Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-10-23
Two HOUR in Cas,Ie Gnrdeu.


come tromP | inquired of little How with 4
round, chubby face, who was seated disconsO-
lately on trunk, keeping guard over sa-chel
and an umbrella, all inside of Castle Garden.
Testament and London" was the reply. The
former portion of the answer | could not under
stand. "And where are You going to" asked.
"NOrth Ameriky," replied the boy.
"Why that's hardly any place at ALL You
are there now. But what part of North Amer
ica?"
Don't know-only it's North Ameriky for
sure. Mothers with me, and she's gone to look
after the luggage. | have cot top and a ball
in my trunk, and she has left me here 10 watch
this ere bag and umbrella, and wish she'd
come back, for Pm so hungry, and there was a
man as snatched away Testament lady gave
me on ship-board, and there he goes, and won't
you help me TO get il? 1t amt fair to crib
boys things, is It'll" And here his sturdy An
glo-SaXon nature shown forth, for he doubled
his little fist as il to hit somebody, and then
being but a small child, overcome by the sense
of injustice, he burst into tears. was just be-
stirring myself to Iecapture his book, when from
the centre of the rotunda, emerging from those
cattle pens, where the immigrants are stalled,
| saw a bright, busineSS-like looking little
woman emerge, She smiled pleasantly as
She approached us, but seeing her child
| in tears, straightway inquired the rea-
| son. The statement of the purloined book was
| repeated, and 10 work in an instant she went to
| recover it, following after her TO help, if nee
offending party, tipsy German, was collared,
good shake was given him, the book tumbed
| from bis pocket, and was snatched up by the
mother in an instant. "Tbat's right, johnny"
| she said triumphantly, Sits almost a sin 10
| quarrel over such a good book, but do you al
| ways stick up for your rights, and fight Tor EN-
| ifyOu must. He must be hungry, little deary
| for know | am. There amt no porter or beer
10 be 'ad about ERE is thereP she asked for the
1 first time addressing me- ''NO, man, but you
| can get bread and meat here il you want, andI
| pointed TO a refreshment stand.
| "Its precious little money l have to spare
| That poor boys father was good husband, and
| | never knowd what it was to want anything.
He was mathematical instrument maker, and
| was ADDING we'll, when the Lord took him away
| from us. NV own brother, when he heard of it
| that was twelve months agO-sent for me and
| the boy but 1t was most eight months alOre
| could settle matters. Brothers name is William
| II. - He lives in St. Louis, and is a gunsmith
NAV be you know him. The money he sent is
Just enough 10 take US to him. He is a good
| brother, and has been a-saving for six months
TO get enough together 10 pay the passage
| money. Dear me, what worrit it is TO be a
| lone woman, when theirs luggage to bother
| with Now, you wouldn't mind being so oblig-
| ing as to stay just Ave minutes with the child
| here; there's that same drunken fellow prowl-
| ing around here" and apparently taking it for
| granted that l had complied with her wishes,
| she was off again.
|
JohuDyp asked "Just amt l." "Got any
nloney?' "1his here crooked sxpence Aunt
Chloe tied round my neck, which l must never,
never spend Mother said she would buy me
| some yctuals."
"Well, Johnny, let's have something"
"Mother said wasn't to pay no attention to
strangers, hut | am so hungry; but amt ago.
| ng to leave this ERE luggage"
| ''Well, stay where you are; I'll bring you
| Something;" and | went TO the lunch-counter,
T. g
| Garden sandwiches are no fragile daphonous
| thing. The approved sandwich, costing ten
| cents, is half a loaf of bread, superposed by
| chunk of meat or sausage. This, with half
| pie, made up the luncheon. All this was placed
| before the hungry Johnny, who ate with will
| just then the mother came back. She watched
| the feast for a moment, and then ! noticed q
| tear in her eye. And |, who had forgot the
| poor child, that he was hungry; and L can't
| think of your paying for it,; and she brought
| out from the depths Of her pocket bright En-
gllSh shilling, which ! had great difficulty in
| preventing her forcing on me, "and amt rich,
| you know, but its good for me TO see a stranger
| kind to poor folk, and well shake hands, and
| III take your name, and if you ever come to
| St Louis you'll look us up, and III try and rec
oect about how you looked. And now wen
| shake hands for gOod-by again, for | must be
| going. There is some friends of mine going to
| Chicago, and they tell me my place, where am
| TO find my brother, is a longlsh bit off yet. So
| good-Oy 10 YOU anu Win nearly snake oil the
| hand, | wishing her from my very soul God
speed, she lifted up her trunk, shouldered it
much more easily than | could have done it,
| gave Jonnny the satchel and the umbrella, and
| they were off,
gazed at the post ofice decorated with the
| TRANSACTIONS OF post office in all known Ian
| guages. ] made them all out but one, and that
| was Lythurdy. Somewhat of q polyglot, |
| asked for information, and was pleased to have
been able to add one Welsh word TO my vocab-
ulary. just then, clerk with the sharpest and
most ringing of voices shouted "Mary Kegan!
