The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1865-08-31
A STRANGE STORY.

STRANGE STORY.
Kent"rtab1c Adcen1'urS of an Ouirmst
HcUesS-I{er Fortu,te and tier iNts-
fortune.
Many years ago: d young German
couple embarked from tLoir native
shores to try tlcir fortunes in the new
world. An cmiGrant ship landed them
in due time III Now York. Their dos
tination WAS the West, and tlrv came
to Chicago, where they determined to
settle, and hoped to ho able to earn u
livelihood, besides laying something
aside for the future. They both .p-
piled themselves diligently. AMI hv
ddnt OF hard and drndS: :, tod and the
strlctcst ccoaomy they nllniGcl 10 law
up yearly Il small amount, so that in
time they had together saved enough
to make them comparatively inlcpcn-
dent. The years sllccccuc! one an
other, and Iii the course uI time, tirrc
children, two boys and !. Girl, were
given them 10 gladden. their heart; and
Tighten their labnrs
When the girl, She youngest child,
WAS Il year old, the father .,icllenc,l
and died, leaving his widow ;a.l chill
dren enough to enable them to live in
ease and comfort. Time passed on.
and the babe grew up, Il beautiful, in
telliGcnt girl. The eldest Son had lust
reached mans estate, and had cone
forth to glin his livelihood, when Il
second time the dread messenger
crossed the threshold. and The mother,
whose tender care and good counsel
had been lavlshcl upon her children,
was taken from them, and the two
youngest, not able as Yet 10 tread life $
stony road ,lnaided, We're left without
the aid Of her advice and adm mDnitious.
The dying mother committed the two
little ones to the care of IA man whom
she had considered u good friend to
her, az their guardian, with a solemn
injunction, which hepromiscd to obey,
that he would care for them and bring
them up Hardly had the crave
closed over the mothers fcrm before
the poor orphans We're made to f.c|
what sort Of a protector had been
chosen foi Them. The little children.
who, while their mother had lived had
never known a cross word or Il blow,
were now daily and hourly made to
feel the cruelty 81 the man who had
promised to care for them ana rear
them III kindness T;ie hoy Wa, ta,ly
Sent of. to earn his living a., an ar-
prentice to a tob&cconist. while the
girl was not only Obliged to perform
the most menial drudGery, but even
subjected to abuse and punishment.
At length, the tienliSh cruelty of ihe
man took a designing form. He
thought of the property Inherited by
the children, and longing to grasp it
as his own, drove the girl, his ward,
from his door into the street. not car
ing whittier she Went or wha. became
of her, provided she did no. return 10
claim the property which WAS her own.
The little outc.,>t, tnus tlrntl Ilron
the world. sought the advice of lady
who had known her parents in forlner
years, and who obtained for Ilel' a po-
siuion in family as chiid'a atte niant
The child, unaccl,,tomoa to uutic.; "f
this charaete;, proved but Z; poor a.,-
sistant, and he was obi -od t. .a,.i,
place after place. thus matters went
on, the young girl serving many mis-
tresses in whatever capacity she could
make herself useful, herself neglected.
often scolded, and rarely hearing a
kind word addressed TO her so the
Young orphan grow up, until q hort
time ago. and NOW, i'll fer iiit,sntl
yeAl, she vas abruptly Stii:Aarc,d ron
+..s. aitla.t!o.. she was holdin@. ar!r
-.r.-' upan tha ytN@"t For -.ord'r