The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1859-07-30
TREAD UPON THE WATERS.
~ HxLgN FORESTER GRAVES.

Il was gloomy room, in a crowded
tenement house, low, narrow and unwhoe-
some; and pale faced child was the only
inmate. She was confirmed in, Aid
you might trace that in her hollow cheeks,
aud the strange unnatural lusture of her
large blue eyes-the fame Of life was
burning low in the alter Of her childish
being; yet she was alone. The old
arm chair in which she reclined, with one
orotwo pillows and pine boz, wus the
sole support Of the tiny veined feet
There was no carpet on the moldcring
floor, aud in more than one place, door
aud window had yielded to the remorsc-
less hand of decay, aud presented most
dilapidated aspect. Yet all the scanty
furniture was arranged as neatly us. pos,
sible. and there was even some faint ut.
tenpts at taste, as,in bit Of gay chintz
spread over the chiid's footstool, aud Il
solitary flower placed in the window seat,
where the sunbeams could touch its em-
crald leaves.
That flower; it had been poor Kate's
corpauion long. Its royal beauty and
luxur:ancc seemed strangely out of Pine,
in the s1uaiid, low ceiied room, yet it grew
and tlourished as if in the velvet sod of
Bendeemer's stream Aud little Katy
lay back in her chair, and looked at the
splendid rose which quivered like ruby
drop among the leaves, and watched the
sunlight writing its golden message on
the crimson folds of the blossom, with Il
vague feeling of wonder:
1t was so Strange tha, the radiant sun,
TSho<c glory lay On marble pillars and
stately dwellings far away, should come
to peep into her lonely, lonely room.
SIS that you, james, she said softly,
as the door opened, and boy of twelve
came in.
Yes. DO yon feel any better. Katy .
are you tired being left alone!' And
the boy looked tenderly into her blue
eyes and parted the auburn hair from her
forehead, with loving touch.
"Not very, but there is such weary
aching about my heart, aud sometimes it
seems all on fire. How cold you are,
Jamie"'
"Never mind, Katy, I've been saving
wood, and earned whole quarter, and
am going to lay it out in apples and or,
anses, to sell down town. Ill make
dmint Of money, and then won y we have
good supper when p,othcr comes home
from work! | should't owonder If We
had bit Of cake and bunch Of grapes
over and above the medicine the dispen
sary doctor ordered for you
Katy smiled aud shook her head, as il
deprecating this piece of extravaganza.
.Yes we will Katy" resumed he'
brother; "tan't often We taste anything
but dry bread and cheese, and haven I
forgotten that its your birth day, sis
YOU re ten years old to-day. Besides yor
need something to puta shade Of colo'
into those checks; aud the doctor sale
YOU must have something to tempt YOU
appetite E..
head as he spoke.
"How lovely that rose is, to De sure
It's almost as good as company TO you
KATY. isn't Are you willing ! shoult
leave you alone for little while dear =
ayes, jamie, / don't mind it much,
she answered, with deep weary sigh
..but be back as soon as possible, please.
And her wistful, hollow eyes watchc'
him from the room with that earnest
startling look thatowe only find benestl
the very shadows Of Death.
Down at the piers all was confusion
and uproar, busy passengers hurryin'
| from newly arrived boats-surbld water at
dashipy and roaring against messy posts
svayiny crowds, and loud, dissonan
voices. created q small bedlam around n
docks, aud little Jamie wandered aroun'
with his board of fruit, feeling veryolone
" and bewildered. lie had piled up IN
golden oranges with their sunnisst sid
inward he had polished the red-cheeke
apples until they shonc like mirrors ye
nobody stopped 10 buy.
carriage, sir Z" " Take you TO tn
Astor House 7" 'sUp Broadway 9in
4 twinkling, ma am" "Ere's your Erald
| Tfibune and Times. Latest steamer frol
Europe Have paper, sirW
Poor jamie! amid all this tumul.
what chance has he had Of being noticed
He had pick out thesvery bunch Of grape
that he had intended fos Kate, - lal