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When first the young lady from the College Settlement dragged Ardelia from her degradation-she was sitting on a dirty pavement and throwing assorted refuse at an unconscious policeman-like many of her companions in misery, she totally failed to realize the pit from which she was digged. It had never occurred to her that her situation was anything less than refined, and though, like most of us, she had failed to come up to her wildest ideals of happiness, in that respect she differed very little from the young lady who rescued her.
"Come here, little girl," said the young lady invitingly. "Wouldn't you like to come with me and have a nice, cool bath?"