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It seemed to mo-st this time something swift and ‘eager had if within mo. My yesterdays. hhppy yesterdays, were in ruins: Qll mvj tomorrows Ioomod gaunt and terrifying. This" fooling was aggrnvwod by my anxiety over Mother. She seamed unable to v rnlly,_nud was in a state of seem- ingly hopeless ' ondency. She ‘couldn't endure to have ma leave her. Bo, because I had a fear I might loso her also, I said nothing about getting work.

W-s had a tiny sitting room and

boarding house. i had made them as attractive as possible with thvs addition, of our few treasures. Mother's monogramed. silver on . tho bureau, Dad's picture in u. love- ly frame on the tiny table by her bod, another one on the sitting room table, and a few knicknacks nnd books gave the place quits a. homey, almost luxurious all‘, when compared with tbs rest of the house.

" This may have had somctlilngto dofwitn tho charges the neighbor- hood physician made when I asked him to visit Mother, and told him how‘ (llIIlClIlf I found it to rouse her to interest in rlllyllllllll- l

Our fr-whundrcd dollars were fast dwindling, ovon though we lived B0 oconumicallyp-thnt is, we con- slderod it economical to live ns we did, Once or twlcc I suggested to Mother that it would be better for mo to ccmence to look for some- thing to do, but she became soun-

thut I did not urgo the mutter.

Addcal to my sorrow for the loss of Father was now afour, almost n certainly, that I was also going to lose Mother. I think that was emphasized in my mind because of Mother's former independence, and tho shrinking dependent way she now clung to me. At times I could scnrccly- make myself believe she could have changed so decidedly.

At first Claudia, Edith and other of my girl frionds come to see mo l occasionally. But we were so for l away, and thoy were so busy, that I they dropped out gradually. I re- ' ceivod an invitation to Edith

Wrorfs wedding, and a nice little I nots urging ms to come. I sent

regrets, rind also sent her c doli- f cuts siivcr vasswe had taken from our old homo. I did not feel that it would be. right to spend any of the money Wo had for gifts, when Mother was so ill.

Jack Pryor lnid come frequently tho first monthor two. But finally I begged him not to come any more. It wasn't fair for him; and as he novsr cams empty-handed, I felt

constantly under obligations to

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“You are sure you cannot carp

for mo enough to marry me. Zena?"

_' he asked when I had explained that

‘ I would rather he did not come so l often.

"Ycs, Jack, very sure-now. You see if anythingvcould make mo fool I loved, You enough to marry you, it would be vour loneliness and our poverty. But Jack, oven that would not minke It right. Dad always said that nntlilng but great love made marrlago wiiut it should be. And Dad was always right, you know."

“You might ‘learn to lovo ma, Zena," be returned wistfully, "and I do so want to take cure of you and your “mother-make life easier for you."

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hnppy nt tho idea of being nlono

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"M baby ‘n bodolilbl and spread on he: arms cookout! dual-p, u for u her hi . skin wusors and rod on the _ ‘ing. out u: tbsoséh; to son ‘v _ . o , pron and’ v' not day orn t. '

" en _I nssdtuticuro. uie when I had unod four oohés of Soup and four boxes o! Oihtrnont "also was baled." ,( ned) Mrs. George I-IIJIIQYR‘. F. . 2,130: 44, i M s. M... May e, m. ' I

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"You do. Jack} Just to know

stances, I could ‘not love with him, -I do not know.

and troublbs. Dad brick. but everything easy for Mothor.

marry him for her sake. Perhaps had Mother been

have been pofliuadod. to him she was indifferent.

koop mc constantly with her. leave mo!" her uonatant cry.

A rmsnlp an net-go cisairrnn 2s

I seldom thought

Lawrence.

left us. It was Jllilt

that it nli happened.

me" .

be gone

Kenneth Lawrence, or had forbidden our-correspondence I rather wondered. writfcn me just a line

great sorrow came. Claudia would tell him.

ceased to wonders.

hurt remained. Mothor was growing

in his bills regularly.

and upon my return I was told

I shudder that

see me. think of parlor.

boarding

our oid acquaintances.

