Kansas City daily journal., 1897-01-17

S 1t was late in the afternoon and ce
e tinuous flood of humanity poured into l.
. IL" station.
E She was very polite old lady, tril
! deaf, and unused to city ways.
lad, aw can hardly tell yo awe kept il,
| to myself for days, but aw cannot bear it
| no ionger-th' overlookers ta'en one o. my
| looms Off me, an says he'll TAX another if
aw don't mend my work.
| Does mean Jabo Smethurst? Aw'll see
! That reet-ne'er heed, Rachel" and as they
at the upper end of the reservoir. and We're
IN somewhat secluded place, he put his
arm arm around her waist, drew her to him,
Say nowt, jim: TIN do no good. CAT
Ter Ter, tnlnks Weel Q, Jabe. He hearkens to
nowt l as Al, II ia6e y BE- kneW eN eyeTythin an him
bad. for he gives me such bad 'soarts' at
aW con on'y do half what t'others con, an
street if aw cannot addle more nor a little
wench. It's piece work, tha' knows"
AyEwell, ne'er heed, my lass. Kismas'll
tn New Yer comes in. AVN gettin' f2 a
New Yer"
A month had passed. Poor Jim! All his
fair hopes seemed blighted. Bromley Bros,
hrm in the neighborhood with whom
MeSsrs. Peel occasionally did business in
checking their bank book, found themselves
qepited with an amount paid by check to
Feel & Co., for which they could find no
on making inquiry from them, found that
there was no account of its receipt in their
cash book, nor did such an account appear
10 nave been paid in the usual way to their
credlt at the bank. Evidently a check had
been drawn and paid of which the books
OIL neither firm had any record. 1t was a
sum under 80, but as the youth who ran
between the mill and the bank in the ad
Joining town of Blackbrook appaa.ed too
unsophisticated to transact such a fraud,
and as Jim Sumner was Immediately re-
pnSh RI,
ne was held to be morally responsible If
iiot actually criminal, and, according to the
CO." it>'u "
Poor Jim! He did not wait to meet his
Siiapei ti IolKs and intimates. He just kissed
ms, ms widowed mother. who would not have
OF an archangel, and went out into the
frosty air, straight to the station and away
70 fUosh town own thirty miles distant, to make a
iresh start. His sweetheart was still in
the mill. He ought, of course to have
waited wa for her and told her, But he didn't
ne ai,o would ,,, write; She would learn soon
news, as though the new ''hooter'' had pro-
canned It, by nfghtfall. And it did There
Were sT A girls who seemed glad to tell Rachel,
anu Wnen she ffared up and said:
70 know as well as aw do at lin ne'er
dia GvWau It.. they hey only replied. '' ''| =
ell, hos ta'en his hook at any rate. |
good riddance to bad rubbige.' She doesn't
seem seem to think as weel o. Jimmie as her
She went how What could Rachel say? |
aga agaimst her aunt. and something like re-
s sentiment TN elrI against her lover for hasting
died for TGna E to Ah the tte It'll wbG d cOgd sbd
tHink-yet even now a dead misery had
'akSn AWeli ipoSTessiqn Mfss proG;d,h of her;
had had hones of the office; once Sn but bur
tag tarn.si surned out wastre-hence her Bit
fowk f, can't stand gettin' ur i tn world
prldell Pride hev fal an thy whippersnapper's
come croDper at any rate
In tongue warfare. Rachel was nowhere.
ing ing; Then. Then. that very day, the overiooker
looms and had humbled her so terrific
before the other weavers that ali the
Splpit npt IS seemed ed & clean gone out of her She
Pr up had an easy task next morninH
ihat day was the BLACKLIST of many black
pres during the past few weeks. and now
no lovers comfort awaited her. Everv
Lhing went wrong. The stuff wouldn't
weave Her looms seemed bewitched. The
oNctIooker overlooked with q vengeance
4oll start on two looms to-morn he
aid; think on that! Awe lots a wench
s o IA at weave better nor thee. an do
moor work on two looms tan tha' con o.
1t i1a vas the last straw. She dare not face
aunt Bet and her sneers.
oh, Jim, jim was the cry of bar
leart, why couldn't you say a word to
ne. ne? For when her heart spoke it cried
|
he hot mill it was bitter cold. Next W. week Ok
vas x,, Christmas week. Merry Christmas
me drew her shawl over her head and
home She scarcely knew where sba
vent. hopeless despair weighed on har
enSltiye spirit. Tears unchecked and nm
eeded dropped as she walked. Amy
here; anywhere. out of the world" would
ave been her exclamation could she have
IMPRESSED her deepest wish. Suddenly she |
oGnd IrhH l. herself on on the top of the reservoir
Lin b, I,ntnr ,nknent Ihe moon was shining upon
Crystalline brilIiance
There's nowt left to live for. an I won't |
Ne: and, casting her shawl from her. she
.as sharp ringing sound The moon |
none on, and all was still.
Now. aw wonder what's come out about 1
MS money" thought Jim Sumner. rs he J
truck the reservoir bank, on his way from
he station home. Folks are fain to stay | !
I to-neet. aw reckon. AVN glad. nob'y'il |
ee me till awe cleared myself clearin'
is-and what can TIL masters ha' taken
4 trouble to get my address fro mother
for MODIFY else knew it-an' telegraph I
)r me to come instantly if it's not? Nv
ut tn frost has bin keen this two davs
WI bet tn lodge'l bear" So saying he
IN down and tried II with his foot and :
nding it safe, walked a distance on the {
argin. ,
What's that? Good heavens,' He had
umbled over the PROSTATE form of a |
oman lying few feet from the embank- {
on where her head had struck it. Poor I
ench! He turned her over. and the | /
oons light fell upon face he had often | I
ssed. He reeled as though he had re-
ON that marble brow. How cold she | !
as! But she breathed. He picked her IN | c
Id carried her, he knew not how uu the | :
INK and away till he staggered into his r