Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20

ial yard of Madam Restell, which tn
gravedigger explains is that of her grand
FOR HIS SAKE. 3
When the Flying Scud discharged he
cargo and passengers at the Londo1
Dock, there landed among them gen
tleman who had been absent from Eng
land nine years. All that while he hat
passed under the burning suns of India
He had suffered as soldiers do.4; He ilaf
taught as soldiers fight. He had me
the soldiers late of scars and wounds
and one of them had inyalided him hom,
to England. $500
1t was the Hrst time he trod her. shore.
tor nine years, as we have said, and fo!
the first time in any year he was going
to see his son, the little boy born aftej
he lett home, and whose birth had beer
his mothers death. !
| Captain Penryn had oulv been mar
ried year when Re was ordered abroaG
with his regiment. Six months from thai
day letter had reached him, telling
him his wife was dead. The letter waS
written by an old nurse, the only friend
who had been with her. It ended thus
"The baby, as fine a child as I eve,
saw, is thriving. I've done my best 70,
it. Its mothers last wish was should
keep it., and perhaps sir, as some one
must, you'd as leave l as any other. l
shant he unreasonable in my charges
anG I'm very fond Of him already. ~.
With my duty to you in this, dreadful
trouble, your servant. ANN GoIDEN.'',
The poor broken-hearted man almost
sank under the. awful news. He had
loved his wife passionately, and when
the baby was old enough to travel she
would have come to him in India. bray
ing its terrible climate and the life Of q
soldiers wife aboard, because they could
not live apart. Now he did not want q
little baby on his hands, and he wrote to
Ann as soon as he could command him
self to do so, appointing her his nurse. =: :
Every quarter since that time he had
sent money to her for the child's board
and clothes. A receipt was always return
ed with "h her duty, and the Young gentle
nan was doing wel};;"'and this was all he
knew of his Ellen's boy-the child Of a
love that had been as strong as it was
tender. 49,, r... ...s :, i
Now that his foot was upon England's
shores again the and meeting was very near
Captain Penryn felt. new thrills. of a ia
ther-love through bis soldiers heart and
longed for his boys presence.
+" he would take him to- himself" he
said. They would live together, shar-
ing each others joys and sorrows. He
would make man Of the boy--not a
soldier, for he knew the trials of a SOL
dier's lite too we'll; but something verv
honorable and crcditable. He should be
proud Of him, and he hoped ah, how he
hoped THAT Ellen's child would have
Ellen's face" ): i.
my beautiful girl, -. he said to him
self, with the tears standing in his ewes.
"how little thought Of this hour when
I kissed her good =.
And then his heart grew even warmer
to the pledge Of their mutual love.
He had the address that Mrs. Golden
had given him in his pocket. He glanced
at it now to refresh his memory as to- the
number. A plain respectable street in
one OF London's suburbs; he remembered
,it we'll. '>.,,.
"But;my boy shall see better things
now that am here" he said to himself
II am not rich, but I can DENY myself
many things to make him happy. Will
he love me, wonder?"
Then he thought how his own heart
had been won by toys and sweetmeats.
and coming to stop where the former
were sold, paused before the gay window,
and began to make mental choice he,
tween red and gilt stage coach and
horses and train Of bright bluecarriaees.
He had discarded both for box of
scarlet-coated soldiers, when suddenly he
felt q tug at his coat tail, and turning
round, he found a grimy little hand half
in. half out of his pocket. He caught It
at once, with his handkerchief in it. and
gripped it tight. ..,
: He was soldier, and to a soldier the
keeping of law and rule is great thing.
To give the little thief to a policeman
and appear against him thu next day, was
his first thought: but as the creature
stood, there, shaking and whining, the
fact of his diminutive size struck the cap-
tain forcibly. He preeeived his youth,
which was extreme, and he saw that, be-
sides being young and small, and wan,
and dirty, ana ragged, he was deformed.
His queer little shoulders were ,heaped
up to his ears, ahd his hands were like
talons, SO long and bony were they. The
captain held the wrist of this, mannikin
firmly still, but not angrily.
".What did you mean by that, sir?' he
growled slowly, STOPPING down to look
into the boys eyes. .'';;:.~> ~:
PINTO hook it." said the bov with
perfect candor. il !" Oh, please let me be!
Oh, please let me go!@ oh, please, sir, I
won't do 1t no more never, oh, please!"
Ixe .,.s a mind to have you gent to jail,,''
!; ~, No, please, :s5iir's'' said til" !" w;aaif.
",Wh4o ,Wh4o taught you to steall"' asked the
captain. ...,,,., q, E,..,., i; G:.:T,.,..- ~
The boy made no answer. :. Grimy tears
were pouring from'his eyes, i.,,::s 49, {.
Answer me, ,"said the captain. ~ =
"1fI don 't:steal, II don't get NO vlictuals:, .,
said the boy, land my stomach is d holler
feel it mister Its as holler as 8; drum! |!
She's besn begggin'' to-day, and wen Fave
St,dn 1TSat 4es ssys Rons # don't fetch
HWho y phel'' .sksd TIE; captain. tail ,...: =;
'MyMo,heE, = said the boy. ~ 1..~' '5',' ~.
Mlye, been hungry myself" said the
captain, thinking Of, a;scertain, Indian
prison experience i 1T isn't tapleasant.n"s. $
s4sfIhen he thought! of his own boy; al
- "God knowssI Iought to be tender to the
little one, for thsssake Of Nellie's chiid:m
hb ,aid softly; then saloud4i"Laddie;; III
n6t send you: to pfison.na MI .i3.Siaj
"Thaakee, bir,o said the ,urchin..'i .i'' 40 >: y
Il 4sa esat;n II gvss you break aa rs s'said
- ne siIty slt executed 'sssso sssis e. Joy =
Ysass 5uti ii1. af.af &t3a.aysa \
"Do you know why Is.fofgivss. you9''