Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1882-12-19
Bat. .'so. what misery til. child e.

h1Ottt0I ett n - raff1E
laA dress oil In paichea; q thin r,
get shawl on her hAif-t,sre sb.,ulder
: pair II w"Tn Out shces. through u hi,
, pA, tulty ysg'teI.-d ter II. zAn feet. =
Genevleve wns deeply affected al
. Ipu' .i"wn her basket ~, the RrntlDd b
-Idt TIER, aud. rersrtil. n nf Wind II
snnw. -st down upou IL aud stared ,
The, alec ping chilli. a-,sr- H. : ,-
u The SNOW fell upon the child's hal
nak+d b"dy !; she shiv+red IL her sIee
A few minutes lnpger aud the lar,
fsii'4R fakes would have completed
cover.d her.
I Gentle pity took hold of Genevieve.
:6upgs~e j wake herr Thought sh
As.ifthe good God had hea, her. II
child swske Of ber Owu accOrd, Opene
lrer large eyes. AID with aH instiDctis
mntiOe. sif-w around her. frs s-n shouls
ess the t.tiered end Of the ragged shaw
She saw The s,.iw aud, the. enlpt
street. The acshd wind hISw with 8
nerrtt bIs.f. and sbe became fsjght.nee
.YCsns home with me-" snid Gen.
visse, ne n IL, - -.
II aim willing" anewered the ch,lt
She sHsssS aud walker Q stew earps
che CslutGt hardly stahd 0n her feet the
were "a cnld abst they had lost eli tel
ing But ~ the little waits hsppy ss
II takes . Rrs ut deal TO csure de- i,sir
htsidss Geneviev~'s lovely face went II
towards comforting her, though she tel
very, very coDGl 1s..rs ~. -. I, s-.1,r
az our home there 10 0 good fire,
said Genevievs. -
II au glad of that. But / am 30 hun
gry."y - at sl7 r.- ~ -
Genevjeve looked into her haskell
She turned It upside Down. NnthiuR-
there wsa absolutely no, hing In IL. She
wh0 q" often left in It y tart or roll, bae
eateb everything up. II 10 true, though
ihst 90 that day she had only . piece o
bread and butter, and few dried nuts
Lunch baskets are not always made M
exactly alike. -
Come along with me "ehe said. "a,
home We have everything"
"WhAt . nice home it must BE-. y
thought the poor child. And withou,
waiting to he further urged, Though stiIl
ss'mewhat timid;y, she followed on be-
side her young prOtectress
: They ssOn reached the house on
which the LsrOches had rpoms II was
not hrcsuse the child's ltgs were airopa
that she walked 70 fast hut owing tG
the good fortune which seemed TO heS
to have dropped from the skiea, vnd
which gave her new ri streDxth She wss
cold aud would sooD be- warm she wa
hungry, and her new friend had prom.
tsed her lot Of nice things
They psseed the porter's lodge with
out say ing anything tn him They
went up the four f1,g hts Of stsirs, stop
pesi before . dtx,r, where Genevieve
called Mama" Mama did not answer
Ic.was just the hour ut which she VIA
III the habit Of delivering her work. and
she bad not as yet returned. Gene
We've did lot let that irOub e her. She
snew where her mother hid the key
found II, opened the door, entered the
sn'm, aud began vt nnce to stir up the
fire, which was dying cut and which,
>aDn began to roar. and seated the child
Rht clOee TO the s'Ove. M
"Ry the way. what 10 your name ?"
"V,nlet" I" h.
''V"l+t Oh. what y pretty nane!"
AID Gen-vieve repeated the nsn.
Violet V"ier. ". # III tsnund ro,.ju,e.,
nJ' vi-,O'' "f that sl,"Cl~si v.msis flower
" whose de'i''ate perfume seemed to dus.
sr.unsi her 4
Have y"u father?"
No"
"A moiher Pr
Il had one. She IL dead"
Then y hat have you 2"
NMhing."