¥:..l.r.-.?.rs::.r::£ " ab‘?! ss-s-.s='~..t:k-. ' ' urn vonv, In‘. ' -- z": we have such a diwotod frlendhhelps." Just why I could apt oars for Jack, or why, under the circum- marry_ him even though I was not madly in It was the way out of all my anxieties l He could not bring ho could make It" seemed almost selfish in mo not to

her normal sc-lf, and urged me to marry him-asl thinkshe would-d might l But even IIor lassitude bad gained such n hold upon her that she seevmed to have no interest in anything, suvs to‘

"You are alIJ have, Zvona. Don't

of Kenneth IIo was like tho rest. of my young friends, a part of my lutppy, care-free life before Dad v six months after tho bud gone away, I‘ felt at times that it was six or 16 yours since tho night of my birthday par- ty whcn he told mo all about him self, n-id asked if ho might writs to

Dad had boon guns three months. In three more, tho year Motherland snid must elapsp before we com rnunicuttd with ouch other, would Onco I spoke of it to her. It was after Jack's visit, and what ho had said, had brought Kenneth lfl'.0 my mind more clearly than ht- had been for months. ‘But Mother mude no reply. She seemed almost as if siio had forgotten there was a that she he had not

when our

Of course

But when the weeks went by with no word I Only a littlu

weaker, more dependent. The doctor shook his head, prescribed strengthening foods, jellies and wines, and sent Now I sel- dom loft her even for an hour, but ono day I went out to post o. lettcr,. n lady was waiting in the parlor to yet when I- houso

I wondered who it could be. By this timo wo seldom saw any of Ono is for-

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"I thought William was v91‘! rich- Tbatk ono reason I never intruded

society." , , "He was. But we have nothing vnow. His investments, mado just -'- a short time before be died, turned ‘out badly. Wo are poor now." ‘ "And your Mother is sick?" I-Iow do you live?" "We have a few hundred dollars

work. l have bad every advantage of olucation, music, etc., but I haven‘: been able to loava Mother. She can't boar mo to be away 0W1: to do an errand. It is pitiful -sbo was s0 self-sufficient before."

"You poor child! Lord sent mo. I had a fooling I was needed. Ho makes us His instruments in Iils own good time, ‘my dear. Sometimes when things look blackest He takes a hand."

I led the way up stairs.

followed by Aunt Susan Bracket.

"Yes?" -She scarcely looked up.

"I am William's aunt." She took mother's hand in hers. "I used to know nnd/love him when he was a boy.’_‘

"You—Iovod-—Willinm!" With the halting exclamation, Mother burst into tours, tho first sho had shed in. weeks. At a sign from Aunt Susan, I left them alone. For the first time in ‘months I had someone to think for mo.

v n“ SEARCH OF WORK CHAPTER 29

What did the coming of this aunt, who really was no aunt at all, mean for mo? As I hoard Mother's sob- bing gradually grow loss, I dis- tinguisiicd tho onlm voico talking quietly. Then I went back to them.

"Zena, I am n IoneIyAoId woman. Don't you think it is your Mother's duty to confound keep mo company for h while‘! You, too, if you will. I have no one to cure for, no ono who pares particularly for rue."

"Would you like to go, Mother?"

"I think-so-Zenst. I um so tlrcd. Perhaps I could rest there." That had been vher constant plniut.—she was "so tired."

‘jOf course you can rest! No one could rest in u noisy place like ‘Novlw York with the street noises- oven at night."

"But, Zonu—?"

‘fl must got to work, Mother. I haven't been nblo to look for work

(cause Mother hated so to be left rulono. But if she goes with you I 'must ilnd a position at once."

