The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1886-02-13

: child. For months she had had Il,
home, but wandered with her sick faith
er,dependlng upon the charity of strang
ers, wherever they chanced to be- Nov
she was made comfortable.
The two women, though shocked y
her wild untutorei ways, were kind ,an,
tried to lead her in the way she SHOULD
go, aud she learned to love them both
even while her perversc nature led hel
to set at defiance all their rules.
Aunt Dorothy declared dozen time.
a day that she was the plague of hci
life" but yet the house seemed strange
ly lonely and still when she was absent
She taught her to sew, and would
leave her dcmurely seated in her low
chair, an Industrious little maid, and
returning in few moments to find her
gone, anu catch the nutter of her gar
ments up in some tree, where she was
talking to the birds.
She attended the village school. was
-bright, and easy to teach, but the prime
mover in all mischief, and general
fay0rlte with the scholars. But best of
all She loved TO wander over the hills,
picking flowers, or playing in some
mountain rill.
She formeds an acquaintance with
ONE rude wood-chopper, who, with
their families, dwet in some little shan
ties on the mountainsde.
The men smiled when she came, and
the women loved the helpful little girl
who kept the babies so still, and told
nice stories to the ''wee BARNS"
She saved little two-year-old boy
from drowning one day, and won there
by the everlasting gratitude of the par
ents; and when one of the poor women
fell i'll, begged some nice things of her
aunt to carry to her.
One dark November night she and
her aunt Dorothy happened to be alone.
Betsey had gone to sit up with sick
neighbor, and the hired man lived some
distance away.
About midnight Gipsy, who slept in
small room next to her aunt's, was
awakened by scream. Springlng
from the bed, she rushed into the outer
room.
Two masked men stood By the bed,
one holding a lantern, while the other
held knife to the woman's throat, and
a voice that Gipsey recognized said:
stop that screcching and tell us
where that money is you took for the
cows to-day, or Pll soon settle YOUR
"No, you won't, Pat DAILY" said the
child, springing to the bed and clasping
her aunt around the neck.
Both men started, and the man with
the lantern said:
ITS Gipsyr
Yea, Dennis Carter; and don't you
remember how saved your little Mike
from drowning?"
''Indade do. And not n hair of yer
head shall be harmed, the blissd darlint
that ye are! But how came ye here?"
II live here, and this is my Aunt
Dorothy, who gives me home and is
so kind to me. lou shan't touch her
unless you Kill me first. She sent your
wife, Pat DAILY, those nice broths and
jellies when she had the fevcr,and she's
ever so good;" and Gipsy burst into
tears.
The men consulted together while tho
child bent over Aunt Dorothy. who had
tainted for the first time in her life.
ooh, she's dealr' she screamed.
"No, she isn't; she has only tainted.
She'll come to in few minutes" said
one man. 1--WE woul Int have come
here ii we'd known, il was your aunt.
Now. child, you must promise never to
tell who we are, and You musn't either
OF you tell of this nights adventure, as
ii would set folks to talking ana make
trouble, you see"
eyes" sail Gipsy, 81 understands;
and ! won't tell, anI I'll promise for
Aunt Dorothy too. Only be good, and
go right away, and, oh, don't ever do so
again"
"You don't hate us, Gipsy?"
"Oh, no, indeed; I'm only sorry for
you. Do go"
When Miss Dorothy recovered her
senses she was alone with her little
niece.
"Where are those horrid men?' she
asked.
They've gone, Aunt Dorothy"
"But what a brave child you are,
Gipsy! But won't they come back? Can
for help. Muir"
The chlld's hand was on ber lips.
Don't, Aunt. I've promised we
won't tell anybo ly about this"
'Not tell! I'll have them arrested"
Il took some time to prevail on the
excited woman TO be silent; but as she |
really did not know who her assailants |
were, and the child refused to speak, she |
resolved to keep quiet.
The next day, to Betsey's disgust, she
had the hired man move his family into |
part OF the house, "for company" she
said.
A week after Gipsy climbed the
mountain side to find the cabins Of DAILY !
and Carter deserted, and the chill No
yember wind sweeping through them.
She was new prime fayorite with
Aunt Dorothy, who seemed to forget
she had ever been "the plague of her
life"
CHEATED IN EVERYTHING.
81 never saw such man in all my