The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1921-01-18
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BY JULIA A. ROBINSON.
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&C. 1920. by Mcclure Newspaper SyndicateD
You look tired, Maude; what's the
matter?" asked Anita, as she looked
up~from her typewriter and spoke to
the girl sitting at machine next to
her.
"it isn't that I'm so very tired" an
swered Maude, but I'm worried. /
suppose | ought not to be, but am"
Worried? What is it," asked her
friend. do tell me-"
"Oh, about mother and Bess.
Mother isn't well, you know, and Bess
had one of her bad attacks last night
She ought not to work. do wish she
| could have a rest. I'm dreading the
| winter. They have raised the rent and
| don't see how l am going to pay it,
but can't bear to take them to poorer
rooms. They both need all the COM
fort they can have but / don't see how
we are to keep warm. There, l ought
not to be telling you my troubles"
Yes, indeed you ought! I'm glad
you did, and l wish I could help you.
1t had taken but a moment for the
confidence, and both girls turned back
to the work before them, yet with
| troubled faces. Maude was trying to
solve the problem before her, and
Anita was thinking. She knew but
| little of the real hardships of life.
She had come from a comfortable
| home to the city because she wanted
| to earn her own living and be indie
pendent. That her friend who was
| earning no more than she was must
| support not only herself but her mother
! and an invalid sister seemed to her an
| impossibility. She had complained
! little sometimes.
The thought worried her as she went
to her cosy room just outside the noise
| of the busy city.
Maude worked a little later than
usual that night. She had not yet &C
quired the desired speed and wanted
, to finish her work.
you are late. child" complained her
mother, as she entered their apart
ment "You must get some more Of
| that medicine for Bess; she has been
D., quite bad, and must have IT."
Maude's heart fell. She wanted to
| do everything for her sister, but the
extra dollar every two weeks was a
! drag, and how could she meet the rent
s., If she took it tonight? Yet it must be
; done. Patiently she turned back TO the
drug store and bought the medicine,
carefully counting the change. She
was used to counting close, but her
heart failed her. She must buy food,
D., too. Would there be enough left?
! The next day Anita was sent for TO
come into the private Office. Her heart
p, fiuttered Had she made a mistake in
her work? With anxious face she en-
tered the office where the young man.
ager sat. He looked up and smiled.
81 have good news for you, Miss
Banks" he announced. 1--WE have been
watching your work and are much
pleased with 1t. There isn't another
girl who could have done the work you
have the past six weeks. I'm going to
, give you a promotion, and I'm glad to
do it."
He paused and Anita felt her spirits
. rise. How many times she had COW
eted that smile that was beaming on
her now.
/ Miss Cowles is going to Washing
:, ton" he went on, land you are to have
her position. It's ten dollars more a
week. viii you take it,"
Her heart gave a leap. Visions of
i beautiful things she would buy and the
I good times she would have danced be-
fore her. Take it? OF course she
could! She opened her mouth to thank
him-but stopped
1 Z" she stammered, ooh, thank
=, you, sir-but couldn't you give it to
| Maude, insteadg'
The young man gazed at her In
: amaZement. 'Why?" he asked.
you see" Anita told him. Il have
/ only myself to take care of. do very
! well as l am, but Maude has her moth
er and a sick sister to take care of
4 and to support. She told me yeSter-
kday she didn't see how she was to
get along this winter. with coal and
everything so high. Oh, if you would
only give the position to her, sir! 1t
would help her so much"
The manager whistled. He had
long admired this girl. now he felt
something rising in his heart that he
could not explain. A girl who could
give up raise of so week for a
friend was worth knowing He must
get acquainted with her.
"Do you think Miss Hobbs could fill
the placer" he asked. "She is not very
J. quick"
"Oh, but she will bel" cried Anita.
ITS only because she's been so wor-
ried that she couldn't do her best. Do
/ please let her have it, sir !"
4 Her brown eyes pleaded, too.
"Only to Think exclaimed Maude,
i as she left the Office that afternoon,
"the manager has given me Miss
Il Cowles' place, with raise of SO a
week I'm so happyi / needn't worry
about the winter now, and l can get