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.1 DQOO§§§§§ «WNW 00.0 9 v v . A-- "N. Carefully and patiently she ran her eye down the column of ”Boardâ€" ers Wanted." “This will do," she sighed. read‘ ing the advertisement hall aloud, which ran as follows: . . ,L- '_ "An-u- I'm-u - "Awiahwwlady would take ’avonng 0, min - . . - . g mtently watcncu Dy 5 a» ; girl as boarder while her daughter I! of steady, burning eyw. and Fshe' absent ‘0’ a few Weeks- Money?"- could distinctly feel short, stifled 2;. much of an Object as companion- breathing on her check. _I% 1125:1326???” Hammond, No. Margaret opened her eyes with Q There- Were nanny other de- startled cry. Her sensation had sirable places but this seemed to been quite correctâ€"some one was ' bending over her; it was Mrs. Ham- Maxgaret the most suitable. 'nnnd “I can board with her at least two She drew back with ._ flushed star- wee ,” she ruminated. carefully tled face. counting over the few dollars she ,_ . had left after paying her fare. "I I only looked 1? E? see h°.w you must surely get something to do in were "35‘3"" dear-lo. She smd' con- that time." fusedly; rest a. little longer”â€" I'll It was late in the forenoon when m” 5°“ ‘rhen lunch ‘5 ready. ' she reached the mom metropolis. In obedience Margaret closed her and, limited though her means Was, eyes again. and the next moment she Margaret was wise enough to take was s~nsiblc of a. sweet, subtle odor a cab. pervading the room; opening her eyes She knew it would have taken her \xiih an eflort, she‘saw that Mrs. Hammond had placed a. vase of flow- hours and much patience otherwise. , to have found her way through the e? on a small table in the centre 0! ‘ ‘ - *‘Aâ€" t e room. *‘ - -I_. AL-L 8 Wu- She knew it would have taken her hours and much patience otherwise. to have found her way through the streets of the’great city. lIer timid ring at the bell brought‘ \ a small, colored maid. "Yes, Mrs. Hammond was at home." she said, " ould the young Margaret followed her up several flights of stairs. and at last the maid pushed open a door at the fur- ther end of the corridor, and Mar- garet found hex-so)! in a. large. mee- grely-furnished, dingy room. and h the presence of Mrs. Hammond. It must be confessed that Margaret did not take kindly to‘ the woman gt first sight. She could not tell why. . _ “I suppose you came to see about boarding, dearie." she said cajoling- iv a: 9:112 nlaced a chair for her vis- “I suppose you came boarding. dearie," she )y, as she placed a chai itor. lo “I “Yes. madam,” said Margaret. am a. stranger in New York, and I am here to find employment. I shall be obliged to bow-d some place for a fortnight at least. and I thought. â€" 7 â€"--_L fol-dc i‘JHov much did vou dearie?" inquired MT blandly. US Wsuv an “A..." ,_ x 'â€" â€" ' ‘1 if I could board cheap enoughâ€"this is just. the kind of place I should like." . L- _-- “Would you mind telling me can- didly about how much money you have with you, dcarie?" murmured Mrs. Hammond, “I would know then about how cheap I must board xouJ' “I have just eighteen dollars in my purse," replied the unsuspicioue girl, flushing confusedly, as she mod- estly made the confession. "and that must last me until I find employ- ment, even though it should take me two or even three weeks. Do you think that out of the way?" {altered Margaret. .. .. .____“_‘ If” U‘uu .4. “I had no idea how much it is worth,” replied Margaret, frankly: "but whatever you think is right I will payâ€"that is, i! it com within my means.” “mbw v-- “No, not at an," returned MrS- Hammond; “I am perfectly filling to take you for that. amount, my dear. I think we shall get. along famously- 1 think I can help you to just the very situation, too,” she Went on, enthusiastically â€"- "a. companion to an heiress; the pay is excellent, and there is literally nothing to do." V “Oh, I couldn't 1ake any one's money for doing nothing," declared Margaret, earnestly, ”indeed I could ‘ not.” ‘ “What a. straight-laced creaturo' you are‘ to be sure!" cried Mrs.‘ Hammond with a laugh that grated ' harshly ”on Margaret’s earS; "one? would imagine you were a verdant! country girl to hear you talk like that," she cried. fairly shaking her {at sides with laughter. . 1 mr‘qu‘x-x; {£651â€" {iiéaégdhtryf’ returned Margaret, proudly, “and there we give the full value in labor for mon- ey received." 7 _ _ v ‘v “.Levtvuie give you a little advice, my dear," exclaimed Mrs. Hammond, mulled with mghwb‘uko tho may you can got. and do Hit]. at run an. van will Ilka BEE You can make every article white and clean This soap gives better satisfactioh than any at is pure and possesses a cleansing power that a does not and can not. Clean home, clam clothes, are indispensal: evetything in the home spotlessly clean with A ASK FOR THE OCTAGON BAR Sunlight Soap Washes the Clothe: White and won’t Injnn Me Hand: LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TO ONTO x4. """" mes: luv.