After a good deal of taIk—-most- ly bctwecn Aunt Susan and me-it was decided that Mother should g0 and stay with her for a few months stdeast. When she urged me, I firmly told her it was necessary that I begin to earn money. I had refused to allow Mother to visit. She would puy hor board. Aunt Susan hnvd vory Ilttlo besides hcr homo, and it would not be fair to foist Mother upon her, oven though she had invited her, with- out paying. .

So we packed up our few pos- sossions again, and Mother and Aunt Susan started up-stato. I gave up tho sitting room at once.

I found work, thou I would move‘

time to go back and forth.

_ Not s. doubt entered my mind that I would be successful. oncev did I think that I would not bs in demand as a worker. not s 500d education? If tho girls I saw in storos and on tho street at tho time the workers filled them.

my rnlationsblp. I'm not much for _3

i left. I-tbougbt 1 could go right. to,

I guess tho ‘

"Mothrrr I have brought you com- puny," I said as I entered the room, _

_ them houio with mo.

I would retain the bed room untll'

where ftwould not take so much‘ Dad human” Idea

Not-

Hadl:

gotten more quickly in New York than uny other place in the world. A rather good-looking woman roso with n pleasant smilo wheul went in anrl snid:

"n. this William Stewart's dough

fer?"

“Yes, I am Zona Stewart."

“Did you ever hear him spook of bis Aunt Susan, his step-aunt roul- ly. I was his uncle's second wife; and my husband was his uncle only ‘ by marriage. Ilnthor complicated. isn't if?"

"Yes, I have hoard him speak of '_ You. I nm very glad to see you."

"I made up my mind when I heard he had passed away that the very neat time I came to how York I would hunt up his family. I llvs up the slate. I have o. little farm with chickens, geese and turkeys for company, and profit, besides a dog and a cat. I thought maybe you might want to visit mo some- time. Evon ‘if! amhot very close, A I guess lam tho only relstivo your Father ‘rad-if you can call it being rolstedl"

Again that pleasant smile. I felt like throwing my arms around bor nook and crying out all my troubles and snxlties to hsr. Instead I said: , "I um so glad! you don't know how mad! Will you oomo up to v . Mother with ma? She has boon nu

invalid ever since Paths; died. , It was so sudden and so awful."

Ho remembered the time a cut got infected and laid

him up for two weeks. So this time ho tiled

‘man ‘In m Aumnauuotnuut-v-M

It prevented infection and

eelod the cutgontly intwo days. Ho ulwnyo has Men- tholsltum handy now for vcuts. bums, v-iruioos, otc. when ho haul a cold he put Montholnturn in his nostrils.

v It stopped trouble

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wore capable of earning, I surely would have no trouble, ,

1 gave Mother-rather I gave to Aunt for her-all but $100 of what was loft. When I said good- byo to them ni the Grand Central Station, ‘all I had in the _vvorld was that $100, a lot 0f stylish clothes —too stylish by far for a working girl, I soon learned-and my faith in myself.

I bought all the papers nnd took I felt so sad. so alonc, I feared I would break down, nnd I realized I must waste no timegivlng way to my omoti- ons. I was not particularly strong, and so must also conserve my strength. _

It had been hard to let Mothor go, while at tho sumo tlmo it was u relief. I had begun to be vury ‘anxious as to what we would do when our money gave out.

v I thought many times of what Aunt Susan had said: "I guess tho Lord sent mo." I was sure ho had. - ~ I spout tho entire evening search- ing tho ‘columns “Female Help Wanted." Surely when so many people wore in end of holpJwould have no troub at all. I out out dozens of rho most promising ad- vertisements, arranging them ac- Cflfdlhg to location as nearly as possible, so that I might save time nnd coir-fare. _ = ‘I, who had nover used street curs.

even," I turned to Aunt Suoanflbo-f ‘will! muons now to “we the meme

‘l! lrlde would cost!

vI had decided I would try for a position as private secretary. I wrote a good hand. which I thought a requisite. So tho next morning I started out on my search for 9mIll0Yment—snns experience, sans prvoper clothes, sans everything salve courage.

d culled nt place after place in the business district only t0 Ienrn that the place; had been filled; or m“: because I was neither a_,stenogr- flDher or typist I wouldn't do,_

I did not ‘get through the day‘ without other unpleasant experi- ences also. One man told m3 1 didn't IQ aqfl-if I needed work._ Ho hadluoired me up and down. MYLQQIlIO-B wore not indicative of need." 55 i811‘. with a sneer.

