The sun., 1901-11-03
4 soARDrxe-RoUsE SUNDAY.


| 10 her feet There was q harp that seemed
| as II II ought to start her wings a-sprouting.
| There was white-robed choir with voices
| like angels There was tall and handsome
Young minister who stood against snowy
| bas relief and repeated the Commandments.
| Remember the Sabbath day TO keep IL
holy he said
| Then she hung her head, following the
Lord have mercy upon US, OF the choir.
Indeed, what with the stained glass windows
| and the choir's voices and the harp and the
| handsome young minister, there were
tears in her eyes almost for II was ex-
ceedingly seldom OF late that she had even
thought OF remembering the Sabbath day,
much less Of keeping II holy.
She sighed. for II the truth were told she
| was at church that morning entirely by
accident. having gone for the sole purpose
OF hearing the playing OF the harpst who
| lived In the same house she lived In and
ate at the same table.
True, she got up later than usual on Sun
days. arriving. as a matter OF fact. in the
| breakfast room exactly upon the eve Of the
locking OF the door and sometimes after:
but breakfast over. she went about her
writing as systematically as upon other
days, If not more so.
As far as she could remember she did her
best work Of Sunday, partly because
of the comparative quiet prevailing; and
partly because, knowing she was doing
wrong, she did IT with greater zest.
| When the organ had burst into melody
and the choir had marched out-and away
and down somewhere. she never knew
| where, and sung a distant Amen which
sounded as il It came from the clouds
though she had half suspicion that it
| issued from the basement where the chill
dren had their Sunday-school, she got
up and walked slowly on home. filed with
| good resolutions, determined to keep the
Sabbath IL IL cost her her job.
There was a story she had laid aside
| 10 finish that afternoon. but II would KEEP.
She had no doubt but il would. Some Of
her stories had villainous way OF kceping.
| Arrived at home she ate her dinner gin
| gerly. She was afraid she was breaking
the day with all those good hot things; for
she had not forgotten how, at her fathers
house-hcr father had been a minister
they had persisted in serving cold stuff
| for breakfast dinner and supper, till the
children. she at their head, had gathered
in the attic and prayed for the hours TO pass,
so il would be Monday again
| Then she went TO her room and began TO
be good.
She got out her Bible and read awhile
then stared at the wall paper. which being
| Of the usual nature Of boarding house wall
paper, stared back AT her,
| Tired of looking at the wall she by and by
turned her attention to the houses across
! from her window. Her room was a back
| room. These houses across from it conse-
| ,l,,, ha ~ he -
! houses are frequently more interesting
than their fronts, There is more to be seen.
These were no exception 10 the rule.
! Her window faced the window Of res
taurant where people sat eating.
People must eat on Sunday, but not 80 hiar-
| iously There were three men at one table
! for example and they We're drinking wine.
One seeing her face at her window Fitted
| his glass and drank 10 her health 1t
seemed rather a pleasant thing TO do, see
| ing that she was utter stranger: but
| determined upon keeping the Sabbath, she
| turned her head away and refused TO look
at him again
She fixed mournfl eyes on the second
story window where men gilded old frames
! all dav long from the time she raised her
! cur, ain in the morning I'll she put ii down
al night. They were going right on with
thcr frame gliding Just the same as il ii
hadn't been the Sabbath day.
Ia another window two men were beat
| ing muns. She often wondered whv they
! beat these muffs 10 continuously. Whether
! il was Ia get the summer moths out Of
| them. or because they hadn't any wives
| The rat-a-tat-tat of the long 1.-THE
sticks nayri the broken sabbath wickedy
She looked from the window to tine
| basement Of another restaurant where
the enduring day, every day ~ the week.
/ q laundr.-s lrouod littl, frngcd napkins with
! rcd borders around them
The laundr.~s ir,ucd 40 many Of thee
! napkins thai they made the woman dizzy
! Some nights sh" dreamed rhe saw them
| hanging on the line and walked screaming,
! thinking M" woman had gen" and she would
| be obliged to iron them herself
The Wumru urSl ~ the " ndows and
J fh, swif' passing back and forth of the
4 iron. got up ard and went about the luu
! romlnslly visiting, hut really iu search Of
] somebody Who Ma remembering the Sail
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