Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-08-21

| mas time to work In some one else"
Il think so, too," replied Malcolm,
who in all his relations to others was
always guided by the strictest sense of
fairness and honor. "Do what is right
In the matter. Better talk frankly with
Mrs. Fulton about your plans, and let
her feel that you are willing to stay as
long as it is right"
When Mrs. Fulton came in, Malcolm
and Faith had a talk with her. The
result of it was that Faith promised to
remain with Mrs. Fulton another
month. Meanwhile she was to see
Miss Varney, and If arrangements
| could be made she was to enter the
studio at the end Of the time Of her
service at the Fultons'. Mrs. Fulton
was considerably surprised and good
deal pleased with the arrangement 1t
was a good deal more than she had
supposed Malcolm Kirk or his daugh.
ter would agree to do, but she did not
| know either Of them as well as she did
afterward
| Malcolm Kirk spent Sunday in Chi
caGo. and Faith had the great delight
of hearing him preach in the church
where she had gone to the evening
service that eventful Sunday before
They took tea with the pastor that
evening, and the next day Malcolm
started back to Conrad.
Malcolm Stanley went with him
There was. If the truth must be told
secret disappointment in the heart
of the young Englishman that Faith
was not going home too. But the two
men said goodby cheerily to Faith and
were whirled out into the west, while
Faith went back to her work with a
brave heart. in spite of little feeling
of Inconsistencies that crept over her at
| the sight CT the two stalwart figures
on the platform of the receding train.
Her relations with the Fultons were
decidedly different now. She was care
full not to presume in the least on the
change in their thought Of her, and
when Mrs. Fulton asked her that day
If she would not sit down at the table
with them she said she preferred not
to, which was entirely true, for Faith
believed that if she was to serve the
family as she ought at mealtimes she
must be ready to do SO in the most eff
fective manner. And she knew she
could not do SO If she ate with the rest.
Mrs. Fulton was much relieved ut
Faiths action in that particular. 1t
seemed to Faith. however. that when
Sunday morning came and Alice asked
her to come into the family circle to
prayers she ought to CO. and she did so
quietly and enjoyed it.
! When evening came. Alice wanted to
go TO church with her. and Mrs, Fulton
did not say anything. The new order
Of things was unheard of. but girl
| wh0sa far,ilv friends inol,.tled men
| like Francis Raleigh and Malcolm STAN
ley was not an ordinary hired girl, and
| Mrs. Fulton reasoned with herself ac-
cordingly.
But before that Sunday came Faith
and the artist had gone to see the ia
nous lady photographer, who had TAX
en- a liking to Faith at the beginning
She readily agreed to take Faith on
trial at the end of the month, and Faith
went back to her. kitchen quite ex-
ultant at the prospect.
"If could only send $40 or even SIS
a week home, I'd be the proudest girl
| in this city," she said as she prepared
the dinner that evening. "And then, in
time, perhaps can have a studio of
my own like Miss Varney's. / know I
have plenty Of artistic ideas, and may
be one or two Of them are original"
So she sang light hearted as she
worked, overcoming the world Of her
selfishness and her trials, for it was
not all heaven on earth always even in
that well appointed kitchen, and there
were many things to fight without and
within.
But when the time of her stay with
the Fultons was out she parted from
them with genuine regret. 1t Is very
certain that Mrs. Fulton dreaded eX,
ceedingly to break i'm the new girl
and at the last she even urged Faith to
remain another month.
we will give you So week If you
will only stay" ishe said anXiously
"And you can play the piano if you
want to-" she added, with a short
laugh and little Embarrassment.
"I'm sorry, really sorry, to leave
| you, Mrs. Fulton. You have been very
| good to me. But feel as if the Lord
meant me to do something else. Per
haps"-Faith said it little vaguely
but she had brooded over it great
deal while at work in the kitchen
perhaps may be able to do some
thing to make American girls willing
to go out to service"
II wish you could. Really you have
no idea what I have suffered from my
help in the last 20 years." sighed Mrs
| Fulton.
Roy was inconsolable. He wanted
Faith to bake up 100 or 200 apple pies
and leave them in cold storage plant
near by. so he could have something tc
eat between meals.
Tell you what I'll do" he said q
week before Faiths time was up. "I1
you will bake a pie every day and send
it over from the studio, I'll give yor
my kodak. It's new, but Pm tired OF
1t anyhow"
4 Faith laughed. but declined the offer
tpHhon I,1I fr;,-n x-o,, tho l-nIol- on-,