The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1885-05-08

cross through the slim crsek 1t is a nearer
| road To We home, lass said Granny Raw lev
as they entered the cruss rpad and v vefi
swiftly carried farther into the deep words
! and soon we're many miles from the deai old
Strowbridge
Twenty five long eventful years have pas
sPd. 1t was evening All day there had
ben driZzling ram, bur at nights ap-
pTUach the wiud changed. IL turned bitter
cod, and the Vround WAS covered With
4 sleet.
In dismal basement room a moor woman
| lay apparently diving with none hear save
her little 9-year-oid daughter Her suffer
ings had become almost unbearable and she
begged aloud for help. The child hastily
wrapping a thin, torn shawl about her start
ed outin the great New York, in the incleul-
ent weather, as the last streak of daylight
was fading from the sky to try to secure aid
! for her mother
I Poverty, wretchedness, and ragged little
children are common sights i'm large city.
and many pass them by OF jostIe them aside
unmindful of their suffering The child
had with great difficulty made her way
through busy street, but at a crossing half
way over she slipped and fell, while an ele
CANT carriage passed so near that the coach
man, thinking his horses had trampled the
child, stopped to ascertain her condition.
She had sprained her ankle in the fall, but
was otherwise unhurt.
Tom, assist her In the carriage, Twill take
her home said the lady.
! The little girl cried piteousIy
What is your name, my child? Are you
seriously hurt 2
Lucy. please ma'am, let me 60 Nv
mother Is dying, and ] want to get DR.. Hugh
Murry to come quickly and cure her
Poor little Lucy Direct me and / will
take you to DIR. Murry. We will try to cure
yonr mamma
{ % thank you Ny poor mamma =
The child's plaintive story touched the la
dy's kind heart, and she resolved to visit the
poor woman whose worthless husband had
deserted her.
Little Lucy was rendered more cOmforta-
/ Bile by the addition OF a warm shawl.
Dr. Murry accompanied them to the dark,
dismal basement room that Lucy called
home, "A place destitute of every convent
7 eDce, and sight met their gaze which sick
ened the heart The strange lady could not
help utterng au exclamation OF horror.
\ woman who had once been beautiful
but now worn with fever and suffering, too
i'll to notice them lay on miserable bed Of
straw and rags in one corner of the room
De-. MurTy Immediately administered a res
torative, while the kind lady dispatched her
eoachman TO a grocer for some provisions
Taking from her purse a card bearing her
address, Miss Stanly presented it to DR..
Murry telling him that it was her intention
to befrend the sick woman. Mrs Parton,
and to bear the expense of medical atten-
tiOn.
They consulted about procuring a suita-
bic Dursa DR.. Murry promising to send one
whom he knew was competent. Mrs Bar
ton was completely p-ostrated by disease
and nothing hut constant attention and
skillful treatment could restore her health
DIR. Mury went in quest of nurse. and
returned in q short time bringing that valua
BILE assistant. Mrs. Crow, while Miss StanIy
remained with Mrs. Barton and with hel
own delicate hands prepared some food fol
the half starved child. Shortly after DIR
Murry's return she took her departDpEEsei7 tDpEEsi7r =, ,s5
'strapgso6 OF, P,Pti-l my lady should DO so mucf
for them strangers. 1 specks them to be
some poor relations
In the course of time Mrs Barton had 81
much recovered as to be- able to ride ont
and Mss Staniy took her daily IN her car
risRe. Finding Mrs. Barton lady of cul.
ture, she entertained her With a brief ac-
count of her life.
My situation when a child was deplora-
Bile. 1 was decoyed from my adopted home.
/ (for at 10 years of age l was left a pennIIess
/ OrDhan,) by most cruel, wicked woma1 I.
who tried to estranee me from nv hest
I friends by inventing horrible falsehoods.
She enticed me 10 visit her, but it was done
| only to destroy me. l was kidnapped and
! taken to New York where l endured every
/ kind of cruelty aud hardships. | was sent
I To beg, to steal, to sweep streets, and pick
rags, and was severely beaten il 1 failed to
/ perform all required of me. MY associates
/ were children well schOOled iD deception and
/ wickedGesS. Many time / have cried nv
self sick, ard have often been forced to beg
for food. All that inspired me with horror
and shame, as | knew it was wrong and
/ gladly would L have sought my friends, but
knew not how TO find them At last l re-
solved to leave my prosecutors, and walked
great distance away, sleeping the first
night in woodshed the second on a porch,
for it was warm weather
On the third day was far into the sub
urbs, and being fatigued sat down under
tree near a pretty white frame house
Thinking over my trouble. l began to cry.
How long bad been there l do not know
for had fallen asleep. l was awakened by
some one standing over me. and looked up
into the kindest face l ever saw. o, ft was
so soothing once more to receive a kind
word
Such was my experience the irst time l
saw your face and heard your voice. said
Mrs. Barton
The lady smiled and continued God
raised up friend for me in that good man
who took me to lis home, and upon heariug
my story shed tears. he adopted me as his
own daughter, giving me the nam, Mary
Stanly, and l was decently dressed, kindly
treated and placed at one of the best schools.
Learning later that had great talent for art
and perceiving his health failing, he took
NE to Italy there to finish my education.
Fathers (fOr such l always called him)
health improved little, and we enjoyed
each others society very much, and he took
a keen delight in my studies. Soon after
becoming pleasantly located, he died. Great
indeed was my surprise to learn that his
will made me pOssessor of $50 600 for I did
not know that 1e was a RICH man.
He bad no heirs to Inherit his fertune but
half sister and me.
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