Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1868-07-31


INTO those great, asking eyes, with face 50
full oi tender pity that 1t was almost as if
G1l smile sh9ne out of 1t.
There must have been magnetism in that
tn.h. ior never before since this child drew
ia- first breath. had she yielded 50 readily to
amy uluauce. The hands unclasped them
>eiN- ANA dropped 10y her side. long breath-
.am. heavily. al intervals. and still no words
from the suang P lady only her pity and
Che gentle touch.
The mauon, standing in the door. looked
uu iu anxious surprise. expecting. every mo-
mtut. tl -r Nanny spring up, use her fists
Justify. and then. with that ugly. ieering
laugh a. hers, vanish away. But no there
she -lt. growing every moment more limp,
and apparently ilcirs,- apparently only ly-
for. in uuth. INTO her shrunken and attenu-
a..l iume the true life was for the first time
coming. lrUH- iu from those finger tips,
streaming down from the light Of love and
pity u those soft blue ewes.
- Poor Iittle Nanny '' No punishment.
d r.iTu.cH. not even hunger. and cold, and
u seIuo-- .aituchcd her true nature like
tee three words. uttered in that pleading,
plying t.ue-
IS Nha-'~ ,le matter with Nanny D" the
Ia.F asked again. after q time had passed.
which seemed SD very. very long to Nanny.
lsrt even then She lid not answer. or if she
liI. It.y WAS only hy the dumb tremblingofher
Ir.
e. trc ... ~...
E..uy shook her bead
.. t-.N.u hungry 2'
~It.e bead shaken only I'm reply.
d. What Is it YOU want 3' for the qs,,ug
..t t'lt la-. and 9I tdu-. ewes there was no
la.atin- . Uu't Is afraid to tell me-.
Wmtd .- l-uI- Nanny want 9''
Then came auiycin. 0f her whole body
d. wa-a-i il it answered. while the child's
t.i.. Was silent. s.. Every thing. ererv tbiug.
Nome. friends kindness. God"
Poor Nanny It did seem as if God had
rr- -t.u Oh. lir-Ie uutcasc Lal dropped her
from among His child world had barred the
....r-aiu-- lar that lei into Iii, beautiful
Kingdom uf heayen.
AIl efforts ou the hdv', lart tl draw Nan
rv t-lay int. anylliu. Ike conversation,
u.r. Iru.tle-s. She only answered by mods.
UP rIy -.n. other uumistakahe bodily signs.
50. after Spending all the time with her
that WAS at he. command she reluctantly
rut Der head hack again upon the doorstep
anil ls.ther there
W..n the -Ilul of the carriage had died
AWAY. Nanny drew her.tlfvith difficulty 10
the .-,t, and sat down un the rrasS. looking
-lr,,y mn, rl.,. road where it had di.aprear,
.l ~net1inr more than the carriage and
U.r lady lad zone. hut had Nanny been ask.
I'd she could not have told what.
When Boz dinner bell ruug she went in
aud mt down in bier place as If She had never
-1u AWAY. been severely punished. and then
So strangely cImt,rtcL Many of the paup-
c.- spoke o. hey. generally in a peevish,
alit-tnliu- way bat for the first time they
received uI wicked -aHcv answer. She seem
eI ts -r.pc the way for her food from the Ia
H.a o. her mouth. and her eyes had a strange
look. which made the matron conclude a few
er v.t~ -1 he the end of this last e~capade.
Before night, however, Nanny was quite
herself again and when she threw down
John Coles pipe and then stepped on II
laughing. a- the tears came into the old
mans eyes at his great loss. and then snatch
aI Ms. tadv's snuf-box out -of her hand
running rom the reach of her crutch, and
u.--ug lis contents into the cats eyes, The
maru gave herself uJ further anxiety about
Iar. and Nanny went o. her bed in the kitch-
cn garrett. close under the caves. apparently
the same IaI child.-onlv in the darkness.
aH..e tHc nibhIiug of the mice and the
-tauIarins Of the rats, she heard the word'
'' Poor little Nanny and wondered at them
taking them into her hard, lonely bed with
ler.aud feeling i'm them a strange, new sense
of cmrauian-hip and comfort.
Eary next morning. when Nanny wa.
' chasing every LAYING hen from its nest. she
SAW. through the crack. Of the big old barn.