The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1885-01-02

bling llps.
"Frrd you heard what she said,
,nd it's true. We are going Aims
ey's way-severy one of us-but
Ior me this is truly a 'wake-night.
Never will be one at another
xine-party, for | know that was the
way poor Arthur began, and | am
no smarter than he was. Do 1
waut to RISK bringing my little girl
TO that r l'oiutIng to the inanimaie
form in rags. "This surely ends to
nights carousal-every one 20 or
stay, as be pleases ; | will settle Tor
everything here tonight, but it
will be the last bill Of the kind, and
Harry will help me to see TO this
child till she Is so / can take her
home with me.'
Most OF tue men departed in So
Der silence, which they would not
have doue two hours later, had no
Interruption to their testivity occur
red. Only two, besides Amsten
aud the young doctor, remained.
The latter soon spoke-his fingers
on the feeble wrist
"You'll never take her home with
you, Charlie, ,-sbe is almost gone !;
she was nearly dead Of consump-
tiou, | should say aud the expos
ure aud excitement OF to night will
end her miseries very so0n.n
But after time she revived, aad
remembered where sue was, and
smiled ut the men so kindly attend.
ing her. In faltering werls, and
with many pauses Tor breath, she
told then, the story OF her life since
"Papa was brought home killed. .
They were very poor, and living in
"a wretched place then; and mama
was sick, and soon after died very
suddenly as neither parent had
near relatives living, there was no
one to care for little Critic, and she
had stayed with one and another
of the poor people among whom
her mother died 4; they would keep
her in turns for awhile, out Of pity
as much as for what shc could get
by errands and by begging; but
when she tell sick no Que wanted
her. Teddy's granny had been the
last to house her; but being that
day herself turned out OF her mis-
cradle quarters, she had told Girtie
that she must ''shirk Tor herseIf.0
All day she had wandered IN the
streets, and all the evening, till she
saw Teddy aud learned abont the
New Year that people were watch
Ing for. "And when | saw iu
through your window said the
poor little one, 81 .Ithought you we're
doing it in here, and it / could get
IN might find il too; but Teddy
said You wonl,l not LET me in, no l
slyed in!n Her breathing was very
lsbored, aud she dozed between
her sentences, holding Amsdeu's
hand.
Tears, of which he was not
ashamed, were on the young doc
tors cheeks, as he pointed to the
clock on the mantcl and answered
her when she family asked ii the
Happy New Year would soon come.
"ies, little one, when the clock
strikes next time it will be here.r
She smiled and closed her eyes
contentedly, while her flnttering
breath grew shorter aud shorter.
In q few minutes the clock struck
twelve. Gir.ie opened her eyes and
seemed to be listening, but she
looked tar away beyond them as
she whispered A
"Oh, see-how light! 1t has
Happy"
New -Ycar-she would have said !;
but the faint breat failed; she lay
quite still, with a smile upon her
wasted face, and spoke no more.
"Charlie,p said DIR. Bingham,
s;she has met the New.Year upon
the threshold, and is happier than
you or | could ever make her. Do
you 60 home at once yon are uIr
nerved, and / will sec that all is
done that should be done. / know
a woman who will take charge OF
everything"
A few minutes past twelve,
Louise Amsden, who was waiting
up for her husband, although he
had told her she need not, was
aroused from u half-sleep in her
chair by his quiet entrance. HE was
pale--and what was this new look
In his facet Not tue "exhilerati0nh
she had feared, certainly;
"Oh, Charlie, wish you Happy
New Year." she said, going forward
half timidly, to meet him.
He put his arms about her with
a close .lasp, aud kissed her ferv-
eutly, saying to her surprise:
'.God bless you, my precious
Louise; and may He help me to
make all your years happy Come
with me to see Alice. | want to
look at her.n
By the side of the rosy, sleeping
child, he related to his wife what
the reader already knows, adding
c0ntritely,
III have known for some time
that you regretted gatherings for
drinking purposes; aud fool that |
was, resented the fear that showed
in your looks, even when sou did
not speak. But The sight Of that
child and the tale she told, WAS a
lesson | shall never forget. Here.
after we will divide our Joys as
we'll as cares. Happy Louise smil.
ed through tears, MS she said stAnsi