St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1875-10-01

low gate do We understand Then ven
tell Mr.. MacilWham and God foruie
him for having such Il name wha We
are. and N"ur belongings. and he'll put
We III the way q getting Il comfortable
lodging. And I'll lend We Il bag to put
the bits q things in that the lcddirS
have given Ic: but mind lc let me
have the bag back again. for it dor>na
belong tn me-"
1t waS a> one in Il dream that .AilaSa
found herself in the great city of which
Ali>tcr Lewis had often written to her.
Surely there Wa> nothing here of all
that she had imagined. When she step
ped on to the quay at the Broomiclaw.
the noise of the place terrified her: and
She could onl y stare in Il frightened
fashion ut the enormous nIa>S,'S of houses
and the wonderful streams of men and
women. and the strange vehicles in the
streets. The sailor who WAS in charge
oi her treated her a> if she were Il child.
lie took her hand To lead her up to The
cab. seeing that She almost >hrank from
Nrntnling out into the street Then he
got on the box beside the .IIivcr. and
they drove away.
What hcdiouS roar and rattle WAS
this that filled her ears The great
gaunt lines OF 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.
rcrollcctiny that She WAS alone in this
vast multitude. knowing none and
known To none. her courage fell away
from her: IT seemed Ia lIcI that She MAS
now H. lost and ioI loru aS she had been
th,t Will ,,nht n,t .r .,., and th,t .I,,.
sh,,.I,I u,,,r S,. Mister I,vi. 81, I,,.,.
unth.r ar Il ilI,,.,,., nm, mara, m.
endless street. vrrr IInitrd nur IA, L,,
traI>. SIN, thuuuLt un m,,,. ot thr sin.
of the uIac. ,>r,nt that il .,,m,d t,,
her she WA. pI,uniuo ,lr,nc,..,rd L,.n,.,
into an iu,cIut,hIr and Terrific Mild drr-
ness. from which There. ruulJ h,. uu -,
cape. When. at lrunth. lhr vehicle.
>tunu,d and fin, S,iIn, ,.,u,. dawn
ask her tu ;,IiuLt. sl,. .>I,nurd out an
the. pIy,Iu.u; with = look ON he, f,r,.
=, ut , hind that suddenly finds it,,.It i'm
the hand, of the. >uor,r. The yer, 81 ir>
and rhc free Ii"h, nt hc,,,u ,,,u,rd
>hnt ont in IL, heart of mi. t,,IfuI
civ.
:.AI. my GOOD las. mi. i th,. sI,ou"
said the scotch sailor: .dinu, ,c see,
the. name over tl,r door ,"
She riIuidl, ,,ns.r,I iL,. u,,rurrt
..II,,,." ..,iI ,I,,. n,.,,, ..tL. ,,u,.
i,au wi. ,r and mind vh,t C,n,,ir
NarIut,r,. I've \uJI-II -, nr,L
da\ To We. and wish >c :, uuirL ,,.,,,.,.,,
back tn >tnruova,
She WIS 50 .,vil Tered that She c.uId
only thank him lanlIck then She went
into the Shop.
1t wa> Il strange place. There WIS
no one at all IN the front portion of it
and behind. i'm the Gloom. she. rnuld
see another IIr",. apaItm,ut. filled with
lane. frames. and sheets of GLASS. and
yildrd decorations. 1t seemed homeless
tu her Ia l>, hen, tnI u,,, nr iIi>t,,.
Lewis: She could NOT hclicNc NOW that
this city in which she found herself WAS
the Glasgow of which she had heard
him speak.
But ls her eyes got accustomed to the
twilight she SAW there were two du>kN
figures coming along through that lum-
hcr of window frames and .ildrd mir
rnr>: and a> they came they spoke
''llr muln'> m"lmin'!" said the elder
of tlI, two. VIII" Wa> in front '.Wcrl.
I'm sony to see the last - We. lad. But
twa OF three NraI> will make We forget
hat we've come through. At >rrlrn
i il that We sail I'
.lr>. indeed" said the Younger man.
The sound nt the voice thrilled
through her. and she would have run
toward him but that She Whole place,
seemed To reel round. She caught nj
the counter beside her: she yainl\
stretched ont her other hand toward
him: she could neither ,p,ak nor
cry.
And th,,, II -..,,,I :, L., I.t,,