Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1911-09-01

ne would still give good
himself to the world. She Oount q
fident of that. She recoyn,.s con.
excellent Qualities In him. IT. many
wanted fostering and brins,sy only
That was why she married b,r. out
was a few years his senior. :, She
that she was the stronger , cue lelt
She considered it was no, ssaily.
devote her life to him. to protao.v %
from himself and make a man ~ MIN
1t wGs not her fault, she mna- .'m
she was not a lady. Literally NV II
up in the gutter. what adyantousat
she had? Her mother died in S asd
birth and her father, a profasa slllo'
gambler, abandoned the LITTLE a,",
the tender mercies of an mas 70
neighbor. When she was ahon. eht
years old her father was arrasts. 'sat
refused to pay police blackmai, ny ~
Indicted, railroaded to prison ana was
soon after in convict stripes Ts Visa
was no provision for Annie,s es
tenance, so at the age of niro f
found herself toiling i'm fao,o que
helpless victim of the brutaliz,na
tenn OF child slavery, which in sr,.s
OF prohibiting laws still disgracas ~
United States. Ever since tint ~.
she had earned her own living IN
road had often been hard. thare -.
times when she thought she NJ.
have to give up the fight; other OIL.
she had met had limited at an eest.'
way OF earning ones living hut ~.
had kept her courage, refused IN us,aN
to evil counsel and always manavos
to keep her name unsullied She ~.
the factory to work behind tho oan.
ter in a. New York dry goods stora
Then about year ago she driftad !.
New Haven and took the position !,
waitress at the restaurant which ,ha
college boys patronized.
Robert Underwood was among the
stH1rnts who came almost eyery aav
49, made love to her from the star,
and one day attempted liberties wh,cA
she was prompt to resent In way
he did not relish. After that he IL,
her alone. She never liked the man
She knew him to be unprincipled no
well as vicious. One night he brought
Howard Jeffries to the restaurant
Ihey seemed the closest of cronjes
and she Mas sorry to see what bad
influence the elder sophomore had
over the young freshman, to whom
she was at once attracted. Every
time they came she watched them and
she noticed how under his mentor
Howard became more hardened He
drank more and more and became a
reckless gambler. Underwood seemed
to exercise baneful spell over him.
She saw that he would soon be ruined
with such man as Underwood for o
constant companion Her interest In
the young student grew. They be.
came acquainted and Howard not
realizing that she was older than he,
was Immediately captivated by her
vivacious charm and her common.
sense views. They saw each other
more frequently and their friendship
grew until one day Howard asked her
to marry him.
While she sometimes blamed her,
self for having listened too willingly
to Howard's pleadings, she did not
altogether regret the step she had
taken. 1t was most unfortunate that
there must be this rupture with his
family, yet something within told her
that she was doing Gods work-sav-
ing mans soul Without her, How.
ard would have gone swiftly to ruin,
there was little doubt of that His at.
lection for her had partly, If not
wholly, redeemed him and was keep.
ing him straight. He had been good
to her ever since their marriage and
done everything to make her CON-
Portable. Once he took a position as
guard on the elevated road but
caught cold and was forced to give
1t up. She wanted to go to work
again, but he angrily refused. That
alone showed that he was not entirely
devoid of character. He was I'M
fortunate at present and they were
poor but by dint of perseverance be
would win out and make a position
for himself without his fathers help.
These were their darkest days, but
light was ahead AS long as they
loved each other and had their health
what more was necessary?
Continued next week.