The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1879-04-02

Your little s1Bterp" repeated MISS
Peppard, her own eyes filling with tears.
els she-with her mother?"
as to be hoped she be-" said Ona,
with sniff, " or some odder place whar
she'll be washed. Her brudder's dirty
nuff for hull family"
"She's in q place ten miles or more
from here" said the boy, with q wo-
man who used to know mother. Mother
give her fifty dollars just afore she died.
She managed to save it and hide it from
father somehow, to keep Dolly till my
aunt in California could send for her;
but my aunt's dead, too, and I'm fraid
Dollyn have to go in the orphan asylum
after all. Father don't care nothip'
bout her. But if she does, If I'm a
good boy, I can go to see her; but il
I'm q thief And when saw that
picture said will be good. It seemed
as though the baby was lookin' at me
and wantin' me to kiss her. Nobody
ever kissed me but her and my mother.
Here's your pocketbook.
Miss Peppard took it from his hand,
opened it, found its contents as he had
described them, and then sat for full
five minutes in deep thought.
1Ou Whhb " NO y kOO0g AOhObb
boy" she said at last, 80 as to be
credit instead of shame to your baby
sister?"
eyes" answered the boy.
ITS mostly yes, ma'am,' in desc
parts" corrected Ona.
"Well, I'll try you, /" said Miss Pep.
pard.
"You r-starting from his chair.
Yes, ]. I want some plants and
seeds from the store where you sto-
took the pocketbook, and am going to
trust you to get them for me. But be
fore you go there, do you know any
place where you. can buy suit of
clothes, from shoes to hat, for very
little money!"
"Yes, ma'am, answered the boy, in
voice that already had CLEAN of hope
in it Secondhand Bobby's 2"
"Well, go to secondhand Roberts,
buy the clothes Blythe bye, what is
your name ?"
Dick Poplar"
"And, Dick" continued the old lady,
do you know any place where you can
take bath ?"
"S to be hoped he do" said Peteona
Yes, ma'am."
Take bath, put on the new clothes,
throw with q slight motion of disgust
1.-THE old ones away -
"'S to be hoped he will" said
Peteona.
"Then go to the seedstoTe and give
them the note will write for you. And
here are two five-dollar bills.
can dar money is soon parted |" ex-
claimed Peteona. "No matter bout
de fust word"
But the boy fell on his knees before
Miss Peppard and sobbed outright.
"An' he'll nebber come back any
mo-, ," sang Ona, at the top of her voice,
as she went about her work that after.
noon after Dicks departure-"n mo, he'll
nebber come back any mo'.
But he did. just as the sun was sink
ing in the west, nice-looking, dark
eyed, dark-haired boy, dressed in a suit
OF gray clothes little too large for him,
and carrying package in his arms,
came up the garden path to the door of
the mite of cottage. 1t was Dick, 30
changed Peteona scarcely knew him,
and the package contained the seeds and
onion-sets and young lettuces and cab
bages, and before dark he had planted
them al, under the superintendent OF
Miss Peppard, in the mite Of garden,
and Mrs. Brown had no chance OF send
| ing her compliments that season.
"And now ma'am," said Dick, after
supper, "Pll go. thank you ever 80
much, and wish my mother had known
you"
"P'x'haps she knows her now, -
said Ola.
"And I will be good boZ-I will,
indeed"
"With the help of God, said Miss
Peppsrd, solemnly.
"With the help of God," repeated
the boy, in low voice.
"But guess you'd better stay here
tonight" continued Miss Peppard.
"You can sleep in the woodhouse. Pc
teona will make you a comfortable bed
there"
"Shant do no such thing" said Pc
teona, defiantly.
soma /" reproved her mistress.
Till my dishes is washed, mean
Miss PePpar' said Ona.
"And then tomorrow morning you
cau Stdtt lOI buhb OdDyS f0 a1WAyi
wanted q baby. Oats and dogs anC
birds are well enough in their way, but
a baby is worth them all.
"Golly now you're talkin', Mis-
Peppar' shouted Ona. "I's always
wanted baby-a wife bAby-too.".
"And if you choose to stay in Sum
mertown," said Miss Peppard, "yor
may have home here until you car
better yourself. There's plenty of worI
for you and the youth upon whom VIZ
have depended for errands and garden
help, etc., is -
:" A drefful smart, nice, perlite boy r
chimed in 'Ona +; as lazy and sassy al
he can lib. An I'll call you in de morn
in wen de birds arise, an wen hab dat
ar angel here in jify; an won't de cal
an dog an birds look pale wen dal
noses is outer i'int, But daF noses i