The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-06-09

-, york June Sd was never con-
s5 zociable in the house. But 1 used
4 a- The table and look at the peO-
.-- think out their stories to suit
.s. There was a little old man who
bis elmer as if he feared grim death
40 after him. and, between the salad
,,f.. rie. read a scientific paper. There
30 a couple Of young men, just at the
ora1 fancy scarfs and fine clothes
. If Great importance. There were two
,rrae old maids, two or three married
miles and the usual riffraff that go to
4 axe up the average boarding house.
4 hem she came and was placed oppo-
d.. r,e At the table, her fresh color and
neral air Of youth and happiness inter-
"a me. She had all the quaint little
avs Of the girl from the extreme south,
"A ors day 1 heard her telling the land
ty that she did not expect to be there
.-r long. and that she wished they would
more careful about getting her letters
T., to her room just as soon as they
tame.
She had bit of a room on the top floor,
i nd the boarding house maid is not usual
very anxious to be over-polite to the
" .a,nle who are up so near to heaven
#Houever. she was so pleasant, that she
. Melted even the stony heart of the lady
II ,bo governed the ice, and was willing to
swear that she had given you a large
,ooe of pie. when IT was about the size
h an ordinary egg.
Several times met her downtown. look
,g as bright as possible, with a roll of
Manuscript in her hand and an air OF
si,r able to control the world. Not a
|iisagreeable air, you know, but just that
bappv girlish look that means certainty.
one morning she had stuck In her belt a
lunch of old fashioned flowers; down
nome they call them bleeding hearts, -
md I was perfectly certain they had
rome to her done up in cotton, from the
far south. As the days went on, we smiled
each other, and after a while the ac-
Busintance got 10 be so that we bowed on
sha staircase. Then she heard me speak
.. HI a
+. ook in her face that she would like to
I'D il so l offered it to her. When she
came in to get It, she brought me bunch
m the blossoms and told me they had been
sent TO her from South Carolina.
. Gradually the little story came out. 1t
has this. She was one of a large family
hi children; had been the belle and the
beauty OF the small town in which she
lived: and. Just think of it, was engaged
10 he married to a young man, VINO, as she
.5escribed him lis the very dearest fellow
In the world" but you know, he comes
|Cf very old family, and it would be per-
.te,tv ridiculous to expect him to do any
Work. and thought so many women made
money with their pencils that could come
IN here and make a lot of money, ana then
10 back home and furnish house so that
BE could get married.
The suggestion on my part that II dld
hg hurt men to work, and that they ought
10 DO it for the women they love, was
Xmet with this answer: "Oh, well, you see,
Il you people here don't look at things as
W. do. He is a gentleman, you know
and it would look badly for him to take
L small salary, and as he has never been
trained to work, he could not get large
cne l don't mind. ] am mighty glad TO
think I can make money" How much
%had she made? She had taken her draw
#ngs to the well-known magazines; no
body wanted them. Down home she.paint-
.ed lilies and roses so that people could
. pot tell them from the real ones, and
.was considered a feminine Raphael; but,
.here, somehow-she was certain II was
Ehot because her work was bad, they
Seemed to have more work on hand than
Pie had expected they would.
The days went on, and gradually there
game in her face the look that is In the
face Of so many women in New York; that
ook that tells of a deferred hope; that
ook that tells of a daily disappointment,
ma yet she laughed and was hopeful
ma bushed over her letters as she read
hem at the breakfast table, for she could
10Y wait until she got upstairs. Nobody
'er saw her out of temper, or, indeed,
lythlng but kind and loving. At last she
va me she had an engagement. 1t was
DO Illustrations for a great paper; it
ds not for picture, 1t was just TO draw
eslshs for frocks in some big factory. She
4s essentially artistic. and if she could
zee DIT OF material the creative sense in
gI was so strong that from it beautiful
0CA would be developed before her mind.
ney We're going to pay her S. a week.
lI board was ST. and l wondered where
ne rest of the money that she needed was
come from. But she worked along and
-
tidH dearly, and who looks forward to
happy future. Some days she looked
eu 100 tired to care for anything.
o"e Jay l did not see her. l asked for
~ ana was told that she was not well,
w. mat Maria, the cross Scotch maid,
Ieeaoie to everybody except this one
49, -aa taken cup of tea up to her. |
u- up ana tapped on her door. She was
s On the tiny cot with her face covered
y" Her beautiful hands, through which
ears We're streaming. The poor little
was soon told. Miserable as was the
-ey were giving her, the people who
ioyed her could get somebody for
am so she had to be discharged The
money she had was nearly all gone
IA seemed nothing ahead for her.
81 sAe could not understand it,
' "d4 not had letter for week, that
'e.Ier from him. the only letters
Vi mixing about. l tried to cheer her
a"l sat there until she fell asleep.
M. was quaint little workbox on the
s ana IN it was sharp stiletto, with
~ o'Y handle, a pair of scissors, also
IVORY handles and having tiny plate
1 with the name "Amelie" engraved
kn]siD All the mountings were old-fash-
nv, even the little gold thimble was
r. N fashion that seems strange
S. 1t had been her grandmothe s
sven to her because she was her
|Hai ss On the top was a bit of silk
FIJI lo,S'E had painted in for-g et-me-nots.
Ike case Of some sort, and the
4ers Ia o-le ribbons that tied it and that
opeu so daintily, seemed to whisper
l ID Its folds were concealed that which
- must precious to her-somebody's let