The Washington herald., 1909-05-09

Ineios ana uttered ScOrnful comments
on them. But then when one is an
addresser, one does not seek the admir-
alton OF women
AS Cain parted his hair with his
broken comb the hunters words came
over him as q revelation He looked
back across the past, down the barren
vista Of wasted years.
by Godlp he said slowly. "By God,
I'm going to live like mani"
A HASTY breakfast and the long daily
tramp, up Bleecker street down
Broadway, past Houston street, Grand
and Canal Great Jones street with it's in
tolerable name, into the purieus of
Greenwich avenue and East Broadway,
where the roaring elevated shuts out
half the sunlight and paper scraps lit
ter the greasy sidewalk. Then the
climb up the long flights OF stairs. and
so TO work, beneath the scowl OF Jack
son and the cheap badinage Of his
fellow slaves
Say if youse felers can't git to
work on time youse can git to hell out
O here" stormed Jackson as Cain
tered; and the girls looked up tittering
as ne skunk into his seat He noticed
that the lame girl had been moved, so
that she sat back to back with him,
cit busy now an give your enve.
lopes to Bella" cried Jackson. Names
gorn an got married"
The girls Uttered again, snufling
and whispering as they adroitly shut
fled their piles. Across the table the
addressers, toiling at their tasks ogled
them on occasion and made audible
comments upon their looks.
IL was during the half hours recess
for luncheon, while Cain was still writ
ing. that he realized the lame girl was
still seated behind him. He turned
round. She bent over the table,
working away desperately. Then some :
thing caught Gains attention, some
thing that splashed down on a heap
n fnnn
He had never looked scrutinizingly
at the girl before. She was a little
fair thing, pretty i'm a rather chld-like wa
lameness had protected her against the ad
of the addressers and shielded her from II
ment. Now for the first time Cain saw tha
too was one who had had the upbringing
he had known, who as different from
who worked at her side as a lily is fro
nosome water weeds among which il spring,
What's the matter?" he asked awkward
one who has not spoken to a lady for five
She looked round swiftly, clasping her
together with an impulsive gesture.
20 please will you give me your envelo
small lots as soon as you've finished them
faltered Don't wait till you've finished
box 1t keeps me idle, and that pleases JAG
"Pleases him?" whispered Cain some III
toned emotion stirring at his heart. He f
whole body grow cold HAS he got his kni
your" he demanded.
She nodded. "Snce yesterday evening"
What did you do?"
", nOtnlnB mucn,' said the girl. II w
last to leave and he wanted to kiss me
wouldn't let him"
(AIN sat perfectly motionless. The room s
~ to rock. the bright sunshine without the t.
ing sparrows, the rumbling trains, the cries
street combined in a large symphony of
Something in Gains appearance startled tn
She caught at his arm.
please don't say anything" she said e
Hell take It out on me. He's put me h
haCDnga / Rpf UOtIp ~
instead of two mems like / used to. It'll
two a week now instead OF three fifty as
to make. Thank God, I've nobody else TO ca
IL l had time I'd look for another place.
can't afford to lose day, and Jackson knC
So give me your envelopes as fast yc
write them, won't your" she concluded,
up and smiling through the tears that br
her eyes,
Gains heart began hammering suddenly,
runaway horse. Before he could answer, ia
who had seen them talking from across the
advanced toward the table. His swollen, uni
face had become crimson.