No wonder her eyes
were sad! Better blood ran in her veins than coursed under the pink
flesh of the Baroness, he would wager; she was the unfortunate victim
of a combination of circumstances, which had defrauded her of the
advantages of youth.
He spoke with her in the hall one morning not long after that; and
then it grew to be a daily occurrence that he talked with her a few
moments, and before many weeks had passed the young man approached
the Baroness with a request.
"I have become interested in your protegee Miss Dumont," he said.
"You have done so much for her that you have stirred my better nature
and made me anxious to emulate your example. In talking with her in
the hall one day I learned her great desire for a better education,
and her anxiety to earn money. Now it has occurred to me that I
might aid her in both ways. We need two or three more girls in our
office. We need one more in the type-setting department. As The
Clarion is a morning paper, and you never need Miss Dumont's services
after five o'clock, she could work a few hours in the office, earn a
small salary, and gain something in the way of an education also, if
she were ambitious enough to do so. Nearly all my early education
was gained as a printer. She tells me she is faulty in the matter of
spelling, and this would be excellent training for her.
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