- [an clotha, are indispensable. home spotlessly clean with on expect. to Dav. Mrs. Hammonm V’ the place, though, I feel sure. I will write you a line. and you can go and see for yourself it it suits you; you look tiredâ€"you have had a long journey, you say; I Would advise you to lie down and rest a. bit. the first thing you do. You can go to this place in the afternoon." Margaret was tired. and she was very grateful to Mrs. Hammond for her considerape _thought.1ulne£s. A __-... m1! I the place, though, I feel a! write you a line. and 3 and sec for ygurself if it “That will be your room, my} dear." she said, showing Margaretj into a. small apartment that opened out from the one in which they had been seated, and which looked cer- tainly more desolate and gloomy, if such a. thing were possible. "Lie down and rest for an hour or so; then I will call you, and, after you have a cup of nice hot tea. you’ll be as fresh as a. June rose." It seemed to Margaret that, al- most as soon as her tired head touched the pillow, she drifted of! into dream-land. How long she slept she had no idea; she became sud- denly conscious of a near presence. of being intently watched by a pair of steady, burning eyw. and she' could distinctly feel short, stifled breathing on her check. ~ __2n. _ 0‘ SICiLlly, U\u‘|I.-° ...,-v. could distinctly feel short, stifled breathing on her check. Margaret opened her eyes with a startled cry. Her sensation had been quite correctâ€"some one Was bending over her; it was Mrs. Ham- (11‘; l ------- Margaret told herself dreamily that she never remembered flowers to have that oppressive odor before; ’she could !eel the weight 0! them on her brain, and once again, despite her efforts to collect her thoughts, she trailed on‘ into a deep and dreamless sleep. Once again she could feel the subtle influence of some near presence about her; and a. hand passed slowly and lightly over her face, but, try ,I A __._.. "am- Ulvufiuv w b"""“‘"‘â€" V,_, _ a. lower flat. quickly to her side; and by dint of much questioning they gleaned at length the girl's story from her lips; and, as‘ they lis-‘ tened, they looked at her with thei profoundest pity. 3 “Poor child! Poor child!" repeat- ed the gentleman in the deepest com- miseration. "You have been made the victim of one of the most out- .rageous swindlesâ€"the cruelest wrong that ever cried out for justice. In a .city like New York knavcry may eat-- ist under the very root with us, and we be unaWare o! it. The floors of . this houseâ€"nil save the Iowa < one, which we occupyâ€"are let out, ready Linrnished, to tenants by the week â€"- for the accommodation of the work- ing people hereabouts. The women calling herself Mrs. Hammond, claim- . ing that she was too poor to pay a ' whole Week's rent iu'advance, sno- ceeded in obtaining these two rooms, Paying for them by the day. , She claimed to be looking for employ- :zzt. She took them only: this l g l I as hard as she could, she was pow- erless to arouse herself from the lethargy into which she had fallen. Long hours dragged their - slow lengths by; and “hen Margaret open- ed her eyes again it was night. and 'the moonlight was streaming in through the looped curtains of the window. “Why, Mrs. Hammond must. have forgotten all about calling me." she thought. in alarm, springing from the couch. But she fOund herself so dizzy that she could hardly keep her feet. and her head ached terribly. "I feel worse than I did before I lay down," she thought. "I guess cities do not agree with me. I feel stifled. The air seems thick and heavy." ' - A,I, 2 _I_ n]. A “D “.4. Reaching for her dress, which she had removed, Margaret quickly don- ned it, and in doing so made. to her horror, the startling discovery that the pocket had been turned wrong side out, and her portermonnaie, .in which she had every cent she posses:- sed in the wide world, was missing; W-.. "Margaret's lamentation soon brought a: gentlexpflp and lady, from ‘7 4â€"â€" -3An. l clean with Sunlight Soap. any other soap because it that ordinary laundry soap You an her she morning. ' V'E'Lâ€"iuuâ€"ly the one. amount- to just this: The woman rented these rooms by the day with just such on object in Views You walked into her net an unsuspecting victim. She has taken your money andâ€"skipped. She is one of the many New York sharp- on who live on their wits. To-mor- row she will be trying some new dodge in another part of the city. There's little use in attempting to trace themâ€"not one out of a. thou- sand is ever brought to Justice. You have learned the lesson â€" beware of New York sharpensâ€"at a; dear price, "un, wnat smut 1 q I do. what. shall I do“: gent. hysterically. “l to whom I could turn ful hour." In: uvu. - . “You look like a. pure, true young girl, m dear,” said the gentleman's wife, touched to the heart by Mar- garet's sorrow. “You shall come down: to my rooms and stay with me a. week. and I will do all in my power to help you to employment." Finding a. situation was not the easy task Margamt IAncaster had anticipated. She had answered ev- ery advertisement in the daily pa.