The Ohio star. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1830-1854, 1852-12-22

mother and had often been led to notice the wear-
ness and evident pain with which she toed on
from day to day, gladly entered upon the task al
otted her, and, though often fatgued and restless
from long application, she never complained.
Year after year passed away, and. from
kind of work to another, they had changed, until.
at last, they confined themselves to closing and
binding shoes, requiring less of wearsome appT-
cation than ordinary sewing. At this they man
aged to support themselves comfortably, for their
wants were few.
i must go, Mss Anne said the little boy, lift
ibg his head from the chair against which he had
leaned it. Mr. Hardamer III beat me if stay
long,
Poor chiIdr calculated Anne, forgetting, Tor the
moment, her own sad condition. Pm afraid yon
have hard time of it, Jimmy
20 no, Miss Anne, not very. Only, I'm beat
SO, sometimes But, must run back. I'll come
again tonight.
DO come, l shall want to see you,'-and as the
pale, sorrow-strcken face of the child disappeared,
her own thoughts went back again to the keen af-
Fiction she had been called to endure. But few
minutes bef,re the little boy came in, her mother
had heaved her last SIGH and she was, now, friend
less, and alone with the dead. For nearly an
boar she sat in almost perfect abandonment of feel
ing, but sense of the duty yet left TO her 10 per-
form towards all that remained of her mother,
roused her from her stupor and she called in
kind neighbor. who, with others, assisted in the last
sad Offices of preparing the dead for burial.
On tho evening after the funeral, Anne found
herself all alone, in the room where for years she
had been used to see the dear face, and hear the
kind words of her mother. And she was not only
alone, but friendless. There were none to whom
she could look for protection, and no place to which
she could go, and call it her home. While busy
with sad thoughts and painful forebodings, the boy
who had brought the work the day before, came
in He was but small boy, and she was in the
early bloom of womanhood, but his face was, to her,
welcome one.
Good evening Miss Anne he said, entering
without ceremony.
How do you do, Jimmy? I'm glad to see you,
for l feel very lonesome
L thought you would be lonesome, and SO
came,' replied the Little fellow, in simplicity of
heart
You're very good boy, Jimmy, to remember
| me, row I'm in trouble
'S'Si
| every body beat me, or made fun of me, you were
always good to me, and just Ike my sister, that's
been dead, O. so long" And the boy stood be-
fore her, with the tears streaming down his cheeks,
as he thought of those who, while living loved him
and cared for him.
You had sister. then, Jimmy = said Ammo.
forg ,tfu of her afiictioa, in sympathy for the
sorrow of the child.
20, yes. And she SO good to me But
she was sick a long time, and when mother died.
| there was to take care of her. l was a
Little, little boy, and couldn't do nothing. And so
the people put us into cart, and sent us out to
the poor house. There they took sister, and put
her in room full Of sick people, and wouldn't let
me stay with her. I cried and cried to stay with
her, and then they beat SO hard with stick
and the man said he'd kill me, if I didn't hush. l
was atrail to cry loud after that, but used TO lay
awake most all night long, sometimes g thinking of
sister, and crying all to myself. Nlayn't SEQ
sister, 0, please let me sister !'I said to the
man, after Id been there eight or nine days. He
looked at for while and then he said,
little easy, and didn't look cross, that if I'd be
n good boy, and not cry any more, for the tears
were running down my cheeks all could do to
help it, that should see her the next day. All
that night1 slept but little, thinking about seeing
sister; and l tried not to cry, but cried all the
I<whiIe.
! Next morning was up so early-t was hard
~ daylight, and waited and waited for the man
10 come and take to see sister. But hour after
hour passed away, after breakfast, until dinner
time came; and hadn't seen her vet. Two or
three times the man came into the room, but ]
was afraid to say anything to him. for fear ho'd be
angry. But looked him in the face as wishfuly
as conid though he didn't take no notice of me.
1t was most night when he came in again. and he
walked about the room rs unconcerned as if no.
boly's heart was almost breaking, like mine was
Every minute expected him TO call me to 90 and
see sister; but he didn't seem to remember his
; promise. When he turned to go out, l thought ]
couldn't stand it any longer, and so went ight up
to him, and putting up my hands, as if I was going
to say my prayers, said o sir, do let me see my
sister! He turned around SO cross on me for q
, moment, and then looking towards the woman who
took care of our room, said, Here, take this bra
in TO his sister, and whreG around quick, ant
went out of the room.
The woman looked at me as if she didn't care
whether she did or not,-then she caught hold o
my arm and said Come along, and he quick too.
, She almost dragged me along the passages, and ur
stairs to the sick room where my sister was. Blu
l didn't mind that. All cared about was seeing
sister; and in a moment or two l was by her side
0 how much paler and thinner she was! And hel
, big bright eyes looked into my face strangely
But she was so glad 10 me- and took me il
her arms and held me tight to her bosom, and kiss
ed my face all over. And then the tears rolled
down her cheeks, and she shut her eyes, and wa,
still for good many minutes, but her lips moved
i, all the while. Come, that'll Go' said the wo
man, I've no time to be fooling here,' and she tool
hold of me to pull me away. Sister, she looked Sc
anxously into the woman's face, but it didn't dc