The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-12-20

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In the parlor.
II had planned to take you back
home with me. my DEAR" said Malcom.
'But Raleigh told me last night Of his
niece. Miss varney. and said there
was no doubt Of your being able. with
his Recommendation. to secure . good
position there. We want to do what
10 best In every way. Your mother
/ 10 homesick for you too" -5*
"Well. father. ! feel as II ought to
stay in the city II can really become
q breadwinner. Let me try It awhile
at the studio. and II l fail then I'll
come home and spend the rest Of my
days cooking for you and the boys"
"How about your work here. Faith
Are you under promise to Mrs. Fulton
to stay any length Of timer"
"No. father. But think It would
be no more than fair for me to stay
three or four weeks until Mrs. Fulton
has time to work In some one else"
II think so. tOo." replied Malcom.
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 plnns. and let
her feel that you are willing to stay as
long as II Is right"
When Mrs. Fulton came In. Malcom
and Faith had a talk with her. The
result Of 1t was that Faith promised to
remain with Mrs. Fulton another
month. Meanwhile she was to see
Miss varney. and II 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 a good
deal pleased with the arrangement II
was a good deal more than she had
supposed Malcom Kirk or his daugh.
ter would agree to do. but she did not
know either Of them as well as she did
afterward. =.
Malcom Kirk spent a 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 Malcom
started back to Conrad.
Malcom Stanley went with him.
There was. II 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 q
brave heart. In spite Of little feeling
Of homesickness that crept over her a,
the sight Of the two stalwart figures
on the platform Of the receding train.
Her relations with the Fultons were
decidedly different now. She was care.
ful not to presume In the kast on the
change In their thought Of her. and
when Mrs. Fulton asked her that day
II she would not sit down at the table
with them she said she preferred not
to. which was entirely true. for Faith
believed that II she was to serve the
family rs she ought at mealtimps she
must be ready to do so In the most ef-
fective manner. And she knew she
could not do SO II she ate with the rest
Mrs. Fulton was much relieved at
Faiths action In that particular. I,
seemed to Faith. however. that when
Sunday morning came and Alice asked
her to come into the family circle to
prayers she ought to 20. and she did SO
quietly and enjoyed II.
30 to church with her. and Mrs. Fulton
did not say anything. The new order
Of things was unheard Of. but girl
~h0se family friends included men
ike Francis Raleign and Malcom Stan
ley was not an ordinary hired GIRL ~
Mrs. Fulton reasoned with hseDo1 -
cordingly.
But befses tAas Sunday eaas rsDA
and the aFtise had Ooas - - ~ -
nous lady photographers. who had TAX.
en- 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.
III could only send $40 or even s.
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 studio Of
my own like Miss Varney's. l know l
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 in" the new girl
and at the last she even urged Faith TO
remain another month.
1--WE will give you IS a week II you
will only stay" she said anxiously.
"And you can play the piano II you
want to-" she added. with a short
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