. Palsy wall? , ion-tarsus -r t sue assault". ""591 I , ofiwi‘ W» We went directly home. I was frightened, nermlll. utterly 111189!" , gs-‘Jkelt epre the toilet miser- " - e girl in all t-llB world. "I don't know what I would have done if I had been alone and that» low had spoken to m9." 1 said‘ _ ‘mp1,, She lisd coins into to. , . ‘ she In! _l'€hirn ill! call. ' "M . .. - . _ int! nolwof trout-sin" avert » ts , toyou before!" - ~ “ " yes,j'pne.“-"I recalled ' will; lisd‘ followed me iron , “ _- I'm eohotnely they . .. l“; ‘inc alone. But some t‘ fI-lvteve-to-t ‘them where they . “ L‘ I'm s rised you ain't ‘ '2 llllu." Big " cities like Oh ‘ is chuck full of smart Al I who a n_'t thinfito do but angled luau dpdlent airs."- . "' t. they live! Don't "Notso as you could notice it. Gamble, mostly, or steal or any- thing so long as they can git away with it." , There it was again. That word "steal." I couldn't forget what had happened at the store for a minute, People wouldn't let me. Ilight then I made up my mind I would never tell anyone why I left that department stole. No one hut Mrs, Lynch knew I worked there. Fortunately, I, had not told Mother -—-I simply said in my letter that I had work and she wasn't to worry. ,1", would tell ms. Lynch i wanted it difefrent kind of work. She was paid-for nearly four weeks longer, so sho was protected. I bad a sort of feeling that ehe wouldn't ‘bytoo severe with (no-Mint she rather liked _me or she wouldn't climb al lihose long flights of stairs to bring me ten and toast. '."I do wish I knew shorthand." I grumbled, "then I could get work M 80d wages. do you work?" "I work in Itosensteiirs sweet shop, and believe" me It's some place." " "You mean a-bad place." "They work you to death and pay you nothin’, if that's what you call a ‘had place.‘ Hut I ain't goin' to stay there always-not on your tin type. "What funny expressions you use, Mary! Where did you learn them " "I guess they just come to me ac- c-uui of hcarin‘ them so much in the shop. You're the real thing. any anybody what can't isil it is stone blind. But I ain't never had no chance. But I'll make good some day, you see if I don't." "Of course you will! So__wlll I!'.' I declared. Mary's little speech lisd given me courage. lf she, without educntion,'could make good, why so could I. even with all the handicap of nn education that was useless so far ns present help was concern- ed. . ' "Why don't you learn yourself shorthand?" she asked after a minute, ‘any one so smart as you can learn themselves all" them things, can't they?" "l am afraid not, Mary. I might possibly learn to use a typewriter n .- ~ » ‘rgfrjlfuclty! That's aurvs , But, Mary, where _ V, U‘ Esta’)- IC- Pecket of WILSON'S FLY PADS will hill Moor HIE‘. lhtlk SF)“ ll/"w or w.’ Sliiwl" Ismail?‘ bClean to ‘handle. Sold by all Drugglsts, Grocers 3nd " General Stores ' .., ‘ l _ ‘ n i a e-‘rsmo: HELPFUL FRIENDSHIP chaplai- s1. Mary had been in the ‘house only ‘half a day and yet I already was beginning to feel n dependence upon ‘her. J,ust before s-lie had bade me good night she said: "I ain't iryin’ to make you tcii me notliin', Zena Stewart, and don't go -thiiikin' so. But. ‘I know sonie- thinsworryln’ you. Don't do it! so straight to-you know where. A girl hnslto if she is poor and, needs work. And don't give into the blues. 'l‘hey're bad for you. And don't let freebies worry you neith- er. They can't hurt you." " Oh, but it does hurt! J-ust to think the-y tnkc me for that kind of a girl lllllrlfl. You sec, Mary, -l had n wonderful father. I loved him dearly. IIe used to say ‘he wanted his girl ‘l0 be good, really. good. more than anything else. I think i: there wiry nothing also, that. would fllW-iys oer me good-to please -Dsd. And when I think people doubt mo in any way it makes me tcrri- bly unhappy." "You mustn't lct it! You can't have everything in this world. Yo can't be poor and thin-skinned‘ ion." Some folks expect nn ilwfui lot," shc said this so comically that I laughed. . ' ' "'l‘lint's right, Iuugii li little! It‘ sorts of helps a lot to laugh. A girl has to have a little fun oncé-irl a a certain one I know." ~49 "Will youconie in ond have a cup of tea with me in the morning?" I asked. "I miike it myself." "I'll be here with my hair in a braid!” she declared. Then ran ‘a~ way to her room. ' - "I'm so‘ glad she came to-dny," I said aloud after she left me. I emu/in"!