The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1907-11-28

home Tor ne aud take mr cutcu the
factory he's gol 60 stand Ia with bis
boss, Ridley's OF no Ridlcys woil take
trolley ride after supper anyhow. 20
guess IN hc moving on aud make a
new stock out of that lace you gave
me. Say, that's lovely plecc had
a mind TO save u Tor my trousscsu,
only Il vii please Tom II have some,
thing pretty aud new on Might rs
well chirk him 10 a BIT He's worse
disappointed than me"
The daughter OF the rich aud the
factory worker went out of the door
together. At the corner they paused
before separating.
u wish you'd take this 60 your
rom." said the impusiye young heir.
sss There's lovely little restaurant
In the park. Tell Tom 60 take you
there for dinner" She opened her gold
mesh purse and hauled out crisp,
elean bin The factory girl flushed
and drew back.
TON ain't that sort He'd never
take money from woman"
The young beiress saw her mistake.
We'll then, give II 10 some one you
think might not be able to afford q
half holiday trlp-some one who has
no Tom 10 take her out" And she
sprang on board a waiting trolley car
before Maggie could reply. The car
stopped at the next corner.
This car goes TO Ridley's parki" de-
manded an elderly woman.
"Yes'm. Step liyelyw yelled the con-
ductor.
"Ridleys parkw Why. that was
where Maggie and Tom had planned
TO go. Katherine felt sudden whlu
to see the pleasure ground OF III,
young people among whom she had
worked during the past week. She
would go to Ridley's park.
Away the car bowled, stopping now
and then, but less frequently as The
suburbs were reached. And II seemed
TO Katherine that at every stop more
Maggies and Toms scrambled aboard
all with an air OF golden anticipation
that she had never felt at prospect OF
an automobile tour or garden party.
SO absorbed was she In watching the
half holiday crowd that she did not
notice the attention she was attracting
from group Of half tipsy youths who
had dubbed her 'the queen" and were
daring each other TO "plck up the
peach"
At Ridley's park she felt oddly dizzy
with the confusion. Perhaps she had
worked bit too hard at the Settle
ment house. Perhaps she had not eat
en- enough. At any rate, when they
reached the park entrance, and the
crowd showed her this way and that, |
and the three youths clustered around |
her and paid her loathsome compI- |
mcnts, she wondered whether she |
should faint or scream aloud. Sudden
ly man In uniform showed the leer-
Ing youths aside and touched her ell
bow defercntlully.
"Where do you want to 60, missW |
inquired the trolley inspector, for such
he was.
Home, home" exclaimed the tired
girl, with touch Of hysterla IN her
voice.
"Car on the third track" said the |
inspector laconically, and he put her
aboard
Once out Of the crowd, with the cool
Ing west wind tanning her face, Kathe
rine felt better. She understood now
why Maggie felt that Tom-big pro-
tecting Tom-had given the girl n new
view OF life
1t must be dreadful to be alone and
In the world. Now. If Ar
mold had only been different, If he had
not been SO absorbed In business. Then
suddenly feeling that had never come
to Katherine Morgan before olsessed
her. Had Arnold ever really neglected
her? Had he ever refused her his at.
tendance save when she wllfully
changed her mind or made childish de-
mands on his time? She remembered,
about shaky market, possibilities of
a panic. the need OF conservatism. etc
They had all been meaningless terms
IN her moment of anger, but now she
understood. If Arnold meant TO take
her "outen the factory he must stand
n with his boss, too aud Arnold's boss
was "the street" Something bright
md round fell from katherlne's eye to
he gloyed hand she raised hastily as a
screen, and then It happened crashing
beams, cracking glass, shrlekIng wo.
men and groaning men.
When Katherine woke up she was IN
Arnold Gresbams big touring car and
Arnold Gresham's face was very close
% hers
How did you get OFF, she inquired
lully, feeling as II she had been chang
d into Maggie Delany and Maggie's
Tom had come TO the rescue
II went down TO the Settlement house
or you, found you had left with one
,irl, and another told me she had seen
you board the ear for Ridley's park. ]
vas Just following you out--wben !
aw the collision and thought ] might
,e OF some service to the injured.
why In the world did You
20 out like this aloneT
Katherine laid her head contentedly
N Greshams still trembling shoulder.
Because needed TO know tbat-i ,
ould not get along without you, Ar
Iold, dear, take me home"