Fayette County herald. [volume] (Washington [Washington Court House], Fayette County, O. [Ohio]) 1860-1???, 1868-03-26

sol, and tells me to turn back.
GAN right, num-" ] says, IN,
takes 'em back another way, alIer
following the same plan, and at las
pulls up at the house where / sup
posed they we're dodgers, for that
a rare place for lodgings abou
here. Nh
/ has the young lady leaning ol
my arm when SHE gets ont; wheI
she was at the door she says
"Thank YOU" again, so sweetIy ant
sadly It almost upset me. But thr
old lady directly after asks me fol
the fare, and ] tells her, and sht
gives me sixpence too much. anf
though | wanted to pocket It,
wouldn't, but hands it back.
THANK you, cabman," she says,
"thats for being so kind and at.
tentive to my poor child
"God bless her. num- says /,
81 don't want paving for that"
Then she smiles quite pleasant,
and asks me if It would be worth
ms while to call the next afternoon
| if it was fine, and / says it would
and next day, just in the same way.
| goes right off past Primrose hill,
and, seeing as what they wanted
was the fresh air, | makes the best
of my way right out, and then, when
we are amongst the green trees,
Kangaroo and me takes it easy,
and Just saunters along. Going up
the hill ! walks by his head, and
picks at the hedges, while them two,
seeing as took no notice Of 'em,
got to taking no notice O. me.
mean, you. know, treated me as il
we was old friends, and asked ques-
tions about the different places we
passed. and 80 on.
Bimeby I drives 'em back, and
the old lady again wanted TO give
something extra for what she called
my kind consideration but, mo,
Stevey," l says to myself, "if you
can't do a bit Of kindness without
being paid for it, you'd better put
up shutters, and take some other
trade So / wouldn't have it, and
the old lady thought / was offended,
but l laughed, and told as the young
lady had paid me; and so she had
with one of her smiles; and l said
Id be there again next day if it was
fine. 5.
And so ! was; and so went on,
day after day, and week after week /;
and l could see that though the
sight of the country and the fresh
air frightened the poor girl up a
bit, yet she was getting weaker and
weaker, so that, at last, ! half car
ried her to the cab, and back again
after the ride. One day. while /
was waiting, the servant tells me
that they wouldn't stay in town,
only on account of a great doctor,
as they went to see at first, but rho
came to see them now; and last of
all, when | went to tie house, /
used always to be in a fidget, for
fear the poor girl would be too i'll to
come out. But no; month after
month she kept on. and when held
her, she used to smile so sweetly
and talk so about the trouble she
gave me, that one day, feeling a bit
low, turned quite silly, and hap
pening to look at her mother, stand
ing there with tears in her eyes, I
had to hurry in and get up on to
my seat as quick as l could, to keep
from breaking down myself.
Poor girl always so loving and
kindto all about her-always thank
ing one so sweetly and looking all
the while so much like what one
would think an angel would look,
it did seem SO pidful to see her get
lighter and lighter, week by week
so feeble that at last l used to go
up stairs to fetch her, and always
carried her down like q child,
Then she used to laugh and say,
Don't let me fall, Steven, for
hey got to call me by my name,
md to know the missus by her com
ng in to help a bit; for the old la
ly asked me 10 recommend 'em an
lonest woman, and / lznowed none
lOnester than my wife. And so it
vas with everybody-it didn't mat
er who it Was-they all loved that
,oor girl; and I've had the wife
anne home and sit and talk about
Ter, and Fanny as died, till she's
,een upset, she's cried so terribly,
Autumn come in VERY wet and
old, and made an end to my jobs
here. Winter was very severe.
nut l KEEP on hearing from the mis-
ushew the poor girl was sometimes
,etter, sometimes worse-and the
nissus alwas shook her head very
adly when she talked about her.
January and February went by
erribly cold, and then March came
n quite warm and fine, so that
hings got so forrard youcould buy
adishes wonderfully cheap I'M
April; and enc night the wife tells
ne that if it was fine the next day
s it had been, / was to call and
AXE the old lady and ber daughter |
ut.
Next day was splendid. 1t was '
s fine a spring day. as ever l did t
ee. and ] sticks q caffy-down-dillyI T
/ on each side of Kangaroo's head,
nd spends twopence in couple o
unches O. wilets, and pins en- in P
n the side where the poor girl used p
, sit, puts clean straws in the boots, Ii
nd then drives to the place with .
le TOP lid open, so as to sweeten S
"a ipsida bprnusa swaIIs had heen a