Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1871-1872, 1871-12-11

and where my father lived. l thougn'
Would be a good loke for the young scam
10 ind me missing in the morning l uo
NOT care for all have suffered myseit, ou'
nv dear father and mother, and more than
ali else, my precious Grandma, who doated
an me so fondly;-they will mourn more tor
nv hidden disappeArsnce than if had died
and they had known my last hours were
naaoefai. Dear Miss Dale what can L.
rhat ought to do ?" Miss Dale in reply
said. Ego home by oil means Ada con
tinued, II have been here four months, and
II | should return and be accused OF sins OF
which am as innocent as an angel should
fall dead at their feet" Miss Dale requested
her to keep quiet and make no disclosure
10 any one. and leave the arrangement OF
plan 10 her She could not know the pc.
cularities of her friends, but surmised they
nigh, be of the same impulsive character
"A their child. As Miss Dale WAS 10 have
two weeks vacation, she proposed to Ada
that she would take Christmas as the time,
and visit her friends with her. The poor
child could scarce contain herself She
cried, she laughed, she danced, aud as il
her heart was bursting to give vent to her
feelings, she clAsped her arms about the
and sobbing said, "you are the good angel
prayed for, bat | dared not believe the
good Father would answer my prayers after
| have been such q vain and thoughilsss
child. have sinned against more kind
ness, more love, than any child you ever
saw. never had a want they did not antic-
ipAtc and supply before | expressed them.
Even my pony was purchased before | had
spoken Of IL, and was sent to Augusta TO my
father, bat be did not tell me till afterwards.
| Will they forgive me? This is sl | think
Of or care for. | know they will believe
you sincerity is stamped on your every
feature. You have the date Of my arrival
here, and can take il with you, and let them
see that have been under the protection OF
/ the Institution All this time. | cannot de-
/ SCRIBE TO you the misery and the perfect
wreiohedness | suffered before you came
/ here. Old Lady Flanders had been here
only q few days when | came. She appear
ed as tmid rs though she had been In a
cage Of wild beasts. She did not know
enough Of human nature TO Judge correctly
Of character. She did not know the power
Of kindness to subdde the most refractory
She expected TO command and he obeyed,
but soon found herself powerlessto do good
She would 20 into tantrums If we sang al
the close OF the evening lessons, which had
always been closed with singing and prayer
before she came here. She said no songs o.
praise should so mp from such fallen cres
lures while she WAS present, and so that
part Of the service was discontinued. She
had not Learned that praise is prayer, and
prayer is faith, and fAl.h hath wings to bear
the soul up 10 God. Her arbitrary rules
we're certain to make US more refractory
and obstinate than ever. hated her Gs
told you before and lost no opportunity 4
annoy her Ada seemed happy, even jubi
lsnt a, the thought Of going home. Sd,
would weep and laugh at the same breath
as her thoughts carried her back to the des
old home Of a kind father, mother su,
Grandma. What if they had bees hidden il
the grave since she left. What If their 81
tecuonRte hearts had been broken by III
q thoughtless child they loved so well Al
! these reflections would come uubiddeu an
make her wretched amid Der iov. She be
: gan to count the weeks, the DAYS and ther
the hoars before she should be on her wa
home. Miss Dale bough, neat trsveilu,
dress for her, and when she tried % on sh,
3
f, said, Miss Field, ! believe. les 1t is MIS-
, Field turned quAkeress, al in drtb don
you look funny, Miss Mischief" The tim
had arrived for them TO start on their Jour
ney. Miss Dale had informed a embe
Of the Board that she was about to take be
vacAiion and her place would be filed b,
one Of the managers. They we're TO leav,
on the early train, and we're st the depot q
six o'clock. They we're whirled away al .
rapid speed. Ada was silen, and in a deer
reverie. After g few hours ride, she turned
to Miss Dale and with tears in her ewes. and
her voice choked with emotion. enduired fl
she had come prepared to take her back
| If her friends received her col6ly She con
tinued, IL cannot stay if they DO not love
me "a they used to- Il would be a living
death to me- MISS Dale replied that 50
far as means 10 retOrn we're concerned she
was fully Supplied, bat to take her back hsd
To be Continued