The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1872-07-04
VOL. XIII.
BECAUSE 1T WAS RIGHT.
Boy wants to see you, sir"

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from Ford's Crossing"
The gentleman looked out Of the windoV
to where boy stood in the furnace var,
among the high piles of pig lead. He wa
about twelve years old, straight and tall
but his clothes were patched and stained
with the yellow ochre of the lead mines.
What does be want ?
SAYS he thinks he knows somethin.
about the robbery, sir
'Pshaw So does dozen others. Ques
tion them, and ten chances to one thi,
something is nothing.
send HIM away?'
send him awly.' lie was busy in a mo
ment among his papers, AMI the boy wa,
sent away accordingly. lie did not 20 fal
however, but sat down on log just cut
side the furnace yard, and thought
4 knou it, he said to himself III mus
be the place. Serve him right if | let then
get off with the money--he might hay,
listened
Young as he was, he had sense enough
to keep his discovery to himself, and hac
gone straight to the one must concerned
with it. He would not hear him-what
could he do next
lie sat awhile longer, and then got ur
with sudden resolution. III 20 myself,
he said. IF they see Me they'll never
think | meant to watch them
lie got up an1 walked away swiftly. a.
the door Of a little brown cottage he stop.
ped la moment irresolute, then he lifted til,
latch and entered with a rush as boys W i'll
There's cowslIps in bloom mp in Pool,
pasture. The wet PAGES are yellow with
them
Ills sister Susie, lying on hel couch b,
the window, cla>ped her hands and turn
cd her little pale face to him eagerly il
You could bring me some-oh Jcm :
DO You care for them? Then you shal
have them
He went from the clean bare room int,
a clean bare kitchen, where woman wa.
scrubblng the floor.
Where now . She said sbarnIv a,;r.
his damp feet. To this woman, dirt
muck, she called twas the natural enc.
NV. Such Times as admitted Of h.iuo
scrubbed were dear to her heart those
that did not, She dc>pi>cd. .Iem nuckered
lis naturally lar, month into v,,;-t,i,,.
shape.
= say where arc Won oo;na for rod,Iipo
NOW lis pa,,clt lint to,r .,Lnn+ IN,
house fiurirr vo,r mnrk from >Yn-no
fill SET
TN to Pools pasture. for co,v.Iirs'
.Cowsl;ns IN not mind h,yiro , lit "a
rrccrs n,t thov'u ha FOO l,;, L, now
cb .Ln,9
.TIcv'rn in lrossom # that's tco la.
~p.;o wants sop,o,
ave Wa ho tra;ri,,' to tlo ,.o.th ror.
for Sn>ic # I'I po. s,,. 70 may ya'u ,o,
az. ,;,d tI,ot,
Jem bcaap to ' b;s,lc. rs if ouitc usc,
10 such scenes. ard ,clt and stood ON FL,
sunny door step. his hands in the pockets
Of his ragged troWsers. He was u fine
looking boy, with big, clear eyes and brown
harr that curlcd like girls. lie belonged
to that class known in lead mining district:
as mineral rickcrs.' Gangs cf forlorr
looking children. Of al! sexes and cres
haunted tie hills, hunting for stray bits OF
le.a overlooked by the miners at the differ
ent leads, and woe to the unlucky miner
who turns his back for long. leaving hi,
pile of ore unguarded Jim had not al
WAYS been a picker, and he was homes
about his work, too His father had beer
dead for wears. A YEAR ago his frail littl,
mother had died, and but for Hester.
economy and Jcm's income. they woul,
have suffered. lIcster's tongue was never
idle, nor her hands either She might hav,
az o rl:ce any Gay, ut anne little Susi ant
saucy Jim had too firm hold on her heart
dhi SiIC ctd Iu Oit WIN siiN''t l''0t "o '"> .
! were.
.Jcm came back into the room. stepping
from one foot to the other aggravatingly
rs she followed him, wiping up his we
tracks. He put his head into the othe
room, and said softly, I'm OF Susie thcl
Went OUT. ne niue 'ou'n 0S '''e "i''oN
was Jem SHRINE fIo"erS' pr'S"t pep
bleS, bits OF broken quartz ana snch irul
as he could possess himself of honestly
for,as said before, our Jem was honest
were all laid upon it,with bovlsh, There
Sudic, is some traps for you.' and SUSIE
would smile a rainbow sort of a smile, fo
Sadie had been her mothers pet name fo
her Hester ciassed these offerings Will
the rest Of 'Jcms muck, but she took car'
Of them, saving the flowers in water as lon:
rs was possible