The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, June 17, 1900, Page 6

¢ THE SUNDAY CALL v . y adlant, charm- Walworth road would not lower Lea’'s She also learned that the nurses formed a f:gd«};?&erg;y;rg:fi;e{g ;’;; e rror 1o from her ¢ self-respect. She paid for her meal—much Sort of syndicate. with their headquarters ! dearer than whenpm th‘grume of the little &t the club, where they met once a month. Am}lfiiie: \.?nf; Sis L™ ahe Bvesht; shop, ‘but the big mirrors and mahogany Lea took another omnibus and recrossed “F Ry tht paneling had to-be pald fof—and asked London in the opposite direction. It was “Lhave changed very much/® =~ .. {hfl cash girl to keep her little trlvel;lng‘ 833:}-.-"”& v‘vvt:;ncs:: 8ot :'f;hgsgnsmfinrayn sy aad al E he BIT] Consemtad o oS i e pollte- misty days frequent in London about the SREpueEks ot Baie:hoen Able & s ness of London shop girls. Lea got into dog days, when the heat is so fatal to the nize Tl; il gl gl L S the green omnibus she had taken so often Stray dogs in the streets. Lea did not feel even sinc day sa s big room of the school. when. she worked at Clariss'. The weath- tired, for she was wrought up by the big room of the school” . . = o\ 4 I ned victoriou: er had brightened up toward half past Semi-certainty of Tearning aaijih iz e alRaR o et e e e e e ailiag 474 nine. and more dress at last. She passed 3 Powerful and saltry. ilckiy dHea the Allen street, and could not help glancing she made a caref: muddy sidewalks and streets. A fat toward Free College, of which she could herself in the mirrc Tt v r he ps ¢ woman sitting opposite Lea upon the vel- See the outline of the gables, with the done before, even at ag 1 # v ¢ en awal Vet cushions ‘pele to her ‘asked her jutting hexigonals of the bay windows. girls have the most p tion > where she was going, told her that she She increased ber pace, afraid of meeting She anothe “ owned @& _shoeshop near the FEle- Mme. Sanz or one of the mistresses whom yet ealed berself, : phant and = Castle hd as Lea, she knew. A few minutes later she rang t PistRia and Wwho was not Gispleased to ex- the bell at the little house where Edith d. She had even his face became’ change a few words with human had lived formerly. The landlady herself. fic at no one had ever ta ot into. the cab beink, told her that she had only arrived Mme. Pigott, opered the door.” She did which she hersclf had no 10t give the address of from France that morning, the stout DOt seem to recognize Lea, who, however, aware. for the 4ree feire d with the defl- woman warned her to be careful, as the TESORBLZCT Br at once. = L L L e ook out of the va had obtained and evenings were very cold after the warm R e n Al o i r from Plecadi le fold the man afternoons, and consumption was ravag: JOURE Invalid.” said Mrs. Pigott in reply it was brought to her fr - 1ouse in Plecadilly, & sort ing London cruelly just then. Lea smiled ‘%d gl g S L e K}V' e : L. lkroom, wheére she and tool a deep bréath Into her youthfuj Fljiyess she left R e - foy tea with Tinka and lungs. They arrived at the cormer o : o <hop had been torn Hampton street and Lea sald good-by to anrf tiny bonrdlng-hounew[‘\[a}:'lflr present- cambric (‘h(\n, n imposing build- her traveling companion. Then, at an &d the same appearance, with its conven- ply made; but, rors, mahogany orn- alert pace, she walked to the workshop. ~ tlonal wedding service 'in silver plate, petticoats or skir omé fittings. How- ~The porter; an old man with the purple Pt o0 Tl Ol & B s - e a careful toile ds whose storm, and = ting on see Gas- dow lowed ing the amen the gover: ome visiting cards' had worn with perf t out of the cab, paid the nose of a drunkard, was sweeping the ad_ - tered with her valise. She muddy tiles. It was several moments be- Yere P?