"Well that isn't much. Come. dnn'r
cry. ! have papa, n,ams, aud Rxva
geur"
IL fact Violet had not ceased to cry.
But the snow which covered her, hmv.
iug melted sway. her tears aiso dried up
NJ II b3 magic. Then the stove hogan
Ia siDg-Oh, 'hwt sweet music! Ravx
gsur tried To keep up with IL IN snoring.
tut i,e did not succs.+d, f.r the stove beat
Tim out ann out. ami ViOlet inwstdly
. Encouraged It, It was even nicer when
~he saw G-nevieve d,aw out the table
aud place upon 1t u clean white cloth
What splendid sight Aud she ~.
msxt l''st her srnses with Joy when
little door wss opened out Of which
came the delicious aroma which per
m,%steti the entire rs'm. filling It with
MI spetiz,ug ~siur Of well csn,ked fm'd
Vi"irt laughed, sang, sn'f clsppesi her
tit,le hands. SHE had never besu ut g..
grand a ftA.t bef fore.
wxs her xst0hIrhinSnt There was ~
sxtrH pia'e ~ the ,sble, aud . guest al
fesdy seated, iiupAtieutly xwxliiDg the
time to bexiu operations.
it did not take lOrg to explain mat
ters, which We're *l.O told to the fAi her,
" u" just then came home. They bnth
,uug h<d heartily bat had not the hear,
III 6ud txult with Genevieve fDr what
kSf
the child who, ut Eight of the mxsier of
the house had sgxiu grOwn tired and
fearful But seeing that she WAS sur-
r","'ied by kindly ,'eOplr, she SOM
~ eTcOme her tinisiity and wss herself
nxsiu. Besides she Was sO c0mfOrts
ble Guns queutiy sue commenced ut
,hce to eat Der soup.
AT the desseri they got her to talking.
suO G-nevieve criesi y great deal 1t the
stO,y she told The LarOchfs msDsged
/" kerp y straight face, hut 1t wss by an
fort. xid they were c',ulpelled more
l"an once to brush away tear. Whist
The child omitted to say they easily mn-
teist'nd; u Was easy f'r them 10 rex-
I,z~ " hsI she must have suffered.
The story was eimt.l eis,ugh, fur poor
ttle VIOie. had not III Inventive mind
idtuVA Sut Dou oCVCG AuOWUe ut
had died, d"ub:lrssiy, while she was NJ
IL faht iu the cradle But 1t wss other
v i've ~ to tier inother; she sppke only
NJ her. A handsome cOn-unptlve wO
lnxii, we easily GUESSED. whom the work
.l,Op hs,: early beni. he needle had ex-
I,au.ied t'etOte her time, aud tight NO,
hsd killed. Most probable she l,xd di.u
ne prt ctedins night, alone iu her higi,
xavrrt, with not Meig ghbnrly baud to
.l,~s her D. ing tyrs They buiid tn.
nnuse- 81 high il Paris that pr, pie do
rot always know Who dies W there
Violet had btcnme frix xhiened; n+aih
at thrown his terrifying ,shxd..w
srOnnd her. and sne had h,b AWAY
" ~i,hOnt sxs ing n wuri to any "n+. and
rn,i " wandered Iin,I+r-ly. ihFnnsh Psr.s
had leti t.er ia sbe haOks nt the
B,-vTe TIE chIiu tsu seated hers. II /
r u M .iii-nt ~eA,i'.ss nni weak ue--
,v<I...iis- her: she h II fallen s-l@e,.,
nd then the snuw b gsn again TO fall
''S.irely s,nie "Ue tuu-L knnw thi-
lid" sa,d ,te f"rriiIsn. "Chry will
.+-k aud r. qu,I+ for her w, must take
Der u the C.Inini-ar> at P nlc-
Not to night +" said Gemevi-ve
Very veil Then early t.-morrow
"Eer,N In the morning" asid h.-
= lie, I'VE .bali n"t be apt to fat the
O",n.isary If Pic-."
Mr. L.roche would not give in with
'ui n struggle.