- pers, but everywhere it was the same -no one seemed to want her. How was she to know that in nine cam out of ten it was because she was so young! and fair? ,,_ ‘-â€"--â€"b 00“ {hp due may was rest. I wvo “I would take you {or a. comma- ion,” she said. “but you would be very unhappy here. Myâ€"my husband is too fond “young and beautiful faces.” she added. with a flush and a long-drawn sigh. Margaret was far too innocent to understand the drift of the lady's thoughts, ‘ -' ”-4 _:4I. .- nuln “And," she continued. wun a Plun- ful eflort at a smile, “I am obliged to take old and remarkably homely women for companions. and I usually find that their disposition corres- ponds with their faces. I am sorry, Miss Lancaster. but. I cannot en- gage yoti. ’ ' 4A.. -r... A..v and in _ Thus it was day am home after home that and the girl's heart wa en in consequence. 0n the marrow the week which her new kind friends had invited her-to stay would be up, and Margaret told herself she must not remain another day an object of their charity. Walking the streets to find some- thing to (loâ€"homeless, penniless, God knows, and God alone knows, how bitterly hard it isâ€"no wonder many poor young girls have been driven to desperate measures when they found themselves in a strait like this. The world narrows down to a grave, and death seems the only way of escape. . Margaret Lancaster was 0! a more patient, hopeful nature than most young girls, and the future was very dark and lowering. indeed, when she began .to despair. The hour came all too soon when Margaret told herself that she must not trespass on Mrs. Millar's kind- ness any longer. -L_.. -o ucoa “"4 --_VS , "Have you a situation. then. at last, my dear?" said that lady when the girl made known her intention of leaving her that afternoon; and it. did not occur to her at the time that Margaret's answer was eVas'u’e. When Margaret. turned away from Mrs. Miller’s door she could hardly restrain the scalding tears that seemed determined to force them- seIVes through her long curling lashes, fairly blinding her eyes. “Only Heaven knows what will be- come of me now.” she sighed. add- ing. with a sob: "But I would die in that green park across the way ‘hefore I would eat the bread of de- _pendgnee {or another meal. Surely - .. __A.-n__ -â€"-_ ILA Inninâ€" -v- v-.. 7" pant of the coachâ€" a young and beautiful girl robcd in silk and glittering with costly diamonds that caught the sunlight and held it in myriad hues. But it was not even the magnificence of those wondrous yewels that held Margaret Lancaster spellboundâ€"1t was .the face - that looked out at her from the coach window. “Aurelia!” she cried, springing lor- ward with clasped hands and amaz- ed eyesrbut. even while she uttered the name, the grand coach whirled on, its wheels flinging n cloud of dust over Margaret as it passed her “Am I mad, or am I.dree.ming?” muttered Margaret. standing quite motionless on the cross-walk. and looking alter the quickly disappear- ing vehicle. “That was surely Au- relin's faceâ€"how could [make s mistake? There is no other taco in this whole wide world so beauti- ful; and yet, how ridiculous to ima- gine for an instant that it could be she, in New York City, riding in a grand coach and dressed like as fine lady. Noâ€"no! st this 'mo- ment she is far from me in that iso- lated little village nestling among the Virginia hills, Heaven bless nmr 0"“ :ure my": cum consumption but don’t leave it too long. it 110'- Your money back if t M’t bencfityou. . CHAPTER xxxvn. ” she cried, springing tor- continued. with a_ Raun- day after day, and in me that she visited, mart. was almost. brok- mbre frank than the 1 do, whafi shall do?" sobhcd Mar- "I do not know 1m m this dread- in the Aufel is. “m1“- Slowly the golden Inn rode his blazing chariot through the blue sky. and sunk at last out o! sight in the western distance. The dust crept up and settled into the deeper darkness of night. fixed themselves in the night sky. A young moon rose and hung like a slender, crescent jewel in the Inma- ment, shedding a pale. soft light -....- n... wavinw trees and the sleep- A young moon rose um nuns "an, .. slender, crescent jewel in the Inma- ment, shedding a pale. soft light over the waving trees and the sleep- in flowers below. Still Harguret sat under the trees. Great throngs passed her by â€" hurrying men and women. and loiterinc lovers. and - _..