The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1890-12-04

cnange IN The expression OF her face,
but with voice whose rough grating
easily overpowered the noise of the
train:
jest you stop worritin', Tommy,
else I'll tell yer bloomin' dad when we
git 'ome-see if / DON'T
Stephen shut his eyes and only open
ened them as the little family bundled
out two stations further on
1.-The Monument'' shark lane!"
No further passengers invaded his car
riage.
II can't stand this any longer, and
the condensed fog .chokes one. I shall
get out at the next station and go
back" ..s.yf... .-... .. -. +.
"Aldgate!" 49, ....., .... ... -
Out he jumped and crossed to the
return platform, literally feeling his
way. The underground station at
Aldgate is often quite dark in the
middle OF summer, and on this day
the fog was dense. He found his way
to a seat, and ESQ thick was the dark
messy did not discover till he had TAX
en- his place at the end of it, that
there were two other persons near
him. One of them, man, was speak
ing in disagreeable, querulous voice.
I'm sure it's not my fault if I get
nothing to do. I am always trying to
find something"
"Yes, in other peoples pockets. "
answered woman's voice. "You want
the wage, not the work?"
''Good heavens! that is Millicents
voice exactly" thought Stephen;
what an extraordinary resemblance"
What becomes of money in your
hands can't conceive" she went on.
1T, is Millicent's voice! What in
Gods name is she doing?" and Stephen
trleds to catch glimpse OF the figure
that was screened from him by the
man between them, and still more 50
by the darkness.
what have you done with the
money sent you last?''
"Done with it? Spent it, of course.
A family cannot live on nothing. It
was not much for you to give-you,
who live in luxury; you. whose hus-
band is rich; you--"
"My husband is very far from rich;
and If he were so it would benefit YOU
in no way. Every farthing 1 have
given you for your wife was my own,
made by own work. I, woman,
worked to help a woman, as I would a
man, but not such as you.''
"Whatever you may have given you
owed to my wife,
II owed her?"
Eyes; for taking from her what was
hers by right"
shall let this brute 60 on speak.
ing to her?" said Stephen to himself,
holding the edge of the seat tightly in
each hand.
''And now that she is i'll and in want
you in your prosperity grudge little
help to her and her hungry children"
81 have lowered myself by listening
to you thus far,'' said A1illicent, Tin
order to see if you would not in time
say what L expected of you-what ]
waited for. Now that you have done
so l will answer you fully this once and
never speak with you again. l feel
that you cannot have lived YOUR life
without some ones having called you
liar and coward or without you
knowing that many had right to do
So Therefore will not pause to add
my testimony to theirs When you1
first letter came last year, addressed
to my husband, ''to wait an apswer,'
he was happily away from home. To
save time l. contrary to my inclina.
ton, opened your appeal It con-
tanned manly reference to your wife,
and my husbands regard for her in
past years and a cring1ng demand for
money for her and your children, il
not for you, and it ended with a sug-
gestion as to the possible unpleasant,
consequences to his domestic happi-
ness if the subject of your letter be.
came known to me. Every detail OF
the story, as far as it concerned him.
self, my husband had long since told
me, and no mud thrown by you could
shake my trust. 49,.
''You lie when you say that I took
from your wife what was hers by
rig ht My husband once loved her
with all his heart and soul, and she
made him suffer bitterly. But he
had loved her, as say, and for his
sake l consented Gf the miserable
story should never reach his ears
to give him further pain) to help
the woman who had repaid his love
with betrayal, his confidence with
treachery, but who had been dear
to him before he gave to me what
took from no one else. You lie again
when you speak of her present suf-
fering and the wants OF her child
ren-silence" as the man attempted
to speak. do you think in dealing