The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1880-09-24
The Three Loeves.


The dav was bitterly cold in Virginia
City as winter days mos: generally are III
that Alpine town, aud though tie sun
was bright, 1t was as cherries and chIl!
almost as mou,.beamS Wild gusts
wh:>tled tErongh tie streets, breathing
icicIeS and frost in their furious conr>e,
and driviru every living thing away to
seek shelter from its biting, penetrating
breath. And vet not every one was
housed and sheltered from the pit!less
gale. for he who Lad work to do or
business to transact was summoned by
inexorable duty to cpme forth to ms
post. or else. when the day of reckon
ing came, abide hy the consequences
but, with such exceptions as these, The
male population generally s"nght the
warm and friendly atmosphere OF the
drinking saloons, where, with hot
Scotcn," and glowing furnace, they
managed to keep themselves from treez-
lng. Ofthese lnckIess exceptions. Abe
Denniug the baker. was one. In srn-
shine or storm, hail, rain or snow, Peo-
ple must eat-eat, in fact, all more
voracIouslv because 1t does hail or
snow, as if to perpeifa'e an unseasona-
BILE Joke upon the baker, who. especially
in appetiziug weather, must see to 1t
that his customers larders be properly
stored with tie rarest aud best pro-
ductiolss of his oven.
Even such cald weather as this did
rot deter Mr.. Deunlng tr"Tn attending
to tie wants "f lis customers with the
assidnity and attention characteristic OF
/ his class While disappearing i'ito
I customers house, vita an armfnl OF
bread. girl of some fifteen years et
age emerged from a miler's cabin close
by. and first casting Wild aud hurried
olances around her rushed t" the
bakers cart, and had just ah>trac'ed
therefrom three lnaves of bread, an,i
was carving them IF, when the baker
returned ard caught her III the act
Unfortunately. an "fficer was pa~sin.
ins, a: tie time. and iI.e baker, ON the
spur of the moment, and without Civ
inc the "a the consideration which
he otherwise might, gave her in clSt"dy
on charge of theft The girl, without
sny attempt a, expnstulation or exria
nation. burst INTO an agony of tears-s
sufficient evidence, perhaps, that she
was but unvicc. after all, i'll the art o
stealing.
"Oh !" size exclaimed, "don'' tak'
me in this way. Let me wrap shaw
around my head, or the people vii
know me-"
The officer, consenting, accompanied
her into the CABIN, the baker having
drove away, telling the policeman Ii
would be IN court next day to prefer th
Charge before the police Jnd;Ze.
The tfficer. On re-enteriug, found NJ
one in tie cabin but three children-th
. Youngest abont three years old, and tn
+ eldest six. The hut was cold am
cheerless there was no fire. The tw
E elder Children alarmed at the presenc
of the officer, exhibited discol"re'i eye
; and faces, which bore evidence ot suffer
!. ing and recent tears while litti
Willie, the yonngest was crying AN
$ inappeakable, m"ping ainlessty ar"nn
the cabin, looking int" the empty clo-e
: and putting his hards mechanically int
n the empty dishes on ihe table.
What made y"u steal the bread
d my girl ?'' asked the officer.
e At mention of the word g bread,
+ little Willie looked tearfuily aud pi:'
g ously in the, mans face. The gi
: hugged the little fellow tranrically
: her arms, covering him with tears All
is kisses
n 6 Oh, my poor little brother p 81