The Tiffin tribune. (Tiffin, Ohio) 1868-1887, 1869-06-03

he could not dare, Tor such a cause,
to stint his contributions for tho re {.
lief of the suffering2 Could he af.
ford it Without Nellie, the INDUCED
child of wealthy parents, knew moth.
ing of such anxious thoughts she
only heard the result in the morning
Before he gave her his goodbye
kiss, he said, ia tone a little more
sober than he meant it should be,
"Well, dear, you shall have your
party. You eau bcgiu making your
arrangements at once. Here is q
hundred dollars for the feminine
adornmeut'; will pay Smith and
the music alterward.'
That was all. Johu Stirling had a
sunny, unseltsh temper. and when he
had made up his mind to grant his
wife the indulgence she crayed, it
would not have been like him to spoil
her pleasure by any indication of dis
satisfaction.
Still, as | have hintcd. her intu.
itious were strong, and her nature
sensitive and impressiblc, and she
had a certain sense of having per-
sdaded her husband somewhat against
his own wishes. that rather disin
clincd her to commence her prepara.
tions. 1t was nearly eleven O'Clock
before she dressed herself for the
shopping expedition. She was Just
tying the strings to her elegant fall
bat when she heard a ring at the
door, aud presently a servant came
in with the information that little
child, who had brought home sewing,
waited to see her.
Mrs. Stirling was motherly by in
stiuct, aud her heart warmed at once
to the shy little creature who came
timidly in. 1t was girl not more
than seven years old-quite too
young, Mrs. Stirling thought, to be
trusted alone in the streets but then
she herself had been brought up uu~
der the successive rule Of nursery.
maid aud governess.
She took the bundle from the child's
hand, and said, with the same bright,
kind smile which had wiled John
Strings bachelor heart away:
Where did you come from, and
how did you fud your way here
alone, you poor little thing p
SISTER Annie sent me, ma'am.-
She had done your embroidery, and
she thought, if she could get the
money for it to pay Mr.. Jeukius, may
be he would lot us stay in the room
ill she got little better"
"She is sick, then p
"Yes'm. She didn't feel we'll
enough to como. II has been hard
pttiig along All summer, rGqr. .iiea ID,
lies she works for were almost all
ut of town, aud some of them owing
Ter; aud | spose the worry aud not
ot having much to cat did it,
na am"
Mrs. Sterling lepned toward the
title creature, and looked at her
lore closely. Could it be hunger,
he thought, that made those blue
yes look so large, aud the skin SO
Was this little thing
ctually suffering for bread, and she
Ding to spend FIVE hundred dollars
D one evening, feastiug those who
ever felt want even of dainties p
he knew not what thoughts had
cen in her husbands S mind when he
poke of suffering among the poor.
he said pleasantly:
"Wel child, you must have some
lucheon, aud then will 20 with you
D see your sister. | had better speak
D her about the work"
isn't it right2 Can't you pay
er ?" The child gave a start Of
larm and spoke with premature
omauliuess aud natural appr hem
ions Of misfortune which are among
he saddesl fruits of poverty.
Mrs. Stirling relieved her with
eady sympathy.
"Yes, indeed, the work is all right.
is done beautifullyj but | want to
ee your sister about some Il ore, and
erhaps | can do her some good"
1t wou d have made the kind lady's
cart ache could she have seen the
ngerness with which the half famish
d child devoured the lunch which
as set before her in the kitchen.
In a few moments they were ready
} start. Mrs. Stirling had replaced
er velvet mantle by Scotch shawl,
er French hat by a simple straw ;
nd with basket in her hand con-
lining few danties with which she
oped to tempt the sick giri's palate,
he followed the child across the city
,ward C--street--a locality hiGh-
rto terra incognita to her.
10 a half.dilapidated wooden house,
/ a narrow court, she found the Oh
,et of her search. She went up two
ights Of stairs and entered back
Dom lighted by Que window. The
imosphere struck her. in spite of
er warm attire, with a sudden chill.
Evidently the sun never oIme
here. The dampness on the wall,
he general aspect of gloom aud cheer
'ssness, was only relieved By an air
scrupulous neatnesswhich preyaded
verything. Mrs. Stirling had al.
eady noticed this quality in the at.
re Of the child, which. though cheap
nd poor and patched. was as inmac-
late in its eleanness as her own.
At the window, attempting to sew,
he old sister sat. but she was evil
emily very ILL., Every now and then
spasm Of coughing seized her, which
ompell"d her to lay down her work
nd clasp both hands to her side,
lille the paleness of her thin cheek
ushed into hectic. Mrs. Stirling
I'D not seen her before since spring,
he work returned that morning hav.
ng been sent to her by a servant.
he went to her and sat down in