The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-05-29
HER REWARD.

How ~ bave her .m.tress faip, an no,
,Ioc.,s.r i,,., ~. the c.tch ~ The sea.on
M. Hs.hs., HammonI> had com. n ssrs
Mr'h' e'Se,s S"' u" =. w sase
her 70 q ball. He had not hesitated to
carry b poor girl into the parior' where
he placed her on q sofa and sent hurridly
for a physician. u,,,u1
..Oh. dear, dear!- cried the girl who
h,o,,oht what he had asked FOR on a ,i,tIe
N. ~vr,s., rs. ~. -. ~.
Tray, WY, s."e youne woman .ha'
did the emnroiaery. i toiu tne COOK after-
ward my heart Died mat didn't ask her
to come into the kitchen and have a bite.
It's what I ought to have done when she
was sent off without bein0 heanl. IFS a
shame the way the rich serves tho noor !.
~mr "a' "S ~
MISS bertha hearu anu WINGED. Sne
made some soft remark about being I'm
ignorance OF the young PERSONS situation,
hut II is doubtful II Herbert heard her.
He was trying to MIKE the poor girl swal-
hoy oa,a hand MIL and shed scars 81 reaI ',;,v
nvar bsre
AZ last the effort was successful. A
,;,tie life had alreadv returned 10 the
Moor creature when the doctor arrived.
By this time Mrs. Hoyt had descended,
and. after looking nj the uiri. he adj.
,iressed her.
aNgadan,a ', he sail. .. I can sepd for an
,mbuiance. hut n Won are charitable
enough IN give shelter 10 his moor uiri for
the night. / can feel more certain OF saw.
mo her life. She shouId he n,,t IN he'd AZ
once-w
.And ,bere,s NV he'd. and IN sit nm
with her" cried Bessie; ..poor dear. I'm
glad To do H."
..i,m sure, said Mrs, Hoyt, ..that I shall
be quite willing TO do all / can"
.,You see il is on our consciences,- said
Miss Rertha' making the best of a bad
sitnat;on' .'Shew was evidently coming 10
n,,r house for n small amount of money
we owe her. She embroiders."
"Embroidery is the most poorly paid
work thai sewing women do" said the
doctor. az wonder IL this poor girl has
any friends who are anxious about her?
Does any one know that or her name 2"
al DO" said Bessie. "She hasn't a soul,
She hires a hall bed room with no fire in
il, and il is quite across town, and her
name is Miss Rosetta Hall, and she's a
lady horn and bred. That's all the worse
for her now"
Rosetta Hallr' cried Herbert. ''Doc-
tor. / thoupht i knew the face. Mr.. Hall
was my best friend in youth. To him /
owe much. / used to know this lady we'll
when she was a little child and / a young
colIeoian. Poor girl! How has she come
To this 2"
"Ahw said the doctor, .'were Won i'm my
position you would know that the poverty |
which parades itself i'm begQary is liQht |
cOmDared to that suffered by people who |
would rather die than beR-merchants
rrbo boyo fo;Iad prnfoseionnl mon u,bn |
ave broken down, people once prosper
Gus and surrounded by friends, who Turk
in garrets or cellars and sometimes starve
there" j
That night the poor girl lay, half con-
scious, i'm Bessie's bed. The next day a
room was put at her disposal.
Bertha was not displeased. Ii gave her
an opportunity of posing in the presence
of Herbert. who called every day as a ten
der. sympathetic soul full of benevolence
and charity, a very handsome Florence
Nightingale, in blue cashmere morning
robe, with flowers i'm her hands for the
sick room.
ait is an excuse to call often on me-"
she Thought. ,sTbat little, pinched crea-
t,lre can't attract him, though his talk
about his .oratitude' to her father is so
wonder he will do when she
pets we'll and proves to be that trouble
person. a Young lady who needs
emplovment.
Oh. n Bertha could but have known
there would have been no more posing al
the bedside. no more flowers, no more
c~oolinu drinks. offered with winning
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