The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1916-09-28

while o ccu;fo OF sa'cswonen noyerod
,ovcr fer with q hottie Of smelling
salts.
> The manager of the department, .
big. pompous man, hustled in and took
q look at her.
"Ah! coming around all right, eh?"
He seemed kind, and so a. he
shrewdly led her on to talk, it was not
long until Amy had acquainted him
with tho man details of her long strug.
gle for work. and had also revealed
to him how utterly alone and frtSnd-
less was Her state.
! well, WELL" he patted her hand
gently. Il shall certainly have to try
and do something for you. Call Around
tomorrow morning about ten O'Clock
when I have more time to talk with
YOU"
rOr. say" he added, a. he walked
with her in casual fashion to the door,
come to think Of IL. I won't have .
moment to spare In the morning. I
wonder II It would be possible for you
to drop up to my apartment and have
a chat with ms this evening. Here 10
the ~addresss. He slpped = card into
her hand asshe spoke.
Amy eagerly assented. She RAJ M
tirely willing 10 meet his convenience.
she told him. And 50 that night. oil,
'unsuspecting. she went To tho sddrsss
he had given her.e
> The next day q gin with wide blue
eyes in which lurked q shrinking hor
ror and . mouth whose tender curves
wero dropping and f~eriorn, wandered
through New York debating in her de-
SPAR wnetner sffe should throw hersex
into the river, or into the gutter. OF
one thing she was certain, she could
inavsr 70 back to Ieapins River. Or
even to tho lodging house WHERE abe
had been stopping In New York
In thu end-perhaps because the
loye OF life IL strong evan when ell
felts 10 gone, and because she was
tired and hungry and had no place else
to So-shs icrept back to the depart
mSnt manager from whom that morn
int she had flung herself away with
words Of utter loathing and contempt.
and this time she stayed.
And the pity OF It was that at tho
lodging house she had deserted. Jock
Mccall twaa -~besisEing tho door In the
efdort to get some information IN re
Estt to her: for in spite Of his silence.
hos had never forgotten or wavsred IN
his determination 70 come back and
get her.
For q time, when ANNOUNCEMENTS
fen thick about him. and 1t seemed
that he would never get on. he had
,been too heartsick to write and then
after that he had fallen i'll and had
besh in the hospital for many weeks.
Bot at last with health recovered, he
had managed to annex q small Job in
hiSs own line. and had shown. such
nafked capabilities that no had been
rapidly advanced through successive
promotions until now he was an as
sistsnt superintendent with excellent
prpSpects OF all sven higher boost
He had saved his money ~sedulously,
and as oon a. he felt that he had
'enhugh he came back to Lesping
FsiEer.
Az he walked UP bEiskly to the fac
toll. old Jeremiah Mccall from his
widow saw him like another father
Ect whom we are told, while he was
yeti q long way off," But unlike that
father, jeremiah did not 60 out
and fsil surertheneckso of tfrereturning
prodigal. On the contrary, he sat
stonily still with his hard eyes nxed
upon the framed text~-Fhe Wages OF
Sin II Death.T And Ne did n6t change
from thAtsettituds exearxEsd his BOZ
entsFSd~hs room.
JSck heaitassd ssspoment<6h As
threshold: then a. he realized the sc,
nincance OF the severe back turned 90
releutlessly toward him. his head
VENT UP, and no stsppsd aifcky for
ward to lay an envelope on his Ia
Tiers desk.
+ Il am returning, sir" hs said. with
interest, the i've hundred dollars
borrowed from your safe. / consid
cred then and cQaaidar-attnfthA
the ulPnsk kGS tuktlS dI1 me- btt 1
am s+sist
ancs {gpH you, so l have brodghf ii
l., ThstAStss no answer. nor did ths
old man change in any degresNAat,
ttif phs4Pf disapprovh. Jock waited
pa moIFell for symEwdH. SOD siEr
OF yie1dtpk; then gft hipD head hro~r
up hi&Aa9 than SFarkhsstakA fNr
tho roPhnE
Thi3tnfs duty accomplis1eAB 2i
left tAS'fhctory, and fastened 20 ID,
cottagH 64 Mrs. Prentice. Had Il ecAx
fhe othSfhway about and he had bee,
thus Informed OF old Jeremiah's scurv,
trick ~{Hftkcrring the discharge of tn,
girl 6rAIJordan's hiS .YiSit tp,his IA
Their rHftAlt have beedsma leis pacin,
~tenor.rAS It waS 20 groat was his dis
appoiHtn4snt ovtl adAn2 nay Agons
And s0"Act his resentment over tn,
cause Ct heAsnnRinn NaH hes 1al
fstronSt xsmpted to return to the fac
tory 80 give ai1f&NSsashat h,
cal'sds"&s good bawling out"
i He han however. but twelve min
rtes AJHhicA to catch . train TO
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