El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1900-02-26
QUIZ w THE COLD.

|
| ing vines and rare tropical plants. Eva
! Ray, fair young girl, meanly clad, stood
among the flowers sobbing bitterly. max
/ ing vivid contrast to the brightness and
| grandeur all about her.
She was tired, and her cousin, Re
gina, had been finding fault with all her
| work.
She was a motherless girl who had
| been the idol of an ndugent father until
| three years before. Then he had died,
| leaving her pennileSs and dependent upon
I proud, wealthy uncle, who only endured
| her presence to make her Il mere servant
| Books of which she was so fond were
forbidden her, and the piano she dared
| not open. Her cousin hated her for her
| pretty face, her graceful form and beau
| tiful, tapering, pink tipped fingers and
| made her a slave to every caprice in con-
! sequence.
One could not help plying her she
sat there sobbing; at least Harry Morton
! could not, a servant uShcred him in.
and he came suddenly upon her. He was
one of her cousin Regna's visitors, and
had often noticed this fair haired girl 60
ing quietly about the house attending to
various duties. He went quietly to her
side and said softly:
Il am so sorry for you, little one"
She raised her great blue eyes, with
the tears still trembling on the long.
brown lashes, and when she saw who it
was she gave little cry of surprise as
well as of pleasure, for she had secretly
admired this Mr.. Morton who visited her
cousin.
"Can you not go away from here-can
you not get something else to do?'' he
said in a hurried and perpleXed manner.
81 would not stand such treatment.
Now, have an aunt who has two little
girls. Could you not give them music
hir,,v Of to
kind? Do not turn away. 1 am very
much in earnest and want to help you.
There was Il rustic in the doorway. He
let go of her hand, which he had taken in
his ardor, and she sprang to her feet.
both feeling like two guilty children.
Regina swept into the room, smiled
sweetly in greeting to Harry Morton, but
said in n severe tone to Eva, while Il
dangerous light flashed in her great black
eyes:
you are wanted in the kitchen"
Poor Eva hurried from the room,
knowing that the end would come now.
for her cou: in had surely heard all that
had been said, and. even had she not,
she would never be forgiven for speaking
TO Harry Morton.
1t was dark when her cousin sent for
her to come to her room, and, after open
ing all her walls of wrath upon her, Or
dered her to leave the house Immediately
and never darken the door again.
Eva went from the room almost wild
with the thought that she, 4 stranger in
that great city, must go out in the dark
and cold, with no roof to shelter her. She
packed her scanty wardrobe in satchel
and started out. Oh, could she ever for
get that night. with her wanderings up
and down unknown streets, until brain
and feet were alike weary, or how the
rude crowd had loudly laughed and jos
tied her by, She went to a policeman at
last and begged for place to go.
Her pleadings touched his heart, and
he conducted her to a boarding house.
The room she was shown to small
and anything but clean. but to Eva's
tired eyes and limbs it a delightful
haven OF rest.
No matter how great the sorrow. sleep
comes soon to young, strong minds. and
Eva's head had hardly touched the pill
low when she was far in the land of
dreams. when he awoke, the sun was
shining brightly IN the little window.
Life had been hfrd for her before, but
now it began in terrible earnest. She
must find employ ilent that day or starve.
Fortunately the world is not all so bad
as we would make it, and before night
fall kind lady had taken pity on Eva's
helpless condition End installed her as
nursery governess in her own home.
1t was n pleasant task and a pleasant
home, and Eva WAS quite happy with
her rosy checked charges. But some
times her thoughts would wander away
from that to a dark, handsome face, with
glorious black eyes. She could feel again
the touch of his hand and hear the mu-
steal voice saying:
81 am sorry for you, little one"
She wondered if he remembered her.
and if he was sorry he saw her no more.
She was out in the park one day with
the children when phaeton with two
gentlemen in it passed her. One of them
raised his hat
The blood surged to her face in an in
slant and a great tide of joy swept over
her heart. 1t was Harry Morton.
He had, indeed, remembered her. The
horses stopped, and in n minute more he
was at her side, holding her hands and
saying:
"You naughty girl, where have yon
hidden yourself these three long months?
And I hunting for you everywhereH'
Eva told him all. and when the little
girls went home they had a story to tell
their mother about a great big man who
kissed Eva and made her cry.
All was explained the next day to the
wondering lady by Harry Morton him
self, and she became more interested in
her governess than ever when she found
she going TO marry a wealthy and
cultivated gentleman.
A month later there was a quiet wed
ding at her house, and then Eva went
away to grace a stately brownstone man.
sion. She had hosts Of friends, but the
once penniless, homeless girl who was
turned out on the street has never yet
returned her cousin Regina's bridal call
or deigns to notice her when they meet
New York News.
Life In East London.
The dominant note of east London is