The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1879-09-17

Temptations will go on increasing,
As streams from a rivulet flow;
But IL you are true to your manhood,
Have the courage, my boy, to say no!
The Little Traveller.
Maggie Woods father was an Englishman,
who came to America to try his fortune, but
did not find It; for when Maggie was three
months old the great Chicago ire destroyed
their home; soon after the mother died;
then the father was drowned, and Maggie
was left all alone in q strange country.
She had good aunt in England, however,
who took pains to discover the child after
the death of the parents, and sent for her
TO come home ana be cared for. 1t was no
easy matter to get a five years child across
the Atlantic, for the aunt could not come
to take her, and no one whom she knew was
going over. But Maggie had found friends
In Chicago; the American consul at Man
chester was interested in the case, and every
one was glad TO help the forlorn baby, who
was too young to understand the pathos OF
her story.
After letters had gone to and fro, 1t was
decided TO send the child to England in
charge OF the captain OF a steamer, trusting
to the kindness OF all fellow travellers to
help her on her way.
The friends in Chicago bestirred them
selves to get her ready, and carefully chose
q comfortable outfit for the cold March voy-
age.
When all was ready Maggie's small effects
were packed in q light basket, 30 that she
could carry IL herself IL need be. A card
briefly telling the story was fastened on the
corner, and q similar paper recommending
her to the protection OF all kind people was
sewed to the bosom OF her frock. Then, not
in the least realizing what lay before her.
the child was consigned to the conductor OF
the train, to be forwarded to persons in
New York, who would see her safely on
board the steamer.
should dearly like to have seen the little
maid and the big basket as they set out on
that long trip as TRANQUILITY as ii for day 8
visit; and il is q comfort to know that before
the train started the persons who took her
there had interested q motherly lady in the
young traveller, who promised to watch over
her while their ways were the same.
ALI went well, and Maggie was safely
delivered to the New York friends, who
forwarded her to the steamer, well supplied
with toys and comforts for the voyage, and
placed in charge OF the captain and stew
ardess. She sailed on the Sd Of March, aud
on the 18th landed at Liverpool, after a
pleasant trip, during which she was the pet
of all on board.
The aunt welcomed her joyfully, and the
same day the child reached her new home,
the Commercial Inn. Compstall after jour
ney of over 1000 miles, The consul and
owners of the steamer wanted to see the
adventurous young lady who had come so
far alone, and neighbors and strangers made
quite lion of her, for all kindly hearts
were interested, and the protective charity,
which had guided and guarded her in two
hemispheres and across the wide sea, made
all men fathers, all women mothers, to the
little one till she was safe. So ended the
journey of the little traveller.
"Be a Good Man, Papa"
Leaving home this morning for the office
We kissed our little four year old good-by, say
ing TO him, ''Be good boy to day" He some
what surprised us by replying, Il will. Bs
q good man, papa" Sure enough, We
thought, we need the exhortation more than
he. And who could give it more effectually
than this guileless prattler? The words o.
the little preacher have been ringing in our
ears all day, and whether we wrote letters Oh
editorials pacified an irate correspondent
whose illusions we could not publish, o.
pruned down too lengthy report, w
seemed to hear the sweet child voice saying
'sBe e good man, papa"
Chips for the Children.
The route to the coal bin is hod road t,
travel.
The con of a coffee and spice dealer wa
asked at school where coffee came from, an,
the reply was: Father said mustn't tell
and he'll lick me if 1 do"
French mother to her only boy, after tn
annual school exhibition: "And why did n
Jules" Mother, that is against my Republi
can principles"
A short time since as q regiment, headet
by its band, marched by. little boy, stand.
ing at q window with mis- mother, said: =.
say, ma, what is the use of all those soldier
who don't play?'
A little girl in this city the other day di,
something wrong, and on going to bed wa
told by her mother to ask God to forgive bel
Guess I'd better wait till I die" was tn
little ones reply, "then he can hear m
better"
All the spelling reforms OF all the men il
all the world will not succeed in lessenin
the intensity of the school-boy affection
who scrawls on his slate with a broken pen
Gil, 81 luv yu," and hands it acrossthe aisle
with big apple, to q pretty little blue-eye
girl who reaus in the Second Reader.
At a recent wedding the bridegroom, be
ing an officer, wore his side arms at the nup