The Arkansaw traveler., 1883-12-22
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gsoceryman to the bad 6ey a he cane in with his lip cat. and locked in the glass to see if IL was gvowing together. Nov yoa sit down here while 1 call a policeman. l saw you going down an alley this morning vitn tin pAil and a bundle. and l believe you are one cf those sre. bugs, and that you had pail of kerosene and some kindlsng. and that you have set fire ~lth a slow match that will break ous pretty soon. ., ! am on to you. ' and the grocery man looked sassy.
 "Well, have kindled fire, . said the bad boy, as he rubbed some vaselsne cs his tip. and when it breaks cut, and be- comes warm instead of calling out the fire department it will call forth prayers from a poor, hearbroken woman, and make the smiles of joy liget up her face. and don't you forget t."
 Where did you ses that 6re." asked the grocery man, as he began to relent. Tell me about this incendiasy PsTtsr- mance.-
 -Well, you know that girl ,ha, run away from our ward last year, and mar ricd that dude who thought she vas rich ? He deserted her, and she came back here about month ago, but she was not we'll enough to get work m the store. and she has had hard time. l used to go to school with her. and the other day | 1 met her on a back street. and she asked me for two shillings to buy some bread ! and milk. and gave II to her. and then followed her ,o her home. She lives m 4 room over mca, market. and al the i furniture she has go, wouldn't hil play house for your hltlc baby gul. l l guess half the tune all the meat ] she has is the smell she gets from the meat down stars, but when they arc try i ing lard m the butcher shop the smell ,s real strengthening. We'll, si,. when | vent n the room she was feeding iee,le l bit ot baby some bread and milk. and crying and laughing all at once. Ky gosh, II broke me all up. She had pAwned everything she had tor some l thing for the baby so cat. and she was n pretty bad shape. The baby eat and 1 laughed, and went to sleep, and then she told me all her troubles. how the dude 1 had gone back on her. and hos she had worked making shirts at ten cents apiece l io support herself and baby. 1 sas darn | Well, SIT. tha, poor. pale gni, crying there Tn that old bare room. was loo much for Hcnncfy. and 1 ven, out and called our gang ot boys together. us boys that told you had been saving wood ioi widders told them about ,hIs giIl. and belng the boss of the gang gave them ttteen minutes to raise two dollars apiece, and before the time was up they all anne down with the money. Then divided fl up and told one boy to go and ge, two dollars worth oi coal. and another one, he was committee on b,scuii and tea and sugar, and was lightning on bauy clothes and In,!s. and the bundle you saw me carry down the alley was flannel clothes our baby has kicked herself out of, and II wan, no kndling wood for In- ecndIary hres, and the ke,osene you ihough, had was milk. regular old COW milk. and none of your mllk wagon stuff
 We'll, you'd dide to see us fellows get things up stairs. and surprise ,ha, poor i lttle woman. My ohum balli A nre. and you ought to have seen me dress that baby 1 used to be mad when na made me pu, clothes on the baby. at home, when she wanted to do up her han, but now l am glad of H. cause 1 can get m my work on i,ttie. cold, poor bao,cs. and make them think am an old nurse from Nurscvillc. The tired iitile mother lust sa, ught down on the foo, and tred to see us boys take hold oi running the house. and was afraid she would flood the but, her shop below, so l took the baby. when had go, the warm l.snnels on Il. and Il looked surpassed al bcing so warm. Al though something had hap pened to II. aid pu, II in the nasna $ lap and she hugged |, iill though, she would bus, :t, sure. but motheIs know
 US, how nght To hua, don't they We hNed her up in gopd shape. and each of us borrowed d blanket of out own beds at home and took them ,o her, and | guess she is thc.happiest I,,ile woman ip ,his town. bat ] wish she would not cry SO. IL break something inside my ses, when l sec woman cry. and feel Al though my gall was all anolng out
 We'll, us boys has took solemn oath io be that woman's gardeenc how do you spell that, Anyway. we arr going to be her perteofer. or boss, thls wintef. unil she gets able to work and earn her IyIng and tha, woman is gong to have all she can lay her ,aws to, and the blby IS go- ing to be ,uy as ~cil dressed as any baby in this town, as long as mas baby's clothes hold out. tell you, baby ~ith four b ,d boys laying for il. to watch that i, don't suffer, isn't in danger of freezing, and after this fl you see me going down ,ha, alley at night. loaded with anything from nurslng bottle to barrel of -four, don't you give me away And II YOU hear of any babies that has lost their eud 4ad don't know where the next meal is eorn- ing from. you luss inform Us boys ard ~e ~ill fIf the baby % full ot cut feed , that i, can, y,p. Say, hew would some of them dried apples do fpr ogr baby 7,
 c, get out" sad the groserY man you ought to lrnow that dr,ed apple would split baby wide open. whssevef you do, don't ever give a bzby dried apples. Now, here are some rice psunes. ,hz' would be splendid for baby. They are ljtfie wormy, but prunes open the <t A~~s~l~~.