Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1913-07-31
CHAPTER VII.

Meantime, the girl In Chicago was
walking in . new and hard way. She
brought to her task . disciplined
mind, q hne artistic taste, delicate
but healthy body, and pair Of will
ing, II unskilled, hands. To her sur
prise, she discovered that the work
for which she had 50 often lightly
given orders was beyond her strength
Az the weary days succeeded each 9TH
er into weeks, she found that while
her skill in table-setting and waiting
was much priced, it was more than OF.
set by her discrepancies in other lines.
and 50 it came about that with mutual
consent she and Mrs. Rhinehart parted
company.
This time. with her reference, she
did not find it SO hard to get another
place, and. after trying several, she
learned to demand certain things,
which put her finally into home
where her ability was appreciated.
and where she was not required to do
things In which she was unskilled.
Then the son Of the house came
home from college in disgrace. and
began to make violent love to her,
until her case seemed almost des-
perate. She dreaded inexpressibly to
make another change, for in some
ways her work was not so hard as it
had been in other places, and her
wages were better; but from day to
day she felt she could scarcely bear
the hourly annoyances. The other
servants, too. were not only utterly
uncompanionable, but deeply. Jealous
of her. resenting her gentlss'breeding.
her careful speech. her dainty per
sonal ways, her room to hefseif. her
loyalty to her mistress. ~
Sometimes in the cold and darkness
Of the night-vigils she would remem-
Der the man who had helped her, who
had promised to be her friend. and
had begged her to let him know II
she ever needed help. Her hungry
heart cried out for sympathy and coun-
sci. In her dreams she saw him COM
ing to her across linterminable plains.
Fastening with his kindly Il sympathy.
but she always awoke before he reach
ed her.
It was about this time that the firm
Of Blackwell, Hanover & Durham had
q difficult case to work out which in
volved the gathering Of evidence from
Chicago and thereabouts. and it was
with pleasure that Judge Blackwell &C.
cepted the eager proposal from the
Junior member of the firm that he
should go out and attend to it.
AS Tryon Durham enteredathe sleep
er, and placed his suitcase beside him
on the seat, he was reminded OF the
night when he had taken this train
with the girl who had come to occupy
a great part Of his thoughts. in these
days.
All during the journey he planned a
campaign for finding her, until he
came to know in his heart that this
was the real mission for which he had
come to Chicago. although he intended
to perform the. other business thor
oughly and conscientiously.
Upon his arrival in Chicago. he In
serted number of advertisements in
the daily papers, having laid various
plans by which she might safely COM
municate with him without running
the risk of detection by her enemy.
II NJ R. is in Chicago. will she kindly
communicate with T. Durham. General
Delivery? Important.
Mrs. Bowmans friend has something Of
| Importance to say to the lady who dined
! with her October Sth. Kindly send ad-
| dress to T. D.. Box Z, Inter-Ocean Office.
| mary" let me know where and when
| I can speak with you about matter of
| Importance. Tryon D., Record-Herald L.
These and others appeared In the
different papers, but when he began to
get communications from all sorts Of
poor creatures, every one demanding
money, and when he found himself
running wild-goose chases after differ
ent Marys and N. RS, he abandoned
all hope of personal columns In the
newspapers. Then he began sys
tematic search for music teachers and