- llllVe 80f tiiru the day alone." , Iiut I soon forgot all about Mary Murphy iii thinking of other things. My quest for work, Mother-and Kenneth Luurrence. Wilut would this man who talked about not be ing able to breathe in cities, think if he knew of what I had been sus- Ileflell? I sat down and wrotehim a. letter. giving him my address. but saying nothing of my changed circumstances‘. A“ addrogg-ivoiild iilenn nothing to him as fill‘ as having any idea of the locality woli-i. - I3ut after I had written that Ist- ter, I tore it up. I would not put him in tire position that such a letter would. If I couldn't be per.- fcctiy honest with him, I would have nothing to say to him-ever. Thoughts of Kenneth Lawrence were never conductive to sleep. So I lay wide-eyed until almost morn- ing, trying to see just n little ways into the future; trying to brace up by YIYYBQ". b"! 113V" 31°59 W99!‘ my determination to wlii silccess little pothooks. I wonder-J’ ami money for a homo for mother. "Oh it isn't any use. I wouldn't i thought, ‘too, of that flashy dare use the money to hire a mach- ine. Ilut sometime when I have s position that's just what I' will do. I know‘! can teach myself to use a typewriter." "Iiavo you got any to look up a job?" "No-I have an old list. I thought I would go _to some oi the onos I had not tried." "Oiilcesl" “bio, stores. I can't get work in an ofllcc until been typewrite." "Well, you ought to bs a big card in a store. I'll bet all the old indies would like you to wait on 'em." Y - "Oh Mary! You are so ridiculous! Just as if they cared who waited on them." "llf it wasn't so hard. and so dirty. I'd like you to go in tho shop with me. You have to run n machine all day. Wnists that's Rosenstclws line. But you'd never stand it. It'll most killed me, and I'm tough" Then, "You'll get a place all right, don't look so down- llearted, and when you get your chunce,you‘l.show ‘em!’ "Ilut; Mary," some of the bitter- ness}. felt crept into .my voice. "they ‘won't give me s chance." places " Taylor , ‘millllllligllllflllll- ‘ -'-eo natural ' "thrill You ‘ddlr ~ i she would be hurt. _ young fellow iii the restaurant. IWouId I hnvc that sort of thing too in uiy life! Mary said I wouid_— that she did. But he never hiad spoken to me when alone. I would tell Mary she must be more quiet Ziil public. I was sure slic would nnti be offended. I wondered what Mother would think of Mary. She WAS funny. Dad would understand. He would have appreciated loneliness, and all that it meant to me. Ilc would know and understand the longing for comipnnionship which made me grasp eagerly at the of-for from _ the first. young ‘girl I had mot, cvcli tho she were an uneducated girl like Mary. If her heart were all right, Dad would never cavii at any deficiencies of education. Before my tea was quite ready, Mary came in: “Oh, I forgot to rap. oughtn't I?" "Yes, Mary, I am afraid you ought." Then, for fcnr sho Woliid think I was trying to correct her, I added: "Mother never allowed me to go ln anyono's rooln withut rap- ping, not oven bar's or Dad's" ‘ Wlthut a word Mary went out in- to the hall, and rapped on UIBVOOOIE, “Come in," I slid laughing; "The top of the morniu to yeesi" she affected a llwlllle- "Oil, how good it seems to have some one of m own use new‘ m9," I could not hep saying. "l have been so lonely, Mary. You see. i don't kiiovfs soul ‘m Chicago.”- "Weli, you do new! And I'm mistaken if it wssnit the best thins Mary Murplry ever done when BIN bent Mrs._ Lynch down 50 can!!! l Ought t0. and took that room. I don't ean best for youéd wouldn't he so _ ill.‘ But best for me. I siwtllev lid any (ghiupbg tflylll‘ N) 8 Cl “l? '°"..."°'.°'°l.'."i‘i2.' .551?" .;..‘i'."'