Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1874-05-26

: claimed the woman, laughing heartily
"il0w can tell where she is?'
Then why did ,hco bring INC hero "
asked Roxy, crying.
Ito rest you, ro1r chick, 10 bs sure.
said the wemau coaXiugly. just bidc
with us till morn. and I'll Try 10 tind your
folks, or at leust roturu yoI tO the stop /
louud you on. Eat some of this cake,
dearic, and then III show you the way u
bed"
Roxy could got eat,ba cake from to, ,or
land fatigue. How gticycd aud frightened
would her parc4,s bp o.. wsy had shc
ever been 80 aaughiy! Seeing that it
vas better to remain hero for the night
than 10 rc.urh ~ ths street, she MADE no
resistance when the woman conducted
her to he, bed. which WIS MT So f'-ty rs
might haze bceu expected, though boar.
ing no comparison 10 tbs whiIouoss Of her
own couch. Hero poor R'Ty soLbcl out
pon.teut prayer ior protection. vah
promises never to be naughty again. 4
only she might hs brought saio'y home.
Thco jumping into bed, having laid her
eio:hes across the foot, she soon crisd
herself 10 sleep.
| II 7sss lato "a tke morning before Ihe
wHs reused Ly tho warm sua shining on
her cold face. Il vSs 90 muci 20 home
waking, that sLc Was quito ber ildcrcd mt
10 find herself in her owa bed. A mo
moht's thought, however, recalled yestcr-
J,,y eicul - hog miuJ, uUJ Spriua iug
ont c bed, shc delcraincd 10 dress
Immediately, sad make her way TO tho
depo, Il; which sue arrived yesterday. for
she was .uto OF meeting some ono there
who knew hex and coI'd take her home.
ll,r c,o'h,s. kovoycr. wcro not to 10
found. but in their stead were lad sd.riy
Torn dress, an old plaid .haol NliA a
laggud hood beside lhcm. Tho nice
mctjuo dress, quilted CLOAK and bonnet,
,ippct aad mul had all disappeared, and
poor Roxy. LEFT without s;nglc decent
article Of wearing apparel, but tho linlc
cAcmisc in which she had slept, ssd tho
flannel pclucoal which sho had wrapped
round her shoulders. Even her shoes and
stockings were replaced wilhs worn pair
o! heavy boots sad thin pair Of stock
iag,.
The room Was entirely bare, so they
c ild no. o.. scc-c,ca in Z. Poor Roxy
WAS lnin to ios the disgusting hnbiimcnls
o, Lcgglr in order 10 IL able to scalch
for her own clothes. What was her
amusement to hnd, on lea' 'ng her room,
that The house VAS entirely descrtcd-nos
a single clo cf tho four rooms contained
a solitary inmate. Tho rooms were
empty OF .y,rJJhiag su, i've bcSs,a table,
= few chairs, every mtic.c O. value being !
locked up 10 tho closots. OF which there
wcyo throI.
Roxy faw ,hc lad probably bocn LETT
f,t The day, and wisely Concluded her
best plan mould bs 10 quit tho house. she
lc. herself oGt Of The front door, which
sao iouud WAS only lalchei aud wandered
cold, hun2ry. frightened and a little
ashamed OF her dress. into ,ho street.
She had not walked very far when che
rcnched = crowded thoroughtnrc, and, /
d d,c.miucI 70 ask the fist nice looking
l.Hy sho met fox advice she moved slowly
alo =.
Suddcnly hand VAS laid roughly on
h.r shoulde;, aud looking up behind her.
s .c saw her cOntuclrcSs OF yesterday
Fear !ca, her strength. and tearing herself
rwav, She rushed across tho street, but
not in time to escape being thrown epon
tho stones by rajr Of horses. whose
driver had not noticed the litilo girl, in
in his h'rry 10 get is carriage ahead Of
another drivers.
Poor Roxy WAS taken Up for dead, Sut
some .gns {! lie being discovered, she
was taken 10 tic h.Epial. where she lay,
ulcouscious OF every thing save the kcon-
est agoay. tor many \ weary week.
At just abcut tho time when Roxy was
rJu over in the street, Roxy's mother
began to be uHessy about her, iof neigh
Dor Lord hal stopped in passing to inquire
how Nil felt stcr tho wedding, aud on
being inquired OF concerning Rcxy, said
he had left her nj the dcpot-Roxy's
parents having all the while supposed she
had gone home with him.
sill there WAS hope That she had gonc
home with friend Jouos OF Thomas, or
some other ncighbori bat when noon
came, all lad been questioned, and mons
had seen Roxy since parting with Caleb
aud Dcbby.
perhaps, mother, Eokthy had gone to
the ,hit7 with Debby, suggested Tommy,
after every supposition OF her where
abou.s had been broachod. "She was
taking on awful hard this morning,
bccauthc Dobby'th going away
=" Impossible a." replied his mother,
"Dcbjy would not have allowed tt
However, the conductor WAS sought out,
and did rcmcmbor something Of having
taken fare Irom q plainly dressed little
GIRL who went up alone. But she was not
with Caleb and Debby, for he himself
had seen them drive of together from
the depot, and lie was positive there was
no chill Of any description with them.-