Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-01-28

rsss. Hastily donoisg . ,ssyS spsos, y
- 70 psrsly conceal ny misfsssosS : bar-
ried with my tear swollen fsss 70 tAs
chapel. a5 ri Va .b09 ~ 3uui9ad m15i
Perhaps the lady teacher nssieed =,
distres, ! I never dared ask her how much
she read Of my ,roubls, ID ny coustsnsocs
But a We walked together towsrd he,
boarding place, she called ne ia.o he'
parlor. zi in s1taMsA j@ T57Giat
II have noticed" J" said she, THAT you arr
quick At your n.sdle. and ready in A,,ine
I need = little assurance ID mating shis
dressing gown, and my a,Antsu-mabsr h
ovsrsso,'ksd with work. Can ySs asPAss 1
fs~ hours on Saturday for to help Ss with
itf @.s@. e'a"E ~ @o&@H a-"af Hal"1a
I stammered out some answer, and wen,
home, only partly relieved Of nv distress.
But on that ensuing Saturday after had
finished her robe, she stepped TO her closet,
and bringing from thence q feecy white
fabric. laiI it in my hand. 7 z1~Emro sv4
:" | ought not to take your time without
some compensation, especially just now,
when il is 20 valuable 10 YOU" said she
sweetiy. "Perhaps you can make thi.
useful in some way. next week" ..nFa
l could have bust into tears. and fallen
on her neck, my heart swelied up 50 high
with Joy aud gratitude At ,ba. moment. ~
But | only thanked her A. we'll bred girl
should, and sobbed out my ecs.acies in m !,
own little room. You may believe me or
not. but tell you that the gift Of tha,
haif-worn dress was the crisis Of my des.
tiny. Without il. would have sunk into
desp,ndencv-perhsps gone back into iu-
significance. Win that, and the encour
agemsnts, the success, aud the brighter
prospects that resulted, / have bccome---
what you know me-"
"The angel Of Glen Street Seminary
the noblest girl in the world - cried Viz.
ginia. But how came You here? and
why did you never tell me all This beforeY'
"One question at . time, dear, l came
here to fit myself for teaching at the South
whore l hope you will some day find me
. situation near ynurself-whose earnings
| must appropriate to the education Of nv
brother, the youngest Of the tbirleer, who
are now scattered far and wide over the
world. Our father is no more
But, Virginia, l did net tell this story
for my cwn sake. only mean, to show
you that I had right to know how much
little money can accomplish. have
seen the day when five dollars would have
seemed to me fortune; when it would
have bought for me more happiness, more
solid benefit. than will, perhaps the 6ve
thousand-which your father expects to
spend "a his European tour next year
to him and you. know more than one
to whom it would be fortune now. ]
know, too, how little Nelly Grey is s,rug
Cling between sensitiveness and poverty
| know how OF others among US, I could
name to you, are running their health and
eye.sight, and sinking into despondeney,
for want Of what few dollars would bring
them. They will not complain; and there
in lies the nobility of their struggle. II
they are sustained a. the sinking point
they, and such as they, will make the
standard woman, wives and mother. OF
our age. They are not only here, they
are scattered over our Northern country
Heaven help them! Now. Virginia, this
Christmas bounty is at your own unques:-
,ionable disposal. Will gold .hmbles and
por.emonaies weigh against the happiness,
perhaps Of life time, which you can now
in a delicate way, confer upon few Of
those struggling sisters ?"
"Only tell me who, Marian = said Vir.
ginia, lifting her swimming eyes. nev
er dreamed before what it was, to be poor,
aud . school girl"
Christmas will dawn brightly on some
hearts. Who will win ike blessing
Oh, sisters there are more wants in the
world than the want Of food and raimen,
to claim our charity. No fictitious story
Of y school girl struggles can rival the
hundred histories &c like trial il real life,
to which have li>teneh. Let Education
spread her arms vet more widely and freely
in oar blessed land. especially 10 gather
in the . daughters" who shall thus Indeed
prove polished corner stones ia the
temples Of our liberties I.
ARrEMUs WARD AT OBERLlN.-O OberIin
is grent place The Kolriye opens Will,
u prare AID the New York Tribune is red
A knlleckshun is then taken up to buy
oyerkoats with red horn buttons on them
for the idigent kullnred people OF ksnady.
| hav to kon,ribit liberAlly TO the gloriou,
work, ~ they kawl 1t heAr. A. the board
in house tho kuliured people sta At the
6rst table. What they leeve is made into
hash for the white people. As don,
like the iden Of eatin my vit,les with mig
gers, I set at the round table, and the con
sequence il I've devowered 70 much hash
that my ;nard, are in highly mix, up
kundishun. Fish bones hav made there
appearance all over my body and potator
peelins air springin up all thru my hare.
However. I don't mind il. I'm si,tin
along we'll in . pecuniAry pint Of view. -
The Kollidgs has konfersd upon me the
honery title Of X. T.. Of which | am sutli.
ciently rrowd. Unless l go to GseAwy
county. I shall be in kleveland next week.
Fairweh. Where ere Rome lie never
forgit thee. I wArnt you To git out my