Eureka Reporter | 1907-07-26 | Page 5 | Proud in Her Poverty

I 1 PROUD IN HER POVERTY young woman a brave answer to in suiting landlord prank frank P sargent the united states commissioner of immigration said one dai day in IN ashington there is fine stuff in some ot of t these hese poor people who come to bor shores I 1 heard recently of a young swedish woman brave witta and honorable she could bring splendid 50 boing ing americans into the world A s short hort time after she arrived among us her husband got out of work naturally then the rent tell fell behind the land lord called for it one day in her bus band bands s absence he listened to the young domall s tale ot of misfortune re garding the while he be yellow hair her clear blue eyes her red mouth and white teeth suddenly bending toward her he said ghe give us a kiss she drew back and her blue eyes as cold as ice lee dwelt delt on him disdain fully no she said my husband and I 1 may be too poor to pay our rent but we are not so poor that we cant do our own kissing