Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-16
FOR HIS SAKE.


cargo and passengers at the London
Dock, there landed among them gen
tleman who had been absent from Eng
land nine years. All th4t while he had
passed under the burning suns of India.
He had suffered as soldiers do. He had
fanght as soldiers fight. He had met
the soldiers late of scars and wounds,
and one of them had invaded him home
to England.
it was the first time he trod her shores
for nine years, as we have said, and for
the srst time in any year be was going
to see his son, the little boy born after
ha lett home, and whose birth had been
his mothers death.
Captain Penryn had only been mar
RED year when e was ordered abroad
with his regiment. Six months from that
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. 1t ended thus
1.-THE baby, as fine child as I ever
saw, is thriving. I've done my best for
it. Its mothers last wish was shout
keep it, and perhaps sir, as some one
must, you'd as leave as any other.
shan't be unreasonable in my charges,
and I'm very fond of him already.
With my duty to you in this dreadful
trouble, your servant. ANN GOLDEN"
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: brav-
ing its teri. BILE climate and the life OF a
soldiers wife aboard, because they could
not live apart Now he did not want a
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 mon y to her tor the child's boar d
and clothes. A recei pit was always return
ed with cher duty, and the young gentle
man was doing well;" 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.
Now that his foot was upon England s
shores again the and me ting was very near
Captain Penryn felt new thrills of ia
ther-love through his soldiers heart and
.longed for his boys presence.
"He would take him to himself" he
said. z" 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 very
honorable and crcditable. He should be
proud Of him, and he hoped ah, how he
hoped THAT Ellen's child would have
ElIen's face"
my beautiful girl" he said to him
self, with the tears standing in his eyes,
"how little thought Of this hour when
I kissed her goodyear
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 suburbs; he remembered
it we'll.
''But my boy shall see better things
now that I am here he said to himself:
IL am not rich, but I can deny myself
many things to make him happy Will
he love me, I 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 be-
twee1 red and gilt stage coach and
horses and train of bright blue carriages.
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scarlet-coated soldiers, when suddenly he
felt a. 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. !, .l 5 ag
He was a soldier, and to soldier the
keeping of law and rule is great thing.
TO give the little thief to policeman
andsappear against him the next day, was
his first thought: but las the creature
stood there, shaking and whining, the
tact of his diminutive size struck the cap
tain !forcibly. He preceived 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, and 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, sir2" he
growled slowly, STOPPING down to look
into the boys eyes.
I'm 20 hook it," said the boy with
perfect candor, sob, please let me be!
oh, please let me go! Oh, please, sir,
won't do it no more-never, oh, please -
I've mind to have you sent to jail
said the captain.
No, please, STRIP said the wait.
" Please. sir.!"
Who taught you to steal?" asked the
captain.
The boy made no answer. ,Grimy tears
were pouring from his eyes,
Answer me-" said the captain.
eff don't steal, don't get no vlctuals,''
said the boy, land my stomach is boiler
feel it mister!-it's as holler as drum
She's been begin to-day, and We'll have
stew. I won't have none if don't fetch
nothin'. OH
"Who is she?" asked the captain.
my mother" said the boy.
eve been hungry myself" said the
captain, thinking of certain Indian
prison experience. SIT isn't pleasant"
"Then he thought of his own boy.
i'God knows ought to be tender to the