, 1870-05-28

i: new tabernacle, and said she WAS sfrsy In
in the hands OF tho deyouring wolf. Knew
meant ne, go I jumped down and asked hi
~ to fight, and he made of tolersbly quick,
can tell you. But Polly's never been tho san
After that. She goes to their meetings 1cg
larly, md says buying grocery after sundo7
on Saturday Is wicked, and that kissing
wicked. For al that, she's thick Is thieT
with the scamp that gave us the tract, .,
ahe sent mo letter 10 say ne weren't to I
It's this:
r. "DEAR jazz: write this To say that car
have you. You're Too tull OF teah aud ~
so71's;; you're too much Of the toorsd. You.
too fond OF rafting. Remember, Jaar, ne
IT. IT, no sa'rsm dogs ~ ~ eexsiial ely.
you again; but minister says Il you'll pplow I
that proud, stony heart, and Aai his forely
ness for What you said, thereT be : hops I,
soaa 5 stil! 4, Yours truly, Pour Howx:
next y xask. u In so'ns to be married to minist
: Wei, Jou may be suza !. didn't attend Il
!, [ Wedding; but onn day passing by their chape
got paper thrust into my hand, and four
: i Wss tract called The Rostgh's Road 10 Rv;,
Itead three pages; but when found it sal
that only they who vent to th1t chapel woul
so to heaven, and thai ninety-nine out c
every hundred OF us must be lost, / lust lai
it down, for thinks to myself, il there was
, lockout. but the masters offered to keep n
on st high wage, / wouldn't without the ott
ets; Neither would run away from hghI
but stick By my mates, even Il got worst on
. for that's what / call doing what's right Bu
II SO be i means aueadng of, and sxyinI
one'e.self By dropping On other people, why
it ain in ny line; and 30 tore tho tEact up
and lit my pipe With it,
ionn be wondering now, perhaps, how old
am. A bit 1ess than you think It's likely, TO
We factory lads mostly do onr courtlng youae
know NAs born on the first of August an
ny own notiou is tt,at I'm twenty, but il may
ba year more OF less: amt quite sure
ANYHOW, its five years good einco first cam,
to Truebndge.
catne with another fellow, as said before
for father was gone, and the mills knocking oil
to half-Pay, and having notion to see ths
world, Thought might as well tramp about q
bit to find out what was doing in other parts
Bal jenkins w&s al orphan, same as 1, and
thought with me- that it wasn't any uso to stay
and be starved. So, having talked Of it times,
VIC fixed at last to start On Sunday. ia got
sixteen eMllings, for sold OF every stick IA
ther had left, as al that WAS Of no use to mo /;
and Bill he'd got eight or nine-I forget which
we'd jolly time Of it at dEst !; only, try as we
| would, there wasn't any thing to do. People
were everywhere discharging their own work
| people, 60 that we strangers had but a poor
| chance.
Well, We went On aud on, edu the ss1no,
only that our money Was quite eone then We
| separated. Bill thought therefd. ba a chance
| up London-wsSr and struck or, to the west,
because I'd heard things were beginning to
look up q bit abont there.
! sing for & living that was tho day after "a
] parted with Bill. It was in . big town, and /
| felt fit to choke With shame. Id sung through
all the best streets without taking anything,
and began to be precious bad, when heard
' Here, boy" md there waa All old woman
sssndng At her door With . cup Of tes and
some bread and butter. Didn' tuck in lust,
and didn't bless the old lady when I'd doue,
and she gave mo threepence for bedi
Il garo mo haar, that did, to so on, though
thing Was better than staring to rot at the
worEhonse, where they bring you down with
bullying and poor food, till the p1ucK's all out
OF you, and you Ain't fit for aught but to be \
psapes.
So it came about at last, after I'd been in
this way about a fortnight, that ono day got
to the town OF Truebridge. 1t was well on in
tho evening, pretty duskish; and Is I uade
point Of not begging till I'd asked for work,
because, Like enough. onc's uuatos would kocp
it up against you, 1slouched down High street,
on The darkest side; the one or two bobbies t
passed looking after me- pretty sharp. and the
baker, where l went to buy loaf with my last
brown, watching me and his bread aa il he
thought was maguetizer, and could mos-
merize his threepence .hakpenny crusties into
my cap aud pockets without touching them.
