Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1889-05-29
MIR. TINDELES CHOICE.

MIR. TINDELL'S CHOICE.
Naweitam was an old manufacture
ing town bearing an Indian name, with
little, one would suppose, of romance
about it; yet within its limits many a
love story had been enacted, many a
heart had been broken.
North and south, east and west of
the township lay many a rural walk,
while southwest, in silent grandeur,
rose a short chain of mountains whose
tops seemed TO touch the horizon, and
whose gradual slope toward the valley
was colored by every hue of verdure, as
the sun played at hide and seek among
the foliage, and kissed the wild flowers
that grew in rich luXuriance amid the
long grass.
At the base of these mountains lay
cottages more OF less humble, with gar
dens We'll kept, and gardens greatly
neglected, showing in greater or less
degree. not the taste, but the financial
condition of those who dwelt there.
The POOREST and least pretentious of all
the dwellings of Nawettam lay nearest
the creek upon which two factories
stood. giving employment to hundreds
of men, women and children.
-
sat in IA room with perhaps a hundred
others. trimming hats. This occupation
seemed all that was possible to the girl
when she found herself and mother Ill
reduced circumstances after her father :
death; accordingly, though her sensitive
nature and refined spirit shrank from
the associations of the shop, she pushed
bravely on 10 duty, and made applica-
tion as trimmer with an assumption
OF zeal she did not feel, and a very
heavy heart.
Hours from seven TO twelve, and one
to six. Can you be prompt?' inquired
the foreman, as final remark befory
accepting her application. ---.sH-ss (
oh, yes-mamma will help me i'll
that, answered the girl in clear, sill
very tone, Ill spite of the sob that rose
in her throat. There will he nothing
to detain me; my mother and L are
alone
There was a pathos in her words and
manner, though her voice did not
tremble as she SAID this, that touched
the heart of the foreman, hard-hearted
as his position had made him; SO he
said in a tone kindlier than was his
wont to speak:
We'll, come i'll the morning at seven
sharp and scarcely acknowledging heI
s;llutation, turned away, while Agnes
walked homeward, with singular
mingling of pain and pleasure at htl
| heart.
At the time at which / commence
my story she had not missed day al
the factory for more than four years.
| There was much in her life that was
unpleasant; her companions were often
coarse, but though she never joined ii
their rude jokes or loud laughter, SHE
was so uniformly kind that she had no
an enemy among them all.
Three dozen, as alike as peas in a
pod. and Pm tired enough' cried Eli
Miller, placing her last hat III the rack
and rising to take her work up for in
| spectIon. IF get more plugs / won't
do em-I'll be hanged if L willl'
so you said yesterday, when yoU
| put the bands on those brown hats; yei
you done your fourth dozen, for al
that, laughed her companion.
At this, Ella flushed angrily, anC
with a toss of the head intended to bt
naughty, took up her rack and walked
away.
Il don't wonder she's tired of it,
said the girl sitting at the opposite sid,
of the table; her hands are stained
black as ink
so are mine. and this is only my sec
ond dozen,' remarked Mary Arm.
strong, holding up a pair of blacl
hands. See here
We'll, what's the odds? So mucl
the better. for when you see the dir
you'll have TO wash them, and dea
knows it's well to have something t,
make youl' said Sarah Brown, who onl,
in the shop was called a girl and VIII,
had so long ago left that state benin,
her, that a girlish joke was most un
seemly.
Thank you, Sarah Brownl' retortet
Mary. Don't judge others by yourself
it would be a pinched judgment, indeed
At this Agnes cried How could you!
without joining In the laugh IN which
the others INDUCED heartily, for Mis-
Brown was pinched in stature and flesh
and had so little cloth in her gown as L
show off rather than conceal the defect
An awkward silence fell after thi
poor witticism and coarse laughter
which was broken by the return O
Ella, carrying new dozen plug hats
1t was Hobson's CHOICE she said
ruefully. oh, dear, why wasn't
| VI hsfiluSOlHts
If you are handsome, where are TIL
frights?' asked Mary, who seemed {
delight in making ungracious remarks
Your looking-glass will tell yo
where one is snapped Miss Brown
rejoiced at the opportunity of retaliat
ing; for Mary had absolutely no clail
to beauty, having a very aspiring nose
lustreless black hair, and a decide
| snuint in her blue ewes
L know I'm a fright said Mary
humbled at once by the truth of Sarah
homethrust, but l was only in fun
No, you are not fright put i
Agnes, although you are far from
beauty; yet there's not one of us wit
so pretty form, and Mr.. Cremon sal
he only wished he could get your 6guI
for his new picture
Sarah Brown muttered under he
breath 'Taffyi' which, though not il
tended for her ears, Agnes caught, an
Immediately replied:
No, Sarah, it is not 'taffy,' as yo