Why She Left

A handsome young woman, who is well known for her philanthropy and who devotes a great deal of her time to making lig-ht the burden of poverty which other folks bear, recently found a family worthy of her assistance. It consisted of a mother and several children, the oldest a girl of twenty years, wretchedly dressed. The young woman cast about and finally secured a position in a Wholesale candy store for the girl. The salary was fair, the hours were not long, and all the girl had to do was to pack candy. She accepted the situation gladly, and the young woman left the family, feeling that she had placed the girl in a position to earn enough money to support them. About two weeks later she called at the tenement where the family lived, and was surprised to find the girl at home. "Why, whafs the matter?" she asked. "Are you not working to-day?" "No, ma'am," was the reply; "I'm not working at all." "Wlien did you leave your place?" "Last week." "What was the matter?" Didn't they pay you enougli money?" "O. yes, ma'am; the wages was all right. It wasn't that." "Was the work too heavy for you?" "Xo, ma'am; my work was light enough." The young woman began to feel very uneasy. She dreaded what might f ollow. But she faced the situation bravely, and asked: "Were you not treated rig-ht, then?" "0, yes, ma'am; I was treated all right, but you see, ma'am, they put me to work in an alcove near a sunny window, and the sun came in nearly all day, and I was afraid I'd get freckled, sol