The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-12-17
THE GIRL IN GRAY.
istible Impulses Which Called Her to
Life Of Remuneration.

Impulses w nlCn taIled Her to
Life 81 Remuneration.
81 san earned her daily bread by try
ngJPn hats in one of the majestic dry
zoo palaces of the metropolis. Her
pea tiful head, fine eyes, eXquisitely re-
ind expression and beautiful figure
lad been the source of a splendid in
,ol to her. She did not know it, but
IA re had been most kind in making
le1I an ideal model for the millinery
>us sess.
hn was gray girl. She was a
'e9k poem in gray. Her eyes were
1e twilight gray; her skin the cream
srT ot the white flesh about a blue
oir' beak; her eye that drab gray
crow which is noticeable in the eyes
Of Wish girls, and her eyelashes such
IL of chestnut gray as ornamented
he name of the famous race horse Sir
William.
Susan was full of gray moods, and her
ayprite position was to sit half bent
W. in one of the guests chairs in the
'fdresaid emporium, with a Paris crea-
IGN upon her fair head, and to gaze out
n the window.
People came ano people went, and
Iiey wondered that such a beautiful
3fl was not fairly carried away by
sdme rich and appreciative wife-hunter,
Rfo had taste for the fine arts. An
aftist who went to the shop to sketch
hfts and bonnets raved over Susan
"a Susan didn't mind. To all his COM
plimslSfs s7le-onfy smiled cold, gray,
rar-away smile that could be easily in
ierpreted. Susan interested an author
one time enough to have her question
the girl and find out why she always
wore such pensive look and seemed
altogether removed from her environ
ment.
She found that Susan was all alone
in the world; that she came from a
good English family; that she was
obliged to cross the ocean to earn her
living; that she cared little for dress
and worldly things.
After becoming better acquainted
with Susan she learned that most of
the girls female relatives had been
nuns.
Susan said to her one afternoon, when
they were friends: Il have a perfect
horror of ever becoming a nun myself,
but day after day the idea grows upon
me, and | am sure that some fine morn
ing shall go to the sisters and ask them
TO take me in. l truly believe that
heredity has called me to that mission.
| think so much about not becoming
Il nun that my mind is drawn to them,
and their lives own me.
Il unconsciously read all about them
in publications. l follow them about
In the streets; | cast my eyes down
when | meet them, and always speak to
them if | have a chance. l cannot keep
away from the nun costume, and every
lress | have is made as near like theirs
as it can possibly be. l wonder if it is
hypnotism or thought transference, or
the effect of training, or what?
do you know much about mysti-
rism and mental science? If you do, tell
me. Do people always feel drawn to
do what their hearts tell them not to
do?"
The author could not answer, but was
L st guessing as the girl had been.
One day the author went to the shop
to get new hat for a swell matinee,
pnd of course asked for Susan and she
was told that Susan had suddenly be-
rome very pious and had given up her po'
stion to do religious embroidery in one
of the technical shops connected with
the church.
The author heard nothing more from
the girl until one day, while Investigate
ing "A charity on the east side, she saw
f familiar figure fit past. Upon look
ing intensely at it, it proved to be Susan.
She smiled, and recognized the au-
thor, and said: And how is it with
you? | have answered my own ques-
ton. have proven to myself that each
Individual is given the mental life to
perceive and enjoy those things which
bring pleasure and to be able to sacri-
flee and give happiness to Others, and
the spiritual life as an inspiration point
ing the way to better life, where the
only pleasure is in giving up pleasure
and the only happiness in bestowing
your own inheritance of it upon those
who have neither mental perception nor
spiritual inspiration.
"When l fought my own soul | was
nearing a point where my mind would
have become shattered because my
mind had not solved the wants of my
spirit. Now l love that which | hated,
npd hate nothing, and feel that this is
the highest state a human being can
reach
And artists and society women look
in vain for an ideal model in the famous
dry goods shop to anticipate their ar
tistic wants.-N. y. Mail and Express.
HER EFFECTIVE METHOD.
Fair Passenger Makes II Request for More
I.,ts