$ wo er n' sling the mi m etotgie wax you do "or course you will‘! I'll help you, time); you all I csn- if you want-Ill)’,- to." ‘ "Want you to! Why I'd Benefit on imy knees t tau . ilfoyvtlliiallai w ' o to. itnow thinks." ' ANOTHER JOB CHAFTEE‘ 5h . Mary drank liti- tenants. fol and iidrriedawsy- Idr ._ ll, wanted u) tell her to milks or ll t, smooth, slid to sewithqb I 01 for fest . bor ehoes. but didn't‘ dire Grit your teeth and tell them all m. while even if I have to make it for . "I'll wail until iiiavs known lrer longer." I said aloud as I cleared up our breakfast dishes-two cups, ' two spoons, and two lfnives-"then I'll iry to have her make herself neat. She does look so careless, and she wouldn't be half bud look- ing if she were heater." soon dismissed thoughts of, ary Murphy to think of my own af- fairs. " ‘ “Beggcrs mustn't be cboosers." I grumbled as I started out. I hind the cheap collar and cuffs on, and lisd taken a light wing out of my hat, a Fifth Avenue ehapeau, that looked stylish even ‘after I had done so. I lisd my list of stores pocket. I left the car st what .I judged io be the nearest point to eating place. There was a large sign in the window: “Waitresses wanted~—good pay.’ I lieslluted before llll! window. Could I wail upon p ople? Would. I earn more? I kne that $8 would be as niilcli as I could get in any departemnt store to begin with—— perhaps not that, as I knew in the one I had left that girls who coni-. received W. I liiid been fortunate -—so I had thought-to be assigned to waisted “Do you want work, miss‘! a mun I had notified in the doorway said to me. "Yes, I um looking for work," I replied as I moved toward him. "(J0me in, please. I am the man- ager." _ ' I followed him into" the place-a big room with long tables sot up, chairs oiichyslde. .A few belated customers were eating their break- lusts, and ‘tlieflsirlsfin wliito dres- ses andtcanvnshshoefs were scurry ing llflOlLGIld forth Willllilglllflflil them. . ' He took me into a tiny room at the . u, aglggianager" in large "Have you eveiglhlbrked in ii restaurant?" he asked?“ ,_ - ‘we div. but I lltillk“~l ‘could Dleasefltlil- I would try {rt-that is, if iiligtliaxgis as large or largcriitan irlflnystivre. I was on my way to > w! ‘v _~/I was attracted byyour ._sllgn."-9’I"wiis becoming guileilil. While Iliad not said I was sure of work in store. I had implied if.’ ’ "We pay $8 and your meals." The food had looked good, hind the smell of the cooking really loads I111: reel hungry. 'i‘hcn' the manager looked kind, although he hail u hurrasstsil ‘look also. ' ' "I am greatly in need of wuitrcs- ses," he said as I remained quiet. .'I had expected I0 hear the words references and experIenceQ I was not disappointed. -' "Whore have you worked? And what are your references" he ask- cd asl still hesitated. ' "I only just came to Chicago u few days ago. -I have no referenc- es. But I am sure I can please you lfyou will give me s trial." As my chances of the place receded, it became more desirable. "It is against my principles to hire girls of whom I know nothing, but yes, I will -give you a trial ii you will come." Ho had looked ai me keenly all through the inter- view. "You look modest and honest," he added. "Thank you. I would like to iry it," I replied, shivering a little when lie said I looked iloncst. PREPARING FOR ' » THE NEW WORK CIIAPTEII 53 I had just about euoug iiioncy to buy the white dross the manage- ment required ibo girls to wcur. Ilut us my room rent was paid in advance, and I would have to spend nothing for food, I decided to risk “You can come at once?" Mr. Harper, as he told his name was, asked. ~ "In tho morning, ye." 