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Show Maud miller's Pitiful Story. Chicago, January ; 17. Last Thursday a young woman, apparently about 21 years of age, called --at the office of the Elder Publishing Pub-lishing Company and called for the editor of Literary Life. Mr. Elder, the publisher, answered an-swered in the absence of the editor, and to him she presented a manuscript which she wished to sell. She told a touching story, how she had left New Tork with a dramatic company hoping to seoure a place in the profession and earn ' her own support ; how the company went to pieces finally, and how she at last found herself alone and penniless in Chicago. The girl bore evidence of education edu-cation and culture. She concluded her story by saying her name was Maud Miller, and that she was the daughter of the poet Joaquin Joa-quin Miller. Mr. Elder supplied Miss Miller with money and introduced her to several kind-hearted ladies, by whom she was cared for until last night, when she was put aboard the New York train, comfortably equipped for the journey. |