The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-11-28

bout lettin' her have EN-, seem
didn't know nothin' whether she was
reliable or not. but II you say she is,
why that settles it,"
Upon hearing Helens assurance
that Miss Crawford and her mother
would probably be all that could be
desired as tenants. the woman went
on:
Il s'pose 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 see, there's a 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
| blieve she had anything TO do about
II, only they thought twas tonier 20
take lessons o. this big bug that had
been to Europe an had got all the
new tangled notions in singin' An
| she said she spent most all her moth
er's money learnln' how to sing. an
now IT want goin' to be worth much
10 her after all. She cried when she
was tellin' me, an ] felt awful sorry
for her. Oh, an she said she had
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
| tfrna rim ont hofnra cha xuaIl
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', But she said she could
"a stood that If she could "a KEEP her
scholars; but all her best ones went
over to the other one. II does seem
as II anybody't had plenty o. money
wouldn't do such things. don't It? But.
there, prhaps you know that rich girl,
too-my, | hope she amt no friend O.
| yoursl ! 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.
tives. 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 grandmothsr's
business she had expected to spend a
few hours in shopping and paying two
or three visits, but her interest In new
gowns and her Boston friends vas
gone, and she took an early train for
home.
In her own room she first dare. TO
look at the matter squarely. It vas
all plain enough now, this trouble of
Miles. Mrs. Crawford was in boor
health, probably not well enough TO
be left alone-that was why Millie mad
.been looking for rooms in Boston. She
recollected hearing Millie once say
that she believed II would break her
mothers heart If she should ever have
to leave her own little home where
she had gone as bride. and which
she loved so dearly.
Helen's form shook with suppressed
sobs. She prayed and prayed for tight
and strength.
At last. the struggle was ended;
Helen grew calm. She rose and inade
preparations for going down TO ter.
| When she looked into the mirror To-
see If she could discover any traces of
her recent tears, II was not an un-
happy face that greeted her
Two years afterwards she was re-
turning home from Boston late one
/ afternoon when she caught the earn
| est gaze of a woman across the aisle.
| The face had a familiar aspect, but
| before she could recollect where she
had seen 1t the woman came toward
her with outstretched hand.
Il do knows you know me, but |
hain't forgot you-oh, now you remem-
ber," pleased at Helens smile of rec
ognition. 8Wal. I've looked for you
ever since. Do you know, that Miss
Crawford didn't come after ALL an
never knew why till n little while ago
met her an she told me all about it,
That rich girl went OF travelin an
so she got her place in the choir back
again an her scholars an ev'rything.
Wasn't that nice? An that rich girl
why she's turned out most an an
gel She's got piles o. money OF
course, but 'tain't everybody II do
things for nothin' II they have. She's
giyin lessons all the time to poor girls
that want to learn to sing an can't
afford to, an she sings in prisons an
hospitals an awful old tenement
houses, an they say she does sing
! bpautiful I'd inst like IN sac har q ',