Nevada County picayune., 1890-09-11
STORY OF A WAITER GIRL.

season, ana prcclpltalclN dlsapptalN on hearing the ringing of bell, which proclaimed that his train is due. He disappeared, but in his hurry he left behind him q pocket book which he had taken out in or. der to discharge his reckoning. Now that pocke.-Ino wa~ very i'm portant one. Ii containcd some sovcreigns and roll of bank notes. and also some business papers even more important than the bank notes. The merchant retraced his steps and went to every place he had visited in the course of the day, and he had been to a great many; but his mem ory was an utter blank in regard to the refreshment room. He put an advertisement in the papers; but waitrcsses do not read advertisements unless they are looking for situa- ton for self or friends. But one day this gentleman managed to find him. self in this station, which. by the way was not in his line; one which he visited very rarely, and, as it were, only by accident. Directly he entered the room the pretty girl at the counter recognized him, and came up to the little table where he was sitting-it now being late in the autumn-drinking a cup of tea.
 II think, sir, :" she said, that you left pocket-book here some months ago.
 'Indecd l did; and l shall be particularly glad to hear of it again.
 The girl had her wits about her. IL would not do to give the pocket book to the first stranger that claim ed it after she had mentioned her find. At the same time she had q recollection of the person to whom she spoke, which had caused her to address him.
 What sort of pocket-book was Iit:" she asked. And what did 1t contain"
 Ut had three sovereigns in it and five fye-pound notes and some busi- ness papers, bills of exchange"
 1t is alright. I have got your pocket book, she said: and she went to q little desk and produced it..
 It was alright to the minutest de tail There were the gold and notes and the other precious papers, lit i tie silver besides. and half a dozen postage stamps.
 Young lady" he said. l am very much obliged. Do you know that l have offered a reward in the newspapers for the discovery of this l pocket book :"
 II did not know it. I am very glad that kept it for you. l dc not want a reward"
 She said this but, being only q human waitress, l dare say the vision of bonnet, or q dress flashed on her imagination.
 Now, will you write down your name and where your mother hyes ir this pocket book of mine =
 T have no mother but l have ar aunt and lot of little cousins. ."
 And she gave an address in Wal brook.
 Some time after this the gentle man called upon the aunt and said that he would be very pleased tC send the girl to school for few years, dcfray all possible expenses and make himself responsible for SC curing her a livelihood afterward.
 The girl herself was not so pleased She thought that school wa, only meant for little girls, and being { mature young woman of seventeen, she thought that she was much too old for it. But being assured tha there were girls even older that that at the good and small finishing school where he proposed to senC her, she was wise enough to acccp the offer, and cleverly availed her self of all the advantages which wer' set before her.
 The merchant provided for her fu ture by persuading her to marry him She made him a good wife, and the! Hive happy forever afterward, as 1 they belonged to story book. Al the Year Round,