The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1900-08-10

SluulO dI tue eLu VI Iue tiIue u ueT
service at the Fultons'. Mrs. Fulton
was considerably surprised and a good
deal pleased with the arrangement. 1t
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 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, If the truth must be told,
a 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
brave heart, in spite Of little feeling
Of homesickness that crept over her at
the sight Of the two stalwart figures
on the platform of f>the receding train.
Her relations with the Fultons were
decidedly different now. She was care
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 at
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 go, 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 q girl
whose family friends included men
like Frencis Raleigh and Malcom 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- 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.
eff 1 could only send $40 or even $5
. 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 1 can have a studio of
my own like Miss Varney's. know
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
selfshness 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 S. a week If you
will only stay" she 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 1 feel as if the Lord
meant me to do something else. Per
haps"-Faith said it little vaguely,
but she had brooded over it a great
deal while at work in the kitchen
perhaps may be able to do some
thing to make American girls willing
to 60 out to service"
81 wish you could. Really you have
no idea what 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 a cold storage plant
near by, so he could have something te
| eat between meals.
"Tell you what I'll do," he said 9
week before Faiths time was up. ''It
you will bake a pie every day and Sent
| it over from the studio, I'll give yor
| my kodak. It's new, but I'm tired OF
it anyhow"
Faith laughed, but declined the offer
''Then I'll give you the kodak any
way" said Roy, and he insisted or
Faith taking it, and his offer was sc
pressing that she had not the strength
to refuse. At the earliest opportunity
she sent him a photograph Of stree
urchin eating pie, holding 1t in botf
hands, and Roy delightedly framed i
and hung it up in his own room aftel
his mother had refused to let it adorI
| the top of the sideboard in the dining
| room.
But Faith experienced the sinceres
regret in parting from Alice. The tw'
| girls entered into what proved to be ;
really genuine friendship. There wa
| not a particle of pride or jealousy ii
Alice's nature and not the least feelin:
Of social caste. She wanted Faith t.
show her how a certain finger exercis
on the piano was best done and NOR
than once expressed the greatest ad
miration for Faiths accomplishments
The friendship thus begun has laste'
to the present moment. Then ther
began a new life for Faith. She seem
ed at last to have found her place ii
the world. Miss Varney was NOR
than delighted with her. "That girl,
she said to Francis Raleigh, who calle'
at her studio a month after Faith ha