Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-04-21

raised his head and glanced about him.
If he were inside there the wind could
not touch him. Oh, il he only could
get away from it one minute! He
would slip out again the moment the
house door opened. Unbending his
stiff little body, he crept nearer, hest
tated a moment, and. as the wind came
round the corner with q roar, slipped
swiftly and noiselessly into the car
riage. In the further corner OF the
seat he curled himself into a little
round heap, and lay, with beating
heart, listening to the wind as it swept
by. 1-s 80
1t was very quiet in his nest, and the
soft velvet was much warmer than the
cold fiagstones. and he was very tired
and very cold. and in half minute Ne
was sound asleep. He did not know
when at last the house door opened and
a lady. gathering her cloak closely
around her. came down the steps-did
not know even when the suddenly ami
mated monument descended from its
pedestal and stood sOlemnly by the
Opon door until the lady had stepped
inside But when it shut with slam,
and the coachman, returning to the
box. drove rapidly away, the boys eyes
opened and fixed their frightened gaze
upon the lady's- face. Preoccupied
with her own thoughts, she had not no.
ticed the queer bundle in the dark cor
ner. But now, her attention attracted
BY some slight movement on his part.
she turned her eyes slowly toward him,
and then. with suppressed cry of sur
prise and alarm, laid her hand upon
the door. The rattle of the wheels
and the roar of the wind prevented its
reaching the ears of the coachman;
and Tom. rapidly unwinding himself.
and covering down in the bottom of
the carriage, said, with frightened
sob:
II didn't mean no harm. was aw-
full cold. Say. just open the door. miss
is. and I'll jump out. You needn't stop
the kerridge."
The lady, with her hand still on the
door, demanded:
"HOw did you get in here?'
'The door was open, and clum in,''
he answered. 1T was awful cold"
The lady took her hand from, the
door. "COme nearer" she said. LET
me see your face"
Tom drew his ragged sleeve across
his eyes. and looked up at her over his
shoulder. They had turned into a
brilliantly lighted street, and she could
see that the tangled yellow hair was
soft and fine and that the big. frightened
eyes that raised themselves to hers were
not pickpocket's eyes. With sudden
impulse she laid her Sloved hand light
ly on the yellow head. Where do you
liver she asked.
Something in the voice and touch
gave him courage. with Nanny
SAL" he answered. Strengthening up
"me and some other fellows. Some
times we begs. sometimes we take the
barrels. When we get haul it amt
SO bad. but when we don't we ketch it.
She's drunk tonight, and she drove us
out"
She pushed the heavy hair back from
his forehead. lis Nanny Sal your
she asked.
Nor cried the boy, almost fiercely;
and then added sullenly. II amt got
none."
Slowly the glOved hand passed back
and forth over the yellow hair. The
lady's eyes were looking far away; the
boys face was like, SO strangely like
another face.
Are you hungry" she asked sud-
denly.
The wide-open gray eyes would have
answered her without the quick sob and
low Yes'm."
The carriage stopped, and, the monu-
ment again accomplishing descent,
opened the door, and stood staring in
blank amazement.
II am not going in. john" said his |
mistress. ''Drive home again" And
she added, smiling, ''This little boy |
crept in out of the cold while the car