New-York daily tribune., 1854-08-24
them 20 well ourselves, that We must 'aAe 'e''e W
present them 20 Our readers:
NUN FACTORY oPER ATIvE


T. ,h hardest working part cf Cokeowui N the inner
~, of that ugly citadel, where Nature was
A. strongly bricked oot az hihs ar sni 80 con,ts
non cour,s and close streets upon streets, "nich nad
came into existence piecemeal every piece IN violent
tr,v for some one mans purpose and the whole al IN
,., family sbouldering and trampling, and pressing
enc another 10 death; in the last close nook oi th gre
bansted receiver where the chimneys, for want o AR
make draft were bull, IN an sHary mouse m, out sgn
~ the Kind Of people who might be expected be born IN
IL among the multitude Of Coketown, geDencay caIeu
"be Hands, race who woald nave foena oL ,ben
with come people Providence had seen NJ 70 MAKE ,eu
only hands or like the lower creatures OF tne sea
opy hands and stomschs-liyed certain otePhen Dia'A
Stenben looked older but be had had hard hfe II
sad thai every life has lis and thorns there seemed
however, to have been mlsadVeh'oIe 1i ns ao1 80 -
sesse Of his roses and he had become possessed of ne
snne onebody elses horns IN addiicn 70 ms own. @
had known use his WORDS Peck ronn 70
usually called Old Stepbep, III hi"u u ''u5" e "
the fact a, l:..a Lxo,. nondar
; ,nyeSsioD OF face and hard looking head suicenty
canscious on which bis irongray hair lay long ana th
Od siephen might have passed for particularly nten
gent msn in his condition YET fe, ne W Ws1ds not bo pcnD
together their broken intervals of leisure through macy
years had mastered difficult sciences, ana acquired
know ledge Of most unlikely things lie held no saloh
among The Hands who could make speeches and carry on
debates Thousands of his c0mpeers could tax mach pet
m than he at any time ne D,sv wSs soSS %bpt he
II.
was or what else he had in him, If anything ie nun sho"
fer himself. -, ,tl -,
they were illuminated, like fairy palacesor the travel
eTs by express train said all extiDgnished ana
the bts lad rpng for knocking off for the night ana "A
ceosed again and the Hands, men and women, ooy anu
oirl were catierng home Old stephen was standnS IN
tbe street wild the odd upon him which the stop
page Of the machinery away' m0 bsss sensation O
/ Yet don't Rachel still " said he.
1t was a wet night and many groups Of young women
nl,o .lo nAVfr flNr
and held cose under their cbns to keep the ram out ne
knew Rachel well for glance at any one OF these groups
,ys Sufficient TO show him that she not there AT lat
,,e,e we're no more to come and then he turned away
saving in tone of disappointment, "Why, theh' NJ
missed herr .. -.
be saw another of the shawled gures in advance OF him.
at which he looked keeny that perhaps its mere
shadow ndstincty rejected On no wet nn from
lamp TO lamp Frightening and fading as IT wenI~ond
have been enough to tell him who was there Making hs
mace AT once much quicker and much softer he ddred on
un he was very this figure, then fell into his for
! mer walk and called Rachaei y
She turned being then in the brightness OF lamp ana
raisii her hood lito, showed quiet oval face dark
and rather delcae rradiated by pair OF very gentle
eyes and further set off by the perfect order Of her SHIN
ing black hair. IL not face IN Its hrst DooD she
was a womsn five end thil ty years OF age. 80
@Ah lad 'Tis thoul" When she had said this, with
n suilesshich would have been quite expressed, though
nothing Of her had been but her pleasant she
replaced her hood again, and they went on togethe'
IL thought thou vast ahnd me- Rachael
"Early tnight lass 7"
"Tfmts I'm little early Stephen; times little late.
I'm never TO be counted on, going home.
"Nor going totber way, neither, tseems 10 me, ha-
"No, Stephen"
He looked at her with disappointment in his face,
but with respectful and patient conviction that The must
be in whatever sbe did, The expression was not lost
upon herr she laid her hand lightly on his arm moment
as if TO thank him for it.
We such true friends, lad, and such oo inehas,
| and getting to be such old folks, now ~
4 "No Rachael, hour a. young as ever thou vast.
Gone of us would be puzzled now to get old, stephen
without toher getting so too, both being alive, she
answered. laughing so any wayI y @s ope another
would be sin and pity Is better not 10 wax 700
much together. Times, yes! Twoald be hard indeed S
If twas not TO be at ALL she said with cheerulness she
| sought to communicate to him.
''1Ts hard, anyways, Rachel
"Try to think not lad and twill seem better. n.
ave tried long time, and ant got better. ~ but
tbsurt right tmgh make folk talk even OF thee Ihou
hast been that to me- Rachael through 50 many year;
thou hast done me SO much good ana nearae1eu m @ Oi me
lass and bright good law Better than some real ones
Never fret about them, Stephen, she answered
! oucky and not without anxious glance al his tace
"Yes," be said with slow nod or two. " Let en- be-
Let every ythng be- Let all sorts alone. lis muddie'
Aways a muddle lad 7" said Rachael, with another
gentle upob his if to recall him out oil ,ne
houebuluess in which he biting the long ends oil MS
loose kercef he walked along The touch had Its
instantaneous effect lie let them TALL turned smiling
face upon her, and SAID as ne Droke INTO
laugh "Ay Rachael, lass, always mudde That's where
stick come TO the mudde many times and again. ana
never get beyond it." A.;
They had walked some distance and were near their
own homes The womans the first reached 1t was
In one the small streets for which the favorte
undertaken who turned handsome sum out OF the one
poor ghastly pomp of the neighborhood kept black
ladder in order that those who had done their daily
groppg up and down the narrow stairs might slide out OF
his working world by the windows She stopped at the
corner putting hand in his wished him good night
GOOD night, dear lass good night!
She went with her neat figure and her sober womanly
step down the dark street and he stood looking after
her until she turned into one OF the small houses Ihere
was not huer OF her shawl perhaps, sut had It's
interest in this mans eyes, not tone oi her voice Du'
had its echo in his innermost heart.
When she lost TO his eyes, he pursued bis home
ward way glancDg up sometimes at the sky where tne
clouds were sailing fast and wildly. But they were
broken now and the rain had ceased, aud the moon
shore-looking down the high chmneys of Coketown ON
the deep funces below and casting titanic shadows OF
the engines at rest the walls where they were
lodged. The seemed to have frightened with the
night, as be went on.
Ushome in such another street the FIRST savins that
it was narrower, was over little shop how " came 20
pass that any people found worth while TO sell or BUY
The wretohed little toys mixed in its window with cheap
newspapers and pork There leg TO be rallied for to-
morrow nigh matters here. He took his end OF can
die from shelf lighted at another end of candle on the
counter without disturbing the mistress oil the shop who
was asleep in her little and went up stairs into hs
lodging.
In was room not unacquanted with the black ladder
under various tenants but neat at present az such
could be. few books and writings were on an Old
buit corner the furniture was decent and suficen
and though the atmosphere was tainted, the room was
clean.
Going to the hearth set the candle down upon round
theegged table standing there he stumbled upon some
tbrg As he recoiltd looking down at It II raised lise
up into the form of a woman IN a sitting attitude.
Heavens mercy, woman ne cried, falling further Oh
from the figure " Has: thou come back again.
Such woman disabled, drunken crea'ure, barely
ae Ia p,setye the sitting posture by steadyiog herself