The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-09-12


her on the subject. "
"You must remember, miss, that you
are a girl unfortunate creature y and
that girls do not usually get over three
or three and half dollars per week for
the work they do. You are very fortu-
nate to receive four dollars
Poor Lucy might at that very time
have had at other places six or seven
dollars for her services and that her
hard old employer knew well but nc ST.
lenced his conscience by saying to it
" In the first place her lazy, good-for-no-
thing father would get it all away from
her; and in the second, there are few
offices in New York where young thing
like Lucy would not be subjected to dam
gers which here she has no need to fear.
GA the whole, she is better off now than
most poor girls
But there came day on which Lucy
was missing from her seat. The window
looked desolatc enough without her. Per-
haps, probably, her employer had no such
reflection as that but there was work to
be done, and he must know why the girl
was absent. A boy was sent to her lodg-
ings. He was soon back to report to
Mr. Burke, the publisher, that Lucy S
father was dying.
That's good thing for her, certain
ly," was the comment of the publisher.
Now, some men are far worse than Mr..
Burke was. lie had no Intentions of IN
turing any one nor had he, to say fur
ther, much idea of troubling himself to
do them good but he did take the pains
to 90 the next morning to Lucy's board
inc-house, and sec for himself how things
stood.
He found her father in his coffin, and
Lucy, nearly dead with grief, sitting
alone at his side.
Mr.. Burke told the distressed girl that
she might draw on the Office for all TIL.
money that she needed and pay the
debt as she best could.
" Shall you still remain here to board?
he asked.
"Yes, Sir. I've no where else to 90
and the people seem kind and good
every well; you will do no bette
! than to stay. | approve of contentee
spirit. Wen, good day, Lucy. | sup
pose you will be ready to return to you
Iabors in a day OF two
Yes, Sir" said Lucy, .chokingly
aud then she bowed her head once NOR
upon her father coffin.
That cold, stiff form ~ clay was al
that there was in the world that We
ho,.. lie had a@vor niadc much et her
but, after all, he was more to her thai
he was to anybody else; he was her ow
father, and there was some strength /
the thought of harjny Il father-no'
even that strength was taken away; an
Lucy felt despairingly that her life wa
living PROSTATE, without one single rec
about which even its smallest tendrlI
might creep for support 1t as my'
terry why such dcso!a:ion does not brin
angels to comfort the poor heart that fee
it. How can they-if they be indee
about us-look on such suffering an
" make no sign p
But no whisper came. No one sal
to the sad orphan" Look upward, chill
there is home prepared for thee in IL
mansion, who is better to thee than t
ther or mother, and more to thee tha
anv friend on earth can ever be. GiN
= thy poor, broken, bleeding, hopeless hea
. to God, and lie will wash it III blood +
: healing, and make it strong and pur
| and full of hope and as one whom b.
4 Al al, i III
, fort thee " And Lucy, in her dun
e and heavy sorrow, never thought OF Il
y things to come. She had Il wretch,
: and depressing sense of being SHINE
>, and that she deserved all the trouble tn
!, the Lord chose to send upon her; al
! that she must not dare to murmur at II
!. will. This was all that she felt, or kn'
o how to feel, in this regard. Poor, frien
a less Lucy
IS Well, in few days she was again
y her seat by the office window. A NJ
/, partner had entered the firm during b
70 absence. lie seemed to regard her vi
&c surprise as she took her accustom
l. place; and she thought he asked
! Burke who she was. She heard |
e name mentioned several times, aud aft
wards noticed that the eyes OF the stran
re gentleman were often upon her.
40 Now that her father was no lons
y able to take away her earnings, Nr Bul
70 might have thought it right to incre
AZ !, her wages but he did not until the ?
y posal was made by his partner. IL
" = he consented to do so.
Mr.. Chase, the new partner, mantle
,, ed great interest in the pale You
re scribe who sat alone by that narrow W
ay dow. lie soon learned where she liy
~ and many were the acts OF klndn
~ which he performed for her. Find
"a - that she loved to read, he lent and {
81 her books almost without number
~ ~ asked her in woek more questi
!. about herself and her former nome, t
- hsa .a eyer before been asked. lie enct
f." aged her to tell him all her thoughts
=, feelings and seemed to take real
my sure in saying or doing anything to IL
~ her happy 1t is needless to say
OIL for Lucy the sun had arisen IN that
ere py Office even the very type boxes
lle' cobwebs were gilded with It's rays.
'''- days no longer dragged wearliy--,'
no longer lacked intcrest--llfe no 10
req seemed void of hope or joy. In
mo mo sense, Lucy had been "born anew -
,h,v The months passed on and by
5 ,me by Mr. Burke began to look throns'
; Of spectacles at the two who talked D.
lam narrow window Such look as he
hnn saw On the face of Lucy he never rel
i, snr bercd to have seen before the adyc
,;fe Chase And the tones and mann
her his handsome partner were full Of
inc which he did rot at all like.