Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-18


on, soepterless kings o'er fallen races
h ~ true thnt ye speak when the sun raw warms
ana nshts at dawn your ege-worn faces /?
In scorn imperial there they are.
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InS SnS groTs ~ hoarse with rocks that bar,
Wrapped in an eternal calm,
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Ana IN fotmless dust our Nation liee
prvat hthame' Land Of Shadow, poetical name for
rFrom Harper's Bazarj
WHAT ONE GIRL DID.
Molly Perry woke, the morning of
Memorial Day, about as cross as It is
possible for healthy, sunny-tempered
girl to be, and with some reason.
For, to begin with, her waking senses
were first greeted by strong whjff Of
tobacco smoke waited into her omen
window from the pipe of the lodeer be-
low; and as she. had gone to sleep with
the same incense in her nostrils Won
may own that it was trying, particularly
to conntry-born nose that knew the
fragrance of wild-grape vines and locust
trees. Whatever you may think, Molly
was wrathful, and flounced out Of he'd
shut the window with emphasis. and sit.
ting down in her one rocking chair. eyed
with strong disfayort a pile Of clothes on
another chair. And here was another
reason for her crossness. The night be.
tore she had taken account of stock in the
way OF Clothes, and found herself IN tho
verge of bankruptcy. "Not a decent
thing among them except that gray
suit, she thought. disconsolately: and
1he truth is they were shabby lot.
Barring the gray suit, navy blue serge
Sragged. bacl) faded cambria, an old
'piacF cashmere, hot and dusty-looking.
ma:de up the sorry display. "
Why didn't she buy some new
clothes ?" Well, there was no particu-
lar reason except that she had no mopey
to buy and no time to make, being one
OF the forty or more clerks in the sMart
of Fashion" " on Washington Street. at a
salary OF Sc week. Any one mathemati-
cally. inclined can do the sum which
Molly did each week:
washing and ironing .................... 80
One sitting at Trinity" Ga very humble "
oue)',.............. .................... IS
io.oA"'S .''... ....................S4 IS
And out Of the difference between this
total and six dollars must come boots
and gloves and hair-pins and pocket
handaerchiefs and everything else. so
you can see that the Queen of Sheba was
quite safe from n rival so far as Molly
was concerned.
But this mention of the "Mart of
Fashion y brings me to the cap-sheaf of
Meliy's discomfort. She had expected
to have the day to, herself, but Rush &
Crush, scentlng possible profit from
country visitors, had decided to keep
open. so 1T was very cross face that
looked at Molly from the little wavy
iooklng-glass, and the soft brown hair
was hatcheled and twisted with very few
OF the little pats and touches usually be-
slowed on it, and the blue dress wss
donned with some twitches. The sight
OF the breakfast table did rot Tighten
her mood. She looked down its long
length, andvnoted the spots and rings
and splashes on the coarse cloth the
knlves and forks at all angles, and the
dishes piled up, fragments and all, by
the untidy table girl, and fel. an unut
terable disgust for it all.
1t is notnecessary to go into the story
of sickness and debt and death which
had brought her from a quiet, refined
home to be clerk In the Mart of Fash
Ion and an inmate of Widow Jackson's
second-rate boarding house; but we will
start with her this memorial morning,
when, after trying her sharp little teeth
on some tough steak and turning over
on her plate some aabby fried potatoes.
she fished a fly out of her coffee, and
took her way to the store.
Half the long forenoon had worn away
when Molly, with box of tumbled
aaces before her, stood looking after a
lady who had just passed with cluster
of violets at her throat, and thinking
wistfully of a certain place she knew Of
where they grew, cool and moist in
their green leaves, when the voice of the
ubiquitous foor-walker brought her
back to the present
Miss Perry, If you are not more at
tentiye, / shall have to report YOU"
81 will save you that trouble" said
Miss Perry, and clap went the cover on
the box, and swish went the box into its
pace, and Miss Perry, with fiery red
cheeks and bright eyes, went down the
long store to the office and rendered her
resignation, "to take effect at once. if
you please.
rMr. Rush was pleased, for trade was
slackenlng and there were twenty girls
tor every vacancy: "But you know our
rule" Yes, she knew the rule, which
was that clerk leaving without notice
should forfeit pay from the last Satur-
day night settlement. But Molly's an
eestors did not fight at Concord without
leaving something Of their spirit to their
descendants, so she turned to 20 with
an air which betokened no acquaintance
with rules" when Mr.. Bush, whose
heart had been a trihe softened by mem
orles Of % certain grave in Mount Au-
Burn which would be decorated that
day, handed out three trade dollars, and
IN ten minutes Molly was in tho com.
mon, with all the world before her
where to choose."j l,5l cal jls15EE
The unusual leisure was SO pleasant
that the girl loitered and fingered, en-
joying the sunshins and air, and only
when the noon whistles blew did she
come down to reality.
After dinner, with, locked door, she
held o council Of war. Here, on one
slde, was Molly Perry, "a years old,
with health and hope, five dollars in her
trunk, three silver dollars in her pocket,
and one good suit, and on the other side
the great, pushing, scrambling, selfish
world, eager to grasp, and slow to give.
Molly did some hard thinking.
There's one thing sure," she thought,
. Wonttend store again, and l won't
sew for a. living, and won't be cooped
up ~ q Shop !" The chances are narrow
ing fast Suddenly came an idea. "I'il
DO 1t, said Molly; and what it was, the
Advertiser told next morning:
"ANTED, by an American girl who ia n good.
w plain cook, situation to, do housework in y
small family; Conptry- preferred. Address NJ. p,
Well, the answers fairly poured in. It
seemed as though all womankind had
been waiting for :" an American girl who
is good plain cook" but Molly resolv.
ed 70 be critical and awaited. In the