“‘glng "‘ufi: Im’le tapes’m:}i :nzt& Paris, - by 3 et 2 ; fea and some orange mar- fore he recognized her. She had to tell Mrs Pigott, putting on a palr spec- . stylish hat for the mee bt T e ng_with an appetite him her name. . tacles, found Edith’s with some difficulty Joved. Lot 1d for some time, she *Ah! Miss Legay-Surfer!” he cried. And and read the address out loud to Lea. Nhen & went down dining. | the name in his mouth became a strange _ '‘Miss Craggs, nurse, Hotel Metropole, room for anc n omnibus and g0 complicated sound, like the war cry of a Nice. s Mary Coc ; hall know in & Sioux Indian or of a Salakave. ““Oh! you (‘What is the date of that address? ture, like a y ort have come back to Lgndon, ‘miss? Are “The end of April. @ slénder, nimbie body and fair, b as Rose—compli dre: and appe bony, dried up, fa pretentiously dressed elder sister of her d further and declared women knew how Lea was pleased brighter, younger, had arrived. And obsequious meal she shared, She had to_ giv herself, so she sald s upon the Continent, for several she was going to ¢ and make the diff lacked. The young gir her. They good dr said, and a matter not too badly rigged out that they s uld begin the attempt w de to in dence. The pay very of others. > paid a week in Clariss & Sc she had fo he alr of libe yéars of servitude that Le first days of W g witho {mpatience. During these first ¢ received no reply either to the tele or the two let but this did not as fsh her, as she had written to old dresses In addition the time p: the creation must be replaci Bt s ¢ r 1 the lamp and in - f t licate face and framed to- Remineau riquey ve taking, sh¥ away. She that only some fer never frail object 1 doors yme mys ; been emplo is so intoxicating after w t T morning of the Lea left ore her, told h ing to be married, te was awa young Bure she was g that the person f- eimply her lover. »thing more about the tr k t on The little, C g : she n e an ingen > had s and Fher o ere charming, . wicke each hav - w she 1 1 d and half h - E 1t N from time - ys with - r E ghters J } The three W * city of boarders. e and the door! Ah, it ry_in Derby gucceeded t have duced to “Ana you naven\ peard rrom wMAith Y since?” “No. She gave up her room when she feft; I don't think she will come here s again. As a matter of fact, you are the nirst person who has asked about her.” Still wearing the spectacies that she had yward th eek Lea began 1 put on to search through the little card to be ire to receive a . the landlady looked at Lea atten- reply esness, 1 ve you not been here before?” she inf. . £ it X g 3 8 ive “when she \ s 3, some time ago—aimost ed her anew. ~ ago. 1 sometimes came to see z ; 4 K *Oh, you looked much stronger at that s iir:y'hv:}r time, miss. You must beware of London T at this time of the year. The weather is Hampstead Heath; Hnl very treacherous.” ad fallen asleep, > - s she tc This tence upon her ailing appear- upon a sofa in E (he, to ance irritated Lea. She bowed curtly and . while he watched ¥ ac’'s F il went out. In the streets she remembered side, and, above - S that the old woman who Sold shoes near ips in the car- . e | ey the Elephant and Castle had also looked end given her the s i Aot at her fixedly when she spoke of the Lon- . ) : en she left Parls don climate and_the ravages wrought by he _ i and humiliating consumption. She had no disquietude re T ed Pe about herself, e n for a moment, but , ma'am,” said she thought: *I must not look ill when abman from Georg sees me. I want to be pretty and quite well for him.” continually i or her to decide, after D 9 ¥ e h - 1 uring the last two vears she had lost LIl made he N s shop: fn the evenls ; . tmanteau on the all care about her dr A iy ddatre: AETOEINE LIoA Ty NN o A A O A eule With, M to please awoke In her. Wwill buy a c0s- yerting chatting of Rose and Mary, she her above pletree Yard.” turned nimbly, crowded court- ady thronged and around summit of in the fog. nutes Lea got out be- 'he little yellow , but a big build- she remembered to in the course of construction shed and occupled. And this modify the aspect of the tume so that I may be well dressed when he sees me,” she thought, looking at her threadbare black cloth skirt. Revolving these thoughts in her mind she reached Kensington Gardens again. The heat was really overpowering in the