The Canton advocate. [volume] (Canton, D.T. [S.D.]) 1877-1897, 1879-06-19
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then, said little Jane Blair solemnly.1a. ,r
."'Really l think you HAD, said Mill
cent, in a soft tone. ss.ss Z .f oa.a,t
Tlere she sat, staring into the little fir
on which their last atom of wood wa
burning, and seeing in the red ashes, int
which the light wood dropped so quick
| ly, pictures of the past. They had neye
been rich people, but always. comfortable
Her father was a seafaring tman--frs
mate of an ocean vessel-and" her 'motlle
. a tidy housewife, who made eyerythin.
bright and cosy. How he used to 81
telling his adventures to them when il
was at home. ..s.s ..,s..,-,,,.s;
He would not have been a sailor hat
there not been sea serpents and mermaid
IN them, but nofhiug was too wonderful
for those loving folk at home to credit
and indeed he probably believed then
himself .<s.a5. t =
The rooms had been pretty with shells
and coral branches. and bright parrots il
swinging cages and pictures. Of ships
| upon the wall. j., : - EsAh :
| 1t had been so different from this
wretched place in which the two ,girls
now lived - 4 -i<L@y 3 4fSa
But that was not all; the love was
gone-thc tender care that parents have
| for their children. '-5@ z'F' u. 81
| The mother lay in her green grave in {
| tar-of cemetery; and who can point the
place of shipwrecked sailors grave?
She remembered so we'll how he sailed
away that last time-how they looked
after him, her mother and herself-how
| they waited for news, and waited in vain
until at last there came to them sailor
saved from the wreck of the "Flyina
Scud," who told how she went down il
mid-seas at the dead ofnight ablaze from
one end to the other; and how Roge1
Blair, the first mate, was among the
missing. 5-,---,H
After that, poverty and sorrow; depart;
ure from the dear old home; toll in a
strange city, sickness, friendlessness, and
crowning woe of all, the mothers, death
The girl had done her best for her lit.
tie sister ever since, but She was not a
very skillful needlewoman, and could not
earn as much as some others; and now
work had given out altogether, and she
pretty and sweet and good, and helpful
in daughterly way about the house, was
not quite sure that she could win bread
for two in any way-bread and shelte,
and fire. -. ., - - - Z.
She was only seventeen, andGa frail lit
tie creature, with very little strength in
her small body, and now that matters
were so bad, who can wonder that she
almost despaired? -e'a@7a.@ tS7sa's
81 suppose it isn't quite supper time
yet?" SAID little Jane again. She had
been on her knees behind the bed for a
long while. II wonder whether he knows
how hungry 1 am?'' s&#
what shall I do, said Millicent to
herself, as she looked about the ROOM II
have sold every thing-thc clock, the
books, even mothers work-box and the
parrot. There is nothing left. The child
will staryez before morning.. 8 Oh, what
shall I do. III aTa SA
hesarose and went to theHwind low and
looked down into the street TT was dirty
and narrow and swarmcd with filthy
children.
/ Opposite was little drinking shop,
about which a blind man with fiddle
drew protitless audience.
oz, Nothing sweet or fresh or pure, met
her eye there, but between that scene
and herselfa sudden breeze blew beau
tiful screen, and there was waited to her
through the broken glass an exquisite
perfume. E-3E. > E~4
On the sill without stood rose in a
broken teapot. ...--
She had picked up the slip among the
rubbish cast out by a neighboring gar
dener, and it had grown welisinits hand
full Of earth ~ sNs
To-day it had bloomed; a perfect rose,
exquisite in shape, perfume and color,
dropped from the stem, and beside it a
half-biown bud gave promise of another
flower as lovely. a1.54-54 E1s5 5"' "s'
Until this moment Millicent, in her
anxiety, had forgotten her one treasure.
"But for gentle shower that had fall
len that morning, itmight have withered
where it stood, for she had not even
watered it.
=. Nova bright thought fitted through
her mind.
+ She had often seen children selling
flowers in the street, and ladies and gen.
tlcmen seemed glad to buy them.
She would force herself to be cour-
ageous. --3-,, -----
She would go out into the street with
this rose and its bud, and some one
would give her enough to buy loaf of
bread or at least roll for little Jane.
She would do it-she would.
zG God would give her strength.
She, tied on her hood aud wrapped her
shawlabout her, and plucking The flower
and leaf or two, and that bright bud,
that seemed perhaps the fairert of the
two, bade Jane be good and wait for her,
and went down stairs and out from the
dingy cross street into Broadway.
. There everyone save herselfseemed gay
and happy, and well-dressed.
She seemed to be thing apart-a
black blot in all his brightness.
She stood at corner and held out her
flower, but it seemed that no one needed
her. * ,Y
At last. she gathered courage 10 touch
one Of the ladies that passed, and say:
"Buy rose, lady-buy rose! Please
buy rose" aay4
), But the woman hurried BY as the rest
had.
It It would n9tI Sc e stand still gIf
Wheneser she caught Il pleasant eye
she held loYtheF loYtiheF heuapet snq & repeated
ssBuy arose! ybuy slass,' Yfa :
But theslm wssa setting and she was
opposite the City Hall Park, and, still no
one had bought her flower. - -. \
! She was growing desperate.
Some one, should buy it. f,gr II.
Jane Should have bread that night. ~ i
i i"Huy q rosel ,sesL. Look at itb See
how pretty it is!r she cried, I'M voice
sharpened by hunger and sorrow. Look!
You don't lookst il, ,nr5ysuh bny it.'i iS
"Thege, street beggers should be sup:
pressed, said the stout man she had ad-
dressed. young woman. I'll give you
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