The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-19

up they all go together, higher ant
| higher"
"Unless they take to drink" said
| Lily, wisely.
III he fails, the girls have to lool
for work"
| Unless" Katharine continued
"they get married And there is the
chance of another father failing"
my DEAR what is the use Of talk
| inf about marriage in Harley House,
Love and marriage cannot come in ouE
way. How are we to make the ac-
| quaintance Of any men? Some Of the
girls at the Museum make acquaint.
ances with the readers, but no coed
ever came Of that sort Of acquaintance
yet"
"But. Lily, anything may happen"
mot ont Of books, unless it is bad;
in real life everything happens that
is bad. But as for love and marriage,
l declare. Katherine. that IL we had
our hair cut of and were shut up In a
Spanish convent, a hundred miles
| from any man, we should have a bet
ter chance Of marrying than we have
here-I mean we two, who have no
friends at ait Not the rest Of the girls girls
who have brothers and can go out
with them"
II have had my chance, Lily, and l
have been robbed Of it." said Katha-
rine.
Eyes, whatever happens you will be
the happier for having been loved. It
| is something to remember always. Oh!
it must be wonderful thing to feel
that man n going to give up all his
life-all his work--to make you happy
and keep you in ease and comfort. 1t
must be such a happiness just to feel
| it, as you did, for month or two, that
even to think of it makes me 60 mad
with rage at the cruel fate which
keeps us locked up here out of the way
Of it, so that we can never, never
meet with it,"
EYES," said Katharine, sit is won
derful thing to feel. There is no other
happiness to compare with it-and
have felt it. Ohv' she clasped her
hands. 1T have felt itI''
Katharine, when I am tramping
the streets from one place to another,
knowing beforehand that shall be too
late, terrible picture arises before
my mind, a dreadful nightmare which
comes by day; and see my future
life stretched out before me plain and
clear perhaps yours, dear, as well, but
hope-yes-I hope that God will
take you first"
"Oh. Lilyw
II must--I cannot help It'll must
speak, The picture comes of itself
and stays before my eyes. and must
tell somebody. Katharine, see my
self going on like this for year after
year-all my life"
The girls dark eyes glowed and
grew larger as she gazed intently
upon the panoramic picture which
rolled itself out before her. As she
spoke it became real to Katharine as
well.
"Oh, such long lifel shall live
to eighty. There viii be no change
until the time comes when no one will
give me any work to do at all And
then shall go to the workhouse.
am always applying for places. Some
times get taken on, but generally
am too late. Always jostiing and
pushing and fighting with other
women. What life! 1t Is yours as
well as mine. What a fortune for us
to be born WITH
Lilly, some change will come. It
must come"
"No, never any change. Look at
poor old Miss Stidolph. she is sixty
at least, and she is no better of than
when she began--thirty years ago and
more, after her father failed--to 60 out
as daily governess. What change has
ever come to her? Look at Miss Au-
gusta and Miss Beatrice; to be sure,
they've got ESQ d year to live upon
now. Before 1t came they were starv-
ing. And their father was Canon OF
a Cathedral! What life they have led!
No, Katharine, for us Ind those like US
there is no hopenone declare.
Katharine, that if there were any way
to escape any Offered me, would
take it,"
she looked about her like a prisoner
in cell. and gasped as If for want Of
air.
"LiIyF
"Never enough money" she went
on; never any society at ALL What a
| life it is that lies before us! You are
twenty-one, and am twenty-five
Perhaps fifty OF sixty years OF It. And
oh. how slowly the hands move round
the clockl, Oh, how slowly the sun goes
down!'
Lilly, you have no right to assume
that things win go on just as they are
doing at present"
"No; they may be worse. Kath-
crime, Is it right that girls should be
treated SO? We are born with the
same desire for happiness as other
girls. We could enjoy, like them, beau
| tifuI things and lives Of ease. And OH
look at us. There is not a single lady
| in this great town who invites either
| OF us to her house; there is no chance
| OF meeting gentleman. unless II is the
kind Of gentleman who speaks to girls
| in the street. Happinessl What does
| it mean7 We do not know what IL
| means. We are sentenced"
| Katherine sighed heavily.
vhaf good is it to rebel2" she asked
s'Let us accept out lot and make what
| we can ont Of It. What can we Do
more Ia the way Of work r.
II should like to do nothing. we