Brother and Sister Reunited in a Washington House
A penniless girl rises to a lady’s maid position while her brother Paul becomes a West Point graduate and Army engineer. Years later Paul returns as Miss Rosalind Phillips’s fiancé, and the siblings secretly confront recognition and the pain of their shared past.
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Paul
House of Representatives
West Point
United States Engineers
Leutenant
Rosalind Phillips
Washington
Miss Phillips
Story of a Lady's Maid
Helena narrates her service to a mistress and engagement with Paul in the Philippines. Faced with leaving her wage work, she eventually agrees to accompany them as maid and then sister, after Paul and Rosalind persuade her with kindness and a promise of support. She becomes wife of an army officer. her brother and sister-in-law later assist her.
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Paul
Philippines
Helena
Miss Philips
Rosalind
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