Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-01-29

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short on seeing the limp figure bud
died in the chair
visitor. Agnesan she inquired.
AT 1.-THE sound dc her voice the girl
looked up and spoke with some degree
OF energy.
You're Miss Turner?s she question
ed.
Yes Mary said. Her words rang
kindly and she smiled encouragement
a gasp burst from the white lips OF
the girl. and she covered as one strick4
en- physically
MARY Turner! oh, mr. God. IT,
She hid her face within her arms and
sat bent until her head rested on her
knees in an abasement Of misery.
Vaguely startled by the b~ysterical
ontburst from the girl. Mary's immedi
ate thought was that here was q pitt
full instance of one suffering from star
walton.
"Joe,v she directed rapidly. tshaye.
Fannie bring a glass of milk with an
egg and a little brandy in it, right
away"
The girl In the chair was shaking
soAndlessly under the stress Of her
emotions. A few disjointed phrases
fell from her %quiyering lips.
II didn't know-oh, I couldn'tp'
"Don't try to talk just now" Mary
warned, reassuring1S.. Wait until
you've had something to eat.
Aggie, who had observed develop
ments closely. now lifted her voice in
tardy lamentations over her own stu
pidity.
Why, the poor gawk's hungryr. she
exclaimed. .sAnd I never got the dope
on her. Amt / the simp!'
The girl regained a degree Of self
control and showed something of for
lorn dignity.
Eyes" she said duly, aI'm starving.
Mary regarded the afflicted creature
with that sympathy born only OF ex
perience.
Yes she said softly. 81 under
stand" Then she spoke to Aggie.
Take her to my 10 and let her rest
there for awhile. Have her drink the
egg and milk slowly and then lie down
for a few minutes anyhow.
Half an hour afterward Aggie re-
ported with her charge. who, though
still shambling of gait and STOPPING,
showed by ONO faint color in her face
and an increased ~steadiness Of bearing
that the food had already strengthened
her much.
.She would come Aggie explained.
Il thought she ought to rest for awhile
longer anyhow
FIN all right, | tell you came the
%queruloas protest.
Are You quite sure7' Mary said to
the girl. Then tell US all about it,
this trouble of yours, you know What
is your naineg'
Helen Morris
II don't have to ask IL you have been
in prison. Your face shows it.
I'll came out-three months ago
And you'd made up your mind to go
straight
Yes The word was a whisper.
"sYou were going to do what the
chaplain had told you,' Mary went on.
'You were going to start all over
again. weren't YOUR
The bent head of the girl bent lower
in assent.
ut doesn't work very well, does itgs
mo; I'm whipped
Mary's manner changed. She spoke
~cheerfully for the first time.
well, then, how would you like to
work with u.s."
"You-you mean that
tOur Kind of work pays well when
you know how. Look at us. Suppose
/ shcIld stake you for the present and
put you in with a good crowd. All
you would have to do would be to an
swer advertisements for servant girls.
! will see that you have the best of
references. Then, when you get in
with the right people you will open the
front door some night and let in the
gang. OF course you will make a get
away when they do and get your bit
as WE'LL
There flashed still another of the
swift. sly glances. and the lips OF the
girl parted as If she would speak. But
she did not: only her head sagged even
lower on her breast and the shrHnken
form grew yet more shlunken.
1T doesn't suit you? Good! was
In hopes it wouldn't So, here's anoth-
er plan. Suppose yeu could go vest
some place where you would have d
fair chance. with money enough so
you could live like a human being till
you got a start3'
There came a tensing OF the relaxed
form. and the head lifted a little, SO
that the girl could look at her ques-
TONER.
will give You that chance. Mary
said simply, "if you really want it,
The wretched girl sat suddenly erect,
and her words came eagerly.
aOh, dor And now her hungry
gaze remained fast Of the face of the
woman who offered her salvation.
Then \ have just one thing to say
TO you first. II you are going to- live
straight start straight. and then 20
through with 1t. DO yon know what
that meansfs
sYou "A keep straight all the
tfn1ea The girl spoke with a force