Sioux County pioneer. (Fort Yates, Sioux County, N.D.) 1914-1929, 1919-07-24
la LIFE COMP AlsllOIN|
BY AELEN a. RosERTs.

BY hELEN A. HosERTs.
-. - 1870. !. :. -
7 Copyright, 1919 by the Mcclure Newspa-
per Syndicafel
"Wantel-C Companion for young
lady. Must be well educated and have
bust Of references. Apply at COL Ma
pie avenue, city,
"There," sighed Olive, as she. read
the above advertisement. awe got to 4
get q position, and might as well
start and look for one now. II GER
tainly have had q good educi,tion.s Mr.
Lawrence will give me q good letter: Of
reference"
About six months previous to this ]
time, Olives father had died, leaving
her alone except for his old school
chum Ted Lawrence. He had left no
will and Olive, always supposed to-
have been wealthy, had to md some
mems Of supporting herself. Some
Of the town gossips had said that old
tied" Lawrence had something to do
with 1t, but nothing further was said.
When Olive had shown Ted Law
renee the advertisement, he thought its
a fair place for a girl Of her standing,
80 advised her to try for the position.
After q short talk with her adviser
Olive started for the house on Maple
avenue. In answer to her ring at the
door, maid appeared and showed her
In to the Indy Of the house, who was
Miss Madison. Olive introduced her.
self, and utter q few minutes gof con.
versatlon with Miss Madison, was
hired. d!
During the next SIX months, Olive
and her mistress Travelled q great deal.
Then, suddenly, they packed up to
leave for home. Olives employer ex-
planned TINT her brother, who was in
training camp, was coming home for
a short furlough, and that she was go
Ing to give a dinner In his honor.
Olive was somewhat happy, as she
would be nble to visit many Of her.
old friends, and most Of all, her old
friend, Ted Lawrence. IS
During the time that Miss Madison's
brother Ralph was home, Olive had
very little to do, as Miss Madison was
quite busy entertaining her brother.
The night Of the dinner, Olive was
out walking on the large lawn that
surrounded the Madison home, and
she CHANGED to meet Miss Madison
and her brother. OF course. they were
introduced, and Ralph upon finding
that Olive was his sisters companion
(whom he had heard much of), insist
ed that she join them at dinner.
A few minutes later, MS she was. COM
ing down the stairs to go into the dim
ing room, the maid hunded her . tele-
gram. Looking first at the signature,
she saw TINT 1t was from Ted Law
renee. ''Come to my, Office at your.
earliest convenience, =, 1t repd. Being
\ quite anxious to know what the tele-,
gram meant, she excused herself to,
the hostess and left at once for the
| Office. When she arrived there, he
quietly asked her to sit down as he.
had some good news for her. B
solve, 1t was year ago today that
I your father died, leaving a will in my
possession, not to be5opened until ono,
year after his death. It leaves his en-,
tire estate to You. Now, you will, of
course, give up your position with the
Madisons.' s lss.I
G4Ye Was happy and yet she was sad.
sic Va sias All alg6s aliq!Bf hive g
support herself any ll9Fe, !QlRd YET 40
didn't want to leave the MadfeoAs,
The next day she Informed her en-,
ployer 6f what had taken place the
evening before. They were oil glad
and yet they wanted her to stay with
them, as they had got to like her In the,
short time that she had worked for
them. Olive thought It over and told
them that she would stay few months
longer.
Il was some six months before Ralph
came heme again and still Olive was
ID tho employ az Miss Madison. Ralph
and Olive had become quite gq9d
friends and had been carrespeadiRo
with each other since the last time
Ralph was home, This time when he
came home It was Olive who was busy
entertaining him. one evening when
he was home he asked Olive to tSke
"a short walk ont ID the garden, and
Just before they turned to come back
Olive told Ralph that she was going
TO leave his sister. Olive was a little
bit disappointed when Ralph didn't
shy that he was sorry, or even try ~
induce her to stay, but on the contrary