our money, then. Be st,rgy and mean II
YOU waE to. The rest Of Us can tuy ,br
watch; ana We uear to have rur namr- al
written on IL paper. You AID t~o or ,hre,.
Irish giris w.ii en- y he noor,e,y of not
l., 4
b- no wonder 10 me. if when the peri
teLdeut learn VIII, did Mt Contribute any.
Ting, you would ct notice to qui, the
IN Il.
10 ,hs g,er, H"nri-tta re, i 4. "Ar this
may te | have n 4! will /, w.rat the S.
per'ntenJe"t. aud II re discharges ne to,
a"f such reason A. I'u mrn ,on, he - u very
d'tfe' ent man from what | take h, m to b
1t have TO leave her, for this re son,
hope | can find woth es"a here Ana, le
me say, Juha, since YOU have placed he
matter IL t: is icht, | will lot Civ. "A d liar
nur even dime towards the wntch.''
On hearing tins, Julia lctt h,r. Almos,
VERY girl IN the r. ON cottlib ted Henri
eta looked up now and ,hrn from her work,
,nd bad Discrimination ru ugh 20 perceive
hat her refusal Lad created quite sedsatiot
N the mill. Wien she lei, at night the g,rls
rather avoid. d her and she could discern iu
their looks that tney had not very pleasant
eehnss. She So saw, in the counteuanres
Dt Juiia Anderson and few others who,
by common consent. were regarded lead rs
4 look tt triumph, which "a d, We will
carry The day IN spite OF YOU"
She passed on TO her boariing h use quite
BY herself, End almost sorry tor the moment
hat she had rot gwen lar, because she
was friendly TO ,le Suprun,endent, and Al
he same time, in common win 0 hers, dis
liked to do anything wA,ch could be cali d
mean.
The Superintendent overheard Julia An
lerson and some Others in conversation
Julia was talking very alillv, He heard
1er say, Il tod her size VAS real mean 10
o lie willing to give d"ltar.
Did you say any hing abou, her ola bou-
ae 2 asked one ~ho stood hy
Yes | md Ant toIi her We all III 'ught
hat she did MT 60 to he menasere because
the was 10" sunly pay quaAer.
Ma" tLat was too bau,' SAID one Of the
,,ss
No it was not too bad wanted her to
1ndrrst"nd that We ali regarded h'r "A real
mean. know | should f,l so, if were
a.r, aud So would al, of US
What did she say ~ all ihis?' asked
another
"she said she would noi give even d me
aud that was m amer than Kay M,Cormi,k.
or she gave m lify cens.''
Upon this the Sup, rinr,nd mt came in
'ish, aud they scattered away
The watch was purchased ami pre- entcl
% the Superintendent, with n handsomely
" .itten kl,er con aiming the names oi tht
ionors
1t was as Julia had said All the girls IN
he room excepting Henrietta aud some Irish
w-aver- had c nt,ilured. The lres.ntnt,on
aud reception trned the topic Of cpnv,rss.-
i"n for several days. bu, Henrietta VA, Wv
luaIIy excluded trom the l,,ie knots who got
49, e,her to speak Of the matter She pu,
su'd her work as usaal Cut after cut q
cloth came IRON her looms, aud was take eli
BY The assistan, and passed to her credit
The notice to quit I'D hot come as Julia
md some others hop-d d /, wouli Instead "i
his, it was observed tha' the Saper,n endr"t
would often stop aud speak with her. II
did this more frequently than with any one
else. tie looked TOO good ia urrd Tor any
10 indu &" the SUI pcon tha, be WAS 6nd,n4
ault with her work. l. was "A grea, n,ys,c,y
/" The other wea,ers what all thi~ meant.
Wien pay day came, Henrietta, ii com
pnny with ",her girls, went aud received the
envelope which con'a'ned her pay, Sh-
opened it aid found it contained small hiiis,
aud she asked the clerk if he could le, her
have n twenty dollar bill instead Of The ones
and twos.
''Cal; some other time" said he, grufiy.
1t happened that Julia Anderson Was nex'
% Henrietta, aud heard what was said
Whal Henrietta wanted Of a twenty dpllar
bill she could not imagine. She saw letter
in her hand diicctcd rs follows: