The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-17

'She WOULD not remain III Al dhu"A'
to be the butt of the whole population,
from Lady Muriel down to these pauper
brats.'
She laid the money Andrews had
| given her on the table. Fourteen shlll-
ings; that was her weeks pay up to
the following Saturday night. She
pushed away three shillings for rent,
| and taking a little box from a shelf
| she turned out eight. Nineteen shill-
| ings, not even a pound, that was all
Patty's earthly possessions, except the
furniture.
"Of course it must 60" she muir
INJURED; sit was granny's, l should like
to have kept it, but l can't have no
membranes if | mean to work my
way"
How she was going to work her way
she did not altogether know; she would
get a situation of some sort, she sup
posed, as she was quite certain Miss
Yorlte would say a good word for her.
SO thinking, II without further delay,
being of a practical turn of mind, she
began to turn out drawers and pull
the place to pieces generally, a thing
she had not done since granny's death,
having had neither the time nor the
heart; as It was, she frequently left off
when she came across some old cap or
shawl that brought wildly back an
almost forgotten memory, and hidins
her face in her hands, turned away
with a little shiver.
Alone? Alone in the world, with no
money, and scarcely a friend, 1t was q
sad lot. but Patty was brave and she
was resolved to struggle resolutely to
the end. So, recovering herself speedily,
she went on with her rummaglng. BY
~ o'clock, when the hands came troops
ing out of the works. Patty had already
= almost completed her task, and was sit
ting on the floor in the midst of various
heaps of old letters, odds and ends, and
wearing apparel. Such a collection
! would have gained from most people the
, appellation of rags" but by Patty IL
E was regarded as property.
1 She had left off rummaging, and was
seated with her elbows on her knees,
looking in an distracted way at some
papers she held in her hands. All of a
. sudden there was a sound as of some
@ one trying to open the room door. Patty
thrust the whole handful of papers into
t her pocket; evidently she was most
e anxious they should not be seen; then
I she called out: !.
r 'The door amt locked, why don't
v you come in?"
It was Elsie Bligh.
y MY poor. dear, darling Patty!
Now look here, Elsie, l don't want
/ no pity. Don't think as / should have
stayed in that factory long-leastwise
If I'd known what l know now
shouldn't. SC don't say a word. only |
you've a mind to be my friend, all RICH
heres my hand, only we won't hav'
70 no sniveling."
II don't want 10 SWIVEL, Patty, onls
Tn sorry for you, aud I don't know
whatever you is going to doll th'
d master was only here!"
e Patty looked at her without answer
ing this time: that was exactly whaf
e she had been wishing all day. Elsie
= went on.
"Since he amt, what do you think 0
X coins to mothers for a bit? She dom
i live in Arundalo, you know. I bldei
with my aunt. Mother washes for tn
quality and has a laundry at Dalefore
{ about three miles Off"
Patty gave no immediate reply, blu
at last she said
e That's the most sensible suggestion
as you've made this mon past. Elsi'
Bligh. Yes, I'll go to your mother
, she'll have me: she is a decent woman
u But I'll only go on one condition, tina
she'll let me work for my bed ant
: board till such time as 1 can get thing
righted, and have an independence G
4 my own
y you with an independence. Patty?
"Ay, and perhaps it won be so lon
as you think afore it comes
Elsie laughed. All the Arundale girl
were amused by Patty's grand airs IN
ambitious schemes. She thought thi
independence was only another of tn
many castles in the air Patty had bee
known to build.
But Patty did not heed her d~erisior
She got up from her position on tn
floor, and without saying one word o
the subject of the papers she had hid
den away in her pocket, she began t
put things straight in her room.
you can go along home to Dalefor
tonight, after work, and let me knoy
afore the morning what your mothe
says
"Ah, will /, Patty; and 1 know she
say welcome. for She's g~ood-heartet
and she's taken a liking to you"
Soon after this Elsie Bligh took he
leave, and Patty once more was alone
This time she locked the door, ant
spreading the precious papers out o
the table, she sat for a while studyin
them very deeply.
"A hundred pounds in the saving
bank as / can claim when Granny die!
and me never to know it, and hin
she a so poor; and ten sovereigns /
an old stocking iii the brown hair 90
under the bed
She drew the box out while she solilo
quized. Yes, there they We're in i;
their golden sheen. She took them GU
and hid them away in the bosom {
her dress. She would tell no one of he
treasure, she decided. She had ne
much belief in Arundale people, and re
cent occurrences had robbed her of eve
that little she once possessed.
"Only the master, ne was stanch an
true; she would wait till he came bacl
There might be some trouble about
since Urske was the only name b
which she was known in Arundal'
Yes. Mrs. Bligh's was the place ii
such time as the master came bacl
then she'd see about making a start /
life for herself"
ITO He Continued TOmOrrow.1
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