The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1868-12-22
RICHMOND, WAYNE CO., END..

&c fp- enc rlragerneht
w "a frst to the c1fe where many
French anI I'slans eat the breakfast.
Thsv like nv Jnusic. and often give me
s;ue Of hot c,,T g, which | like much.
You too shall ave the sips, aud per
hans the pennias, 1or these people are
,.rativ Xix. H. said Tonmo, leading her
i.1o a large smoky place. where many I
pe,pie sat at little tables. eating and
drinking. See. now, have no fear; give t
them Bella Monica;' that is merry, and
will make the laugh, whispered rommo, |
tuning his harp.
For moment. Tessa felt so frlgilten-
ed that she wanted to run away; but sue
remembered the empty stockings at
home. and the lonely place, and she re-
solved not to give it up. One fat old
Frenchman nodded to her, and it seemed
TO help her very much; for she began to
sing before she thought, and that was
the hardest part of it. Her voice trem
hied. and her cheeks grew redder and
redder as she went on; but she KEEP. her
| ewes fixed on her old shoes, and so goS
| through without breaking down, which
was very nice. The people laughed
for the song was merry; and the fat man
smiled. and nodded again. This gave
her courage to try another, and she sung
better each time for Tommo played his
hest and kept whispering to her, Yes;
we 90 WE'LL this is fine. They will give
the money and the blessed coffee.
SO they did; for, when the little con
cert was over. several men put pennies
in the cap Tessa offered, and the lat
man took her on his knee. and ordered
mug of coffee, and some bread ana
butter for them both. This quite won
her heart; and when they lett the CATE
she kissed her hand to the old French
man. and said to her friend, How KIND
they are! l like this very much; ana
now it is not hard.
But Tommo shook his curly head, and
answered, soberly. Yes, l took you
there first, for they love music. and are
of our country; hui up among the great
!, houses we shall not always 90 well. be
people there are bnsy. or hard, Or ldle,
and care nothing for harps ana songs
Do no. skip and laugh too soon; for the
day is long, and we have but twelve pen
nies yet
;. Tessa walked more qricsiy, and ruiz
g bed her cold hands, feeling that the
world was very big place, and won
!. derine how the children got on at home
>. without the little mother. Till noon
= she; did not earn much, for every on
90 seemed IN a hurry, and the noise 0
many sleigh. l}eIls drowned the music
, SlowIv they ma ie their way up to tn
great SQUARES where tie big houses were
with fine ladies' and pretty children
:. the windows Here. Tessa sung al
-. her best songs, aud Tommo played
fast as his fingers coud fly; but 1t wa
too cold to have the windows open, s
= the pretty children could not listen lon
and the ladies tossed out a little money
- and soon went back to their own affairs
- All the afternoon, the two friend
"A wandered about, sing ing and playing
,a and gathering up their small haryes
"A At dusk, they went homc-Tessa
:, hoarse, she could hardly speak, and 8
:. tired. she fell asleep over her suppe
:, BIT she had mad half q dollar. fe
Tommo divided the money fairly, an
u she felt rich with her share. The oth'
=. DAYS were very much like this; som
times they male more, sometimes les
but Tommo always "went halves" All
- Tessa kept on, in spite OF cold an
weariness, for her plans grew as h
- earnings increased. and now she hope
-, to get useful things. instead of cand
az and toys alone.
cir On the day before Christmas, 81
bt M ade herself as tidy as she could, f
,is she hoped to earn o good deal. -
en- tied a bright scarlet handkerchief ov
ari tue old hood, and the brilliant color S
ia off her brown cheeks and bright eye
he as well as the pretty black hrasas Of h
try hair Tonmo's mother lent her pa
the of boots so big. hat they turned up
the toes, bu: there were no holes
the '"e'n' anu
:, whole boots. Her hands were cover
with chilblains, for she had no mitter
Ter
30 but she put them under her shawl. ~
-, scutti ed merri.y away in her big boo
"a feeling so glad that the week was ov'
and nearly three dollars safe in b
4, pocket How gay the streets were tn
80. day. how brisk every one was, and h'
her pris'it 'ie '''oes '''Ae t'Pe
90 ted aboi,t with big baskets. holly wreat
aG and voi,nU eyprprecns going to blOSSl