Telegram-herald., 1889-12-02

dirty face Of boy looked down upon
her.
II it had been the face of an angel it
could not have appeared more beautiful
20 her.
II seed them when they brung you
up here. Was you sickF"
Yes. Can't you come down here"
"No, de winder is nailed tight Sides,
he'd trash me. He kicked me down
stairs Onct."
who's hep
''De feller 'wot's got yer locked up.
Oh, he's a tuffr'
Hes bad man?'
Hes an orful bad man, I'm tellin'
yer, missy"
''Do you want TO help me?"
You'd tell on me-"
"No, indeed | won't. II you would
only help me, could get bad man pun
ished."
What, trashedi What, walloped right
up and down, his eyes blackened and his
teeth knocked out-say, missy, would
yer if I'd help yer?"
His eyes danced with glee at the pros
pect.
Indeed, l would" said Annie; and
she was quite sincere.
Il golly! dat would be good. Yer
wouldn't tell on me. sure?'
mo, indeed.
''Den | will if l kin"
Il want you to go TO Mr.. Holbrook"-
and she gave him the address-'and tell
him where / am, that am locked up
here"
Write it down, missy"
Il have no paper. Wait" she said, as
she ran hastily into the other room. She
snatched up the paper and tore a strip
from the margin, and catching up the
pencil on the table she wrote hurriedly:
"Help. l am locked up on the top floor
of house,
But where?
She looked up at the boy.
"Where am II
The boy snickered. "Why, right down
dere, missy"
NO, no, but in what street,
"Oh, in Mott street, tree doors from
Bayard"
She wrote:
"In Mott street, three doors from Bay
ard street. Come quickly and help me.
ANNE TESIPLEToN.
She folded it up. But how to get it to
the boy?
He put his arm through the broken
pane and she tried to throw it to him.
Several Intellectual attempts showed her
the futility of this effort.
She thought a moment.
Wait" she cried. She ran into the
other room and dragged the table after
her and put it directly under the sky
light. and then climbed to its top and
reached up.
She was still too far away, stretching
as she did on her tiptoes.
She clambered down and brought in a
chair. which she placed on the table.
Climbing up on it at the risk of a
tumble, she found her face on a level
with the downstretched hand of the
gamin.
She put the paper in his hand, and
holding it gave him directions how to go.
The touch of the softest hand he had
ever felt moved the little vagabond.
Then she kissed the dirty paw Of the
younSster as he promised 10 Oe fleet of
foot
I'm n moment more she heard the patter
Of his bare feet on the slate rcos.
She climbed down and restored the
table and chair TO the places where she
found them.
She sat down on the bed 70 think.
But she was too much disturbed to
think or 70 sit.
She began pacing up and down the
floor.
She had taken but a few turns when
she heard a bolt drawn back and a key
inserted in a lock.
The door opened.
It was the one opening into the other
room.
\ step or two on the floor.
man stood before her He was
dressed in shabby black clothes. a bat
tered black derby hat was on his head.
under which showed the struggling and
matted locks n his brown hair. His
face was covered with a coarse. bushv
brown beard ana mustache above which
glowed a prominent hooked nose. the
end If which was infamed. Two pierre
ins. fiery eyes peered ou5 on her.
$50, he said. -yerve found yer wsy
into this here room. have yer, my LADY,
She made no reply.
"Tryin to ind way cut. eh, Wen. I
don't blame yer for that It's whatI ex-
TeCted yer 20 do, SO I fixed BE- that yer
coudnt
His eye fell upon the discarded calico
dress. and be laughed
Oh, ho. yer duin Ike the nice purity
dress vsr friend persented yer with. ehg'
Way am / confined hers2' she asked.
''Whc brought me heref
~Not known can sar. the man "a
Piled. Why 90 yer confined heres Not
Known I couldn sa7
Why DO vou keep nas here, then
oh. SIR ! pray ycu. let ms g.. I VII
par ron handsomely II vou Viil lst ne p
"oh. I'd. mv ladyhird, I couhnt Do
tbat. Ter know. IN onlT sbeyla' orders