Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-03-18
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That evening, when Mr.. Ward came
up after his supper with Lewis (for
aired had gone back to college), Mrs.
ward said, after expressing her
thanks that she was recovering
strength rapidly: '"Richard, we owe
barbara a great deal for all she has
done for us in our trouble. Isn't
there something we can do to show
at?''
I'VE certainly feel grateful to her. {"
Mr. Ward said, with thoughtful eager
ness. What do you think we can
1o?"
There's that money Aunt Wallace
left you in trust two years ago to edu-
cate Carl when he should be ready to
enter college," Mrs. Wards voice
1altered. by the terms of the trust
The money can now be used for any
benevolent or philanthropic purpose.
have heard Barbara mention a plan
that might succeed if it were wisely
carried out. She thinks that if a
building were put up in Crawford and
dedicated to the training of young
women for domestic service, prepar-
ing them for competent cooks and
housekeepers, that great deal might
be done to elevate the labor of the
Kitchen and bring intelligent Amer
lean girls into it. What do you think ?"
II think it is highly probable. At
any rate, anything is preferable to the
condition of things we endured before
Barbara came. Anything is worth
trying that will by any possibility tend
to help matters"
How much is Aunt Wallace's leg
@cy?"
ut amounts to about $500 now.
That would not go far toward such a
building as Barbara probably has in
mind.''
mo, but 1t would be a beginning,
and think know where I could get
more to go with it," Mrs. Ward was
growing very interested, and Mr..
Ward was obliged to caution her
against excitement; so the matter
was dropped there.
But in few days Mrs. Ward brought
At up again in Barbara's presence.
Il think something could be done
with a properly equipped building"
Barbara said in answer to question
put by Mrs. Ward. They had discussed
the matter several times before Mrs.
Vane's invitation to Barbara to come
to her evening gathering. Mrs. Ward
had not yet limited at any means for
realizing such a project.
''How much do you suppose such a
building would cost?" Mrs. Ward
asked, noting Barbara's growing in
terest.
20, I've no real idea. Almost any
amount. It would cost good deal to
maintain it, also. The greatest diff
Guilty would be to secure proper per-
son for superintendent"
"And then the next thing would be
to get the girls to attend the house
keeping school,"
Il think we could find plenty of
girls
''I'm not so sanguine as you are, Bar
bara,'' Mrs. Ward answered, slowly.
~'But Mr.. Ward and I are willing to
show our faith in such an attempt by
given $4,000 towards the erection of
such a building."
She explained to Barbara Aunt Wal
1ace's legacy, and added that Mr..
Ward had offered to put $500 more
with it to make it $4,000.
II think Mrs. Vane and some of the
other ladies in our church and society
will give something, so that we can
begin with pretty good building and
have enough to equip and run it. Sup
pose you go over and see Mrs. Vane
some day this week and have tall.
with her about it,
II will,' said Barbara, tingling with
eagerness. Something real and tan
gible seemed about to come to pass in
her career. She grew excited as she
thought of possibilities. A building
of the kind she had dreamed of was
not by any means an answer to the
servant girl problem, but it was at
least a real thing, and if the idea was
properly worked out it might result
in great things.
So she talked with herself as she
sung at her work that afternoon and
resolved to go over to Mrs. Vane's at
once, and yet even in the midst of her
growing excitement and her genuine
interest in her career, Barbara was
not altogether free from depression
shat had its origin in the best feeling
she had ever known. This feeling
was her love for the young minister,
Mr.. Morton. Barbara no longer tried
to conceal from herself that he had
become real part of her life. The
trouble in the Ward household had all
tended Indirectly to increase her adj
miration for him. With the tenderest
sympathy he had entered into the
family's grief. It was only natural
that In the weeks that followed Carts
death Mr.. Morton should call fire.
quently at the house where he had
become such a familiar guest in col
lege days. Scarcely a day passed
when he did not drop in for q meal,
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