Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1891-08-15
Sunday RaaF#B,
I'm HIS NAME.
BY CARRIE A. GRIFFIN.
Illustrated Christian Weekly.

illustrated Christian Weekly.
The girls of Miss Careleton's use.
lect School" were up an hour before
the usual time one bright May morn
ing, and with baskets of all shapes
and sizes made their way to near
patch of woods.
On the breast of each there gleam-
ed a little Maltese cross, showing her
to be of royal birth-a daughter of
the King. In short time they re-
turned 20 the house, each basket
filled to the brim with trailing arbu-
tus. Deity the sweet-scented flow
erS were made into many bouquets,
to each of which was attached card
bearing a short Scripture verse they
were then packed into large box,
and at noon-time were peeping out
from among the leaves upon differ
ent wOrld-the "wOrld" of New York
City.
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Elihor Adams left Tracy's that
night with Il heavy heart. 1t had
been hard day. Customers had
been cross, impatient, rude, and the
last straw was when Mrs. Sumner
SOmers-a leader in New York So
ciety, one to whom everyone in the
store showed the greatest Difference
came to Elinor to be fitted to gloves.
Pair after pair was shown her before
q satisfactory shade could be found,
and then with a resigned air, she
placed her elbow on the cushion for
ElinOr 10 fit her hand. 1t was no
easy matter, as Mrs. SOmer's fingers
were short and fat, and decidedly un-
manageable. Just as the last finger
with seeming reluctance-wa being
worked into place, Elinor ventured
the remark that sit had been a
beautiful day" Whereupon her Gus
toner, with Il prolonged stare, said
haughtily:
81 came here to purchase gloves,
not to discuss the weather"
ElinOr was 50 surprised, so hurt, so
indignant, that she abruptly left the
lady(?) with her half-gloved little
finger pointing upward, telling one
Of the girls standing near to take her
sale and finish fitting the glove, for
she couldn't and wouldn't.
An ever-vigilant hoor-walker
standing near came quickly to Eli
nor, and sternly demanded an expla-
nation Of her conduct. She told him
holly that she had been insulted, and
ne never would sell "that person.
gloves again so long as she was in the
store.
mo, | do not think you WILL" re-
sponded the consequential gentle
man coldly. "Your services here
will be required no longer"
He then hurried to Mrs. Somer;
with profuse apologies for any lack
of courtesy shown her, and before
Elinor fully realized the import of il
all, she found herself walking blind
ly down the broad avenue, Oblivion;
to everything but the awful fact thai
she had been discharged :" tina
the few dollars in the small envelope
which she held so tightly in hel
hand (her wages, given her a.
she left the store) were perhaps thu
last she would earn for many a day
Oh, that dreadful temper of hers! l
she had but bitten her lips, even un
til the blood came-and kept silent
What could she do? What shoulC
She do?
She knew how hard it would be
without reference, and without in
tlnence-to obtain another situation
There was Sue Davis, who after tive
months fruitless search, had gon,
home in despair. But she had n,
home to go to. If she had, sh
would have never left it-unless &C
tually compelled TO do so-for third
rate boarding house, and the societ,
of girls whose highest ambition wa
10 Guido each other in the number 0
their bangles and in invitations t
the theatre.
She had been taught to believe il
God, in an everything Providence
but somehow it seemed as if chanc
ruled in her lie, and God seemed s
far off in this noisy, bustling, whirl
ing city. In the town of Winfield
she had always twice a Sunday, toll
ed up the steep hill, on whose sum
init stood the "OrthOdoX Meetin
House" but after the first few Sat
baths i'm hCr new home she had urad