Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-06-20
TERMS So 90 per Annum.

like-like my little fellow, poor laddi,
clean and good, Don't steal; try to &c
work. Will you, promise?" 49,.
The waif said "yes sir,'' Of course.
Then the captain led him to cheaK
eating house, and watched. him eat unit
bis little stomach was no longer "hol
ler."
"You little wretch" he thought, as h.
looked at him. "If I could see my DO,
and him together now, what contrast
And he fancied his boy round ant
white and pink, and fair of hair, like hi
poor lost Ellen, and know he said tha
ne would pity this poor fellow and .b'
kind to him.
The meal was over. The captain pa,i
for it, and then drew the boy between
his knees and 1ectured him. TO b. good
was to be happy. Honesty was the best
policy. Cleanliness came next to godl1
course. " '-''3 -
Then he gave p,m half crown, ';iild and
bade him 60 and be good and clean: :
And the boy was off like a flash. -.
::':Thousands just such as he in this
great city," sighed the good captain, and
he walked along "Ah, metz
Then he went in search of Mrs. Ann
Golden and his own fair darling.
But Mrs. Golden was not SO easily
found as he had hoped. There was a
little shop in the house he bad been di.
rected to, and the keeper thereof said
that she had bought it of Ann Golden
"But I havnt seen her since she said
S'only there's bit of. card with her
number on it-that is, if I can find it,"
After a search she did tnd it, and the
captain, thanking her hurried awav, but
another disappointment awaited him.
:: Mrs: Golden had not lived in this
second place for years.. She had moved
into Clumbcr row, but what number no
one could remember. S'''-"f
AT Clumber row, Whittier the captain
drove in cab, a woman owned to having
had heryfor a todger. :. t.
"She had: a. child staying with her,
toe,": she said. Little Ned. she called
him; but to tell the truth, she drank 80
that turned her out. I couldn't abide
such doings. She went to Fossil Lane
NO. g." ..;.. ~:
To Fossil Lane the captain went. !, It
was filthy place, and there was a drunk
en- woman at No. 8 who was not Ann
Golden, and who threw piece of wood
at him for asking for that lady. And
now every clue was lost, and the captain,
nearly beside himself with ANXIETY, ap.
piled to the authorities for help; and at
ter many. days Of great unhappiness he
heard of Ann Golden who lived in u quar-
ter OF London SO low: and dangerous that
ail'decent people Stunned it, .:
.'':No WONDER" the captain thought, ''if
she lived there, that she should have had
his remittances sent to the post-office, and
lett him to believe that his child was still
in the decent home to which she had at
first taken him."
Almost i'll with excitement, the poor
captain drove, with ,,oliceman as bro.
tector, into the maze of hideous lanes
and courts that led to Ann Golden's
dwelling, and, following his conductor.
dropped into a filthy cellar, where. amid
the horrible leakage of. drain pipes and
almost in utter darkness, sat an old WON
an with bottle beside her, who started
up when the captain and his guard enter
ed, and cried: "What now2 What's the
police here tor? Is the boywanted
again?" - =. 49,: :
And, altered as she was with years and
drink, the captain knew has wife's old
nurse. Ann Goldeh. He gave crv of.
rage, and darted toward her. =: -. -
MY boy2' he cried. ,.....
And she screamed, ''It's the captain!'
us my boy living?";he asked. :*.,
"Yes, ~ said the woman, shaking all
over; ''he's alive and well.'' ,.:..-
:How dare you keep him here2rr cried
the captain. ...., ii
Glow can help being eli E; poora" whined
the woman: II couldn't give up the bit
you pay for him. I'm very old; I'm very
i'll. Don't be hardion me-" ~..@~
"GOod heayens!. cried the captain. 1n,:.
".My Ellen's baby in. 9 place like this -
He dropped his head on his hands;
then he lifted il and clasped them. :;
"1'll have him away from here now!'
he gasped. over, and he's young
and will forget It: Where. is he? Have
you lied? Is he ;dead?" =. ;'::' +;
"No, no." said the old woman: ssHeN
be here soon. I hear him now. That's
him. He'll be here in a. minute. Don't
HOoA T.. .
II could do it,. cried the captain.
" Listen! There is some one coming.
My child! My childr'" = i: ~.
The door open softy, head pceped in
low down, then drew back 7.,.....
"come IN, spiiped the old woman.
" The perlice arn't arter you--leastways
for no harm. Captain that's hi,n---your
boy Ncd."' = = ~ H.. - : j;
And : as the captain stood with out
stretched arms there crept in at the door
:: ;: who? what? the The defQrmed and
dirty creature who rad picked Ills p}ock,est
--wnoms he had fed for tie sake of his
beautiful dream -childIthe wretched waif
forgotten utterly in the last few days of
Anxiety: - ....~ ~:.s rn:s..;' s:T
That's him. croaked. the old crone:
again, "SThat's your. .boy-that's Ned.'' ,f4
The captain gave q cry; he sank down
on an old box close at hand, and hid his
face and wept. The sobs shook him ter
ribly; they almost Shook the crazy build
ing. They frightened the old woman
and 9 get the policeman to rubbing his eyes
with his cuffs.'' The boy stood and stared
TOR a.moment, and then vanished.o ,,,; s...
: And "aw hat was, the wretehed father
So omany thoughts that there |
are no words for them; but first Of all
this horrible one-that vile little object,
that wretched child OF the streets, was
the darling for whom he had: searchedsos
long, Il - :... ..:!s -: ,.l,r.q oy
" 'Better had nGverl found him.; moan
ed the captain, cor found him dead":og 4
"a. And gust then little hand 'crept over
has knees The thrill of hair was against
his h hand, and a piping voice said ameekiy
PLEASE, I'm. clean now: I've wash ed. nv.
self. f."a'h s.l@t' -: .E2sA jss:5 s2.- ssI si.,f
= The captains swollen eyes unclosed,
They turned upon the child, ,So'a : g
z SOME queer knowledge Of his fathers
feelings had cctept into His mind aud he
nag e:' tried l.; to ., clean hi. face: 4 round
white spot APPEARED amidst the CRIME!
and out of it shown two beautiful blue
Eyes that looked wistfully up into. the
'>a'@s w.. = ssGa 44i ) .os1