The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1883-10-10
INTERESTING SKETCH.
IN HER TRUE 00L0RS.

Mr. Alrff3 had inst come ont of q Tuif10tIa
old house i, what xvas called 6 The Factory
o,,arte,-, J, q Ts,,lay v;lisos. Dow,, ~ tho
river, the huge black chimneys belched
forth their volumes Of muxhy smoke, while
the clanq and whir Of machinery kept up 4
ceaseless din with d score OF hideous brich.
buildings. The streets were foul with the
sinders from the fire.pits. wild weeds
grew among the vacant fields, and heaps Of
discarded tin cans and broken crockery lay,
like miniature mountains wherever there
had been room to dump them. Down on
the edge Of the river there was q colony Of
tenement houses sJag-town ii was common
/ " called, in which poverty wore its most
| caspfos4less aspect, --and 1t was out Of one
Of these wretched places TIA. Mr. Alyord
| had lust issued.
He was young Clergyman, and, in con-
sequence of his youth, enthusiastic and
earnest, but old Mrs. Tubbs' dirt and inf
deity combined, had been most difficult
| problem for him to soivel And as he stood at
the door, breathing in the pine-scented air.
which was so inexpressibly refreshing after
the mingled odor of onions and SCOT which
had just filed his lungs, slight figure
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| Mr.. A,vord looked al her in some sur
| or;se
"I hone. " he said. erayelv. !" that vo,.
ara not hent mon any erran6 Of which Va,
have any reason to be ashamed pr
| Al this Mary blushed deeper than before
ooh. NO. no ~ she said. Only-it's
! fhe hit of chicken from dinner. A nice
wing and some bits Of the breast-bone with
GOOD meat ON them. Miss Sexworthy told
me to give them to the cat. She would be
very much yexed if she knew that I had
brought them here. But thought of poor
old Mrs. Tubbs and the children who are
actually suffering for want of something to
eat. Was it very wrong Pr
!" No." said Mr.. Alyord, sit was right.
But If you had asked Miss Sexworthy's
| leaye-'
Z. She would have said No ~ Mar5 IN
hesitatingly answered. She says people
have no business to be poor, and that she
can't supply all the shiftless vaQabonds in
Iddley Village. Oh, I've asked her beforel |"
Here was still another problem. Mr..
Alvord did not know what to say, SO he
very wisely said nothing at all. But he
thought that Mary Milton must be mis-
taken. Alicia Sexworthy was so sweet, so
pious, so full Of well-chosen Scripture quo
tations and good works.
Yes, Alicia Sexworthy was very pretty,
and how was the unaophisticated young
clergyman to know that her bloom was
bought at the drugstore in a porcelain box
and that her naturally curly hair was hung
up by the side Of the bureau every night2
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