The Newtown bee., 1909-06-18

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 tempah, das how comes she got hel
 name, An promise huf dat ah gwinl i fur ter change hit soon e2 she riso
 'boye huh devel'ment. but ah hasn't
 lad no CausiOn fur ter change hit . ylt.
 An dars Lllly-she des sets dal
 sminn' day in an day out, an shC
 says she finds moo and moo blessini
 eb' cry day.
 Yes um-we all raise der aggs
 dat is. we all hens do, Dat III alfalfa
 fel' is ours too, Lilly says dat dal isn't no finer stretch of Ian no whar
 dan she kin see from her winder. Des
 look like hit stretch on and on, clean
 up ter de Gate of ul0ry. An ah dc
 Curtainly reckon dar ain't no sunset
 no whar, like we all gifts. An cur
 tainly do pity folkses what has got
 ter be boun in by dose her high city
 buildlns. Mus be turrible dlssatis, fyin'."-
 He paused in his eulogy to make anetl CT bow and wavehls hand tothC other chair. turned and saw com ing toward us q young girl. She wore light summer dress and broad shade hat was tied under her round ed chin. Her face was flushed with the walk, and her ripples of fair hai" curled about her forenead. She might have stepped fro,. some old picture of summer, for she held a great bunch of mignonette, and she was smiling softly as she came to- ward us. She must have been past 20, hut her face had lost all matlr- fly, and her eyes were the wide un- troubled eyes of a child.
 ! ar come poo Rose Vance," said the 1ld man softly. She's dcne comes ter meet Jeems Hardy. An reckon yo all done heard bouten him. Fur de Ian sakes. Pears like city folkses dos'nt know what is goin' on Why Jeems Hardy war a lootindent and went wid his regiment to der Phtllipius. He died down dar with a heathin' fever, poo boy! But Rose cones ter meet dis yer California train whin hit gifts in from San Fran cisco, ebber blessed afternoon.
 "Yes um, she war gwine fur ter marrah him soon ez he cone home. But der Lawd has done teched hur so C2 she wouldn't suffer no more. She's des like a chile now, comes briE2in him dem posies ebber day Den she des says, He'll come to-mor- row, Uncle Lige, an back she goes agin. a singin.'
 I paid for my lunch and followed Rose Vance into the station. She stood just inside the door, and her wide, child eyes had look of sur prise in them.
 "He didn't come" she said softly. But she was still smiling and there was no regret in her voice. She paused a second, looking about the dingy little room. Then she went straigh' to an overdressed girl who 1olled or one of the seats. The kind of z girl that the other women, my self included, had tried not to see. "I want you to have some of mignon- e1te," She said gently. Tt came from grandn others garden"
 The eyes of the other girl had a startled expression as her bejeweled fingers closed over the flowers.
 The tired mother with the cross baby t,ok the bunch offered her with d grateful smile. She looked as if the 'ery sight of their freshness rested her. Even the ticket agent had time to glance up when she | stopped in front of his window. :,
 "ls that you, Rose" he said kindly. '::;,o, Jim didn't get in to-day. Did you bring my mignonette- I'm get ing so I expect it. There's nothing ;weettr than mignonettte. And his 9yes were very tender as he looked It ht"
 That's what Jim says" she said, ;mililg back at him. Then she urnrl away to the platform again
 I stood in the doorway watching Ter. A white haired old man who roked like minister. heamed with pleasure as he took the bunch offered Jim. A coarse looking man with a lard mouth and shifting, restless yes, rec eived he last handful V. sur 'riseC silence. I think he hardly harkfd her, but stood holding the lowers awkardly as he looked after Ter. Her manner was quite simple nd natural without trace of bold Iess.
 One by one the tired passengers ad found their way to Uncle Lige's able and partaken of his 'perched $ ggs" and tea, and one by one, like I lyself, began to look at the world i hrou.h different colored glasses.
 ! welt back to Uncle Lige's again. What does Lilly read" I asked him. You $; id she was fond of reading"
 "Yes um, she suah is" he said roudly. "Ah done tole yo dat Lilly } powerful educated, yes um. She ' lostly read her Bible and Harpers .aeeer. Dts a book dat tells V adi Low ter dress demselfs up fine. t Lilly is mazin' fon' of dat Ba-zeer.
 white woman up der Pike sens it s 9r huh" Il "'ll send her some reading when get Lome,' 1 said. 0
 An am shooly blidged man," he lid. Lilly will be powerful proud D dat, yes um."
 I l' ard the train whistle and lrned back to the platform. As I a ent ito the station to get my t tt"hel, 1 saw the other girl going il oWly toward the train. She was e oklng down and I may have i'm a gined it but I thought her lips a