Waterbury evening Democrat., 1890-08-21
THE WAITER GIRL.
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 She was pretty little girl, and was It one of the metropolitan stations. Enter to her, as %hey say in the play books, a middle-aged gentlemen, very hot, aud in very great hurry, takes a tumbler of claret and lemonade as be- Hitting the summer season, and precipi- tately disappears on hearing the ring ing of a bell, which proclaimed that his train is due. He disappeared, but in his hurry he left behind him a pocket book which he had taken out in order to discharge his reckoning. Now that pocket-book was very important one. | It contained some sovereigns and a roll Of bank notes, and also some business papers even more important than the l 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 l great many; but his memory was an utter blank in regard to the refresh- mont room. He put an advertisement in the papers; but waitresses do not read advertisements unless they are looking for a situation for self e friends. But one day this gentlemen managed to find himself in this station, which, by the Nay, was not in his nor, nal 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 tho little table where he was sitting-it now being late in the autumn-drinking a cup of tea.
 ''1 think, sir," she said, that you left pocket-book hero some months ago"
 '1ndeed did; and shall be particu- iarly glad to hear of it again."
 The girl had her wits about he. It would not do to give the pocket book to the first stranger that claimed it after she had mentioned her find. Att he same time she had a recollection of the person to whom she spoke, which had caused her to address him.
 What sort of pocket-booE was it?" she asked. And what did it contain?"
 'lt had three sovereigns in it and five five-pound notes and some business papers, bills of exchange"
 "lt is all right. l have got your pockot-book," she said: and she went to little desk and produced it.
 It was all right to the minutest de- tail. There were the gold and notes, and the other precious papers, little silver besides, and half dozen postage stamps.
 Young lady" he said, II am very much obliged. Do you know that have offered reward in the newspapers for the discovery of this poclet-book?"
 'l did not know it. I am very glad that kept it for you. do not want a reward,'
 She said this; but, being only a hu- man waitress, dare say the vision of bonnet, or a dress flashed on her i'm agination.
 Now, will you write down your name and where your mother lives in this pockct-book of mine?"
 Il have no mother; but I have an aunt and lot of little cousins"
 And she gave an address in Walhrool1
 Some time after this gentleman called upon the aunt and said that he would be very pleased to send the girl to school for a few years, defray all possi- ble expenses, and make himself respon- sible for securing her livelihood after- ward
 The girl herself was not so pleased She thought that school was only meant for little girls, and being a mature young woman of seventeen, sho thought that she was much too old for it. Rut being assured that there were girls even older than that at the good and small finishing school where he pro- posed to send her, she was wise enough to accept the offer, and cleverly availed herself of all the advantages which were set before her.
 The merchant provided Tor her fut- ure by persuading her to marry him. She made him a good wife, and they "live happy forever afterward," as if they belonged to a story book, All the Year Round.