Star of the Kanawha Valley. [volume] (Buffalo, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1856, 1855-03-07

door at the landing and entered
| No sooner was the door closed thar
he was in after her. A sight me
i his eyes that he was entirely unpre
! pared for. - /.
: The girl had laid tn e stolen object
which. was but a bakers loaf upor
a deal table. and VIII lie the gentle
man stood regarding them, three
younger children had seized upon i
| and were IeagerIy-nay, ravenously
it, A pale, thin facec
woman regarded so strange n spec.
tacle from an armchair in a corner
near q window, still holding a piece
of sewing.in her hands, She sat boil
I'stered up in. her chair, and her face
was more white than a. marble wall
She looked up with an alarmed yet
somewhat distracted air at. the gen.
tleman, and then dropped her eyes
again upon the children at the Ia.
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sits all ! could get, mother" said
the girl, who had not yet noticed the
intrusion of the stranger, and was
preparing to throw other str Get dress.
! "Andiwhere did you get Mat1H in
tcrrupted the stranger, in serious
tone. ~ 49,.
The child turned round abruptly,
/ and reg arded him with a feeling OF
the deepest alright. . g.. -.
30, do not blame me, sir" she
cried, running to her mothers side
and clinging, as if for projection, to
Eher. ~ i = y.
What have you done, child?-
What has she done, sir?" asked the
mother, of both her and The stranger.
coldn't help it, STRIP cried the
fchild, bprying her face in her moth:
er's lap "lndeed ,Esir, couldn't help
lii! Icouldn't get d ny anyw here else!
o, do but forgive nj e, sir! Do, pray,
STRIP :.
| .Thereupon her $obs and convul-
sfons were truly hfart-rending.
"Will it please you to tell me all,
good sir?' pursucd4he mother, shield
ing the child, as it were, with her
arms. "What has the girl been do
ling, sir?" ~
Madam" returned the gentle
tleman, ri can see that you have
misery enough here without my
coming to add TO il. Il cannot bear
the sight | now behold, without being
affected most scnsibfy This is not
the. time, and, be assured, I am not
the one, to add to your misery
Here is all | have upon me. Take
tit, and be perfectly welcome to it.
The girl shall confess everything to
you thee moment am gone"
As he spoke he drew from his pock-
eta gold coin ofthe value Of five dol
lars and placed it in her hand. -.
"The God of the widow and the
fatherle*s bless you!" exclaimed she,
receiving it with smile of the most
unconstrained gratitude. 49,.
Before she could LAY more, howcv-
err, the gentleman Withdrew abrupt
Iy from the apartment; only remark
ing to her, as he closed the door;
that he would sec to it that they did
not suffer.
! The woman for some time sat stu
pefed and spccchless with wonder,
and then big tears rolled out from
the crystal depths Other clear blue
eyes. She was overcome with feel
ings both of gratitude and anxiety.
The scene that soon after follow
ed between the little girl and her
mother, lin which the former made
full confession of the wrong she had
done, and pleaded earnestly and ten
derby in extenuation Of her fault,
we will not attempt n description Of
She rcpentcd of what she had done,
and faithfully promised her mother
that at some future time she would
go and fepaylthe value of the loaf
she had taken. f.. -. i
The same gentleman happcnedte to-
be in alta popular clothing store, just
at the close of day not more than one
or two weeks thereafter, when q wo-
man entered. closely yelled. She
brought with her a bundle, which she
laid down upon the counter at a dis
tant part Of the store, and waited for
the clerk to open it. The stranger
stood, as it happened. in such man
ner as to screen him from the rapid
and casualglances ofthe woman
He was but a few PAGES from her,
and could hear distinctly all she
said. ~.i p. ! T.. ...' Fl u.
Presently the clerk took up the
bundle, opened it and withdrew to
the light. for closer examination Of
its contents. 1t was a bundle of
shirts, which she had just completed.
The clerk brought back the pieces,
laid them out upon the counter and
50. f..
"They are not done as ,rcR as usu-
all" while he continued gazing in the
most rude manner in her face.
The woman's veil was 80 much
drawn down over her face that the
stranger could NOT mark its express
ion at the moment, or even note its
III rhtasfI faat,,ra En-