The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1884-12-05

around the one on which he had formerly
been employed but it was fruitless task
All the farmers knew the story of his
shame, and they were afraid to have a
',jail-bird'' on their places.
Henry finally resolved to go to Chicago,
and in that busy city find employment, and
there, where no one knew him, would he
retrieve the character of which he had
been robbed.
But he could not go so far away without
letting Ada know of his plans; so he once
more retraced his steps to his former
home
Through the beneficent pity of one of the
hands ON the farm who worked for Mr.
Jamison, when he was employed for that
gentleman, he succeeded in letting Ada
know that he was not far distant; and,
when the sun hid it's brightness in western
grandeur, she had met him a mile from
the farm, and made anew to him her pro-
misses of constancy.
Thus encouraged, lie took the money she
offered him, (''until he could pay it, and
departed, to try to gain fortune worthy
of her acceptance.
The money which he had sent his mother
he could find no trace of; and had it not
been for Ada's warm-hearted generosity
he would have been obliged to have for
gone his removal to Chicago.
He arrived at the railroad station few
minutes too late for the accommodation
train and was obliged to take night ex-
press which came along several hours
later.
He had ridden several hours, and was
about falling asleep, when suddenly there
was heard a loud kissing, then came a
terrific shock, and the next thing Henry
could realize was that he was in small
cot, of which there were several in the
room.
After awhile a gentleman came into the
room, and seeing Henry look around,
came to him and kindly asked him, show
are you feeling, now, my man -
''Where am p" demanded he.
''Youa are in the st. Agnes Hospital, y re-
piled the gentleman. "You were ON the
express. and misplaced switch caused a
collision, i'll which your right arm was
broken, and in which you received an ugly
fracture of the skull, and it will take
many weeks to recover
Then for the first time Henry noticed
that his head and arm were all wrapped
in bandages, and perceived the odor of
medicines.
1t was not long before he was suffering
from raging fever
Anxiously the watchers saw him improve
then grow worse, and finally he became
delirious. Then came the crisis, and this
safely passed, he spent the long, tedious
convalesence.
Twenty weeks had passed since his con-
finement in the Hospital; and notwith-
standing the fact that he had promised
Ada that she should hear from him in
week after his departure, he had not been
able to write to her.
He finally babe farewell to his kind
friends at the Hospital and sought en-
ployment in the city, in which he had been
compelled so long to tarry.
He was almost destitute Of money, and,
fortunately, he found work in factory,
where he earned enough to continue his
journey to Chicago.
Chicago, at lastr' exclaimed Henry,
as he alighted in that city, early one morn
ing; ''and | don't know that it looks any
better than most places. hope I'll have
better luck here than had in the last
few places I've been in.
All day he searched for work, but in
vain; the next day he tried again, but
with no better success; and thus it went on
for more than week.
One day he went into store and in
quired if they could give him employment,
and to his joy, he received an answer in
the affirmative.
Accordingly, on the following morning,
he entered upon the role of porter in
large hardware house, and by bis diligence
and sobriety, he soon gained the good will
of his employees.
Now, he thought it time to write to
Ada, and one evening he wrote her letter
detailing all that happened since he had
left her.
But weeks and months passed by and he
never knew whether his letter reached its
destination or not!
But, nothing daunted, Henry resolved
to try again; and when long time had
elapsed after he had written his second
and no answer came, though he could not
account for her strange silence, he believed
that she would prove true to his love.
He set about his labor with renewed
energy, and had been in the employ of the
hardware firm for about year when he
was made salesman. From this he adj
vanced to the counting room, and was be-
ginning to feel that, after all, his row was
getting somewhat easier, when he became
acquainted with young fellow named
Thompson, who manifested a lively inter
est in his welfare.
He was a fellow clerk, and had the OPP
portunity of seeing Henry often.
He kindly volunteered to ''show him