St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-02-21

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over the flowers, exhaling their fascln-
ating fragrance. Ali beautiful, danger
Ously-beautiful blossom! Many q WOman's
| conscience has been lulled to silence bv
your intoxicating perfUmel How good
and kind he is" she murmered. He is
] always thinking OF my comfort and pleas
ure. And now be has good news for me-
L wonder what9 And he has planned a
| little supperr-and then a crimson flush
/ tinged AileeIi's cheek with the hue OF the
rose. She buried her face in her hands.
II am 50 hungry-O. am ashamed to be
so hungry she sObbed. but / cannot re-
sist the temptation. / will go"
As she dallipd over her quail that after
noon Of O'Seirs, Walter Branley never for
one moment suspected that his companion
had tasted nothing since the previous day
but cup Of coffee.
Il have good news for you" he said in
that wonderfully mOdulated voice OF his
that always woke thh slumbering chords in
a wOman's heart.
| $50 you told ME. in your letter" she an
swered, smiling: land l am. OF course, dy-
ing to know what il can be"
! Well / have secured a position for YOU
on the Monthly Record. You are 20 fur
| nish al the fashion notes, TO edit the liter
/ arg column. and read proofs, etc. You will
] be certain of a regular salary, and then.
| too, You will have an opportunity 20 work
/ yourself into public favor and notice
/ through the influence % this periodical.
You are TO begin your new duties the first
| week in January"
! The glad tears Of surprise and JOY filed
| Aliens beautiful eyes. How good. how
! good you aTe.' she cried. in a low. tremu-
lous voice. Il never had 50 good and IN
selfish 4 friend In all my life before. How
can / ever thank you enOugh:'
simply by being happy" Walter Bran
4 ley answered with a smile. And no pang
! Of remOrse entered his selfish heart - he.
| looked upon his trusting victims telr-wet
] face. mol his thought was: she Is mine,
/ have only TO play card or two more. and
the game Is won. Women are all alike-as
/ vain "a they are weak: Vet this one IS ex-
/ ceptOnally handsome and bright. / shall
be very fond Of her; have been mcom-
monty interested IN her ever since l first
| saw her face"
Yes, Walter Branley was no unusual vii
| lain-he was a type Of nan 20 be met with
| almost daily IN the best society Men
! whose pastime consists in amorOuS i'll
! trIgue. and To whom moral principle is an
! unknown term, when applied 10 raffaires
| du cHuT. Yet men upon whom fair, shell
/
men 10 be my be best friends think they
are trucr than women. somehow"
! Walter walked with his companion TO the
| street door thai led up 10 her shabby room.
| Then he touched his hat respectfully.
pressed her hand gently, and took his de-
| parture.
IN hour later there was a tap on her
door. She opened it and found her land
! lady, Christina. standing outside. with q
! cup of tea and bit of buttered toast on a
| tray.
Il thought you might want a bite of
something while YOU are at work tonight"
/ the woman said kindly. II am afraid sou
| do not eat enough, m.ss-yOu have been
! growing so pale Ot late.
! Aileen flushed slightly as she took the
! tray and asked her visitor 10 be- seated.
Il don't mind telling you tine truth, Mrs.
Jansen she said. Il have been n little
| short of money lately. After / paid YOU
my months rent | had run of bad luck
| / lost one story l wrote, in the mails. and
! another magazine failed owing me quite a
sum. 50 money l had depended upon
did not receive. ! have good deal due
me. but the editors all take their time 10
| pay. you know. | have had 10 economic
on my meals. but better times are coming
| 1 have Il place offered me ON Il magazine
now, at a regular salary. | 20 To work the
! first week in January. | Will not receive
any money until February. but | shall man
/ age To get along until then somehow.
fancy. 4 very kind friend invited me ont
To lunch tO-day-so l think Providence is
looking out for me-"
| ''Providence Or-the devil" muttered
! ChTistiana. aS she went down stairs TO look
after her invalid chiid-the child who had
seen from his window 1.-THE handsome gen
/ tleman' walk hume with Miss Aiieen, and
had reported the fact 10 his mother.
And so when Maud Whitney made Chris
| tina the cOniidant OF her new resolve that
! good woman was not long in selecting an
object for her charity.
Il want a real needy and worthy per
son." Maud said. ''SOme one who actually
suffers Tor food and lire: and want to give
| her Il prefer il should be a wOman 4 real
/ HAPPY Christmas
well. miss. / know that very person. -
| Christina had replied. she has my up
| stairs rOOm-the litIle. wee room | rent To
/ tranSientS. She is as pretty and as young
4 as yourself. miss. And she writes for the
papers. and sorry lime she has Of il.
writing away until near morning. and then
/ waiting six months, maybe. before she
/ gets a cent OF pay. And often she
/ never goes out OF Ler room for 4 bite Of
anything but once day. and her under
clothing. miss II wash Tor her. you know.
is as thin rs tissue paper and patched over
| and over. Ana lately there's a fine gentle
man coming 10 see her. and / fear he
means her no good; and likely as not you
are a good angel the Lord has sent to her
! rescue
! Maud was deeply Interested in the de-
] - al haF lafF al,
| house her plans were all arranged. Maud
was to purchase nice outfit of warm I'M
deTclOthing and a sumpTuouS supply of eat
| ableS. and she was Ia carry them 10 Chris
! tina's house on Christmas Eve. at $50
| O'Clock. Christina was To- be i'm her dodgers
| room and detain heT there, when n knock
| would sound on her door and she would
| open it To find all those gifts on the land
ing, while the happy donor fled back to her
carriage and home.
But nothing ever occurs Just as we plan
/ ii, and very unexpected circumstance
was destined Ia change Maud Whiney'S
plans FOR Christmas eye-and indeed for
life.
All the day before Christmas Aileen
! Lewis had huddled IN her room, trying To
look her future in the face She had just
received word that the magazine on which
she was expecting To secure situation had
! suspended publication. one of its stock
| holders had failed. and the enterprise was
! necessarily abandoned. wrecking the hopes
OF unnuubered literary aspiTants who had
| hoped to sail through its columns to the sea
of glory which shines 50 fair and golden in
the distance. but on which no mariner ever
| yet found an island OF rest.
Aileen had been reviewing her life. as so
! many OF US do ON those saddest DAYS i'm the