The daily intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Territory [i.e. Wash.]) 1876-1881, 1880-01-25
A CHILD vOYAGRR.


Tunes az delightful surprises; and stupid
would We b il We failed to be reused from
l,fe's tsrpor BY their presence. their
deeds, and their expression Of them.
Az We stepped uron the platform OF the
cars on our way West in the middle Of
the night, we heard . man say. Here
is . little girl oil alone. Will not
somebody take care Of herr Somebody
responded and We thought no moro Of
it until next day when We had dropped
our sleeper, and entering one of the
other cars We saw the sweetest little
child form We ever looked upon, fast
asleep. 90 sound asleep - not to be
heard in breathing. Such . head Of
dark brown hair, lying all loose over
shoulders, back and face, wss never
beheld; features. ~ il the choice. Of IN
artist from . thousaod beaatiss. her
long, dark eye!sshes Icy across the
openings into world Of beauty. and
her form wss 10 heautifol I'd .ptstion to
her face. We could hardly wait for
her to wake, for we felt sare she WAS
tho lonely child OF whom We had heard
the night before, and were impatient
for the history Of this interesting but
solitary voysger across the earth. A.
ter awhile the conductor stood over
her, a. il drawn by her beauty and
innocence. Hs seemed - be shrinking
from waking her, - II sue was IN an-
gel, whose repose it would have been
irreverent to disturb. Said he. Whose
child 10 this = No one could tell. He
turned away ard went on gathering up
his tickets. When hs hal finished he
came back, aud she was awake. He
stopped and said:
.Whoss little girl are you r
'Msmms's. said she, looking up
trustfully in his face.
Where 10 your mammaf Show me
who she IT,
Said she gently. Mamma is not on
the cars, chs 10 In heaven
The gentlsmsnly conductor grew
more intently anxious aud said
But you have Q father sbosrdi' .
No. sir; my father is in heaven Q
long time ago. When I was . little
baby he WAS in the army. Aamma
used TO tell me about him. She called
him her poor soldier boy
And where did your papa and
mamms liver
In ireland. lsir.' speaking more gent
y - II not right sure it Was best to tell
him.
Where did you como from. my little
darling?'
from the same place. sir
Not from Ireland
Yes, SIR
who came with you?
Nobody. Sir, but God. He kept me
on the sea when. it was awful stormy.
and was 90 sick thought l would
die
The conductor, ia surprise. said. You
did not como oil the way from Ireland
BY yourselff
Yes, cir: God was with me; my
auntie prayed for mo and told God t.
take care Of me on the ioreoastls OF the
ship; and she kissed me and said
Precious pet. don't 10 afraid. for Col
has told mo that He 10 going with you
ell the way; aud some people on tho
deck took NE and made me slsep BY
them until ! got to New York. and
then they took me to the railrad sta.
ton and nics old gentleman with
white beard got my ticket. Here it %
cir. opening . queer, old'fsshioned
Irish carpet sack, aud pulling Mt Z
woolsn pslt,oost aud putting her little
hand into the packet. took OUT q little
pocket book tied with . piece Il so,led
linen taps. here It 10; he gave it to me
and told me not to b. afraid. becaus.
the people would oil DC K, ID to l,ttl,
stranger orphan girl. And he said when
wanted anything tn ask the man witt
the band an his hat. Are you Oh,
mani
Yes; what do you want. my littD,
pety
/ want you to take care Of me. i
Jon please
I will. indeed. had little Cir
about - large - you, but she died.
She 10 in heaven. sin't shs! 81,
will zee my papa add mamma, won'l
che 2
he said. 1 hope So and turned
awsy.
Dy this time . half doseu men had
gathered about the child; no woman
happened to be in the cars. slse tia,
woman's heart would have been broken
The men were oil rough. good heartet
souls. aud all SEEMED to Do ddRety {,
do somsthine Tor this strange, bssasifs
child. One turned up . tag which Va
fastened 20 ribbon around her mesh
and on il wAs written
Enc Mo-. Of Ireland, aged ssves
years. i On her way to her auat, Mr.
Mo-. Fort Kearney, Uaitsd State
Of America. Kind friends. be good {.
this child. She vac her mother's dar
ling. who died on the 18th day OF De
cember, 1873. This poor Child l. 81
ths' IL lelt OF the family. and he,
feisnds ere seeding her TO her aunt's, :,
Fset Ksarney.'
Oas rough.lcotiag man asked her i
she hAd anything - ct, % which Oh,
rsplisd By showing him some litsl,
sveet oAkoe and aid:
DO you thiuk these will b. enough
until get 70 my sunt'sy'
Give mo your rst,cule.' he replied
and. opening it. commencrd filling 4
out Of HE we'll stored bsshet. Other
brought il their suppliss. until sA~r
wss more thsa the child coald carry
An old gsntlem IN. ae.,us eighty yesr
Of Ags. sid he would take Der 10 iAr |,
Kanass City; = 0iack msu lid be hak
nothing 70 give her 90 eat. 81 he CAV,