Washington telegraph., 1847-03-03
nERolsM. OF CHILDHOOD.

Tie following extraordinary and touch.
Ing siory islran,la,ed lrpm French paper,
fbc scene wls in the city Of Lyons;
I'm unfH,unale artisan. the father Of
lamil. was deprived ef work by The de
pressed state Of his trade during the Whole
winter. Il Va. with great diihrulY that
lie rnnd get m1rsul Of lhnd now anl then
iaf his amishel wife ani children. l'biGgs
gfew wafsa aud worse with him. aud at
length, on attempting To fise one mlning
for the purpose al going out a. usual In
quest of employment, he lsll back in a
ftin,inp con fiun beside hi i&ii', who hid
ALREADY been confined To her bed by Illness
ar two m4nlhs. The poof man irli him
selrill an1 his strength utterly gone. lie
bal uWo boys, yet IN mere childhood, and
one pirl. aboll twolye or lhulcen ycars old,
Fora ling tim The Whole charge 1f The
h5u.eha.d bad fallen an this gid. She had
tented lha sira hHd ut her mother, and
watched over her lillle brothers with mnrg
than parcualrafa Nnw, when the father
tbn. Va. alien III. there seemed 10 be nj a
va.lase of hope for The family excepting IN
thr eleHian lbal might be made hy beb
touns as she Va.
The l.f.l thought althe tiile eirI @as 10
sack Ca wufk pfppaHlbusl 1, hrr strength.
Kll that The hnf m 1t ~ stahc. ia
the meantime. he resolved T. gato one Of
the house. Of charity. where food vas Civ.
en- out. .le hal heard 10 tie poor and needy.
rha person 10 Nhum she addressed herself
arrarI|ntIg nsETbHl her nnmc IN the li,l
ai applicants, AL told hsr Ia eolus tnrl IA
adlynr lWp. whrn ihs rl#F would have
Iran if,Ilratsd upon Aa.l during Tits
lIr,ibralian her pafca's would s'anel The
a,rl s'aIed lhis. but was informed that The
.f,rm,liles mentioned were Indispensable.
She came again into the streets. and. almost
n.uniari liy the knowledge how anEiously
.bc wa. expected with brad a. holns, shr
resolved tn nsk charity from thr passengers
IA Ihr public ways
NJ ono hssdcj the mnif.i. unlhifu'ive
appeal ol her ro4l,irrchri hand, Her hear
was too luIl to permit hrtn speak. Could
any one have seen The ioiiur'ng anxiety
thai filed her breast. he mu'i have bnrn
pitied anl elIeyei. 4 the case si1od. II
i.nnr p-rhan. surprising tha some rude b.
iur m,nl-sd her with the p1lirc. She vas
i,ighen~d. Shvri.nt with cold AMI cry
int bfirrly. she l,ed homfwaIl'. When
.ie ,nuniri the .aif. anl opened ibc door
tho ifstw5rl. ihni she hrari we're thr crie,
ai her hfoihr. f,r something in eai--
.brrali bgeidl" She .av her iaiher sta'h
inc her mother. and h,ud him say, bread
she do. ipr wan, II ful
"l have npbradr' ciird tho poor girl,
with anguish ia hrr tones.
TIE cr Il drappnm'm"m ond d"pnf
which cameai ihrss vorls tom her 'iiheT
and brpih.r ranscd her 10 recall what 'he
had said, nnl consrll the truth. Il have
moi rol Il vet. ,hc exclaimed, "bu ! wIl
have il Immediately. have given the
baker the money; he was serving spne rich
oeonlr and lie told me To wui, or To come
back. leone To tell you that lwould soon
be here"
Adcrlhcse words, without waiting ior
reply, she loit the house again. \ thought
had entered her head, and, madiened h'
tho dislresses of,hosa she loved 50 dearly
she had insiantancou,ly received to put It
into execution. She ran from one street TO
another until she siw bakers in which
There appeared to be NJ person, and there
summonng all her Determination, She en-
icred, lifted loaf and fed The shop
Le,ner saw her from behind lie cried
loLdly, ran out after her aud poia'ed ber
out To the people passing by The glrl ian
ON, She was pursued, and finally man
seized the lonf which she carried. The oh.
ieci of her desires taken away she had M
motive to proceed, and was seized at once
They conveyed her to the polee-a crowd
as usual. having gathered in attendance.
The poor gihihrcw around her despniring
,la,rcs. which seemed To seek some favor.
ahle object from which To ask mercy. At
Iad. when she had been brought to the
court Of the police office, and was in wait
inu for the order TO enter, she saw before
her a little girl Of her own age, who ap.
nenrcd to look ON her with n glance full OF
kindness and compassion. Under the i'm
pulse of the moment, still thinking OF The
condition Of her family, she whispered 10
the stranger the cause of her act OF 'hei'
"Father and mother and my Two brothers
are dying for want ofLreadl' said She
"Wherel" asked the strange girl anI'
iously. -,
"Rue No. 10" She had only
time to add the name Of her parents TO 'hIs
communication. when she was carried be'
fore tho commissary ofpolice.
Meanwhile the poor family at aome SUI
icred all the horrors ofsusfense. ira's iar
q, >iheir child's safety were added To the allie.
tions of the parents. Al lenIh they heard
footsteps ascending the stairs. An eager
cry ofhopc was uttered by oil the four un'