Mary KeganW at the top of his voice. He was
followed by what, l think, were two Irish ser
want girls, who were dressed in their best, with
no end of red plumes in their bonnets. Mary
| kegan did not answer to the call. Suddenly
there was an expression of delightin one of the
| faces Of the two women, and rushing forward
she was met by a fine looking girl, who bounded
| like deer over the benches to meet her. There
was an embrace, a dozen Kisses plentiful flow
Of tears, and perhaps Mary Kegan went through
then one of the happiest moments OF her exist.
euce. After all, she was not a lone girl in a
strange land, but among her kinsfolk Nav be.
before she had been with them ten minutes
and after Teddy's and Paddy's and Norah's
health had been satisfactorily explained, the
question of where that elegant bonnet which
they sported, with the SNOWY flowers, came
from, and how soon she might be able TO buy
one was thoroughly discussed and elucidated.
| One woman, with glorious face and a profu-
sion of rich golden hair, with sturdy baby at
her breast, was holding in her hand a dress of
cay colors. got once smatteriug of her Ian.
guage in the lords and BAYS and CULTS of Nor
way and thisi what she said TO a friend:
"And would put on the best dress | have to
meet him with. Gone a year-twelYe long long
monihs-and have not seen him, nor has he
seen his child nursed and they tell me ! must
travel still further. Am | not arrived in the
United States2 And they speak to me of
town called Boston! Nv Godl VIII never,
| never see my dear huShandP Seeing | was in.
terested, she asked me in her strange patois,
which could hardly understand "How far Is
| BJstOn?"
"But few hours" replied. The poor wom-
an would have kissed my hand "And some
who tell me must travel yet months to see him.
| We are but poor Ignorant people, and | did NOT
know that God had made this beautiful country
so large Then, at iurIhest may see him 10.
morrow" "Yes," | replied. Then. kissinr' her
child, she laughed aloud, and then again burst
into tears.
One group singularly interested me. There
was father, a mother, and three daughters
Evidently they belonged 10 the better class of
French immigrants The man was from Elsass
81 am a paper maker by trade" he told me
'and there is nothing | cannot do in that line
from making the pulp to adjusting or even
manufacturing the machinery We have been
paper makers on the Vosge, from father to SON.
| for the last hundred years Que gOuLez yous ,
|
| the factory where | and my wife and children
gained their bread, bombarded, one day by Prus.
slams, for our men held it against terrible odds,
and when all was over, ah monseurl there was
not one stone left on another of the finest fac.
tory 10 France House, tools, food, clothing,
everything was gone. Poor wife, poor chdreni
have not sou, sir; my last centime went for
passage Why did leave2 Because did not
want to be Prussian. 1t was just that. They
did not these Prussians at the end of the mat
| ter, treat US badly; at first they did not spare
the sticks nor the showers of blows; but of late,
F! to do them justice, they have been kind. Why
| shouldn't ] say 500 1t wasn't in my
case but | know that some good
people, Prussians at that, did distribute
money to help some of the poorer PEG.
| pie to get away who were not willing TO be
Prussians 1t is a hard case; here am, most
| sixty, with nothing but these two arms to help
me- Here is my lgret," and he handed me a
! little pass book, detailing who he was, his pro-
| icsson. and where he lived, all stamped with
| the seal Of the imperial arms, and with final
paragraph signed by some Prussan official
| Sab, VIC can wOrk-must work, Pray God that
| this my new country may only give me the
| necessanes of life, ! am used to dispense with
| the superhuities Poor Francel Can you tell
| NE anything about her?" ! had one of our
| New York French journals IN ny pocket, which
| | handed him, "See wife" he said, "here is a
| rpu French iOurnal- nubli shed N Nnu XnrIr -