The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-04-28
NOBLG DONE.

Poor creature sad Am.
Wright, TO two of her school com
panions, as the three girls stepped
from a cabin on the outskirts of tht
tewn of Westville, TO be deaf an,
dumb. and with little baby, anC
not able to tell where she came from
and where she was going, when thl
train met with tina: accident IL
dreadfulw
A week before this, southern
bound train colliGed with freigh
cars. and was hurled down an EN-
bankment. Some of the passenger
were killed, and but few of them es
capped without injury The woman
mentioned had her right ann severe
ly hurt, and was otherwise injured
and the fright seemed TO have aztec
ted her mind, for clasping her III
fant in her arms, she walked rapidly
down the railroad track and did no
stop till she reached Westville, two
miles distant from the place of the
accident. There she staggered to d
bench and tainted away. Fortunate.
ly, two men were near, who came tC
her relief,and as she seemed to have
no money, and was thus thrown a
pauper upon the town, the authori-
ties Of Westyille placed her in the
cabin of a poor family, and charita-
ble people provided for her immedi-
ate wants.
But she was a mystery to the
Westville folk. Her outlandish
dress, the short wooden skirt, with
the queer bodice, the strange head
gear, between csp and bonnet,
showed that she was a foreigner.
The injury to her right arm preven-
ted her from making any sings.
Even had she been able to express
her thoughts by the fingers, there
was no one ia Westville who under
stood the language of mutes. If any
person on the train knew about the
poor woman they were among the
killed or wounded, for no inquiry
revealed anything concerning her.
The three girls-the eldest was
only thirteen years old-had been
sent by their parents with food to
the woman and their hearts were
full of pity for her.
How dreadful it must be to be so
poor ~ Nuna Halpin said. with a
sigh. And then to be thrown
among strangers and deaf and dumb
besides !"
Isn't it pitiable TO see her trying
to make Us understand what she
wishes to say ?" Alice exclaimed.
did you Sc how she pointed south
with her left had and her eyes gilt
tering so wild ? And then she found
we didn't understand her, how she
Rugged thr baby, and cried as if her
heart would break ? Oh if we could
only help her in some way
"I'm sure she wants money, "
Amy said, solemly. Every body
could get along if fthey mad money.
l heard pa say that if she had some
she could buy a railroad ticket and
90 to her friends. He can't give her
any now, but he says by the time
her arm is well, be hopes he will be
able TO help her"
My father Is too poor himself to
help anybody Alice said, sadly.
But girls, do you know ! think if
she can't get away from here, she
will die. She does not eat and she
cries all the time. Oh, | do wish
we could do something for her y
The girls walked on silently. Sud-
denly Amy cried out in an exciting
manner, Listen girls I've thought
of a way OF making money. Do you
know pecans are selling in Colches-
ter for twelve dollars bsrrel2 You
know Mr.. Mills allows everybody to
gather the nuts from his pecan
grove, and if we can get ahead of
the boys AID colorsd people, we
have as much right 10 the pecans as
any body else. Only we shall be OBJ
liged to 90 afternoons and Saturdays.
No play for Us until the nuts are
gathered. "
And there are walnuts in the
woods, besides p Nuna Halpin cried.
Il shouldn't be surprised if we
made ever so much money!
And I'm sure papa would ship
them for US, and attend to all the
Amy said. "To-morrow's
and if you say so, we will
begin right off.
So the next day the girls began
their work of charity. The colored
children in the neighborgood were
1T the trees before they were, but
Amy. who was very earnest and
persuasive, talked 10 them and told
the story of the poor deaf mute with
such affect as to enlist their sympa-
tbies to the extent OF half tbs nuts
they gathered that day
The work went barvely on. As
soon as the object was known, other
children volunteered to help the
girls. Amy, Who took the lead and
something of the divis-
ions OF labor, assigned different parts
% her band of workers. The large
bows thrashed the trees, and then
other children picked up the nuts
md carried them to the hullers,
whose business it was to remove the
null of the nuts.
None of the young philanthro-
nists cared for stained fingers ar