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were from the ground and how dirty.
lie wondered If Celestial had begun TO
speak yet The building was so old and
foul looking that he began to be afraid
she would catch something. lie Won
dered If the shirts he himself wore were
made in some such sweatshop. The mere
thought made him itch
He looked at his watch
"She said ten minutes" he thought
land she's been gone fifteen. She must
come soon now. After that he paced the
sidewalk no longer, but stood so that he
could watch the stairs up which she had
vanished.
A couple of young men entered the
building. They passed under a sign
which said. Positively No Smoking
And Tommy was annoyed to observe that
both were smoking cigarettes. one threw
iside his cigarette still lighted, the other
kept on smoking, and they passed out Of
sight up the stairs
Tommy entered the building and
stamped on the cigarette butt till 1t was
out: then he returned to the sidewalk
then he began to fidget and worry.
Its a fragrant violation of the rules,
he thought 1T ought to he reported.
Why, this place would so like a piece of
fat pine. II wouldn't be a burning, It
would he more like an explosion"
lie fidgeted some more, and then he
made sudden resolution.
"Ill report those two cubs TO the man
ager," he said, And if he doesn't seem
properly interested I'll make things hot
for him
So Tommy entered the premises OF the
Oclagon Shirt company and began to
look for the manager Some people said
he was in such and such a place, and
others didn't know. But girl, who
seemed to be dying of consumption, said
that Mr.. Grady had just stepped up TO
the fifth floor. where the sewing ma
chimes We're with a young lady"
At once Tommy pictured this Grady as
greasy and bediamoned and hated him
Also, so strong was his Imagination he
At the opposite end of a long dark
| room Celestia's lovely earnest face
seemed to shine like a light. She was
speak king very softly and gently, but every
word was distinctly audible even to the
| farthest pair of ears. II seemed to
| Tommy that the room contained hun
dreds of girls and hundreds of sewing
machines. As matter of fact there
were almost a hundred of each. Near
celestia stood a dark stoutish man with
a pencil over one ear Grady" thought
Tommy. and hated him less, for although
| the man was greasy and did wear some
thing that looked like diamond in his
| necktie there was kind OF reverent
expression upon his coarse hard face.
Celestia was just finishing when Tommy
| entered. She finished and there was no
sound whoatever in the room. Then one
girl left her place and went slowly toward
her; others followed until as many as
could be were crowded closely about
Celestia and Grady They wanted to lool
at her close, too, If only for once in
their poor sordid lives To some it seemed
that even to touch her hand would be a
happiness to remember always What had
she done to them? They didn't know. But
such of them as had been on the verge
Of despair and these were not few,
felt hope warming in their hearts. They
must toll on for a while vet. and suffer
and long for light. for ease. for health
hut in time all would be well She had
said so. and they believed her.
CTo Be Continued Tomorrow