The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1907-10-09

here nor there. This Miss Crawford
come to my house the other day to sec
about hirin some rooms for herself
an mother, an I felt a liHle shaky
bout lettln' her have EN-. seein'
didn't know nothin whether she was
reliable or not; but i You say she is,
why that settles It"
Upon hearing Helen's Assurance
that Miss Crawford and her mother
would probably be all that could be
desired as tenants, the woman went
on:
Il spose ! needn't be so fussy but
! hain't lived IN Boston long enough to
git used to city ways, an I'm dretful
afraid / shall git took in by somebody.
| thought she was all right; she seem
ed SO pretty appearin', an felt real
sorry for her. You nee, there's rich
girl there in BloxambOro that's been
playin the mischief with her pros
poets, gittin her music scholars away
from her-or no, not gittin 'em away
xactly, cause she said she didn't
b'lieye she had anything to do about
it, only they thought twas tonier to
take lessons O. this bis bug that had
been to Europe an had got all the
new tangled notions in singin'. An
4 she said she spent most all her moth
ers money learnin' how to sing, an
now It want goin' to be worth much
to her after ALL She cried when she
was tellin' me. an felt awful sorry
for her. Oh, an she said she had q
good place in the church choir an she
was took down with typhoid fever just
before this rich I-for-get-her-name come
home, an'-as luck would have it-her
time run out before she got well
enough to sing, an the other girl got
married, an SO they up an hired this
rich girl--they'd got to have some
body, you see, an she was all ready
an waitin'l But she said she could
a. stood that II she could a KEEP her
scholars; but all her best ones went
over to the other one. It does seem
as If anybody't had plenty o money
wouldn't do such things, don't It? But,
there, p'rhaps you know that rich girl,
too-my hope she amt no friend o.
yours! ! never thought"
How Helen Sargent managed to re-
assure her garrulous companion she
hardly knew; but that the mind Of the
little woman was relieved Of all fears
was evident from the unsuspecting
| way In which she continued her limo
| cent chatter about herself. her rela-
lives, Mile Crawford and the things
| that made up the daily routine Of her
own uneventful life.
| AS for Helen, her brain whirled, her
| heart beat wildly, she felt suffocated.
| This, then, was the explanation OF
| Miles trouble, Of Mabel's strange
| conduct-and she was the cause Of
| 1t all
| Helen was glad when she bade the
] well-meaning little woman good-by,
and she was once more left to herself
After attending to her grandmothers
n business she had expected to spend a
IS few hours in shopping and paying two
It. or three visits, but her interest in new
ID gowns and her Boston friends was
h gone, and she took an early train for
home.
In her own room she first dared to
o. look Ut the matter sqnarely. II was
all plain enough now, this trouble Of
IN Miles. Mrs. Crawford was In poor
health, probably not well enough to
be left alone-that was why Millie had
i'd been looking for rooms in Boston. She
e. recollected hearing Millie once say
lr- that she believed 1t would break her
m mothers heart Il she should ever have
is to leave her own little home where
she had gone as bride, and which
ps she loved So dearly.
y; Helen's form shook with suppressed
Mt sObs. She prayed and prayed for light
and strength.
to At last, the struggle was ended
se Helen grew calm. She rose and made
preparations for going down to tea
re- When she looked into the mirror t.
ith see if she could discover any traces O
lid her recent tears, it was not an IN
Ter happy face that greeted her.
Tor Two years afterwards she was re
tn turning home from Boston late on
ay afternoon when she caught the earn
Ter est gaze Of woman across the aisle
ng The face had familiar aspect. bu
The before she could recollect where sh
The had seen it the woman came towar
ide her with outstretched hand
her Z do knows you know me. but
haint forgot you-oh. now you remen
Il berlv pleased at Helens smile Of res
so ognition wal, I've looked for 20
mt ever since DO you know. that Biis
Ugh Crawford didn't come after all, en-
never knew why till little while agl
ind I met her an she told me all about j
! a That rich girl went off travelln Al
her so she got her place in the choir bac
again an her scholars an ev'rythine
ate, Wasn't that nice? An that rich gi
int why, she's turned out most an a
ms gell She's got piles O. money
, In course, but 'taint everybody Il 4
things for nothin II they have. She
givin lessons all the time to poor CIR
led. that want to learn to sing an can