The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-03-28
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.ainly true one; and my heroines are two
poor girls, Ellen and Kate, who worked in
neek-tie factory when l first knew them,
through visiting their father on his DEATH
bed. The father fingered good while be-
fore he passed away He had been hurt in
falling from building. The mother had
left this world years before And | was
very glad when Ellen and Kate, having near.
ly cried their pretty eyes out, began to cheer
up little, and finally married two hand
some young men--good, honest mechanics,
of sober habits, and making fair wages. l
had known both since they were boys, and
they were worthy of such good and pretty
wives. The young couples went to house
keeping on the same flat, one front and one
back, and, as Il friend of the family,
dropped in Often for had patients ill the
neighborhood. 1t would be hard to say
how many new dishes e" out of the cookery
book % tasted in those early days, or
how much advice l gave about matters
WAS supposed to undertand, for they looked
on me as kind of oracle in that house.
confess to have had something to do with
uthibB up tuose u1hUcHeS, anu wis Drouu
If it.
They had never had difference of opin-
ion, as far as | knew-the four of them
until one morning, when l stepped into
/ Wright and Wheeler's to speak about my
carriage, which needed repairing, and GO
ing out, stopped to speak word to VIII
and Slas, who were working side by side.
" How is the world using you, boys ?" said
/ T.
Aud VIII lifted up his head, and an.
/ swered:
GOOD morning, Doctor Well, we're
rather out of sorts. We had our first family
row this morning"
=" Ell 2" said /.
81 Fact Doctor" said Silae. !" What was
1t about? you'll ask Well, VIII has got il
in his pocket"
= Here it is" said VIII. And he pulled
out of his pocket pretty gilt paper box,
with Sinking lady's face on the cover,
and underneath it, in blue letters:
"Bloom of White violets Perfectly harm.
less. Used by Her Majesty, Queen
Victoria"
"This is what we quarrelled over" said
viii, Opening the box, and showing me that
it was full of a sort of white paste. "The
/ girls have taking to using this, and W. don't
| mean to allow them to do it,
"Give me the box, Will I'll test the
stuff, ami give the girls an idea of what it is
made of and the consequences of using it.
That will do the work, think"
Do you think so2" said VIII. "Well,
If they believe =, snybody it is you, and wen
be much obliged to you for doing it. I'd
rather Kate would give up quietly, but she
must give up
Pm not SO sure about Nell" said Silas.
" Pm glad of the doctors help"
/ Well, did as ! said l would, and found
the stuff labeled, "Bloom of White Violets
was vile thing, with poison in it, pure as
it looked, and I went over that afternoon
and talked to the girls. l told them thai
this pretty cosmetic was a preparation OF
lead that though there were some people
to whom lead seemed harmless, it was i'm.
possible TO know who they were while to
others it was simply deadly"
:" guess we are the kind it doesn't hurt,
Doctor" Ellen said, at last, I" for we've used
| it q year."
Stop using il now then" said "and
what do You want to smear your faces for
when your husbands dislike the looks Of
/ it?"
"Ob, Silas DON'T" said Ellen, laughing.
"He owned up that l looked ever SO much
fairer and younger with it on"
! Then knew SiIas had put it out of his
power to keep Ellen from using the stuff !;
out of mine, too, perhaps. When next 1
/ went to the little home, l heard nothing of
the matter, and concluded that the girls
had given the thing up. / kept on going
occasionally as usual, to see the little fami-
| lies. Ellen was blooming as ever. Kate
grew less SOL but that happens to many
! girls after they take the cares of the house.
wife upon themselves, and so, since she did
/ not complain, made no remark about it
/ At last, however, one bright morning in
winter, as / was just getting into my car
riage, I saw Silas Harden running down the
street with very pale face
"Doctor! Doctor!" he cried, as he came
near me. {" was afraid would miss you
Come around to my house, will you? Ellen
is in bad way. She is very sick, and she
has lost the use of her han Is"
Good heavens :" said !. "Jump in,
Silas J" and 1 drove him to his home as fast
I as dared to drive. / said nothing until we
were going up the long stairs together.
Then asked:
9. Has Ellen been well until now 2"
''She's had cramps; but l didn't think
them dangerous" said Slas. ~ gave her
ginger for them, and they went over; but
this morning she woke up strange and stu