The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-12-19
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| am Mrs WentWorthS brother. He
surveyed her reassuringly and inter
estedly as he went on. The furnace
man let me into the basement and |
found the stair door unlocked, so did
not have to choose between waking
the family and walking the streets
until a respectable hour He smilet.
again and proceeded to make the most
OF what little pie. was left. 1T isn't
just the thing for breakfast" he com
mented, but it was the first food |
saw"
He had his eyes again on Jullana,
who still stood breathlessly by the
door. Il believe | really frightened
you" he observed, regretfully. I'm
tremendously sorry" She knew per-
fectly we'll that he was trying to place
her, doubtful of her being guest
down at that hour, doubtful of her be-
ing the cook. He strolled across to
the cupboard, evidently with the idea
Of filling in the period of uncertainty,
nuts and sat down on corner Of a
table. Can l offer you anything?" he
said.
She did not answer. She went over
and began to lay the fire.
oh! l say" he broke out. 'Is-er
hasn't Mrs. Wentworth got a cook"
Il am doing the cooking for few
days. said Juliana. II am the house
maid Then by fash of inspiration
she added. The cook has went"
He devoted himself to his doughnuts
after that until, the fire laid. she
picked up the coal scuttle and started
for the basement. III get the coal
for you" he said. He seized the bale
of the scuttle, but Juliana did not let
go her side of it.
Il do not think Mrs. Wentworth
would like it." She was too startled
to say anything except the first thing
that occurred to her.
Why should she object?" he in
Quired ingenuously. Surely | am bet.
ter able 10 carry coal than a girl like
you"
But am hired to do it, still cling
ing to her side of the pail.
He looked down at her hand But
the point" he explained, lis that you
should never have been hired to do it.
The fault is in the economic condition
that makes such a thing possible.
Now, when we reformers get into pow
err" he took the pail from her re-
Taxed grasp and disappeared into the
basement. Anything else l can do?'
he inquired cheerfully as he deposited
the filled bucket beside the stove.
Part of our doctrine is to help a COM
rande, you know"
That is all" very stitfiy Thank
you" r. 30 ......,..s-.-
Not at ALL" ami, bly,. He looked at
her an instant from the doorway and
then went down the hall whistling
softly to himself
Mrs. Wentworth was beaming on
her brother when Juliana carried in
the breakfast: And I'll have you all
to myself this week, Kane she said,
before your work begins"
Kane's reply was perhaps little alb
sent minded, At any rate Juliana was
not called upon for any further serv-
ice, and after breakfast Mrs. Went
worth came into the kitchen and said,
kindly: You need not serve the ia
BILE while you are doing the cooking,
Julia. I'll attend to that myself"
And, later, Juliana hearing the lady
of the house discoursing in tones re-
proving. argumentative, satirical, but
always too subdued for the words to
carry, and the answering laughter
from Mr.. Kane Farnsworth, guessed
that she was under discussion, and
went about her work with a growing
wrath within her and a paragraph
seething in her brain about self-re-
specting working girls being subjected
to the surreptltious and patronizing at