The herald. (Smyrna, Del.) 1870-1871, 1870-12-03

IDS 9hClsJhy NlRuI We WISH lc bnih
with The little girls whose parents may
read this chapier, or who may be able to
read It themselves. 1t s about n little
girl in the great city Of New York.
We want little girls in the country to
read it, and 20 tell us, as some of them
will, if they had not rather live in little
homes there thin here in the city, where
the houses are all ina row, and wheie
whole families Of poor folks live in eel
lars, garrats, and little rooms, not so
large ns the kitchen or diniRg-room
where thousands Of the little girls We
are writing to eat their dinners or sup
pers.
This afternoon the air was raw and
cold. Overcoats, shawls, and furs. felt
good. We were in our room uptown,
two miles away from the downtown
Office. where the men work over types
and presses to print the paper. In the
CRATE nice csal fire burned brightly,
and we were working at our writing,
thinking how glad we were that S,tur
day night had come again, 80 we could
rest. excepting 10 write our regular
chape ers after dark, when there was a
little timid, tiny knock oil the door so
light and softly We hardly no;icedit.
Then there was another little knock.
ST. we arose from the desk and opened
the door, for it is not polite 10 shout
aloud-."coae ill.," when one eau step
aud Cpen the door.
A little girl not nine years old came
in. She was poor little girl, with
coarsc clio, hes, and tired lsok on her
fIce.
"Com. in, little one. Come 10 the fire
aud be warmed. What is your manner"
She told us, and told where she lived
aud that her father was killed III war,
and that her poor mother was sick.
"What do you doi'
''I work in milliner shop on Four
teenth street, SIR"
Are you little milliner to make lit
tie hats and bonnets7"
mo, sI; only carry home the work
for the ones who come to buy things OF
tne madsn."
"Whnt have you in that bandbox, all
..rhat is n hat-box, sir. carry noIns
hats and bonnets in it,"
"Ah! seS. You are IA little errand-
boy7'
mo, sir. A little errand-girl."
~ mean little errsnd girl to do boys
work."
"Y-s, SIR"
"HYw much do You sarn?"
The madam pays ms two dollars q
week"
"What do you do with the money!"
"Tnke it holne to my poor mother"
"W vt does she dO7"
"She works at anything VIXEN sne is
well enough
"WhAt kind of work."
"Sewing for anybody that wants her
to-"
"IIow much does she earn?"
IL dDn't know, sir. Sometimes four
or five oiiars week, whec she is
WE'LL"
"Do you have many errsnds tc 0o!"
"Yes, sir. must be there vt O'Clock
i'm the m ,rning, aud keep busy till q At
night."
well, you don't have to be running
around all day, do your
"Yes, sir. get back, then so right
out again somewhere else."
"Weil, tell me what you came here
for. Hay. YOU bundle or bonnet
for me7"
"Nu, sir. am al the way from For
ty.first street here Sixteenth streep sf.
ter tooK a hat nome for n lady, to nee
YOU. then / will run again, to lose 40
time"
"wel, little one, what can do for
your
81 don't know, sir. A man who gave
me this little shawl said if would come
To you mayb he you would give me pair
of little shoss, for maybe you had little
girl who had some all worn Gut for her,
but could wear thein."
On her little feet we've shoes much too
large for ner-given her by young la
DIV, They blstered her feet. and she
said the hurt her 90 when she walked
she could hardly step. And she showed
: us where the blisters were, rsw and
painful
'Thst is pretty bad when you have to
walk 80 much. You have been away up
to Foriy-first stroet!'
: 80! that is not much, sir. Yesterday
| went up to Harlem, and last week l
went up to Harlem twice-uP TO One
Hundred and Twenty-ninth street, be-
tween Second and Third avenues"
Itisawalk of five miles there aud five
miles bnck.
Did you no there to carry bundles
for the madam who hires your"
"Yes SIR"
II should think she would pay your
car-isre-tive cvnts each way"
"Sne Gays she can't afford it, and If
cant walk she will get suo hvr girl TO dc
errands."
"And you have to stop OH the way'''
"Yes, sir-with two bundles,
, Then she told us more-how poor her
mother WAS, and how they had TO 60
hungry, and sleep on the aoor. 1t took
us but few moments to 40 down stairs,
and then over into Third avenue, where
q shoemaker said he could fit he, and he
did very nicely. We had no time ia
wait and see, but Hbe ran back to tell us
f she had them. and how happy her meth
! err and she were. She came after the
days work Was done, then went TO rest