The Lambertville press. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1858-1???, 1861-10-09


signs Of luxury on, every hand.
They walked up wide avenue. =
Elms and oaks threw their branches OF
each side; vines grew around the no
BILE pillars, twisting up to the glitter.
ing windows
!" Susan, give this poor child gooi
supper, she is hungry and tired too,
imagine. After that | will see what
can be done for her."
Susan wore mild face. She look
ed pleasantly down at the poor, tired
little ore, and taking her hand which
trembled now, led her into the kitch
en-.
Meanwhile her story, or that part O
it which we knew, was being told il
the drawing room The sylph like
figure in white, lounging gracefully il
+ the midst Of delicate cushions accom-
panied her narration with expressive
gestures, and now and then little
laugh. s.s
" / should like to know what she is
going to Sing Sing for 7 We must
get her something to wear bonnet,
pair of shoes, aud then may be, we
can manage to have her carried some
way, if her miss or is. of any impor-
lance. Oh! such an odd looking
thing !"
(" Who is that, my daughter 2"
" Oh, papa, you have come home !;
why / was talking about the mite OF a
child, she cannot be more than ten
years old, if that, / saw her out here
sitting on moss-rock, the most forlorn
object. She says she is going to Sing
Sing"
/" met her On the way,p said the
pleasantafaced old man /; she asked me
about it, and | would have stopped
her, but she trudged on. Where is
she 1t was noon when | saw her. :"
I" In sbe kitchen, papa. Susan is
taking good care of her | expect, and
when she has had i hearty supper we
will talk with her, G.fht
A gay trio of young girls came, =
The MEETINGS were put up, the gas
burned brightly, and music and niirth
banished all .thodght oficare Sud-
denly Nell haywood remembered the
little odd figure, and clapped her hands
cried: !" Oh, I've something to show
you, girls" and disappeared.
Susan was picking gooseberries in
the pantry.
4Wberc is the child, Susey 2" asked
Nell haywood 6Ha.
"On the door step, Miss" Susan
said picking away. e 3esas
"Why, no, Susan, there's nobody
| to be SEEN" ~ 81 p.
"Yes, Miss" Susan placed her
pan down, held her apron up to catch
the stems Of the berries, and walked
deliberately to the door. Why, she
a. sometime after supper; ! Thought
she was very quiet child I; let me see
there amt any silver around-I
| should be afraid she'd took something,
they are mighty artfnl
(" Why didn't you tell her she might
stay all night 2" Nell Haywood was
peeping here and there to spy her il
| possible.
Yes. Miss Nell, I .old her what a
good bed there was over the wood
she'd, but she looked so strange out of
them large eyes of hers, and never
seemed to hear.''
"The poor child is in trouble" said
Nell, quite sorrowfpl that she could
not relieve, her necessities. Il would
have given her something to wear,
and we could have sent her to. Sing
Sing, but perhaps she will come back
again, if so, will you send her to
me 2"
" IF she does, ] will, Miss, answer
ed Susan, going at the gooseberries
again. a es
But little Kate did not come back.
Sh3 had been watching her opportu-
nifty to get off, and had already been
| gone sometime. Az night she crept
into some hay ; she would have walk
ed all night, if she had dared, but she
was afraid of the darkness. a"
'"tt Mr.. Warden, there's a queer case
over at my house." said plug look-
ing fellow, meeting the warden OF
Sing Sing prison. We found her in
some out Of the way place, and moth
ing would do but my wife must take
her in, We can't fiLd. out. her name
except that it is Katy, and expect
that she wants to see some one in the
prison. But we can't get anythin.,
out of her,"
Bring her over" said the warden.
My wife is wanting a little girl'fol
help; may be she's just the one" Sc
Kate stoodtrembling more than ever
in few moments, in she presence ot
the warden and jailor Katy was. {
pretty child (; her large blde eyes wore
an expression Of intense melancholy
her hair had been combed and curled
and ONE one had put q. good pair 9
/ shoes on her feet. Y
"Well. my little girl, 2 said the war
den kindly, for he was prepossessed il
her favor, " where have you com
from ~ aa
| 'aNew York; said the child faint
ly.
The men looked at each other in
} credulously.
e" Do you mean to say that yo'
came to Sing Sing from New York Q
foot?D
Yes, sir, said the lid, brighten
} ed at his manner, which had some