The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-06-16


watch in her belt which we had seen Her
father carry, she added: u have ankA-
yertisement to answer at eleVeh o'clAtH
Int I shall be back by one, and very grSsL
fIj for visit" and dropping curtsey
As she went out Mr.. Leveridge rose and
walked for a minute hurIiedly up and
down the room; then in voice trembling
with emotion he exclaimed;
| az have never seen any one so much ike
NV Anne the same height-the same
brown hair and eyes, and quiet ways. And
to think of her alone and friendless in this
great city, with her young sister on her
| hands-it goes to my heart, it goes INV
heart! Work? 1t is cheer and good living
and fresh air she needs. If l had her AZ,
| Oak Bluff she should soon be rosy and mer.
nv. Let me see, it is now eleven; l mnst
| pc TO nv bankers, but at two ] will como
| for YOU, and we will find Horton Streets
| With one breath we said as he shut the
door, 80, if he would only carry them baclr
with him What blessed deed to snatch
| these two young things from this whirlpool
where so many like them go down, and set
them in the safety of loving American
| home !"
| Mr. Leveridge was punctual to his na
gagement, and with little trouble we
found Horton Street, which proved to he
almost lane in an obscure part of the citv
for she met us at the door, looking yet more
attractive now that her shining hair was
uncovered, and her figure seen in allits
slenderness. We followed her to bare
! but neat room at the back of the house.
where she introduced her aunt, a fair-cm
plexioned, gentle, worn-looking woman.
| and her sister Lucille, blue-eyed girl VITA
faxen curls, small for her years. and lok-
| ing as if she had always been somebody's
| darling, and knew nothing of thetxs
world. Similarly attired sine sta - Mr.
| garet's side with an innocent, clinginga air,
as if her sisters four years more of lie en-
titled her to be in all things protector and
! guide.
With his genial kindness Ir. Leveridge
| put penn at once at ease. H told them of
his daughter, and Of Margret's striking
resemblance to her, and in answer to some
| inquiry of theirs about America he de-
| scribed his home in IlliniS, while they
listened as to magic tab; in the most
! tactful way he drew from hem many de-
tails of their family life am circumstances.
! Margaret brought out a tiny picture of her
mother-another Lucille~to show him;
Mrs. Mason would have him see the needle
work the two had done atjhe pension. AL
| together an hour passel with charming
quickness. and when we lift he said to their
| auut;
| "You see what interes 1 take in your
nieceS. 1t may be | shill be able to find
them situations: at anyrate you must do
nothing till you hear from me again." and
as he turned away leaving them in delight
full wonder and expectation, l fingered to
tell them how good and sincere a man he
was, and how amply ale to do any kind
ness his heart suggested.
81 have made up ny mind" he said
| gravely when we reached the carriage,
land l am sure it is what Anne would have
| mo do If Sbp aou1l c,,ool- 70 ma TTn1occ I
find something against it l shall take Mar
garet and her sister back with me, pro-
vided they will go, and care for them as
my own. | never could quite understand
how | came to be persuaded to leave home
| for six months here, but now | believe it
was so ordered that mightfind these girls.
| As soon as leave you at the hotel | am
going to have a talk with Carl Voigt, who
| hear is truthful, good man, and | shall
take the first train tomorrow for Thorby-
| it is only two hours ride-tC see Mr.. Wick
ham, the old clergyman Of whom Mrs.
| Mason spoke. | Shan't see you again till
my return, when will tell you the result"
and he relapSed into a thoughtful silence,
which was not broken on hi, part till we
| gained the courtyard, from whence |
fastened upstairs to give my friends an
account of our visit, and he departed in
search of the courier.
We heard nothing further till the evening
of Tuesday, when he entered with joyful
face, and throwing himself into chair, es-,
claimed;
''It's all right! Pm too tired and it's 5os,
| late to go to Horton Street tonight, but ID
the morning l shall settle the matter viii
out delay. 1t would have made you cryo
hear Carl Voigt describe the bitter gref
and the absolute uncertainty as to thG
| fate of these two children when he tod
them of their fathers death. Clasped n
each others arms they wept for tire
without control, when suddenly Margart
raised her head and whispered: 'Lucill
God will be our father We must trust
Him. and from that time she was con
| posed, and soothed her sister, and listend
| attentively to all he had to tell or sugges
| The people i'll the house were much a.
tached to them, but unable to help then
and all they could do, for the time, was
| come to their aunt. He said he pitied then
so that if it hadn't been for wronging hi
own children, whom he can barely support
he would have offered them a home witt
him. 1t seems their father had brothel
who now lives in Lucerne, but the two haC
some disagreements and consequent un
friendlinesS, and the girls know nothing
| their uncle"
"And did you go to Thorbv?"
"By the first train this morning. It's a.
nice bit of English country as | have seel
| looks as if it had been finished a Thousand
cal . ileN' MI w lcklldin proved TO De JUS
what he was represented, kindly gentle
man who has spent his life in the parish
and knows it to the smallest particular
| When he learned my errand he had so much
to tell, and so many questions to ask about
America, that could hardly get away-he
| is old now, and doesn't go beyond his gar.
| den, and visitor from the prairies was a
| novelty.
"The substance of the information he gave
me is this: The Danes belonged to the re
spectacle yeomanry of the district, and
were upright, amiable people. For two
generations, however, from one cause and
another, their means had been growing less,
untll, IN the presen g, the two daughters
there was no so d to enter the ranks
of what he called ier servants, Mary
married Charles N 1, a London clerk, a
native OF Thorby, whU soon left her widow.
Margaret, he said, was the prettiest girl in
the parish, and might have welded more
than one worthy, substantial farmer, but,
unaccountable to him, she preferred the
SWISS courier she met when travelling as
Lady Vernon's maid on the continent
never came home, and he feared, had a hard
life OF 1t. He said he had felt great COM
passion for her orphan children, and was
reJolced atwhat proposed to do. | should
have told you that in addition to the line
Mrs. Mason gave me on Monday when |
expressed desire to call on him, took a
letter of Introduction to him from my
banker, so he knew was no impostor. His
last words to me were: May God reward
you. never saw Vallot, but if these girls
are anything like their mother, you will
not regret befriending them'