I didn't tell him noither Mother or I had put on mourning because- v Neither did I tell him I wore stylish olothss be cause they wore all I bad, and could- not afford others.

A vosrriou AT LAST

CHAPTER 80

Weary, but unwilling to admit I wns d‘ aged, d crept into bed ns soon on I bad finished my din- ner. I would try other places in- thc morning,

"References and experiences."

All 1118M 10118. oven in sleep,» those two words buzzed in my. brain. In every single place I bud

almost before I got inside the door. "What is your experience? Where have you worked, and have you references " I will have Bone to ur. Shoph

‘ 11rd. Mr. Wren. or others and ask- l ed for htllp.

have done something for mo—-out _

No doubt they would

0! charity. If I was tempted to "Y. that thought kept mo from them. If experiences and referenc- es were necessary u; voum- pug; noss‘ men» they were uscessury for them. 0f course they would not

once would be lacking.

Then I had another rssson for Robbins “W1! from our old friends. It may have been fulso pride, yet hall '1 my life to livs over again I should do no different. 1 oould not "l" W menial position with people with. Whom I had mingled upon terms of- euuaiity. It would be too embarransilll. too difficult for mo.

flees- Ans night after night i crept into bod too exhausted think.

Finally I concluded that my

education. instead of" fitting mo to

"WW1. they had been fired at mo ,

flak for references, but the oxperfli

3° llly after day I hhuntod of-' '

to .v

rue. When I told that I had been to u fusbronsblo boarding school, it seemed to militato against ma. just as my good clothes seemed to. Some way they both seemed to awaken suspicion of mo.

My money was gradually dribbl lug away, although I now bad ro- duced myvmexpenses by taking a. still cheaper room up one more flight of stairs. I had times when I was so frightened I didn't know what to do. The world, which had been such a kind place todivo ln, suddenly Became a hard disagree- able plsc were everyone doubted everyone also, and no ono was will- Ihg to help.

I had just425 loft. Rain was coming down in torronts, making my depression greater. I dared not remain In, so I started out to make the round of the department stores. fmust ilnd work.

I wontfflnto one, not knowing enough to use the employees en- tranco, and walker, asked if they would‘ have anything for mo. Just as be was about toflépoak , I saw Claudio. Shcphsrd and Jack Pryor coming toward me, laughing gully. I fairly bolted. As I sped along the street leaving the store behind mo. I breather} o. prayer of thanksgiving that they-had not seen me. v

This experience unilttctl mo for doing anything more that day, and it also dvlaterminod me not to try n clerkship. I would be in danger of JIGOlIIB people I knew constantly.

What was there left for mo? What that I could do?

That night I porod over tho pap- ers looking for positions where I would escape tho danger of moetv lug those I once had known.’ Thai; I might 3o to some other city, oc- curred tdmo. But I hadn't money enough. Perhaps, after I onrriod some-tho thought intrigued mo. Einully I decided I would try for a position in some family as par- lor maid’ I surely knew the re quiremcnts of all house servants, even if I did not know how to do their work. I was quick-J would soon learn.

It was with burning cheeks that I mude this decision to ho a Muse servant. It r-ss bétter pitll -mos' of the advertisements ‘mentioned the wages-and I would be able lo hide myself. Mother was bcinz made comfortable; there was noth~ lng to tall me into the streets.