by
Harriet H. Robinson
1898
Thomas Y. Crowell & Company
Boston: 100 Purchase Street
Chapter 10: Mill-Girls’ Magazines
Chapter 16 Mord Em’ly said good-bye to Mitchell’s Dining-Rooms, and Mrs. Mitchell kissed her, cried a good deal, and gave to her ten shillings over and above her wages, a number of ham sandwiches, and a bunch of coral that originally came (Mrs. Mitchell said) from goodness only knew where. Miss Mitchell so far unbent…
Chapter 8 Mord Em’ly became a half-timer, which, interpreted, meant that school claimed her only for an afternoon and the following morning, leaving her free for twenty-four hours to work in the dress-making room or in the laundry. Her conduct improved so much that small money prizes for excellent behaviour accumulated to her credit as…
CHAPTER XIX ALBERT HALL RALLY — £5,000 RAISED — LORD LYTTON SUPPORTS US — MR. ASQUITH BETRAYS US — HUNDREDS ARRESTED Saturday, June 18th, 1910, was another great day for the Suffragettes. The Conciliation Bill was to be introduced. A procession was necessary, and more than a procession, an Albert Hall meeting. Never did a…
Chapter 13 The little waitress at Mitchell’s dining-rooms was so much absorbed in thought during the day following the contest, that humorous customers, noting this, told her she was in love. To Miss Mitchell’s requests for an opinion as to the number of g’s in Reggie, she replied absently, and showed so little interest in…
Chapter 14 When, the next morning, a note arrived from Miss Gilliken announcing that the end had come, it was fortunate for Mord Em’ly that she had near her so excellent a woman as the proprietress of the dining-rooms. The imminence of a funeral gave to Mrs. Mitchell such enjoyment that those about her could…