The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1882-10-21
MASTER on NiNf


Lois iirud loanol over tho low mll
ing NJ tio bridge 20 watch The ripplcs
on tir waters i0f n brief, illn mo
mrnt, and Tho minnrwf dnriiug hhont
In That restless fashion NJ theirs which
mplo her think Of Tho ihutilcs rs ing
hnek aud forth through Che warp IN The
weaving room OF the greet factory
wherc, dny by day. she toiIcd for tho
bread shn nto aud tho clothes sho WORE.
She wished she might forget everything
connected With tie fl tory f1f q little
while. II she could. she thought, IL
would DO rest. But .ho hal watched
the shuttle lying back and forth 30 long
thai The sight VI almost amy moving
thing brought II before her Aud i0r
I'll many years had sho listened TO the
thunder aud crash OF the great luoms
that she heard them everywhere. She
oli'n wondered II sho should ever rot
The sound Of them out Of her ears
A. she stood there on the bridge
thinking In a spirillcss Kind Of way of
what o pleasant thing life must be-
where there Is no such drudgcry. no
such terrible mnnolony in il ~ had
been hers since childhood. shutting out
like cruel hands that bar a door. all she
had hoped for and lougod for most, Il
step aroused her.
She turned aud saw Dick Evans. His
honest face grew bright ut sight Of her.
To him she was the one woman In
the world.
"Good-moning. Dick" she said. IN q
tired Kind Of way. Are you going To
the millPn
Yes; Of course" he answered, as II
II wcro scarcely possible for him TO be
going anywhere else.
"Wbat n fool | was To ask such O
question" she said. ASH there wa,
ANY other place for u.s. When W. get
into the mill once We never get out I'll
death puts mn eud 20 the work. II II
wasn't for Fan, | wouldn't caro much
how soon my work was over. | think,
though | never liked to think Of dying,
But II one were dead. he'd know some
thing about rest, wouldn't he? That
moro than any Of the mill hands vii
while they live"
IL don't like 20 hear you talk In tina
way. Lois" Dick said, In that grave
gentle way OF his. when talking TO thi
woman ho loved. There's no need o
your killing yourself nj tho loom rs yot
are doing. It's only for you To say Yes
Lois, and YOU know there Is nothing /,
be gladder 10 hear"
al know, Dick" she answered,
little morc tcndcrly. but with much BIZ
terness IN her voice yet. " am sure
could he quite happy with YOU. Dick
but thcnc's Fan. II wouldn't be rigll
for mo 10 marry you aud hiring yousuc
n load as two women. aud one Of ther
helpless rs q baby, would be. You
find your hands full with me alone. II
afraid, and when you come 10 think
FAM No. Dick when | think Of N
burden both OF Us would be. | can
mako Il see that Il would be right Il
me To say Yes"
didn't | know all about Fan whc
asked you 10 marry me7'a cried Dicl
"no you think ! would have asked 20
any such question Il | hadn't been vii
ing to take carr Of both Of You? Yo
know better. Lois I've thought n
matter all over. aud I'm willing Ia nj
the nix Of the consequences. Poor Va
wouldn't 10 half tho burden TO mo,
YOU wcro 10 marry me, that she Is
YOU | can work we'll now. I'm lawn
up n little money every year. A ma
can work better II he thinks he's worI
Ing for some n who loves him. Nov
II doesn't seem Us II | was working (,
anybody or anything In particula
Don't you know hal the thought
home puts life aud energy into a mai
III knew thai you were waiting for n
In a homo of u own. no nattar ho
humble II was tho hardest da, = woI
would sccm pleasant 10 mo n
thought Of tho kiss you'd give me
the door would help mo more than Il
promise OF a better place or extra wage
loa'd better say Yc.. Lois"
Clangl clang! clangl rang out Il
factory bell like a great brafcn yo.
that bada men and wumen who hea
u cease thinking u ANYTHING else b
work. Lois shiycrvd. The sound
that bell was so tangled up In her 1
thai the two could not be- separated. !
Thought. AS she nuused herself from /
l~isiless mool and turned toward
factory.
:" don't think Id better take Va
ndyicc. Dick" she said, with a IN
shake Of her head. mot yot a viii
anyway. Il wouldn't be right,
Think
II don't ask you 10 say Yes
you've thought Il all oyer.m he "a
walking along beside her through
street leading 10 the factory. ,.llo
let the thought Of Fan. or the hard W,
I'D have 10 DO. keep you from saw
les. II you love me. Lois. n you /,
me yon have no right 10 say N
That's the way 10 look Mt Il. Lois.n
Thcy went into the factory toge,h
As they crossed the threshold tho /,
chinery started into motion.
whees began 70 turn In their tlrelI
swim way. aud everywhere was din
clangor. DREAMS might answer for
Of doors. but ihcm was no place,
time for them here. No time 10 n
Of lows. either.
The warp was waiting for her ut
loom. II made Lois think Of q spid
web The old factory seemed more
asreat spider 10 hsr TO day than II q
had before How many men and vi
en- were caught fast In its webs.
thunRht, - shc looked down the /
nom and saw the white, wan. Il
iaees By the looms.
y wss nearly noon when Ralph /
efson e.mr " her looms and pau
onere = sateh her At her WORK.
lalph inverzon was her emplo,
1xe41 factnfy and the MN
z y 4 vere NJ.
.,l1ayy Watching
vi i'a'ned daern = |