The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1879-04-17

e. ssla stet eagerly AhAt lti " WAi
stolen from me; for | felt !, 10 ms
pocket momest before missed It. ID
you kuoN tie ,bleR
I'm him, was The answer; and be raised
pair of dark eyes, ,bAi looked Ike ID,
eyes of hunted animal, 10 her ftee.
My conscience exclaimed the old lady
aud fell into e chair that stood near
while l'eteona daried out spd seized him
shouting: Gollyl got Yo' wish mighty
soon dis time, Miss Peppar'. Ron for d.
constable. III bold him. Could bold 1
dozen like him-or two or free.
Let him alone, Ona, said her mistress
while the boy stood without making the
slightest resistance.
Ain't be to be drug TO de loeL.upi
asked Ons, with toss Of ber turbaned
bead.
Wait ill we hear what he has to say,
said Miss Peppard. Then turning to The
boy, she asked, as mildly as ever: Oh
course you haven't brought me back
Yes, have, interrupted be. Here lie,
money aud all, cept what bad to-take
10 foteh me out here. found your name
in Il on card, aud where you lived.
But, bless you exclaimed the old lady
more and more surprised, what made
you take u IL you were going 10 bring II
back? Come into the kitchen and tell
me all about il. Ona, give him drink
OF milk.
BY de Lor' Harry! said Ons, rolling
up her eyes until nothing but The whites
were visible, nebber seed sich ting long
as | lih-gibbin' hnllsale robbers drinks
OF milk in my clean kitchen An shan'i
do il. 'Spect robbers gifts thirsty as well
as odder folks, dough. Aud she handed
him the milk, which he drank eagerly
Now 20 on, said Mrs Peppsrd. Why
did you steal my pocket-book? aud why,
having stolen it, did YOU bring il back
Are y9u thief?
S'pose Il IAN, he stammered; but
don't want 10 be no more. ! wouldn't a
took il year ago, when my mother was
alive; but she died, aud father be went
man; and badu't no friends; aud It's
hard gittin' along when your mothers
dead, aud YOU hSin't no friends, and your
fathers in prison.
Faint soft, dst's de fac, said Peteona,
gravely.
SO ! fell in with a gang OF bad fellers,
but never stole nothin' but things to eat
till Yesterday. come out Of the House OF
Refuge two weeks ago
House Of Refused exclaimed Peteona,
holding up her hands. An a-ssttin' In
my clean kitchen, on my clean oll.clof !
Wot nex'2
WAS there for breakirI' a winder aud
sassin' cop, said the boy, with show
Of indigustion; aud nothin' else, though
they did try to make me out a reg'lar
bad un. And then he went on, under
the Influence OF Miss Peppard's steady
gaze: And the feIlers said | was softy
not TO have The game as well IS the name,
aud so went into that store cause seen
a lot of folks there, aud | stole your
pocket book. And-droppibg his eyes
and his voice-there was a picter of a
little baby iu il.
My sister Poily's childi cried Miss
Peppsrd, her wrinkled cheeks beginning
to glow.
Her onliest child-'cept five, said Pc
teona.
And II looks like, the boy,
bursting into tears--it looks like-my--
little-sister.
Your little sister? repeated Miss Pep.
pard, her own eyes filing with tears.
Is she-with her mother?
- TO be hoped she be, said Qua, with a
sniff, or some odder place whar she'll be
washed. Her brudder's dirty 'nnfr for a
hull family.
She's in place ten miles or more from
here, raid the boy, with a woman who
used TO kno9 mother Mother give her
6tty dollars just afore she died. She
managed to save it and hide II from
father somehow, TO keep Dolly Till my
aunt In California could send for her !;
but my aunt's dead too, and pm 'fraid
Dolly'l have to 90 in the Orphsn Asylum
alter all. Father dou't care noihin' bout
her But If she does, II Pun good boy, I
can 20 to see her; but il Pm thief
Aud when saw that picture said triH
be good II seemed as though the baby
was a.iookiD' and waniiu' rue to kiss her.
Nobody ever kissed me but her and my
mother. Heres your pocket book
Miss Peppsrd took il from bis band, /,
opened il, found is contents as be had
described them, aud then sat for full dye
minutes 10 deep thought.
You want 10 be good, honest boy,
she said at lasts as to be credit instead
OF shame 70 yons baDy sisleri
Yes, answered the boy.
il's mostly yes ma'am IN desc parts,
corrected Ons.
Wei, IN ny you, said Mis- Peppard.
You starting from his chair.
Yes, want some plants aud seeds
from the store where you slo-took the
pocket book, aud am going TO trust you
to get them for me. But before you 20
there, do you know any place where you
eau buy sult oi clothes, from shoes to
bat, for very little moBey9
Yes, mA'sm, answered The boy, 10 s
voice that already had a ring Of hope 10
il. seeond-lsnd. Bobbys.
Well, go TO secondhand Roberts, boy
the ciothes- Hg.the.hFe whal Il vans