The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-06-20
tIyaLittIe Singer
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

ann knew where Dagley hao
.oms from. He turned up one
% Sov at the restaurant where !
~ took lunch, and after standing
s,SIv at the door for a few min
.avauced to the table where
sssn talking to me as though ne
saSn me for years, and although
! making a merry little bluff OF
sntirplv at his ease. embarrass-
H.0 written all over his good
i rural countenance.
,s nv vacation time, and as 4
M hored for amusement, | was
,steIy interested in Dagley. /
i N show him the town, and, as
prted, be joyfully accepted.
81 sorry to say that Mr.. Dagley
med decided taste for investi-
dance halls, beer gardens and
faces, But, most Of all, he liked
ppd all sorts of variety perform
He seemed determined to find
hing very, very bad. ~-as
n him to a concert hall, and ne
pletly through the performance,
remarking that it was not half
| had expected that he would
very bad, indeed.
ems a pity. though, for all Of
nice boys and girls to be going
bad"
bat boys and girls?" asked, in
lshment. =.
hy the ones as danced and
be replied.
It they are not bad" I exclaimed.
ell, l was always told they
was bis calm reply. : b.
len Sunday came around Easked
L be did not want to include a
10 one Of the fashionable churches
city experiences. The flowers
epulplt were always fine, and the
would be worth hearing.
b don't care for the music" ana
came into his face a look Of hard
and bitterness.
used to go to church, but that
before my little girl"
ave you lost herr"
s lost her-fve years ago."
7! Look at that womanw he ex-
led, as an elegantly attIred lady
past and entered the church.
er saw such fine fixlngs before. "
g vas q famous singer, the idol of
0ncert-going public, who, during
mort visits to her native city, gra-
Y lent her sweet voice to the
% where she had worshiped as a
When l told Dagley all this he
the bitterness coming back into
ace.
p She is one Of them singing PEG,
b She%
OOk here" said 1. "You ought tc
night in one thing. at least, and
eVe that I'll tell you a little story
experience of my own"
was like this: One night wat
nS home rather late from the the
as turned into my street my
'lon was attracted to a young CIR
StOod at the edge of the side
She was crying bitterly. l wal
10 pass when she turned up anC
u mto my face. She was adorably
" and stopped in answer t.
nute appeal in her eyes.
lou are in troubleT
OA' Sir she sobbed. 4 have n,
10 stay tonight. IL don't know
Fe to CO.
ell' l took her to a lodging hous
W an old lady who, l knew
y care for the girl. and paid 70
0m for her. She did not seen
used to that sort of thing, an,
Ruu not have done anything else
Nas 50 fair and innocent. Thanl
found her that night.
promised to look in in the morn
,lu see what could be done 70
Ou' hardly expected to see he
Gill; inc next morning I was me
], o VI, lady, who told me the girl
Sne had run away from hom
soU w 'ne operatic stage. 1t wa
sumo old story of a few month";
I !" and failure. Now her none
~ gone and she had been turne
lug street on the night / foun
ne landlady was a motherlv =,
!, ' NJ was quite touched by tn
|s,a ' ue We arranged that al
~ tsa stay with her for a few dav'
h,o mat l was to try to find som
Uyment for her"
mere Is she noww
nsing in that church tbaro m =,
sustho Inc girl really has a swee
Eo p%'I nee voice, and the choir d
Iieas was ', delighted to secure he
k RaE didn't she go home w
| bs u ,aIner told her when she Ie
Man lever Ser wanted to see her again
i 70 wasn't tosn there anybody else 81
~. There was a younp mon :,
bed aSo, tnlnk a good deal of, but /
sainSt her, too, when she Ieft