The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1920-12-04
Bess's Ball


three girls. Their names were
Elizabeth, Margaret and Bess. They
had no mother but a father who
was kind TO Elizabeth and Margaret
but made Bess fix her sisters hair
and everything else around the
house.
Now. it happened that Bess's
mother had left them, when she
died, a lot of money, which made
them very rich. Elizabeth was the
oldest and then came Margaret.
and then Bess.
A prince who lived nearby was
going to have ball TO which he
had invited their family The father
made Bess stay home because he
said that she wasn't fit to go to a
ball. This of course made Bess feel
very bad. She begged and begged.
but it was OF no use; she couldn't
go, and so she had to stay at
home. After they had gone, the
nurse started to read to her as she
was told to do every night. When
the nurse started t6 read Bess told
her to wait minute because she
had forgotten something, so she
went back upstairs and instead of
coming downstairs, she went and
packed her trunk and climbed out
the window. caught the next train
and went to New York
AS it was getting dark, she went
to stay at hotel for the night
The next morning her father
was worried to death about her and
had policemen hunting her. But
the policemen not finding her, gave
up hope OF her return.
AS soon as Bess got up the next +
morning, she went to look for a
job. She got job making candy.
OF course, her hands had never
touched such work and all the peo-
pie around her laughed at her, but
she kept right on working, doing
the best she knew.
One day a nice big, fine-looking
fellow came to see bow the girls
were getting along. AS he was
passing by, he noticed Bess's
white hands. lie asked TO meet
her and asked her whether she had
ever worked before in & factory.
She said that she wouldn't answer
him: and she never even tod him
that her father was Il millionaire. |
He kept on making calls, however.
so that they became very good !
friends.
One day it happened that one of
Bess's fathers servants entered the !
shop, and when he saw Bess he
was so surprised that he went
straight home and told her father
that he had seen Bess.
Her father and sisters were eX
cited and the next day went to see
her to talk the matter over. She
told him that she could not stand
having to fix her sisters hair all
the time and that she wanted TO go
to the ball but he woull not let
her go Her father then told her
to come back home. because he had
changed his mind about great
many things and that he would
make a ball so that she could write
the invitations and invite anyone
she wanted to. or course this
made her sisters angry. but they
never said anything 10 her. When
Bess was writing the very last in
vitatiOn she thought OF this boy |
whom she met while she was |
working, and SO she invited him, /,
too.
OF course, he did not kow that !
she had sent him the invitation. |
On the night of TIE ball the crowd |
all were waiting for Bess to ap- |
pear, and when she did come, the
first one that she went to was this |
young man. Fred was his name.
OF course, this was a shock to |
him because he didn't know it was
she and so she explained to him all !
about it and he asked her 10 marry !
him because he had loved her ever
since he first met her. She said |
Yes" and then she announced the
wedding and the father was very !
happy to think that she had found
someone so soon. They were soon
married, and lived happily ever
after.-Heen Smith, age II, Gar
field School.