Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1894-03-02

and much becurled head, she per-
ambulated the adjacent streets IN COM
pany with girls of her acquaintance,
not vet vicious, only ignorant, vain,
and craving for a little of that happi
ness which seems to all girls their
birthright.
That same hair was in papers now
she blushed as she recalled the fact
he hands were grimy, her face un-
washed. HIS eyes noted it.
They did not meet again during the
week, but next Sunday morning found
Jeanne with her hair out of papers aud
her hands washed; she was lettering
at the street corner when he came
back in his spruce clothes. She gave
him n pert nod; she felt annoyed with
him for some unknown reason, and
that evening made herself as re-
splendant as possible in her cheaT
gaudy fnery.
''He shall see that can be smart,
too, she thought, and tossed her
head as he appeared.
He stopped, and, drawing note
book from hispocket, rapidly sketched
church-front upon it. She shook
her head. He looked puzzled; then
his quick fingers drew the outside Of
one of the commonest type of meeting
house. She shook her head again, and
moved of. Somehow she did not like
TO show him how she spent her Sun
day evenings.
The weather became very hot.
Jeanie drooped more and more IN the
unhealthy workroom and stuffy
streets. He seemed to notice it, for
on Saturday night she found draw =
ing Of trees, and path, and figures
walking about, and underneath the
figures 2.30 Could he be asking her
to go for walk? She waited in to
see.
At2.3O knock came at her door
There he was, with his square, ugly,
good-natured face smiling ot her. She
felt awkward going down the stairs
with him. What could they do during
p whole walk if neither could speak to
the other? But that walk did not
take place. The smart tie around her
neck had been the price other dinner !;
she turned faint and reeled, then sat
down on the stairs and burst into
tears.
She hardly knew if she was vexed or
pleased to find herself picked up like
q baby and carried up to her own room
and laid upon her bed. She sat up
and drank some water, while he stood
looking perplexedly at her, aud she
blushed that he should see her untidy,
disorderly loom.
He went out. In few minutes she
heard her door open, and something
pushed along the floor. It was little
lug of hot coffee and milk and plate
of German rolls.
The next day another picture was
left. 1t represented large workshop,
with men sitting at tables, all busily
engaged over some mechanical work ;
underneath was written the figures
3Os.
With unskilful fingers she drew an
outline OF coat and waistcoat and a
needle and thread and posted 1t at his
door as she went out; but she had to
come back again, she WAS 50 i'll, and all
day she lay there alone, waiting for
what was the only friendly signal in
the world to her, the scrap of paper OF
the foreign artist.
She heard it pushed under the door
at last, an1 feebly rose and groped for
is. Her head was throbbing 80, that
she could scarcely see that it contained
a whole line of portraits-an elderly
man and woman, and younger faces,
among which WAS his own. His family
doubtless.
She made n rough outline of her
hat, with sharp oval for face un-
derneath. She was too i'll to get it
down to him. She pushed it ont and
trusted that he would fetch it. She
heard him in the morning come up
again, and then she heard no more for
the fever seized upon her, and when
next she woke to consciousness she
was lying on n hospital bed. For days
she was too weak to speak or think,
but, when she was able, one of the
nurses asked her il she would like to
see some papers which had been
brought to the hospital for her, and
the nurse spread them out before her.
The first was of man following a
stretcher through the streets. Then
the same man sitting alone in soil.
targ room with his heal bowed upon
his hand and weeping. The next, the
same man at door, evidently asking
questions of porter within. The
next, the man was beside a bed on
which lay a deathlike figure.
"das he been to see me?"
"Yes, it was when we thought you
ware dvin0 he came every dnv. but wo