The Hancock Jeffersonian. [volume] (Findlay, Ohio) 1857-1870, 1863-11-27

Inc gentieihan ana lady re-appear-
cd. There's that girl hanging about
here yet" Anna heard him say.
ooh! father replied the young la
dy, "she is eating a loaf of bread that
she bought with the change you gave
her"
"Well let her go home, and cat il
properly then. She's not starving
now certainly" lie said.
HONE
The plate glass door Of their house
had only just closed after them, when
Anna espied upon the pavement la
dy's watch, dropped doubtless, by the
bright rich girl who had just disap-
peared. She raised it, and held it for
a moment in her hand. Within that
small enamcled thing was hid food,
warmth, clothing, shelter What won.
der if her eyes fingered upon IL, and
her brain grew dizzy with temptation
Let us not attempt to estimate that
conflict, we who have never shiveretl
homeless and hopeless outside of a
rich mans door. Anna had taken q
step to restore the watch, when out
hustled the tall gentleman.
''IIere, police, police, my daughter
has lost her watch, stolen, l think
likely by II girl who--Oh! here she is.
behind this post.
The watch was in Annals hands
Every fortunatc!' said Mr.. Miller
"But how hardened, as well as adroit
you must be, to steal from one who
stopped to give you a kind word"
"Belicve me-" implored Anna. II
did not steal it. The lady dropped
it."
Nonsense 1t would have shiv
cred in a thousand pieces. You'd do
much better to confess it "
" 7 seed her ronnd," not nuortnr
of an hour ago, and told her to be off,
but she lnowed what she wanted to
be at too we'll for that"
so! bemerciful T. shrieked Anna,
wildly, Il am innocent. l can get
no work. l am starving. am per-
ishing with cold. You will not even
let me warm myself by any Of your
fires.
Nonsense" said Mr.. Miller.
"Come along without any fuss,
young woman" said the officer.
Anna looked from one harsh brow
to another. All light of hope went
out of her heart. Her hands and her
head dropped, and the officer halt
carried her to the station-housc She
tainted away when she arrived there,
and they laid her on one of those
beds which never get cold, occupied
as they are by such continual success.
s,io-r vf dirty u0iso.ne outcasts. Incro
she, the child of q clergyman, educat-
ed, refined, spent the day and night
along with the vicious, the debased,
the intoxicated. The next morning
she marched into the police court
with the crown Of wretches.
"What is your name?' asked the
magistrate,
She could not give the honorable
name of her dead father Mary
Jones'" Il blush for the falschood dy-
ing her checks.
cit is astonishing what number
of Mary Joneses we see here" said
the judge. "Well Mary, what have
you to say TO this charge p
81 found the watch on the side
walk, sir" answered Anna, almost
inaudibly.
Pound it? o! that's the old sto
ry."
But her words were corroborate(
by two boys, who had seen her TAXI
something from the pavement, ant
Mr.. Miller declined to prosecute til,
charge, so the conclusion of the judg,
was, "You may CO." 1t seemed {
matter of indifference to her, so ut
terly broken down was she. The,
helped her to leave the court, ant
Mr.. Miller followed her. Fastcnin,
upon her wan tace look of pity, h
said, MY poor girl, l should like t.
do something for you. What is i
that you want p
IL want to be kept from losing tn
next world rs ! have this.
Here, go to my house and ask 70
my daughter" said he, giving her
card.
Margaret" said Miss Miller, t,
her chamber maid, after she read tn
words on the card, and heard of Gom
of Annals hardships, couldn't yol
find q room for this girl in some lodg
ing house2 There must be man.
such houses for poor people, / think
/ - dare say, men," returned Mar
garet, "but I'm not used to goinI
about them places, men,"
Haven't You q sister who keep
house? asked the young lady, 'couldn'
she take her for little while?'
u The chamber maid tossed her head
81 don't think she would, mel. Sh
lives very respectable, does my sis
ter"
81 don't know what to do" sal
Miss Mill, perplexed.
But when Anna next spoke, Inc
words We're wild and incoherent,-
Her sufIerings for the past few day
had been too much for mind and body
and she was now fairly delirious.
When Mr.. Miller came home, i
sent for carriage, and had her take
to the hospital. There, two days a
ter she died-Peferson's Magazin
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