Northern Weekly Gazette. — 1907-04-13 (Stockton-on-Tees, Cleveland, England)

SYNOPSIS.  Tim Cranston, who was "keeping company" with Madge •Worsley, a button-hole hand at a clothing factory, begged her, after they had been engaged for a year, to fix a day for the wedding. The girl, however, refused to part with her liberty so soon, and would give no decided answer. Ruth Roberts, another factory hand, has a fancy for Jim, and determines to part him from Madge, if possible. Madge attracts the attention of the son of the head of the firm, and is being rapidly led astray by him, when Jim Cranston meets with an accident, which keeps him in the infirmary for some weeks. When he comes out Ruth Roberts meets him with the tale of Madge's unfaithfulMs. Jim is terribly upset, and goes off to find Madge. On the way he sees the couple in front and follows them to Madge's lodgings. Halfdistracted he waits at the end of the street for Cecil Warpley's return. The two men quarrel and come to blows, Jim at last knocking his opponent senseless. Under the impression he has murdered young Warpley Jim rushes off to Madge and tells her what has occurred. In the meantime, Cecil recovers from the blow, and makes his way home. When, on coming in search of her lover, Madge fails to find him, she shows Jim plainly that if any harm has happened to Cecil she will hold him responsible. That he may get Jim Cranston into his power, Cecil Warpley offers him a good post in his father's firm, and tells him distinctly that Madge is to become his wife. Meanwhile, Warpley's father has arranged a marriage for him with an heiress, Clara Morris, and commends Cecil to engage himself to her, promising, when the engagement is announced to double his allowance, and on the marriage day take his son into partnership. Unable to do otherwise, Cecil consents; but at the same time he arranges for Madge to take rooms at Harrogate as his wife. Just at the time Jim Cranston leaves Lane's to take up his post at Warpley's factory, a new hand comes to work at the former pla,ce. This is Nelly James, who gives no account of herself, but is readily taken on, as work is good and hands in request. Nelly comes from Glasgow, where she had been deceived by a man named Herbert Johnson, who came from Mesetown, and whom she meant to find, if possible. Cecil Warpley surprises a man on the works . premises about to commit burglary. He lets Min off, however, on consideration of doing hull some service, which is to be specified later on. This man, jack Hawthorne, meets with Nelly James, whom he has known previously in Glasgow. She tells her story, and asks his help in bunging her betrayer to book. Nelly sees the man. she is in search of with a lady, and learns he is Cecil Warpley, the son of the chief partner in Weft and Warpley's.  Cecil i'mnises to Marry Madge.  Madge Wcxraley. in spite of the luxurious case which she had enjoyed ainee she gave up her old lite, had not been perfectly happy. She had a conand it did not altogether neglect ite duty, and ao9 the days wore on the pretty tvorkgirl was mare and more convinced that, unlee.s Cecil Warpley married her. she could not continue to play the pat-a Isis panzpezed Het%