'i'lit-n without scarcely realizing that tho idea bad ever entered my own inind I said: " "'I‘hero's a girl in the saute house with mo; she works in a silop new —would you like iicr to conic if sho would?" . "If she is neat and willing. You They got it bad. Iolinny scratched and Jennie scrap- ed. but theilcli kept on. Pretty soon the slain was broken-and slce . I00- Tlie druggisi: a vised Mother to use - " ‘ | ‘nuns skin u _ and nntisep‘ Iy. . ae---i--~+ ' UN "on elstumlor loo-disco the ' lfs-wrw" Ill": But, as on the night before. I - . _l . "IIow I wish I could have ofllce work. I would not be obliged to see so many people, or to stand all day. in m3, one of tbom. "As I hurried along, the street. I passed a whitef-ronted- mcncodl ut the notion counter only ’ -1""~l'lft7i‘v‘~li'l7l'VVUl-o t i-o-t. ll i izi, lists _ j ‘The Grpsldlfloelfiliholptiu zY wil f id a d gsalubschfleolu ulnar us! cl q clflr flla loneliousem il med p sat, .S.w emote: - n ' ‘dlliii"°ll'i°'.ll-rw ‘=- "-- '2'!“ tunes" l: Fsaii-Jlisliflgist-iliiwyl-soi ‘ In I 6n u i, 1n dl i m §“'.:-."§l.:§':'l'“':.mii'*5i"5tt - imilinyounga o Sold by Dmggisls and General Slur-s Prepared b! Insist, Tltorafsn I Co. Limited Ceolnhire. Que. l! say she has a position now " ' "Yes, sir." "Iluvo lici‘ come and soc Inc- You livc in the sztnlc house, where?" I gov" liiiii our iuldruss. I10 wrote it down carefully, just us soino one culled Iilln on the icic- phone, “Bo iirrc at 8 tomorrow mornin,» You will bc given yourbours lind shown your duties by one of the hood waitresses." Then, its he took up the receiver, ‘fBring the (miller girl along if you can." I spent tho morning shopping. I bought the UlIIfIIIIGSI things I could find that would answer. If I didn't suit, or for any reason did not stay with them ,I would have no use for u chclip white iluiforiu. 'I‘iic canvas shoes felt so com-flriablo that I was sure I could stand and walk miltrs iii them willioui. getting lame as I llilil in my high heels. "I have taken II place in a restau- rant," I told Mrs. Lynch. I got the same pay and my meals besides." I was glad to he able to toll her this as li would obviate any ques- tions she might lizlvc felt inclined to ask about my leaving he sore. “it's afraid I iilll illill you will git sick Cll\‘!'YiD' tliciii big trays. You ain't used to doiii’ Ililrll work, and it's bard work to wait on folks. I tried kiipin‘ boarders. onct, and it's most out oi’ iile inoiud I wiut wld their iussln‘ and wimtlin’ things they wasn't willln‘ to pay for a- iilll. Folks is mighty queer wliin it comes to their stomachs. 'I'licn folks what. ain't nivci" had notliin‘ anyway is tile worst." v "I'll not get sick," I told her, smil- ‘lflg at her queer talk. Sometimes she spoil-r: quite correctly for u. few words. But ii‘ slic said very uiucli slie lapsed into the funniest brogue ltnll pronounced her WflfllS in such u funny way that I had uil I could tlo not to laugh at bur. nd I wouldn't llUl‘ llPI‘ feelings for any» thing. _"I din‘! so sure you won't. But you can tcll about thot after you've iris-i it." - ~ I Illf-Jllflilfl filifl waeheid all tllo rest of the day. I hail now learned to wash my clothes so they looked fairly well. At first they ivcre so quoor looking, sort of gray, I hated to have ilny one $00 illLlii, and 3n’ I rubbed the skin off my hands try- ing to I-Ifl. ihcm t-ioan. Iiilt now I had ii tiny wash board which I put lll inc basin, ltud u D0160! soap powder, and I took ‘infinite pains, so that they looked fairly well, I I was-beginning to have a lot of respect for girls and womcn who did those filings wcll. I never haul given a thought to’ my beautifully laundered clothes, nor to the maids who did them, any more than to tlio cook or the servants. Now I dimly realized that all of (lion) bad to learn how to do their work so perfectly, and I wondered if they had found it hard, or if, because they were born poor. it iiad coino easily and naturally- I could scarcely wait for come ll0iIl(‘.- Sill; told mo in the morning that it would be after 6. | but tllat if I wanted to wait for lici‘ i we would go out to dinner togeth- cr. l "Not in ‘that. DlilCU we wont inst night! 'I‘liat's too rich for my blood. I know a little place what scils grub for half. It's pretty good too." I hall promised lo wait, but I could not help wondering if the place iwcre clean. I felt sure Mary would uot be too particular. Its clcaitiness had been oii of who _ attractions of the cafeteria for lne'. - MARY DECIDEIS TO no WITH vzsus CIIAVFEII. 