The Columbia Democrat. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1837-1850, 1844-10-26
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1914.

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was The author hmsei,as widely know
for his large human loving heart .. fn,
The books he had written. He had now
been for some days ;ransIarluga child,
story from The German, a sort of spirit
ual chiId's book, like the Story withou
an End
Were this hook illustrated by one
who had The same self teIping soul a.
tls author, the same instructive feeling
said the translator TO one of his friends.
ut would indeed be priceless. have
sometimes thought none but womanI
could catch The simple yet deep m alerns
feeling that lies in these same pages; bu,
where is'
'Ihere IS woman capable Of this, >
said one of the friends, lurung to tn
'uthor; beyond all doubt capable. .Look
here.'
lie drew forth from pocket book th'
very papers which two years befor
Bridget had lost.
You say true answered lhe transla
tor; 'bu, what is this; it seems Ike the
copy o. some carved foliage, some
This must be Brjdgel's, interrupted
IN" other guest, leaning across the tab,
woh anxious face (for it was no other
than the minister prebend): i see it is,
yes, yes, a copy Of The antique carving
from the minister wall. Good lhiog>
have been said in Lincoln Of ihis Bridg
,et hut the father would never tell Avhete
she was
The enthusiastic old gentleman now
ien'ered into a long detail of Bridget,
youth, which, coupled with the old gen
iemin's story, left no doubt that the
: preper into the thumbed copy Of Ber-
wick and the Lincoln girl were one and
lhe same.
4 Next day anxious inquiries were So
on foot respecting Bridget, but without
otiee'. Fncu weeks went by, and il
he meanwhile the German book coul,
find no fl illustrator. But at last tn,
r woodculs 10 the cheap periodical fol
which Bridget engra' ed were remarke,
Ipon. The man who had The name o
being both the aris' and engraver wa
applied TO, aud he agreed 10 furnish tn
desired illustrations. A few were set
in SURPRISING the aurho,s hopes; but
stray leaf, a graceful touch, brought t
memory the hand Of Bridget. Yet sh
nould not be heard Of, though the OIL
Lincoln gentleman was indeftig ,be i
r MS irquIies.
. y length one nigh, The pre- bend an
MS friend were returning along tn
Strand In a westerly direction, when b,
I st. Clements DANES they obs, rived
! very fal old gentleman creeping ,IowI
: along The pavement, whilst d'minuliv
youth kept watch aud guard, now rigt
f now left, as either side seemed likely /
be .loslled by some rude passer-by.
You shall 60 no furlher,' at lengr
, 'aid the old genl man. stopping shor
not an inch farther: Go! give my 10,
to your sister, you dog, and say that
nave to thank her for introducing 10 N
4 second incompatible Tom =
!, But The boy was so far incompatible
hs', being wiIful and obstinate, h
: " ou d see The old gentleman safe with
in New Inn, VIII ch was near at hand
aud the friends, waiting outside. s,ayet
till the boy returned, tor his voice hat
brought to the prebend's ear Of Bridger
They followed him icto Long Acre, III
wo pair of stairs, where, lifting the lsrcI
he prebend beheld the same Bridge
whom he had known a, Lincoln, whll,
his companion recognised, in the sam
person, her whom he had fcllowe,
wears ago. A good fire hu-nt upon tn
near h, Toms lea ready, his shoes an
lis coat by The Rre, for the night wa
wei, and Bridget hers-lf tuily at worl
lupon the illustration of the German sro
Iry. Happy was The meeting betw
he old man and her he almost thought
is child; strange the feelings Of III,
gentleman who had bought the lhumbe
Berwick, and boarded those poor draw
ngs. We have not room Ito tell tn
JOY Of that nig'l.
From This hour Bridget had worth,
friends The morrow brought The sis
Ter of The one who had remembered
Bridget al the bookSlaIl. He was the
same rich merchant who so unknowing
| ly had praised Brdge,'s first work an,
aci Of mercy. When he heard from thu
worthy coachmaker hat story-Vher
/ he knew from Tom what sister = idn
,e W vince .n.a|i ar h'0' s.1