The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1880-01-15

Httle girl about dve wears old, came to
tie door and aaked II sbs might come 10
and gel warm. Ii wss The afternoon Of a
cold, windy DAY 10 March, aud as Bridget
bad gone out aud the kitchen Ere was
down, mamms let her come inIo the sit.
ting room, where we sli we're, Fred read
ing, Nell aud sewing. and While aud
baby Belle playing With The blocks.
Msmma piaoed q chair by The Gre for
The strange woman And Pashed up low
stool for the ll,,le girl, who ses,ed bersslf
demarsly upon Il, aud thea began look.
ing al Pred, who sat next TO her.
Pretty soon the woman arose, said she
bad a long walk to take, and ss abe was
soon 10 return, asked IL she might leave
the little girl, who was tired, with US
until she came back
We lived in small country town. you
zee, when trsmps were few aud fsr be-
tween, and mamma, saspectibg nothing,
consented and the womsu went away.
The little girl sat stiIi for long time
and then suddenly startled as al By ask
Ing IN clear, childish voices
nWhat dat be7 sbe was looking at Fred,
and nodded oomioslly at the book be held
10 HE hand.
That's book, said Fred
What be you 10 do with il?sbe asked.
l'm reading Il.
What dat iss
Here Fred's gravity gavc way and he
burst into a hearty laugh. The child
only looked at him wonderingly sud re-
pes,ed her question with grsye earnest
nea.
What dat Is you do!
Look here, little Quiz, said Fred, you
mast be savage II you never saw q
book before; aud he tried to explain to
. her what be was doing, but at every step
she stopped him with question, always,
Willie said, putting the cart before the
horse.
We'll, Qaiz, said Fred, at last, you dis.
play a marvellous desire for information
LII you don't know much now. Pray tell
us what your name Isl
But for all we could learn from the lit.
. tie stranger, who asked questions far
easier than che could answer them, she
had no name; so Fred said be should call
her Quiz as long as she stayed with us.
The afternoon wore slowly away, and
still the strange woman did not come
back. Little Quiz stayed with us all
J night, and the next morning papa made
inquiries and lesrDed that she had taken
the train for Chicago, aud was by this
time beyond the possibility OF tracing.
We we're all very indignant when paps
told us about 1t next day at dinner.
! Quz amused us with her odd ways and
. droll questions, and we thought ii very
cruel for her mother as we supposed the
Iwoman 10 be, to desert her In that man
ner. Aud what wss TO become OF poor
Quiz now, was the question we all asked
oil papa.
S'pose we'll have TO send her to the
,, county house, said papa.
guess you'll find out what tho rest oi
the little paupers know in just no time,
won't you, Quiz? said Fred.
Quiz looked at him moment with her
great serious, gray eyes; then her lips
quivered, and two big tears rolled slowly
down her cheeks.
Where be sleepY she said, with lit.
tie sharp sob.
Fred besitAted moment between a
desire to laugh and temptation 70 catch
her ia bis arms aud kiss away her tears,
Finally be asked her in softenedio
Don't you want TO go7
like to 'tsy wi you, she answered,
with another great sob, leaning her head
! on her land aud her elbow on the table,
Hooking The very picture ofsadness.
Couldn't we keep herr asked Fred, sud
denly Of pspa.
don't know what does mother say?
on, mamma, dol said Nell whose heart
was even softer than Fred's.
Oh, e mamma, do, urged little Willie.
Mamma, thus appealed to, looked quite
5 perple1ed Her motherly beart had gone
out toward the lonely stranger, but sbC
had so many cares, and quite children
enough TO occupy both heart and hands.
u IN help you take care OF her, pleaded
Fred.
We might keep her while, mammi
said, aud 20 We did.
Willie clappod his bands aud cried
HurrAbl Nell said, Oh, goody Fred said
That's jolly bat Quiz said nothing, obll
took up her fork aud went on with bel
dinner.
! 10 time We Ell lbeeame very much at
Ia. he'd TO her, Her demure, funny way
wetsa constant source Of amusement
and ,he was gentle, afectionate aud gen
erous. tAs y
Butit was Fred who held complet'
possessl on Of ber heart. For him sh'
saved hAi OF her cahdy, spples and Othei
goodies / 1r him she learned to sew, draw
: pictures an, write lelters; when she cam
10 90 to scho oi IL wAs 10 him she con6det
B al her trials nd triumphs, and to bin
Z abe went for aid and assistance In mapag
ing bard sums, and 20 We called be
Fred's protegee.
When she first went to school, Ere
. gave her the natis OF orphania, and III
children called bar orphie, bat shs re
tanned ber habit oi asking question
sboag everything, And 90, parity for ia
and partly because the name suited hei
We continued 10 cali her Qaiz, aud thu
Ilhinn. unni ON NATL ale Wa lHelY