Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-01-17
THE EMIGRANT GIRL

LIE I'm u RAN i VI III.
Down through the skylight Of the
great emigrant office the sun beat like
gigantic burning glass, the blue flies
buzzed noisily in the window frames,
aud Honora Hough sat uneasily on her
bard wooden bench, her heart throb-
bing restlesslv at every sound.
is that II o'clock strikingpn she
ventured 20 ask sc last OF a good
natured official who was writing at a
tall desk close by.
That's IL o'clock" he said, care
fully blotting page 81 before he turned
to page %.
and 30 one has come for me yetPh
No one has come for you yet. ~
Aud the official commenced on a
~ew page with a fresh dip of the pen.
Honoras heart beat faster than ever;
a sort Of mist seemed to gather over
her blue ewes. Did she fall asleep, or
was it only a sort OF waking swoou
from which she aroused to hear some
one Saving close TO her;
Ever since this time yesterday, and
not a soul has inquired for her.
think It's moro than likely she'd be
glad Of a decent place. Wouldn't you,
young womau2'
81 want some one right away said
spare, hard-ieatured, elderly woman.
with basket on her arm and a crimp
cap under her bonnet "My daughter
Is very sick. and can't get along no
longer without help. The wages amt
high. but It's a good home for any
young woman; that I'll guarantee"
Honoa drew q long breath, glanced
once more wistlully at the window,
aud then decided,
I'm go said sne.
Perhaps IL was as we'll that she ar
rived at that conclusion. The sickness
incident 90 the sea-voyage aud the long
waiting for the friends who had not
come had pretty we'll undermined her
nervous system and size was at least
spared tho shock of the fire, - which,
although not serious merely a spagil
from the still sJsoidorng cigar of a
geutlcman visitor falling in scrap
basket fall of torn envelopes and
papers was sufficient to give all the
employees good fright, and To erase
from the cmigraul bureau world all
trace of poor liule llonora Nough's
whereabouts as ueueiled down on Que
Of the slips of paper that were de-
stroye&.
She went home with Mrs. Carey,
helped nurse poor little Sarah Carey
on her weary journey ont OF the world,
took 6lial care Of the old lady herself
In the days when rheumatism rac6ed
her every bone and joint and finally
married Ben himself Mrs Carey's
son aud Sarah's brother-who alas Tor
the reign OF rumaucel was a dealer in
rays aud bottles. and daily drove "a
cart clamorous with bells and drawn
by subdued old gray horse about The
streets.
II always thought confessed Hon
ora, 'tbat should marry cattle
king when came 10 this country or a
rich gold-diggcr or something of that
Kind. People got thugs twisted all
sorts of ways an the old country But
am sure Ben is nicer than any cattle
king could he!'
Iii / was "a god-digger though. .
shrewdlv observed Ben. II might have
given YOU bigger house than this
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' 81 do,T NM ,n,thinr Init Won
Benz said llogora. her pretty quaint
broguC accculuatcd, as il always was
by strong emotion
H. wy, har,n,. Ann III Mr., " ,sid
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