Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-26

Clark, in the very nature of the case
you are not privileged to move in the
society of young men like Mr.. Morton,
as long as you are servant. You may
be college bred, and you may be as re-
fined and intelligent as he is; but ne
could never look on you as an equal
His courtesy was paid to you as min
lister would be courteous to any wom-
an, but not as an equal in any sense.
You never could expect to sit down
and talk together, you never could an
ticipate the enjoyment of his com
pany or-or-expect that he could ever
call to see you as-as he might call to
see"
Barbara colored deeply as she al
lowed the whisper to die away in
uncompleted fragments of magma
ton. She was the last girl in the
world to have foolish. romantic
dreams of young men. She had never
had a lover. No one had ever made
her think of any such possibility. She
was singularly free from any silly
sentiment such as girls of her age
sometimes allow to spoil the fresh
ness and strength of a womanly
heart. But she was romantic in many
ways; and, being a woman and not
an angel or statue, she had thought
at times of some brave, helpful,
strong life that might become part
of hers. The world-old cry of the
heart for companionship, the hunger,
God-given to men and women, was
not unknown to Barbara within the
last year or two when she had be-
gun to blossom into womanhood. 4he
thought that her choice of career
in service had put her outside the
pale of a common humanity's loving
smote her with another pang as she
walked along. 1t seemed that there
were depths and heights to this ssrv-
ant-girl problem that she was oon-
stantly discovering, into which she
might never descend, and out towhich
she might never climb.
Carl awoke her from her thoughts
by dragging at her dress, and saying:
"Come. Barbara, let's hurry. I'm
hungry. Let's hurry now and get
dinner"
Barbara looked at Mrs. Ward.
"Yes, go on with him if you want
to. Lewis will be impatient. He ran
on ahead before his father could
stop him. don't feel well enough
to walk faster"
So Barbara hurried on with Carl
and as she passed. several groups of
| churchgoers she was conscious that
she herself was the object of con-
| versation. She could not hear very
we'll, but caught fragments of SEN
fences, some spoken before, some
after, she had passed different peo-
pie.
ga freak of Mrs. Wards" "Mrs.
| Vane's queer ideas" Perfectly alb
surd to try to equalize up" ''Girls
have no right to demand" fought
to know their places" mo way to
help solve the trouble" ETC., were
remarks by the different members of
Marble Square church that set Bar
bara's pulses beating and colored her
cheek with anger.
"You hurt me, Barbara exclaimed
/ YAH as pi1 Od1
gripped his little hand.
20 dearie, I am so sorry. I didn't
mean to-" In an instant she was calm
again. What! Barbara Clark! You
have not endured anything to-day!
She had not anticipated anything be-
fore going to church. She had sim
ply made up her mind to take what
/ oh NV What LoS
actually happened was not sample
of what might happen Sunday after
Sunday. Probably not. But it all
went with the place she had chosen
Perhaps it was not at all the thing
for Mrs. Ward to do. 1t might not
accomplish any good. But then, it
she stopped thinking about it and
went on to the house to prepare the
lunch. When Mrs. Ward came in, she
found Carl satisfied with bowl Of
bread and milk and Barbara quietly
busy getting lunch for the rest.
Mrs. Ward offered to help with the
work; but Barbara saw that she
was very tired, and insisted on he,
lying down.
I'll have everything ready very
soon," she said cheerfully; and, as
she went back into the kitchen, she
was humming one of the hymns sung
in the service.
What do you think about to-day?'
Mr.. Ward asked in a low voice as
his wife lay down on lounge il
the dining-room.
you mean Barbara's sitting will
us?"
eyes. Will it help matters any?"
20, don't know. I never would
have done it if I hadn't happened tt
think of Mrs. Vane. She's rich anc
has an assured place in society. Hel
girls always come with her and sht
introduces them right and left tt
everybody"
eyes, Martha, but Mrs. vane is &c
centric in all her ways. She is ac
cepted because she is rich and indie
pendent. But have you noticed tina
these girls that come to church will
her never get on any farther? NJ
one knows them in spite of her in
Productions. inquired of young Will
liams one Sunday if the Barnes cir
was in the Endeavor society of tn
church, and he said he believed sh
came there three or four times an,
then stopped; and, when I asked hin
the reason, he said she did not fee
at home, the other girls We're bette
educated or something like that"
"That's just it. You can't mix u,
different classes of people. If the.