Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1874-12-30


n that it is good friend You hef been
me-" .l
: Ailasa stood on the deck of the b
j. steamer as 1t went throbbing on its wa
a She did not know that she was an obie
oil great curiosity to the passengers {
board, for she was still regarding II
. small vessel that was left behind, and wa
ing her handkerchief TO the good frent
whom sh was little likely to see agail
Then she turned to find herself among
new set Of strangers.
The captain of the steamer was tai
burly, whi,e-haired Scotchman. wLo talk
ed in bluff fashion that rather frighteu
ed her, but who was very kind TO her al
the same. And wien Oh the next after
noon they sailed up the Clyde and 90
near TO Glasgow-the girl was quite be
wildered by the din OF the dock. ward
and the sight of such great crowds o
people--he said to her.
Now, my lass, it Wilma do for ye tc
gang about the streets O. big town; aud
I'm telled that the Stornoway steamer
doesna sail the morn's mornin'. but the
day after. Hae ye got any siller about
ye?"
She showed him the three gold pieces,
which he regarded with much contempt
"Gie them TO me-" he said, "aud III
get you something mair seryiceable. Now
take heed O. what I'm saying. I'll send
one o my men to put ye into cab, and
yell drive to that shop in the Gallogate
do ycu understand? g? Then yell tell
MIR. Macllwham-and God forgie him for
havlrg such name-wha ye are and
your belongings, and he'll pnt ye in the
way o getting a comfortable lodging.
And III lend yc a bag to put the bits
things in that the leddies have given We !;
but mind ye let me have the bag back
again, for 1t doesna belong to me.
1t was as one in dream that Ailasa
found herself in the great city of which
Aister Lewis had often written to her.
Surely there was nothing here of all that
she immaglned. When she sterped on to
the quay at Broomielay the noise Of the
place terrified her, and she could ohly
stare in frightened fashion a, the enor.
nous masses Of houses and the wonderful
streams of men and women and the strange
vehicles in the streets. The sailor who
was IN charge of her treated her as if she
was child. He took her hand to lead
her to the cab, seeing that she almost
shrank from vcGturlng out into the street.
Then he got ou the box with the driver,
'nH my uioNc away.
What hideous roar and rattle was this
that filled her cars? The great gauut
lines ct houses seemed to have no end
She saw crowds of people such as she had
scarcely imagined to exist in the whole
world; and all at once, recollectihg that
she was alone in this vast multitude,
knowing none and known to none, her
courage fell away from her. Ii seemed
10 her now that she was lost and forlorn
rs shc had been that wild night at SEQ,
md that she should never see Alister
Lewis, or her mother. or Killcena any
more. The endless streets were blotted
'ut by her tears. She thought no more
# the size OF the place, except that il
eemed TO her she was plunging deeper
md deeper into an inscrutable and terri
lie wilderness, from which there could be
10 escape. When at length the vehicle
topped and the sailor came down to ask
'er to alight. she etepped out on the
'ayement with look on her face as of
'ird that suddenly finds itselfin the hands
i snarer. The very skies and the free
ght of Heaven seemed shut out in the
cart of this fearful city. h1E
"Ay, my good lass, this is the shop"
aid the Scotch sailor; "dinna ye see the
anne over the door '' s I;
She timidly crossed the pavement.
Here" said the man, "take your Lag ,
i ye, and mind what Captain MacIntyre ;
'lled ye. And LII say good.day to ye.
nd wish ye quick passage back to
torDoway." aaas i3i9 {
She was SO bewildered that she could I
,ly thank him vaguely then she went {
ito the shop. 1928
It was a strange place. There was no
,e tell in the front portion Of it; and $
shiud. in tho gloom, she could see an. o
her large apartment filled with large !
ames and sheets of glass and gilded dec
'ations. 1t seemed hopeless to her to I
* here for news Of Alister Lewis. She /
'uld not believe how that this city in t
hich she found herseIfwas the Glasgow off
! ich she had heard him speak. S
But us her eyes got accustomed to the )