The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-12-02
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In the ante.room Of Meredith & Sons
grcnt 60 ton factory In Philadelphia a
group OF girls wero standing engaged In
M animated discussion. They were all
young. some pretty, all d'ossod neatly,
though many wore ill.cho on and unbc.
coming finery. Ono Of these. who hal
a noel gold chain aud bracelets and q
prohnslon of jet trimmings upon n chnap
silk dress. spoke VERY omphatcnllYi eft
rs Tho slinglcst proceeding J ever hoard
orr
"What nrc YOU al 20 excited abnut?'
asked o pretty little blonde coming In
from the loomArnom
ELLEN Churchiilr'
"Dear mo- What has .he been do
Ing nowi You are aiWa5s discussing
some dreadful decd OF Ellen's | like
her myself
YES. We all lnow that said the
lrst spca err "you will defend any
thing Ellen does
But what has sho done9'
'.Refusod 10 sign the subscription list
for the tanLand tobe presented Mr.. Kod.
man
"And Mr.. iiodmAn has teen such a
good friend 10 herr said n THRU yo.ce.
The little blonde. Susy Whiting, by
name. looked rather staggered At the
.ew accusation against her friend Mr..
fodman. manager for Meredith & SON
iv nearly hfiy years, wa about 10 re-
Tie on account Of The inirmltos OF age.
AM the persons engaged IN the great
fnooyy were collecting money to bny a
Eiissrtans ard TO present 10 him. lie
was . lindly old man and always ready
70 lends helping hand tothe small army
! vors >9eoplo under hts control; so
ina M p~csentat.on was really n gift
OF love.
Ellen Capfchill had come to ihegrcat
factory twp,ears previous to tho date
Oh we inulgstion meeting In the ante.
room. ana NJ risen 10 tho position Of
ioreNoniah N Ne Of tho loom.roomS
she Wa 2 naAlsomo girl OF about
BY eyrry action ahd,or'i I.,r.r.j ar
fact that she had sickaJS 49,; H. y,
refinement to the hart dn,J~.sv :, !.
factory hand. Her low .,.a -
trayed the lady In q veu.ha-.. 80.
and her slim. white hAd. $3.50
OF OIL nl'on 'n"lr smoou.skin shc was
eeaiseous 70 all Who caniN into inter
course with her. but lniimatta.. .hses
She had nurscd susy Whiting .'n none.
long period Of c~oniagios ieveky,agha
ming the devotion OF thatliule maidH.
aud The manager non pr her into posi-
tions oftrust till she became forewoman
Herr her education enabled her TO keeI
tho books required In the room, thu
doubling her salary.
And hero was the great ground o
complaint by hor c~ompanlons.l II wa
wellknown that the salary 4 Heller
Churchill was sufficient 10 warrant
good style Of living and dressing. Ii
thcgreat boarding house. where sdventl
OF the girls bad rooms, she could we
afford to pay Tor the best TO contrsu,
10 The amusements OF the house an,
dress well. Instead Of all this she live,
IN the attic. poorly furnished. with
tiny stove. whcru she cooked the chem
est Of food Her drss was Of III
roarscst description. made by her ow
hands. and no ornament brnke is SC
we're simplicity. She never spent mono
In any pleasure-seeking. nor Joined /
any OF the quiet mcrrimcnt OF N
hcuse. lnt the GROWING cnormity wa
the refusal 10 contribute TO tho silyg
tahkard.
The excited group In the ANTERIOR
disperzed for the day. walking home |
the twilight OF the September evening
and still they talked Of tho VOTING fon
woman.
"The question H." said Mary Leigh
who had been foremost In the ant,
room discussion "what doc. she A
with her money! She never puts an
IN The factory savings bank; she Gel
talnly spends nothing on her drcs,
Where y II all. thenp"
"prrhaps she supports her parentsp'
both dead have heard her "a
"Well. I dare say Mr.. Rodman won
think her quite such a paragon as h
has done. when he misses her nam
from The subscription list"
And Walter Rodman will probabl
resent Tho insult TO bis faihcr.H
There WA N emulation In the ton
o. the last remark. but m concealed
Walter Roiman. the only child II IN
I'd manager. was In the counting .haus
81 the factory. with every prospect o
soon beeoming > partner. A man pas
unity Be had risen In the employ o
mendiih 4 son from n lad Of fourteen
and had rsved money from . handsom
nalAfy. with the avowed intention o
rurrlnsing . place In tho firm upon m,
anticipated retirement Of Mr. Meredith
Who WIS known 10 favor the intention
Amonest III ths CLERKS and worlme,
70 ne {reak factory there was no on
- haoeeone > Waiter Rodman. non,
- qetetly Teiinsd n manner. nnse =
kFeaf : faruriie with III. hui he Ia,
~ throskh thirty ycHrs Of Ne f.nr'
- I'll kllen Churchill cane 10 n
ne!e N somsshIng IN The nohl,
~ - ~ - young girl that a
oeu1p( No1ler nodman irom he Ir-'
IN tk1ru ~ aome heavy troubl
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