The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1906-09-07

some one who Is your frlend-your
ffriend, But come income hohe-
Tout Of this cold and dark. Molly out
lof these hateful streets"
Y She chung to him now, with sbofhi
Eaher thin. cold. little hands. He drew
Fiber swiftly but gently to the doOr-s
Hway from which he came. He took
Eher, almost carrying her, up the two
Hhights Of stone stairs d HIS own door.
Ellis bachelor tray bf co6ee with the
Esprit lamp WIS Already on the haklss
HE madeS 81 cnpa hot ana forced II
tenderly 70 zip It. ..Oh. she laid. her
words cut III two with ia sob, '.how
Egood-.how good you are to me! Is
Eit really you? Am I dreaming It all?
EShall.1 wake outside in the dark and
Ethe cold and the fear?'' Ss''1F .
| He knelt at her feet and looked up
lat her. IF slt ~
Darling. you shall never wake out
LOT this dream. It is land L love
fyou. Didn't you know loved you
three years ago?" IA.
/ I'll thought SO. But you went
Eaway."
| Il was fool to 60. but never
meant to be q villain. I was too poor
then-I hadn't any hope
"Poor?" she said, wonderingly, as
her eyes glanced round the room. that
to her simple fancy seemed At for .
palace.
/ II was poor them expected al
ways to be. This money came to me
Il q 7 ~ 4ok ofey
OF you. l wrote. Molly, I wrote to
ask you to share it with me, to be my
own wife. I never wanted any other
woman" y l..
q "You wrote to mel" ~ Il
T. Eyes, the letter came back. Your
address was not known. lost you.
oh, my precious one, have found
you now! never will let you.go!" q
The winter after you were With
u.s." she began, stumbling III the con-
fusion Of her mind over her words,
that, next winter, three years ago
nearly, my mother died. had not q
penny in the world when our debts
were paid. had no home; there
was one offered me; you remember.
perhaps, young Brown. DR.. Pilsbury's
Eassistant?" - p -. .,q4
George Brandon nodded no could
hardly repress smile at the remem.
brance Of his rival, and a faint ghost
of smile fitted over the girls face
for an instant, and then passed. ..
"'Ah, / know you used to laugh at
Eim-and did, too. Poor Sam! But
though he was so uncouth and ugly,
so unlike you, ought not to laugh,
q even to smile, at him. He was faith.
4 full and true. and / had not a friend.
n He wanted me to go to live with his
Il mother till he could afford to marry
me. But could not, could not !
never could forget YOU
Il George laid his lips on her hands:
he had not yet attempted to caress
4 her.
II could not stay there. People
were not friendly or kind. Mrs. Brown
and her daughters were very angry
4 with me. I answered an advertise
ment as mothers help near London,
and went there. It was q very.
very hard place. They gave me very
I little, and had no rest. I had four
little children always to look after.
:, They were not kind to me. But I
stayed on for two years, for I did
not know what else to do.
4 "Then my health broke down, and
Mrs. Stokes sent me away. could
not do the work any longer. >I-oh.
George don't know how to tell you
what terror went through next. I
took a situation! thought it so easy.
the lady SO kind, but found-1 found
l-she was bad. ! did not know there
were such wicked people, such evil
ways, in the world. ran away with.
cut a penny, without anything belong
ing to me, and l did not know where
to go. 1t was very cold and had
no shelter. tainted, and police
man took me to the nearest hospital.
was happier there; was safe: they
were good to me, and thought
hoped was going to die. That was
last spring-thc early spring. I was
4 very i'll, and they kept me six months.
4 When / came out did not know
what to do, where to go. There was
4 a poor woman in there: she was very
roor, but she was as kind to me as
she could be. She said could sleep
in her room II I would earn some
money; she could not afford to give
4 me food. She told me could get
4 something by singing in the street.
! i was ashamed bitterly ashamed
but tried. / did not know what else
to do. You-you won't think too bad,
lily Of me, will you?"
Her head dropped; he could only
see the rough curly, russell hair. cut
short on the little head. His soul
/ earned over her. He took the poo,
little head into his arms, and hid i,
There. He could not speak. only press
Iher closer, and after awhile she ceased
Ito tremble and sob, and lay calmly
like . child on his breast-trustful
a. : child. innocent ~ q child.
LAT last he broke the long silence
that had lts own voice for them.
Thank God You came y my way.
Thank, God yon sang that old swe J,