El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-07-15


~ woman sat rocking before WIN
dow OF her tiny parlor when
Agnes Morley let herself softly into the
small flat she shared with her aunt.
\ The woman thin hands were folded
. IN her lap. Her face was faded, not only
I from ill-health, but also from the care
of rearing her dead brothers child 10
wOmanhoOd, wrinkled from the anxiety
OF Trying TO make both ends Of falling
income meet
The girl tip-toed up behind her and
land her hands over her eyes.
Dearest" she whispered, I've got
Job at last, and now I'm going TO start
IN taking care OF you
Agnes tried TO laugh al the outburst
Of tears and ordinations with which
her aunt clasped her in her arms And
then for a half hour she sat at the feet
of her elderly relative, answering all
questions and obeving the reiterated
p command that she tell everything about
1t
The news that her niece and foster
daughter had been offered a position
which would make her practically self
supporting brought to Miss Morley Joy
that was pathetic in its intensity
The fears that had beset the spinster
for the last two years now seemed DIS
neileO is II DN the Eiatlou0 MANU- VI TIT
Lord to whom she gave all credit Tor
fAgnes' good fortune. Nobody but He
and herself. she unused. could appreciate
fully what this business offer meant to
her and the child whom she loved as II
she were her own daughter.
Agnes herself had no real knowledge
of the painful economy and the anguish
IF forebOding that had beset her aunt
OF late The small life insurance left by
the girls father had been expended upon
her clothing and the incidentals to her
!, education by the time that Agnes was a
junior in high school.
Miss Lucy had supplied from her own
email funds the sum necessary to COM
pletc her niece's education and To enable
her to take a course in the business
college.
An Answer to Prayer.
When Agnes had crept up behind her
aunt and whispered the glad tidIngs into
, her ear. she had broken in upon gloomy
treverv which had As its subject the won
der as 10 where the next months rent
would come FROM
The girls announcement that she had
obtained an excellent position with
prospects Of advancement. came. the
older woman declared. as a direct answer
TO prayer
or course she cried little at first;
then she laughed and. driving her ewes.
announced in a trembling voice that she
was IAN old fool
7 have not let YOU know how hard
ND we were" she allowed herself TO con-
fess now. u have kept 1t from YOU,
although 7 guess You saw that ] had to
pinch and twist TO 6eeP Glngs going
sometimes.
'Indeed [ have seen. and loved you for !
IT Agned reioiEed.
She had suspected now anxious her F.
aunt had been. vet until now she had not /.
realized how near actual poverty had /
crept. nor that his presence had been /
constant torture TO the semi invalid
You have been the best aunt any glri .
ever bad Agnes muTmuTed. bending ;
10 kiss the wrinlled hands.
= %Oh. no. 7 haven't. my dear. Miss /.
Lucy protested. But what has happened +
TODAY is wonderful-verv wonderful. /
And 7 am oh so proud OF YOU. Agnes, /
III I'm good for ANYTHING, it, because /
you've done so much for me-" Agnes as /
sured her. But for YOU I would never !
have had the chance to study as ! have
done. So I would not have been able to /
accept the kind OF position that Hale q
Bainbridge offer.
Miss Lucy looked mp with added inter
est. Until this r-o-acnt Agnes had not |
mentioned the --,re of the firm to
which she Wa =, 10. and her aunt had !
not asked
She Knows the Name.
Hale d cambridge" the elderly |
woman repeated. "Whv. isn't the vii