Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-16

had only meager salary upon which to
live, and grumbled enough because had
to work all night, and in consequence slept
nearly all day. I thought was deprived of
nv share of sunlight and social life, and my
wife tenderly agreed with me. After she
suddenly failed in health and died, dis
covered that she had worked in our little
house all day, and sewed for the shops at
night. 1t was thus she bought my little
comforts. And now that she was dead and
could not share the comfort and repose of
nv life, it seemed to me that because of her
deprivatlons ought to be more thoughtful
of other women. Little enough did the
girls guess how often they owed some little
pleasure or indulgence to the mute pleading
of my wife's memory. Thinking thus, I
said:
"Are you quite determined on newspaper
work, Miss Woolstine?"
"Quite. And, perhaps I should tell you
that have an offer which can accept from
the Royal Express, although 1 have not
written for them, but I have just come from
there and they seem desirous of trying me.
"Do you want to go there?"
She flushed painfully. mo, do not. 1t
is so public. There are so many men
coming and going"
rubbed my hands nervously.
''Sit down, Miss Woolstine, who did you
see there-at the ofiee?''
"Mr. Finley, the editor"
Sand you will go there?"
81 think ought at least to try it, don't
you. 1t is one of our best papers"
have not described Margaret Woolstine,
and do not know how to do 80. She was a
lovely creature, tall, slender, with superb
carriage of the head, and the most charming
coloring. Her eyes were dark and tender,
but pride and obstinacy curved her pretty
mouth, and 1 often thought that 1t could
not be pleasant to cross her will. But thus
far I have never had to do more than OBJ
serve what has happened to others who tried
to subdue and conquer her.
AS she stood before me, so young and
charming and innocent, 1 thought of my
wife who was also a Margaret, and knew
she would not have allowed the child to go
into such crowd as frequented the Royal
Express, and / said:
"HaVe you no mother?"
"I have only my uncle" she answered,
"and he is angry with me. Ny mother and
father are dead"
Every we'll" said ], fsome one must take
care of you, and am going to ask you to let
me try for little while until your uncle has
not actually need another editor, you can be
of use to us, and want you to come"
Did she resent this half grudging invita-
tion? No. She looked at me with content
and happiness in her eyes and asked me if
she should begin the next morning.
When Hale came down stairs Miss Wool
stine was gone and was in little room
back of our Office, taking papers out Of a
desk.
'.How is this?" he said with fine affec-
tation Of wonder, "didn't you get off?"
"Hale," said 1. 1--WE are going to have an
other editor, and this room will have to be
made ready for her at once. think we'll
put mating on the floor and make it look
clean and cool, and we'll hang pink cur
tain at the window. This desk will do, but
we must get better chair. If you will
clear our belongings out, I'll send Marcy
for the scrub woman and I'll go Tor the
mating"
''By George" said he. "are You daft2
What on earth are you talking about?"
And when told him he listened, and his
only reply was an occasional ejaculation of
"Oh, Lordr" but his intonation of that ex-
preston never varied.