The Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Scott Co., Iowa) 1841-185?, 1851-10-09
The Poi OF Gigneaei:e.

.IIefa's your !iaa mgagnfte! Sspene6
n.l.--anls sikpeaca pat cried Diekf
Wool. the lame tlewcr-byv. us he hes,tst=t
painful, Up d lex Court ID the hope q. set
. lin. Il Customer. Brick Court enc "eaie
! hardly cdnjeclare to be nn eligible spd 2
the vending Of such wares. seeing isiat &
was narrow. dafs. diftv. and bat rarely VIZ
tied Is .irs from Eesycn. How caule
Dckv Wood think If getting a customer
fur bis mtgu3note taere? Blt the unseen
,hinr in vhich be trusted ai that particHiRr
moment wus y cast mar. Here's Nonf
fac miguaaetrer hc cried. in childish.
and nj unna.ical voice. as lie proceeded
slowly up lbe court.
L. was eleven O'clock ou. June day;-
and Brick Cuuft VAS, il a mgnuer, devoid
of iitc. Il vas inhibited sa'els b. working
people, and ihsy md naggly aii gone away.
long ago, Is work The s1nbcams--!c"
enough Of them, am sorry To- saF-had
crept down from ibe chimney tops, and
were gliding one ar two ot the upper VIM
dows, on one side of a narrow alley, doing
their best to make the poverty of the place
lock ii,Ie ie-s poor than orlinarY. i
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windows thai Dickg looked up, as he sac
invitingIs, 'Oaiy Sirpence pot, o1ay.
m4'am' II was c!car there was possible
customer hidden up there, behig3 the via
dow-blind the only blind in the court. j.,
the way. Djcky Wood paused, with his eye
fixed on that spot. Alter Il minute. the
blind WAS raised slowly; then the "indo"
L. al 30. RH ~
child, and pale, thin face looked wis'faliy
out, up 10 The strip ot beautiful azire which,
was all oe heavens DER arching canopy Wis
ibIe even from the highest rooms ia Brick
Court. |, vas femole face, which nj gh'
once have been beautiful. Tie boy un
derslood lhe beckonipE iand; aud adsan
cling 10 the door Of the h9nsc, which stood
open, lie entered il with his biske, ol
plants. |, was heavy load for such Il
child. lie Sc, il down eagerly at the foot
Of the stairs. drew long bfeaih, aud wip
ed his face with the sleeve Of hi jacket.
He took on, Of his basket the best pot o.
mirnonete, and was about 10 proceed ~
the stairs win il, when his eve was attract
ed by the brigh, .colored blossoms OF some
geraniuns. Ills basket Of flowers was II
strange contrast with the gloomy, dirty
stair case; aud Dickv Wood thought within
hila@eti' muci, rs follows: How pretty an
fresh they look !--Sis can. get out 10 see
flowers. dare say she would like 10 ser
these. rs worth two-pencc to lpok a
them, in place like lhis' Then he look
ed up the staircase, and again down al th'
plants. Its a gnodish pull FOR one's leg
alone, up TO the garrei; and this basket
no he to carry, bat think II! try it,
She's So fond of flowers. Come! now e.
iin aud, putting back the pot Of migno
ne.,e he had selected, into the basket again
he lifted i, up maniuIiy, and began to tni
slowly, with his burden, up the dark stair
case. As he had 10 ascend 10 the gar
ret, and the house was two stories h1g'',
shall have to say few words about Dick.
and his customer eXpectant before he get
20 the top.
Diclsy Wood was an orphan, with1u
brother or sister; aud lived with bis Crane
mother at Fu!ham Old Mrs Wood W.
very poor; but she never had been, anc
please God, never would he, on the paris
that was her prido aud boast. For ml
ny Years she had excellent health, an
managed to support herself and her lam
sT7nArbild by taking in washing, goiH
ont choring, or doing any oi that miscelle
neoas work which goes bg the name q
odd ,bs,' in various neighboriag house
holds, where she was we'll known, and 8
much relied on for her honesty, that the
would have trusted her with untold gold
flt had ever been their LOT 10 possess tina
indefinite amount ol wealth. When Dick