54 I "Hurry up, Mary, and get really _,. “ma; flute! TOHDNTO V In Contreof Shopping and Business District ap noon: i’; ohlkdi-TXI: utmo- YNOIIIOI, m». ,4. , . owu-dunnfiiisll. I "M "‘ , . .. Mary to v l [Essa ' - Pots-toes . . . . . F 7'1"’ f for dinner! I have sucha lot to . tell you!" I exclaimed as I heard her step on the stairs and went out | to meet her. "I'm all ready, come on " "Oh, you're not going without washing up and fixing your hair. are you?" I asked without thinking A slow fush crept over her face. I never bother!" she replied with an air of bravado, although I easily saw her embarrassment, "But ii you think I need to beautify, here goes for te beauty parlor!" "I always feel so much better if I bathe my face and brush my , lluir," I said as ii sort of lin apology. "I guess I do too," he replied good naturedly, "only I'm too lazy or too dog-gonned tired to pretty up when I get homo. Land sakes, I thought I'd go mad today! That manager found fault with me and I told him where be got off right quick. lie needs girls so I can afford to be sassy if I feel like it." "I wish I had some of your grit," I laughed. "1 um afraid to say my soul Is my own." "You won't be after you have liv- ctl in Chicago a while. If there's one thing this pork-packing town learns a girl, it is how to look out for number onc. You get to bc like the hogs. “You are too funny Ior anything, Mary, but tlo hurry! I want to talk to you, and I can't willie you are running ilroilntl," She hlid changed licr drcs~s-llftcl'\vards sllc told Iiit‘ ii had been because she ‘thought I was ashamed of her looks. "I'm all ready hut my waist." "Oh, wait ii minute! I found one in IIly trunk today I had almost for- gotten I lind. If you'll not be in- sulted. I'll give it to you." "insulted at bavin’ a new waist! Didn't I toll you livin’ iicrc made you got lioggish " The Willfll was n rather gay one which, alter trying on, I bud de- cided I could not wear. "I never oven llllfl n nightmare that I'd llllvrufi waist like this," she said withtoars in nor eyes. The waist was very extreme in style and a really lovely shade of blue—vcry becoming really ti. Mary. It suited her blondc hair Mary could wcar i-t with impunity. and blue eyes admirably. I knew It may seem strange that a waist wlfich would have caused itdverso comment had I worn it, could be \vorn by a girl like Mary. But with ‘lier it would simply mean n. shop ‘girl's love of flnory. If I should tveilr it, I had learned to fear it. would presuppose something else, something I wanted desperately to avoid) Dad used to’ say: "People could do more to stop gossip If they would more carefully ovoid the nppearunoc of evil. Peo- ple do not know our motives; they Judge us by our acts. ‘Ain't I the goods tho!" Mary ex- claimed as she prceneil herself bc- fore lhc glass. "This must have cost a heap," sho said soberly after a moment. "You oughtn't to give it in me." "Yes, I ought to!" lightly. "It looks lovely on you, just matches your eyes." ' Mary could talk of nothing but iihewoist until we reached the restaurant only a couple of blocks away. As I feared, it was none too clean, but we went in and found n. table. After our dinner lizid been put on tile tuble I said: “Now I'm going to talk! Don't you dare mention that waist again or I'll take it backv "0vcr my dead body, if you do." silo chuckled. "Now listen, Mary, are you cs- pccililly fond of your work?" ‘Fond oi it? Lord, how I hate it! You ought to sec?" "Never mind them. Would you like to w vi‘. in the >nmo place Iui going to? Of course I don't know how much yo uearn where you, are." ' ‘ “Nine dollars. I send thrcc home to Ma——l’n's dead, und sho ain't none too strong." "'.l‘ilis place only pays tlicy givc you your meals." "Oh, it's slinging hash. is ii? Well. l guess if I git all my meals it would be better than wha-t I git now. I'd do it anyway just lo be with you." Silo looked affection- ately, not at me, but at the waist. $8, ‘out THE MARKETS SUMMERSIDE MAKETS. Butter (dairy) per lll. ....50 to 55 Ilutter (croamcry) lb. aifskins . . . . . . . . . . .. 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