The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-09-24
THE MAKING OF AwoMAN.
Rat Really Loved Ecary, hut Henr,
Thought Her u wicked Elirt.

Mat Realty Loved EcMry, hut Henry
Thought Her u wicked Elirt.
Once uron n time there was n farmers
SON. and once upon the same time thercwas
y country DOCTORS daughter. The farmers
son fell Ia love with the country doctors
danghter. aud she, not to he outdoae, fell
in lave with him, He was u sensible boy
in most things, which meSns that he was y
foolish hey In love. She WAS n sensible girl
in NEST thtnrs, which meSna--almost any
thing, This much IL c~ertain-she did not
know how very much in love abe was, His
nare was Henry, Her name was Mat,
which IL Matilda shortened.
There A,n to the village to help her IN.
| Their n young doctor fresh from college, He
was city bred, city clothed and city tonSued,
Mat locked NJ him rs a country girl might,
and he looked at her VS. q city young man
was sure to. She smiled, and he smiled
back, and half Of her smile Mas that OF u
en- have felt when they saw that some man
! whom they cared for was wholly in their
power, for Henry grew very uncomfortable
when he SAW Mat hohnob with the Young
MAJ from the city, This made her hohuoh
with him more in6ustrioUsly still, although
she had no evil intent, She was merely u
cot playing with u mouse, But it is not
pleasant TO he " mouse, SO Henry called her
to account one night aud ~reproached her.
Mat, still Ignorant of how deeply she
loved, laughed and enjoyed it, But the
next morning, when she found that Henry
had gone away and that no m knew where
he had gone, she grew wise and felt u fear
that was y misery in her heart.
For thsea days she fingered in the coun.
tiy village Then she, too, Went away, and
there were W pairs CT unhappy parents
behind her-llenry's, because they did not
know where their sou was, and Mats, be.
they thought their daughter was UNI
womanly. But she knew that she had only
then learned how to be a woman.
She learned that Henry had come to New
York, SO she also came here and began to
search for him. But the city grew bigger
and bigger with each days births, which
the aeaths did not seem to her to balance
ct all, and the streets grew longer. She be-
came more anxious aud more determined
with each useless day. Weeks went by. and
months passed, aud q year was two-thirds
gone, Her face, with its eyes tired from
looking at stranger faces, took on an ey-
preston of great sweetness of maturity.
She had to get work to do, for her father
was angry, but she still found time to
search.
AT last one evening, AS she was sitting in
the window of her second story boarding
house room on Sixth avenue, IN elevated
railroad train rumhled toward her and
CHANGED to stop opposite her window. She
looked into the engines cab, and there,
grimy and creased, was Henry raking coal.
For a moment she was almost fright.
ened. Then tho train started, and Henry's
went with it. She turned quickly to
her little bureau and made as good u toilet
as she could, SO that when she went out
she looked most charming. The lips that
had been thin showed a bit of ~fullness now
in their tiny smile, and the cheeks which
had grown pale We're pink. She went to the
nearest elevated railroad station and asked
n few questions. Then she found her way
to the yards"
When Henry left his work, a fondly smil.
ing woman stood at the foot OF the stairs.
He started back and paled when he saw
her, but she held out both hands confident
ly and said:
II have been looking for you for months"
He stopped and kissed her, and they went
away together, arm in nrm.-New York
lrpSS.