Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1896-02-06

fair hair lying on her forehead ike
cloud of feathery glory; yet, thee wa
a shadow Of unhealth in the Hwles
Transparency of her conplexi6, ant
her step lacked the litheness ind &C
tivity OF buoyant youth. I
Alice Palmer's lines had notbeer cast
in pleasant places, except sg1ar as she
was enabled to board WITT her sister,
Mrs. Harland. She ''clerke In a great
dollar bazar kept by ieo1e" ner-
chant, who cared notlAs ior the help-
less girls who sold Hgltterlng wares,
knowing well thy/"hen one broke
down-as. poor tbfgs, they were often
in the habit of dqg-there were a score
You look t IA tonight, Ally" the
mecb,n;c sa/ anxiously, as the girl
+oo1- 80 r1s3at the table.
s.Tiredr,1e replied, II am clean
worn ont A big country excursion
came r. e city to-day, and the store
1ras o1frun. You'd be tired too,
Caorch you'd had to stand twelve
| o,,-s1without rest, and with the
tho,It ever uppermost in your mind
ID this land of boosted prosperity
thE were thousands like you, selling
! s1r young lives and hopes for a beg
<rly payment that just keeps them in
God and clothes"
''Seems to me-" said her brother-in-
law gravely, there's something wrong
IN a state of society which permits such
things; there ought to be law to put
! stop to it. There ought to be a
aw passed to compel employers of
female labor to pay fair wages and de-
cent treatment. But, Ally, throw the
hing up, and rest till you can better
Yourself. You know how welcome you
ire to live with u.s."
something that has happened to-day
eads me to expect my discharge on
night"
''Oh, Ally, dear, how is that? They
eemed to think so much of you?"
hrs. Harland asked.
1T was through no fault of mine.
lou know Charlie Grant, don't you?"
THE reporter on the Herald who is
.oing to marry Carrie Chambers? Yes,
ure.
We'll, he came into the store to
i've me a message for her, and while
e was talking to me Mrs. Buddulph,
be millionaire pork-pacl1er's wife-oh, |
,ellie, how 1 do hate those new rich |
up in her carriage and |
7alked straight to my counter. Char
e stood respectfully aside till she
hould give her orders, but as soon as
he had seated herself she began
rade against servant girls, and wound
p by indignantly demanding why
as stuck there behind counter, in
cad of earning an honest living as a
onestic, when hired help was hardly
, be had for love or money"
what did you say?''
81 felt ready to sink with vexation:
1t dared not reply, for she is good
,stomcr; but what do you think Charlie
rant did? He raised his hat in the
,1itest manner, and said in voice that
uld be heard all over the store: sYou
ght to be very grateful to Mrs. Bid
lph for her kind advice. She speaks .
om experience, you know, for she ras
= husbands cook before he married bert" / 7
George burst into a hearty roar of
1ghter. Good for the newspape,
W he said, ''that was well done
An, DuG MIS-. DlOllu1pu OlQ not think | :.
While all the clerks and custouers
re convulsed with laughter, she !,
unced out OF the store, and q few
autes afterwards Cohen came to me
1 said that he couldn't allow his | L
rks to receive admirers during bust I
IS hours" =
He did, did he, the insoient pup" I
3rge vociferated, his face flushing q
h passion. Back to the bazar you l
IL never go. Ally. Tomorrow will n
on him and settle it." c
You will do no such thing, George t
rland," his wife interposed, decisive b
.sYou will only be getting yourself d
, trouble, and no good will come Of
Perhaps Ally had better resign her y
ition and wait for something more =
able" I
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