- .mh-OAâ€" the bench, who was gazing intently into vacancy. and more than wondered it she were ill. ‘ But in the great metropolis sor- d___desolntion abounds on every row an ‘ handâ€"people look with pity on un- fortunatesâ€"and hurry on. A policeman. in pacing his best to and fro. had noticed Margaret when she first entered the park. and sunk down so wenrily on the first sent she had come to. As hour. after hour passed by.a.nd she still lingered, even alter the night had (allen darkly around her. he began to_ think of the advisabil: _ _.:nL L-.. I“? lives-u " “WV ity of stopping to speak with her. He had always been gnu! mongh in ordering loiwrers to move on; but somehow he could not bring himself to give the usual order to the pale, silent young girl. But, when nine o'clock runs out from tho brazen throat of an adja- cent belfry. he realized that the duty must be done. sooner or later. I “A -.L- A23 mun» w uuu... UV---" -- He stopped before her, but she did not see him; she was not. even awm of his presence until he laid his rough hand kindly on her shoulder. and asked ouictlv: ,,__ _-.__ u. can In" all“ ”-‘u‘ v..-â€"-.. «nu, are you aomg m we part so late. lass? It just. struck nine; you have been here long hours." ”Long hours!" repeated Margaret: ' "Long hours!" repeated nut-guru. wonderingly. “Iâ€"Iâ€"took no heed of time." my girl. I am sorry to hava to say it. but you must be moving on. you know._" . . , _L:A- Am-h-hno ’Vu nelvvw 0 She raised her white, despairing face with the night dew lying on it, entreatingly to his. "I am doing no harm." she ana- wered. piteously, "please, let we stay here. I Oh, Heaven help me. I have no where to go.” "Have you no homeâ€"no friends -â€" or money, miss?" he asked. and his voice was husky with deep pity. "No." answered Margaret, with e ooh. “neither triends, home. or mon- ey. I came to New York to find unployment. but I have been unsuc- eeestul. though I heve searched every day; and now I am in despair. I set down here to think what I should do next, but somehow no thoughts would come to me ;. my senses seemed to wander soâ€"I quite think that I must have slept â€"1 im- egined I was back in the old term- ‘house where I spent so many happy years. end that. Gcreldâ€"-â€"" She stopped suddenly. as she saw the man wipe away tears trom his eyes with his great rough hand. "Are you crying became you ere sorry for me?" uked lugsret. in .030“. . .\ The officer recovered his eomposm by a. great eflort. "Yes, I am sorry for you, miss." he replied. “more sorry {or you than you can imagine. Shall I tell you why?" “Yes." returned Mont, dream- fly. "i! you like}: _.- A A L--_Iâ€" -A, ’For a moment 1 “man was silen‘ slowly from Mars fly. "'I know just how to pity you. my lass, beenuse a young girl.» with lust such a story as yours. changed the whole current of m life not many year. ago. It happened in this way; "I was down at the battery then; I went on duty at six in the even- ins, patrolling the river-front until :1: the next manning. “One evening n young girl can. tothoM..mllikayou.ut mo- tionlell on one at tho man- too has you. In my» gun was sncx “uncut. f the great, burly po- em, then he turned rgurct, saying. hush my curiosity was aroused by tho turtive glances she begun to take at Int. on all sides at her. I at" back in the shadow of the um um! watched her- " 7; “- run- In!- “75M. length. 0553'“ a” moment in sixI quickly UP ‘0 brink. ”I" 9‘ mm the waters; and know too well what ad '1'); a. little h 'nunw We “At length, observing no one {or the moment in sight, she crept quickly up to the river- hrlnk, and peered down into the waters; and. we policemen know too well what that metal. soul to have heard. she made e leap down Into the dark woven. But. thanks be to Haven, she we reached them, I was too quick {or her; in the very nick at time I aught her. end drew her back to the world she was so bent upon leevinx. end though the poor thin: struggled desperately to tree her-ell from my elm, I held her {at in The once pound a moment In his story, and then continued: " ‘Whnt were you about. to do, child?’ I cried. in horrorâ€"(or sh. "was little more than a. child in yet“. '1: lilo so hard with you that. you to die. va wm vnu so and u to arm; me back to a nun and piuleu world, that I van so unu- oua to escape from? " ‘Why is life so bitter with you? I asked. 'Won't you ml! me. my poor girl? And as I spoke, I drew her further and further away from the deadly brink of the treacherous wow. ,__- _|... 1 Wl-uln " 'ree. 1 will tell yorkâ€"why I ehould not?’ she sobbed, dropping down on the bench again, and weep- lng on though her heart would break. ‘I am starvingâ€"yes. starv- lngl Does that shock youâ€" that e human being should curve in e land of plentgnâ€"ln e. greet city. where women spend {ortunee on senseless roses, and ln glittering diamonds. and on every extravagant thing they see”? I tried to get work in the millsâ€"but everywhere it was the same old story, they hnd all the hand- they wanted. So whet could an honest girl do then but get out o! a, world that hed no place in it lor her to earn her bread? 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