The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1917-06-02

Fellow made her heart acne. Whlle
she had been At birth placed In satin
lined bassinet- this boy had likely been
placed on dirty cotton bedcIOfbing
Hioriferous snd xqualid. She had sat
,ne Of ring Of dsintiIy dressed chill
dren. singing kindergarten songs: he
was at that age breasting q cold world
selling newspapers. She remembered
with something like shame that she
lad not even appreciated the advan-
iages she had enjoyed At coIlege-ad
rantages that many . poor girl had
weIt bitter tears or because she could
not make them the basis Of earning an
honorable living and which would
have saved her from q life Of toll.
But these thoughts served to bring
out all there was Of strength In
Madge'x nature. Dra wing down the
corners Of her pretty mouth with q
grim resolution she started down the
street snd on reaching . residential
district rang the doorbeIl Of the frst
.esrectable looking house she came to.
A member Of the family answered the
call.
Does the lady want q maidT' asked
Madge.
shes always wanting maid. Maids
nre not plentiful nowadays
Leaving Madge In the vestibuIe. the
person went inside and returned with
an Invitation for the applicant to come
In and see the lady. Madge found
her In luxurious boudoir. She seem
ed struck by Mndge's refined features.
Madam" Madgs beran. II beg Of
You to employ me. have been very
unfortunate. Accused Of q crime of
which I am innocent. ! have spent 4
year In prison. have only this morn
ing been discharged with enough
money
The horror depicted on the woman's
face was appalling to the applicant.
II don't need any Lelp at present"
she said. looking hard at the door.
~ beg Of you not to turn me away
promise you
Leave the house at once or I will
call the police and have you put out"
Msdge beat hasty retreat.
Before making another application
she resolved to try to gain n footing
In the employers good graces before
confesslng the brand upon her. She
rang several bells In succession. to be
told that no maid was wanted, one
servant who answered her call shut
ting the door In her face without
reply.
When at last she struck q house
where maid was wanted and was ad
mittel to the lady's presence. the in
terview was no longer than the first
one. On being asked II she had q
Recommendation from the last person
she had served she was forced to adj
init that she had not and WINS dismiss
ed at once.
It was 10 O'Clock when Madge had
left the prison, and after three hours.
going from house to house In search
Of a position. she became faint rather
than hungry and stepped into res
taurant Of second grade that she had
once been obliged to put up with for
want Of better to get something to
strengthen her. Taking 4 sent at q
table, walter handed her a menu.
but while she was looking to nnd the
price Of q cup OF tea and roll the
proprietor stepped up to her and. with
his eyes fixed menningly on her coarse
Rarb. said:
"Reckon you've got into the wrong
place. There's restaurant around the
corner that would suit you better"
Madge arose and left the restaurant.
Standing irresolutely on the sidewalks
she debated what she should do. II
her experience thus far was 30 bitter
what would It be when her little
money with which she had provided
herself had been spent7 A policeman.
seeing her standing thus forlorn, ap-
preached her and asked her where she
belonged.
Nowhere" replied Madge bitterly.
~ have no home
SWELL" he replied to this. II wish
you'd get of my beat. wouldn't like
to run In nice lo0kin' girl like you
for vagrnncy. but II you keep lolterin'
about here Ill have to do So"
This capped the climax. Madge had
tried her experiment of making Nv
Ing with brand upon her. and she
was quite satisfied as to the disadvnn-
tages OF such situation. She was
faint for want Of food and had failed
to obtain 1t even I'm a second class res
taurant. She resolved to 60 home for
a lunch and remain there.
"Cali q cab" she said to the police
man.
"A cab!' was the astonished e1-