Presently, came to the bridge, and looked
over. There was black, smelly fiyer. such as
~e have in LAncaahire, and several tall Chin
neya, so knew they did some kind u factory.
work. Ia no money to pay for lodging, and
Thought might happen on an empty shed by
keeping along tho banks. I went: through
turnstile, and passed two or three Of tho great
buildings full Of windowB, reminding mo Of
homo, and the time when thought Ill tramps
we're thieves, and held it great sport to 50 out
thon mad with chaff aud poa-shooters-
After Ia got on bit, the river got htoader, and
branched into two-at least IT. seemed so at
first; only when I'd como there found it Was
turned oil along it. Tor therp looked to be
something Of stsck ahead; when, passing
clump OF witty trees, who should Soc on the
other SIDE but little chap fehing away all by
himself. I stood to look, for he didn't sec me,
but kept pulling them out quite fast. with \
on bis hook, He'd soon got shout dozen, OF
two or three ounces each: mud thcy lay jump
ing about on the grass, near getting in again
sometimes, only be didn't saom to care, tut
went on hard as ever.
My mouth waterod, for though they were
bread; and don't know but Whist, il
he'd been on the same side OF the
water, mightnt have taken them without
more said, though. I'm to1erably honest. too,
Put hunger does tE one, and no mistake.
tey!" ..
lie looked up,, undoipg his line, and w1ap-
ping the fish n grass. and then be t4gnn to
cross the brook On stepping stones, With tho
water about up to bis kneos, and then ho came
oa ~ bold * brass, and ssyB he: ';Who are
Jou ~
You may guess I wasn't much ur fpz laugh
ing but did grin . bit at the check Of that
mite, for be was bead and shoulders less than
me, his shirt Naa black and ragged, and his
didn't quite look tho sort Of chap to he afraid
of. Wei, told him Was fellow down il
luck and, eaysI: "Tn trouble.you for one
or two Of tham aah; there's more than you'n
cat J9aPs h 81 saA1s5 sSonta .a.,. ,o,,x yon,ra
Just the eh.p want. Come On to my tower,
and II Try EN-, and give you . bed too"
- Where's that 7" I SAIL, Tor thought he
was trying to humbug.
So he pointed to 1ainsa DID mil and We
vent M l on, keeping good lookout thai. be
Presently, Wa came to, the door Of the mill,
It stood right out among fields, and WAS built
of wood It VAS quite broken down. only
bit Of one Of the sai.a standing. When we'd
got in, saw there VAS fresh STRAW. on the
= bed. Til. looked pine, I
thought, az threw myself In snug corner,
and watched the younker build mp i bit Of
fle, and set the 6BE to cook On broken sauee-
pan I'D. Thoy did just Hmen good, though
s55sd bsa Spora my Hist So ns e ssss 2
the pan. Whan SAN that didn't stop Tor
any asking, but whipped out my loaf, and
seized the biggest BY The tail, crunching Like
fellow does who's not eaten for six hours.
Nov, I'll 80 for Eagle Eyo,," ssys the hddy.
minute there ran in enc Of the rummiest Ill
lie dogs I've ove1 seen. It was : long, brown
spotted one, with crooked legs aud \ tat head,
something Ike good-natured bull When it
saw me it stopped short and wsg9ed it's stump
then its master sheaedat the door, and it went
.We vent On eating good while without
talking, though ssw the youngster mas eye
ing nc ca15ouslg- At iaat, when the three Of
h fssssa bsS Id r ssi Es ss se vh
Srhey ca1l mo Jake" saia "down our
way, though won't swear I was christenod
"what funny name! Well, Jake, let's
s@oks The Pipe Of peaeees s.,,r :, th.+,s Whit
you mean, - says 1; and pulled ont ehort
black clsy, and half Al ounce OF rag I'd saved
since morning. Bob took mp wooden thing
made from tie branch OF hes, filed and
lighted it, putting sway as grave az Judge.
''Now tel Us your story" said Bob, Then
| we'd both got well s1ight.
began to rather like the little chap,
| he'd got such good cheek, 81 Just
| .old him all about it-how that ! WAS on the
| lookout for work, and tho rest, be and the
Il they qulte understood what MAS saying.
Now, says Bob, "rn tell 5ou who I am."
Then he told me- how that bis mo her died
when ne was born, and his father married
asnn that they were pretty well Of but his
year hgo, and now ahed taken to drink, end
drove him out Of the house, 90 that he didn't
80 home once afortnight, but just lived - best