sun, though there was a delicious touch of freshness in the shade. Lea found a shel- tered seat and sat down. ymnia g heavily upon her. te of contented somnambulism ust was half over ) a not yet recetved e has not taken the one step Mme. Sanz) that would have y efficacio She had even andoned the idea. A sort of my held r. She believed firn e would meet ag upon her part by just as they ha was conscious of this similarity of na- ture with poor Christine. She even whis pered: “Mother! My dear mother! I just like you!” Now that she was n longer under the influence of Frederiqu and Pirnitz, now that she was really alone and without family, her thoughts naturally turned t-;v‘mrllher pretty, affec- A oaia st! tionate mother. Christine would have but she must have an address for the re. She would have encouraged her daughter that Ge ¥ L g_h. and Lea had not yet found a domicile, to be beautiful for him whom she loved. without any effor he first thing to do, therefore, was to But the time elapsed since she simple action of\destin feel the emotion she rent a room, and as soon as she was in- dispatc her letters became abnormal met and loved at first. Did not ln::fr en en she had thought in stalled, telegraph to Edith at the Hotel and excessive and she began to be tire history bear the imprint of such fa to the places where she Metropole. At the same time, in order alarmed in abrupt agonizing attacks. She talism? It should finish by the same force ideal joy. It astonished Tt ie o Reglect any chance he would sald to herself, fortifying herself against of a superhuman guidance. Lea no longer o Georg and Tinka, telllng them despair: “It is only a delay. [t is abso- went out without being prepared qu & m‘%;s "’(l‘ Logdon again and resoglved to lutely certain that I shall discover Georg meeting with Georg. It was for him’that oin them. She would address the two and Tinka. she adorned herseit and made he etters to Free College. It would be nec- _She decided to try again and sought out And her heart often sto - . By essary to count upon two full days before the London publisher of Tinka’'s books. o fhone SUAD WX SwaLis o, ghe could have a reply. That marning she She found him without much diffcult. f her husband. We leave o would not have admitted that twenty-four his ofiices being situated in a very old he door plate.” she added, hours could pass before she would be with house in Paternoster Row, near St. Paul's the direction of Lea's glance, Georg. Reality was already imposing its Cathedral. ihe clerks werg very obliging R I axlowen delays wpon her. Lea supported it better for this pretty, well-dfessed — young roome.. o yow Syt Seles one o : than she wou ave done ew hours woman, s sh _so purely, L eeveran ot diverty, it Sou fike, ORI Before you go, come and see Gaston asleep. 8 is 50 Giifier: for & new cate porsessed heri she With an indeinubie and kraceral Accent 1 y are better than before. Miss ” must please Georg when she appeared be- They consulted the address book and kflower has put in new furniture. And pret!y. fore him. Two dlyu would barely suffice found the name, “Mrs. Tinka Ortsen, 3 window has 4ded to the room at to complete the insignificant wardrobe she Appletree Yard.” crosséd out and under- she asked the little maid who had brought with her from Paris in her neath it written, “Mrs. Hoedel-Ortsen, ge.- Would yvou like Yes, but she 414 not care to ses Mme. of i <. s ; Sanz under the present clreumstances, - o Noo' repiied Ian 1 om only passing traveling bag. 7% Freo college, Keristngton Road* > b you,” eaid Lea, stopping the and, to tell the truth, her repugnance was through London, and 1 wanted to see one . But where could she go I have written to Free College,” sald spoke of Lea as “the gir s prolix chatter with some mingled with a little fear. She was an of my fricnds who worked here with me Nelther Avpletree ¥ard nor the Pigott Lea, “but have recefved no reply. ed,” and treated her with much e wanted to know if escaped prisoner, and it seemed to Lea & couple of vears ago. You know Miss dwellin tempted her. She g‘reterred to Really,” sald the clerk, with a politely But the American n - of a gentleman who that they must 'be looking for her. It Craggs? She was the forewoman in the avold the places where she-had already regretful air. e anaioi AR health K - his sister in 1857 and 1898— was easy for to “What do I glazing room. : lived. She was familiar with L'ondonl for “When you write to Mrs. Ortsen do you 1, had st a it T N That care? Iam free to ere I like.”” But _“Miss Craggs fs no longer here, miss. She had walked sbout It in every direc. address her letters to Free Collegs lared the young girl was o t puckered up her fore- the idea of fin self again in the Bhe left about three months ago, or per- lion with Georg and she quickiy decided *“Oh, we never write to her directly. Our sumptive. He was rather alarmed about s making & desperate effort presence of Frederique or of Pirnitz filled haps three months and a half, I remem- to make a cholce ]'1"3"1 ‘dfi British Mu- correspondent for her works i3 at Stock- it for the sake of his daushters and s her with terror. Had she not fled to es- ber that the last day she worked here it seum, where furnished lodgings are plen- holm, as we deal directly with the Swed- . -~ iful and cheap. As soon as she had come . Mrs. Ortsen has : - PRI L R e B alan shie gOt Op front het honch, iob CHItor. s never been ¢ hore Ui0qrame again once Aty She then felt, In spite of the extreme heat ' It thus became more Imperative to con- With her, and told me that she Of the day, @ humidity as of damp gar- sult Mme. Sanz. Lea tried to accustom ) ments upon her shoulders, the coolness of herself to the fdea. I am guite free. n't remember any one of that cape from their moral tyranny? ““True, Mm nz knows nothing of re- 1 to be an address book at Cent eventis as yet; but she will talk to se persons lived here. Have me about Frederique and the work. I - should have to alssimulate or lie. Besides, dressed llke a nurse and that she 1 " ma’am.” who knows? T. may have telegraphed leaving for the Continent with a fr.:,“}},%f]‘;fid fi?fiflfflflfigdm%rggfllngm sides, Mme. Sanz ls so reasonable.” But t kept in the drawer of that 10 her al . Frederique and Romaine Y0ung woman who was an Invalld.” Al qu‘ckfy. 1B order do:warin heselt skfle it teszied tmmedintel ‘{ the fear i £ ear tr staircase. will natu appeal to Free College, as ILea almost fainted at the words “leav- MEEO0, 39t heo an omnibus when she 2 meeting Plraits and Frederiqu face to k oh, how curi lh,'_‘\ will divine t m in London. Ing for the Continent,” but she controlled $iy (uite firled by the burning sun. lla:ev Ty gy g, \:r1 imagina- A r a good memor "JX .11; x'huuf,n\“ ! e sufficlent to de- hz:}'s'ell. i g crushinfi sensation of fatigue over- U p;il g i et };“';nhpt‘.ng l“w}“ E . it B Lol LB L, R You don’t know where she has gone came her in the omnibus and she fenl PATAlVZe hef W Bhe had been able to -~ - 35 Taw o laal rerorca o R WL Bel TaHPu asleep. She awoke with a start in Gower rutt QWO [0 SENPE UREROYN fto them, : 4 Las, thking sne Self. as o sl resource’. . L a .No; to the Riviera, T suppose.” Streel, near .the Museum.’ The whole byt 10 Si¥ to them to their fa o= s, 5L now:_ = black o oth binding. e (A-J] & .nn\)'-fil“fv 1"‘{1 !t? "E‘dl.hr’“ “Did Miss Craggs still live at Kensing- length of the street to right and left lit- 04 50" "Sha' then meditated wreitl could - er the pages, gulding her radiated like cheerful ght—"EdIth!" ton during the last months of her stay tle signs fixed to the door posts announced 1 - Phci ik gl )r ting to 1 dates, and quickly found: There was the step to take. ' It was both Tiondon?’ tat Sooms. were folet. "She began hey Mume: Sanz. to appeal to her for help with. 8 Protessor and Frau Hoe. easy and certain. Rejoin Edith, who had ““I'don’t know, miss, but I think so. Bhe search and selected a house of respectable OUt betraying her retreat. She was ai- ree College, Allen street, always been in favor of Lea's union with gid not say 'anything about having appearance kept by Mrs. Cockington ana MOSt declded to ta ot TP Nhen an er Georg. Even if Edith should not know changed her address.’ dRlghters, where she rented a room for untoward incluent retarded its execution. w came that upon leaving for a the Ortsen's address she would certalnly I will call at the Wesleyan Club,” sald half a guinea a week, with breakfast jn _ One Sunday, eleven fays after her ar- k abo 5 . F “which the itinerary was not o to inquire for it at Free College With- Lea.' “Perhaps they may be &i ve orning included. As soon as she rival in London. she let herself be per- her and the Smith far ed out the Ortsens had cut mentioning the young girl's name. me some Infopmation thares siypto B 3’:; Settled 1 the room she wrote two Jet; suaded to accompany the little ‘Cocking- k » in her f Y est to leave their mail iIn But how was she to find Edith? “Very likely. Miss Craggs was well ters and the telegram. She compelleq ton girls and their mother to a party on tried to - 3 z. Lea did not know positively where she known there.” 1f to take them to the neighboring Wimbledon Common, the g Sweet-: Dealth 24id Lea, returning the was. Daisy had not heard from her for ' 14 gave. the porter sixpence. He bostoffice, but s sho felt an INcrossipg hearts sccompanying them. 'The Luadsats take eate of h . a long time. The two sisters rarely wrote thanked her® then, when he gwd slipped gensation of lassitude she asked Hill salesman a big, jovial fellow, of consumption was T ired them and h ‘1 never _cov don’t care to stop here, ma’am? to each other. Fdith, in her last letter, the coin in his pocket, he sal Cockington to send for her bag to the tea Irish by birth, the devil-may-care of the Lea r pretty front room, with « had spoke of leaving Clariss & Son's and ~ “Have you been {ll, miss?’ room in Piccadilly. And lying down upon band. The Lambeth policeman, on the n street.” of becoming a sick nurse—that is to say, * she replied. '“Why?* Pt bed ‘without even taking Off hef contrary. even In his recreation, had the a lower tone she added, with di- of entering a sort of ls ! it seems to me that you are much clothes, she fell Into a deep sleep. air of being on duty. and seemed ag ness in her regard: the membeérs alternately nursed the ronr thinner. Perhaps you have been over- When she awoke the room was quite . though he had come to arrest the entire b ver is very kind and our gratuitously and the rich for large fees. worked. But if you are quite well, after gloomy, for the house was masked in group and lead them off sternly to the obstructed by an obstacle ee to do as they like.” 'his idea had fascinated Edith, who was all_that's the principal t%ln‘. Only you front Ey the big Ionic bullding, the Brit- police station. Lea found little pleasure away with a little s d Lea, thinking: “The disgusted by the immorality of her com- had better stay in London. You were ish Museum. Lea, somewhat rested, light- in the excursion: but she felt a keen joy ate with a good a indeed changed. What would panions, the glaziers at Clariss & Sons; stronger when you were here. People may ed the gas nnd looked at herself 'In the in\mentally comparing the man she loved, much better since ¢ and meiancholy Mrs. Snyders who, she sald, with a truly British air of say what they like, it's a £0od place to mirror of the wardrobe. She was filled her ldeally handsome, artistic and noblé nal perspiration th a tray and tea. superiority, ‘‘were becoming just like livein. The fog feeds one. with consternation to see herself 80 poorly Georg, with the two men who were the - > ad drunk e cup it was 11 he cabman, wrapped in his surly dig- French workmen!” At the Wesleyan Club Lea was glven dressed, so thin, so deathly pale, and her representatives of love for Rose and e three visitors rose, in nity, no longer protested, though the dis- In any case & visit to the factory in Edith's old address in Kensington road. brewn hair almost withaut gloss. She Mary. No, it was certain that only her (Continued Next Sunday. 11 come will find out that v 10 her belief for picable advantage of not even be guaran- er attacks of moctur-