The St. Mary banner., 1908-01-04
ROMANCE.
Wilfill Eoan<y Gets Il Proof Of It's
! U"reality'
ality.

Il wonder" mused Wilful Pansy.
the mill maiden, IF he will notice
me-?
And the most beautiful girl Of all
the thousands of female employees OF
the vast carpet works tossed her pref
ty head and felt of her immense vam-
pire shaped back hair ribbons in an
arch sort of way as she bent over her
looms.
They say" she went on musing.
despite the fact that the bare armed
and scar faced foreman was looking at
her disapprovingly from the nearby
doorway in which he stood framed in
all his ugliness-"they say that he is
very handsome-likea Greek god. On.
isn't that lovely-'like Greek sod?
Now. isn't that original. really Won
der. though. If it is original or wheth-
er | made it up myself"
Pleased at her little fancy, the dain-
ty Pansy-dainty despite the fact her
shoes looked to be three sizes too large
for her and topped around and ran
over the heels in way that was ex-
ceedingly notifying to the poor, sad
souled girl-the dainty Pansy, called
wilful" by all Of her companions at
the mill because Of her pretty, pout-
ish ways, smiled to herself.
Handsome" she contiued musins.
land they say. too. that he has been
hawbly dissipated abroad. Oh, these
gay. ca e free, debonair men-how 1t
tie DO they understand the souls OF
we women!" and she sighed little
sigh. But he is SO young-only "a
and they say that young men must
SOW their wild oats. And yet. if girls
,ttempt to SOW any wild oats"
And again the hapless mill girl,
saddened and sobered before her time
She was only IS, but both her father
and mother were village drunka IDS.
and we're doing 80 days bits in the
workhouse most of the time-ag gain
she gave little sigh.
"Oh, it is foolish she went on.
refec!ng. after that last sigh. to
suppose that he would deign to SO
much as cast his glance upon poor lit
tie Wilful Pansy. the loom girl. Th"
lovely girlE with the fine clothes and
educated at Vassar and all like that.
up at the old manor house where he
will live with his people. they will at
tract all his attention, and he will nev-
cr SO much as sec poor me-
hp AoN o{ II
cheap little handkerchief as realiza-
tion Of the heaviness Of he life came
sweeping over her.
He will be home tomorrow, she |
went on saying to herself. and he
will be feteG for days. and all of the |
of the old manor house will |
go up there to do him honor; and he |
will make his fine and pretty speech |
es 10 the girls visiting his sisters up !
ycnder on the hill. and then-per- |
haps not until two or three days have |
passed-he will come down here TO the |
mill to take charge-and here | am |
off in a corner, put here a-purpose BY |
that mean old foreman, the hateful !
thing. SO that none Of the many visit !
Drs who come here can so much as sea
ne at all. and the downtrodden mill |
girl, feeling The rebellion rising within |
her pretty bosom. took on an air of |
routing tha. was exceedingly becom-
ing 10 her.
And yet" she went on. after lit
lie while, III he could only see me
we'll, they do say that have a pref
y skin. and nice eyes. and that my fig
ger is as good as anybody's-if not
,etter-I wish could wear my straight
rcnt corsets while working here at |
he mill, but. of course, can't-and |
guess my hair is nice to look at,
wen II 1t isn't marcel waved, and