The Democratic press. [volume] (Ravenna, O. [Ohio]) 1868-1901, 1874-01-15

hoFs 4if0Ee W1o had Beoh last ffkeEtIe
before, avoided her new; khs coafBsr-
minded whiapered and giggled when
the Atap. tap Of her crnfeh sounded
on the door. 49, -
sOh, Mr.. Harvey, said poor Hettyi
one day, when Jennie Warren, the
proudest and preftiest pf our work
girls, had declined to respond to her
modest bow. Its very hard to bear
"Wait, Hetty only wait, said /
cheerfully, &. $
But II is breaking my heart said
she. '.They all think am q thieEp z
II don't, Hetty.D f af.ilI,9.75.
know that, eir;;I should. drown
myself, if at least one person in the
world didn't believe ! was innsceat." |"
The wilmer wore itself away. The
busy season was succeeded hy one OF
comparative dnllness and among the
names struck of the list was that OF
Hetty Dorrance. ~ 8s,4 I5ts.sg. z /,
I" Once thief, always q thief,D eaid
old Jones, the cutter. al would inat
as soon that girl should net work for
us" 81 ~, sst ss... -
81 WOnld stake my homer she Is no
thief. Mr.. Jones' said / h0tIy. =
g Well, refoFted The old man eau
tiously. Its necessary t9 curtai the
list little, and il may ~ well be Het-
ty as any one.y sas4 sg
But Helty Dorrance never came IN
learn her doom. Day after dag. went
by and the familiar tap OF her crutch
sounded no more On the door, I grew
uneasy. M s
.Perhaps she j. ill-aIoae-in WANT
thought. $50.
And the more pondered the more
uneasy felt, 81,
And with that last overWhellnin
thought came the full revelation Of
my own heart. agt
/ had grown TO lore Hetty Dor
rance.
Wen, why nota could afford !
wife as well as most men. Hetty vas
only Work-giFl, and lame also but
she had face like one of heaKen's
angels. and heart as while as q lily.
or that i felt certain. / loved her.
why shonld / not marry her?
So sat down and wrote her little
note, saying simply that loved her,
and asking her II she could consent to
become nay wife--and concluded By
saying that j would call on the NOR
row to receive her answer. q s.Hs
just as had sent my letter OF there
came q knock at the door, 81
AMr. Haverly, are gon alone2 Can
| speak TO you for one moment ~
Is that you, Helen AFden2 Why
/ thought you were married and gone
to California I" cried. s. 7ssl
81 am married--to spendthrift and
a villain n she said, with s little
hoarse laugh '.and / am going TO Cal-
ifornia to-morrew but want 70 say
q word to ron first. / want to pay
you for something.
HFor what ?" ,5I
ssThat roll of work which people
accused Hetty Dorrance. the lalne girl
of taking"
Helen, did yon take that p
Yes" she cried, reckiesslY. nIs
took 1t. wanted money sorely then,
the IandIady wouldn't let me have my
trunks to be married until paid her
what 1 owed her. I was standing By
Lame Hetfy that evening. saw her
lay her plies of work on the desk-I
saw them slip and fall of the heap. j
was just going away, and it was an
easy thing for me to stoop, as il for
my own Observation-Disclosures and
pick them up. [ paWned them, think
ing could easily redeem them but
never did. Here Is the money 70
pay for them. ! hope she was not
blamed" s.
She was, though said.
6 can't help il" said Helen, flight
lily. 81 have done my best. VIII you
see that she is righted 5''
CAS- far as can. m H
And Helen went away, mRttering
to herseIf something aboHt her aes
counts ali being settled at last. / paid
bnt little attention to it 81 the time,
but l remembered il atteEWards.
went next evening to Hetty' . aim |
pie lodgings over e bakers shop.
Miss Dorraneel' r. said the baker's
wife, coming out of the back room,
with a baby. in her arms. t'Why, !
didn't you know she'd moved away n /
MovedI And my letter ~
s-NVe got letter here yesterday and 1
we Forwarded it to her. No. IS, Ave. /
mel Square, sir" IL
So 1 went to No. SO, AYenel Square 4
Ia little gem of q brown stone house i
ali bay windows and baieonfes stand /
ing in its own grounds, and there was /
Hetty at the easement watching for
me.
'.Hetty," l said, rdid you get my |
letter" P"
tYes, Mr.. HaverIy.D $50
tAnd what is your answer21 9ge
@That / will be your wife, Mr. Ha-
verIy, aud that am-0h, SO very
thankful to have gained 8 good manss |
love-"
leaned over and kissed her daisy
II suppose you are working here,
Hetty" said 1. ats handsome
house" m M s
No." said Hetty, half laughing,
and half crying. II live here.
-Hettyl You p
"My great uncle died, p said Hetfy.
she was an old bachelor, and hated
US all-but be couldn't take hismoney
with him, and have inherited for-l
tune,"
< Ii cannot be possible, said /, rub
bing my forehead. i
"But it is possible" said Hetty, aIt
is true. I was going to send to you
TO pay that ten-dollar bank-biIl back, |
when got your letter.
Il have been paid. my girl, said I,
and told her about Helen Arden. I /
The next day we saw little para
graph in the papers, how an unknown
woman, with the words Helen Arden
written on her pocket handkerchief
had drowned herself at one Of the
East River piers. i
That's my story. It's simple enough
and yet l think il has the elements OF
in it.
THE MANUFACrERE OF SHAM DKA-
AEONDs.