The Washington weekly post. (Washington, D.C.) 1878-1916, 1899-04-11
r-rfss' is's BY G. D. nursin1

..a...t but ! can't help wonder
..a how you came TO 80 IN for
III. kind cf thing. you know
.-... gfrf Of thing. you know" she
... -1ysH TO echo yOgr words, ! don't
-.. nar. any right to express Gu
Dbl. th. subject but ] CAN'T help
....re 80 YOUR goUdesceHding TO ad-
.-.. anybody as a lady who sells tarts
"a. .ararof bread shop. ! really ought
.nF grateful.
$50. COME look it.
-s- s.- : ara very sorry. but that
F-...rl.rrI UT,hin wants a sandwich,
-. ... mustn't gel iu his way. Even
r-...- r.t. .o ho useful uoWGdayS-
... ...rs rsI0w addressed reluctantly
..... ... o.. she way 81 the grimy youth
...s..a. ANA tho fair-haircd giri 10
-rr-. a. had been speaking went on
..rrr -au8Niches 20 people as If she
Dad forgotten his presence.
She MAS very prctty-bewitchingly
----.,. ana her prc,tiness was not the
-r- . youth only, but Of purify o.
s.... ana feature which time could
.-. ...r. a- destroy. The mouth. per-
...-- vas "a tr.gs too firm. but then finn
.... vs. absolutely necessary in 4 bread
..r -. wore a plain. ciosely-htting
.H..a q. 100. afl - 4It N'.AHaA ltAHNftl'A ~
-..t little gold brooch. But her hair
srs-,r a. ibis QusKor-Iikr occurrences
NJ 4uH-. and waved and Tippled In red
r.H gold coils over her fair, broad fore
had su. dainty little ears. She was
s-srr--.f.s almost 20 her fnger-tips; but
Do ..iI not be- denied that they were
slightly redeemed by rough usage. Mop
..- rr counters with wet towels does
.rnr ones hands
Tt. crowd departed. and there was
Cad n the .ucosslnt serving. The young
follow looked around.
aIgs not natural you should be here.
F54 weren't born TO this"
ayua are mistaken. am now dabgh-
- %. the people
CANT believe IT, n said. disconsO-
sfs.r That old women over there de-
.orr.ua German sausage is far more ike
daughter OF the people than you are.
she m an awostruck whisper, isn't
eating any bread with il, ] believe it's
r.u. Every time I've been in here that
Id woman dcvogrs German sausage.
.ars gradually getting just like one her
s. That's my iGed OF q daughter of
.h. people"
~JH. but you are quite wrong. hap
.,u to know she is the widow Of a Major
General"
NO wonder he died If she went on Ike
..a'. Do, sight OF her would kill most
,0y.o She'd make an enemy run If she
ar, rgJ in front. You're altogether diff
'erelJ"
How 40 YOU know the difference, If
tru lr. only city clerk?'
because a city clerk may read books
SarU his drudgery Is over, and find out
n. difference between himself and the
Uaptr succlcs" Books teach one that
uc upper classes do not drop their his Or
D.. peas with a knife. You look so differ
en- from these other girls who talk about
an, and 'ouseo Old bread A"
III really cannot concern you in any
way But do you know what will happen
l. you continue 10 come in here and talk
90 meT'
No"
You will ruin your digestion, and l
shall lose my situation
And what does that mean?"
"Ir means death 10 Miss McCosh and
myself"
Isn't that an exaggeration?
"Certsinly not. ] might not get another
place Tor months. and we should starve."
"Starye" He involuntarly took
t'I .llNl tl Jun do II 10 UlNNiIdif iilt
horror OF the idea. "Starve! In Christian
England"
Christian England cannot prevent
overcoming and our having TO work
twelve hours day i'm consequence. ii is
i0' old question Of The supply exceeding
lhe demand. / prefer even this TO teach
h.
But YOU must lot think of such a
thing he said. brightly. "You must ban
A-a such gloomy thoughts. And now /
want YOU to be good enough TO do me a
great favor. l have taken tickets for the
.H"-t'r VIII you go?'
Don't YOU know that the upper circles
always provide chaperons for their daugh-
:rrse"
81 thought Of that, and took ticket
or Jac good Miss McCosh. She'll look
after U- both"
But She has never been to a theater IN
her Ife"
Then B; is time she began. If you will
''| promise TO come, Wen go into the
'lirf circle for once in our lives, and for
g. bread shops and city offices"
o. -- very wrong. Horribly wrong We
So only ie-l disconnected aftcrward"
Yes. huf NC shall have forgotten the
winter "l our discomfort for d little
While"
That sounds ike Shakespeare. Does A
CIV ,.''h lave time 10 study Shakes
bare
Gan DE 30 10 Toynbee Hall. and sit
u.'"I lecturers Does a young lady in a
'..'' SHOP have time 10 find out what is
81. aesg.rr.' -P'
'.7. d. She also goes to Toynbee Hall"
.-rF both laughed.
A8 .a. again dispensed sandwiches to
crowd sulIoW. understood hungry
'a.- HdIy.iuaI-hc might have been
'.' .-' from twenty TO forty-brushed
- against the young man, who greet
..A WIN dIsdaintul nod and turned
,as.
..' ..wcomer smiled as he helped him
lob " mutton pie II disappeared in two
.'1 ."Nh his capaciOus throat, bat lad
' OF making MIN hunerier than ever.
amen IDS 90, iell on the girl. ana ne es-
ialscma and somewhat labored
..I.H'n- which she cut short with one
f..-' ..rr,lo.
DOME like tnat man." she said to
'... 'Hrhc. as he left the shop. once
.".-- have found him logging my
on ny way home: but he has
'.h'UI@d 20 speak 10 me. He doesn't
SEQ. any strong friendship"
...' rr said Jarclessly. 1T isn't a
..a. iA our Office Wc call him The Rep
name which originated from hiS
"' creeping into eyerybody's .ffairs
,.' .-'lin1 private letters without first
s.- through the formaIity Of asking
...' owners permission. But ne Is very
.'.-. li- IS SO yIinging and fulsome that
times We half believe in him. and
-n. .at bis 'ump,cuess' Is assumed
... a.r shall take him by The neck
i.' Ht heel upon him. once or twice
...u dangerously near Going so:
... relish Jhc thought OF touching
... Should feel like Lady Macbeth
... rn~ tried to rub out me blood
'iIH about LOVING ones eneu.ias?'
should like 10 thrlsl, him first ana
o.. H." sfterwarI."
...n rHa rbsnrdity Of the .dea appeared
..'.S' nim and he left the place with a
A.A..- yu hi- lips
II
A' b O'Clock in the evening Mary Blanc
-...a BIER cloak and ceased her labors
a.. '.' Jay. One OF TWO Of the girls were
"..i.5 engaged iH packing - odds and
'...r #U# clearing FF, -gunF.re Then The