The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-07-28


son in leaving her.
When | came back downst IRIS
said 70 her. You see. | have &c
make every minute count. You
have a job. have not
But my reasoning was .ost on
Ter.
During the breakfast she looked
at the clock. Il am already late.
she said, and rhough she did net
say that t was my fault, it SCENE!
"a, though it must be.
"Now, if You will hurry ~. | will
take you TO the pOstoifice," she
added.
"Now, Mrs. Smith" sail |. for
that was her name. do 10: wait for
me. can find the postoffice alone
Besides. as ! had no supper last
night ana viii. precisely walk al!
day looking for work. ought to
finish my breakfast properly.
"Thcn You d, not care to have
me show You the way to- the pest
office" was her surprised answc,
"Of course | DO. but YOU are la 2
already and couldn't think ai
nav ne vow wait"
Pacing In" Finc"
But She did. mentally pacing the
floor as finished by breaktaS'
she took m" to the pos,otf &c, MAJ
Il big to-do in getting me to tho
right window, gave me full in2'rI"-
tons for the rest of the day. told
me to be at the y for supper. an i
."ft me.
great sense Of relief swcp.
over me as she actually departed!
ana ! was my own guardian again
After walking many wclry
olorkH ! found Il free employment
ASenry The office VA IT IN" too
OF long fl ght OF un3wcn', ri"kct"
stairS.
It's furnishings consisted OF ,
Ion%, dirt" t'blc and 4 few wood
"n chairs. The two windows were
n"'' s. ,l0ud.u with dirt.
Two men, as dry ana Ic"reri
as the furniture st VITA th"il'
feet on the table.
Only tho ClevG.And ri!l jaii, Of
all the places ! 'ipvn e'"" seen
y Cd With lh;S office for dirt.
| mated 10 enter it, The Two mr.i
eyed me without removing th.i..
ATS yr taking their feet OF. he
able.
Il beg your pardon STAN
mcrld. They turned and stared
more intensely.
| thought, Il must hurry and get
eat Of this filthy eff ~
! said "l-er-I ara looking fo.'
work Is this an enploymcr,
agen W
y" Help Needed
It 1ecmed i was, hut they did
no, need any hep row. In qf>ouL
hr2" DAYS ,hey N Chit. Tkir hat;
were st i on.
| m"de my ext. II was sw It.
And ,len. consulting NV dollar
watch. decided that it WIS time
to look tor Mss Lewis, the house
secretary 1T the Y. She might be
able to helm me.
Come right into the Office said
q iipe-lo Jliir5 woman when | asked
for her IL am Miss Lewis"
| told ,,er mr. prison story and
wy | ha lef; my work in Colu-n
brs.
81 wish YOU would tell me-" she
said. very kindly. what is back OF
all your trouble"
That was a dangerous topic, 50
far had ted her nothing but the
truth. for ! had talked only of my
Jail and post Jail experiences. ]
did not want TO get on thin ice.
Miss Lewis said, Il III tell
YOU some time. cannot tell yo,
now. | felt that you should know
the worst. for want to stay here
y mean, get roOm near here
and come to my meals at the Y
use your par,o:s and library"
You viii be welcome" sac s1i',
Then she :old the room secretar,
to hc'p me get "A room AMI gave m,
the address Of factory where
might get work.
What more could size DO for ms
IT did not occur to me thHt tb"re
was anything she could do - bt
there was. and she did it.
copyright, 1925. NEA Service. Inc.
Winnitred Mason Huck. form-l
cOngresswOman and the first woman
to preside over the house Of repre-
sentatives, got herself sentenced t.
prison.
GuiItlcss Of any crime. she souxh
answers tn the questions
Are our prisons humane?
/ Can a girl. crushed by her fellO,
men. regain her place in society?
! This is the seventeenth story writ
! ten for the Bismarck Tribune.
BY Winnifred Maso" Huck