Worcester morning daily spy. (Worcester, Mass.) 1888-1898, 1898-01-23

light. They have thought over the mat
ter long and deeply, and, / am sure, in
the most benevolent spirit"
Benevolent" she interrupted scorn-
fully. Does benevolence mean the
screwing up of rent?'
! Il was clearly quite out in my judg-
ment of this young woman" said Cra-
! ven to himself. Her sole object in COM
/ ing here is not the screwing up of
rent" and he did not like her any the
less for it. Some of Them" he said,
! are known everywhere as the most
genuine philanthropists, but they are
convinced that to flood their place with
the offscourings of Mackerelville or
! Shrimptown would only destroy this lit
tie place for the purposes to which ii
! IS destined, without giving a particle
of real relief to the pauperism of any
/ other community"
] Ana what are your benevolent pur-
4 poses?' she asked still with a scornful
tone in her voice
We want it, he replied, ito be ha-
! ven of refuge for quiet. orderly, educa-
4 ted folk, no matter how poor they may
! be, We allure them by no vulgar at
4 Iactlons; we don't want the place
4 swarmlng in the fine weather with the
/ rlff-raff of London. Look what we give
1 the people here! We give them splendid
1 puollc gardens to walk ia and where
theIf chlldren may play, and we have
nome by the sea where any poor me-
chanlc from London may come on the
| recommendation of one of the govern
+ ing subscribers, and be housed and fed
and cared for until he Is wei. al five
Shllilngs week. Come, Miss Weston.
l mink you will say, when Won have
i looked into Roxburgh affairs LITTLE
IiiuIe' that We haven't done half badly
with our trust"
thlnk it over" heplied Miss Wes-
ION sfaNely-as gravely as If the fate
ton - her sane
~, ~ snail be happy he said, rising to
10 49, ms leaVe to show you, all over
rue wnole place and explain to YOU the
~ W. Atnes OF all our institutions. and 7
olally with us W.
shall be delighted, Captain Cravap
- earn all that l can, and / am snre
tiet l could not have a better instrnc-
me to do 'iiie'lllns LOT
On we can easily find plenty for Won
70 40. we have Sunday schools even
iiis SCHOOLS sewing schools: we have
lectures, we have charitable bazars VIC
nave tumble sales VIC
| am afraid don't quite SEQ n,vself
IN any OF those enterprises just at pres
eHt' replied Miss Weston. IT never ere ,Te
lecture, and should not know how n
coliauct myself at a tumble sale. T
couidnt teach in school, I don't know,
anyIhlng to teach to anybody-oh YES.
~ ~, tne way, L DO. see my way clearly.
y teach the girls how to SWIM
craven smiled bright smile 81 am
sure YOU will do it well. and onr Oils i,tii
along this shore are poor hands Of
swimming. Walking into two feet of
I water ABOUT stumps them" he said. with
pafoonable confusion of metaphor
lnen they shook hands, and he left
with the understanding that he was RI
Degln his object-lessons in the instir-
| tlons OF Roxburgh on the very next dav.
Next Gay captain Craven came and
Haue clear to Linda the whole social
structure of Roxburgh-on-Sea Eve EVER
| thlng so far as it went seemed smooth
ana satisfactory, and of course there
were no paupers to be looked after Rut
MISS weston was impressed more than
she had ever been before with the differ
| ehce between ordinary poverty and ac-
tual pauperism, and in Roxbureh II
seemed to her that of the ordinary poor.
the decent poor-what would have been
caled IN Germany 1.-THE shame-faced .
or modest, ''poor'-no account whatever
was taken. 3
Look here, Captain Craven" she said
| IN her energetic way: cit seems tn mo
tnat you are all flying in the face of
providence here. You are only con-
cerned that the prosperous shall be kent
IN their prosperity, and that no paupers
snail come to worry you with their com
plants. Something ought to be done
II only to show that we are all brothers
ana sisters. | couldn't stand the present
condition Of things if / were living hero
ana l mean to live here and | won't
stand itp :
captain Craven smiled at her kindling
earnestness, but thoroughly admired her
| enthusiasm
! ''Do what you think hest " was oil bo
said. az ny
So Linda went to work at the first
practical scheme that had come into her
mlnd-the one for which she felt SIRE
she was best qualified.
The more the work went on the bet
ter Linda Weston liked it, She found
that the girls of Observation-Disclosures
knew little Of the art of swimming and
still less of the rather more important
art Of floating Linda was great on the
Importance of floating. NOW look here
girls, she would say to her pupils when
4 they gathered round her of a morning
4 preparatory to their plunge into the sea
DON'T be silly enough to suppose that
! any of YOU could save life by swimming.
/ IN the open sea. Learn to keep your
I selves af1oat--that is the best thing Won
can do-and wait until some help can
! come to you; and if help doesn't come
I you would have little chance by SWIM
ming, for even Jenny Derrick there"-a
! very tall, strong girl-"wouldn't have
1 much chance Of saving herself by swim
! ming half across the Atlantic, or even
half across the English channel" So
Miss Weston devoted herself mainly to
y hn o,-t 80 q
! certainly did not neglect the prelirnin-
airy craft of swimming. 1t has been
sad that hardly any of the girls whom
/ Linda took in charge were really able
! TO SWIM These were, of course. the
girls belonging to the place-the native
girls, if one may use that phrase to de-
scribe them. Linda did not propose to
nave anything to do with the young la
dies who visited RoXburgh in the sea
son. and who came chiefly from London.
Ihese fair beings were not in her line
They could have the best teachers thew
wanted and most of them could swim
/ very well, after the conventional fash
! ION OF the seaside resort But Iinda's
( poor girls when she took them in hand
hao very httle idea of bathing beyond
1 that of running into the water IN TO
/ their knees, and giving little screams.
! and occasionally Pumping down into a
4 sitting posture and getting up again
( and making for the bathing machine.
( Linda offered many attractions to them
( to come in and be taught Of course
she made no charge for her instruction,
! and the bathing boxes were at her own
! expense But more than that, she pro-
| vided every girl with a pretty bathing
! cestume-not expensive. indeed. but
/ very picturesque, and admirably adapt
4 ed for the purpose of swimming and
/ fioating-and each girl was expected to
] keep the costume neatly mended and