The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-06

or as n piece Of information, this child Of
the streets darted suddenly and rapidly
from the shadows OF the court-t was very
little that escaped those dark, piercing
and she had, forgetting her
sped away into the distance.
"1hcrc's Jcm."
A big, burly man came ~slouchins along
with his hands i'm his pockets man in n
torn corduroy jacket, and with u cup, that
Looked made Of corduroy ALSO, pulled
headless, ferrs.t-eYed, heavy}oweled man,
whom no one of n .sensible disposition
wouid care to meet alone IN a hyssrret, or
Chatham we'll, and wormwood Scrub.
and P~ortland-it was all clearly marked
"Here-hi-" he called To Mr.. Spnrway;
''have yo' "een " girl about here to-
MIR. Spurway thought he would take
time to consider, hut Jem was not quiet
sure that the Waterman had mot gone to
sleep with his hack against the poles sha;
of earth and threw il at him.
"Holio,'' said Mr.. Spurway. ''here, what
Jem repeated his inquiry, aud the earp-
talker said c~vasivcly, "yes," he Thought
he had seen someone answering to the
description.
elbow long ago."
'eOh. l shouldn't like to say. exactly"
"Well lookcc hers," said Jcni,, coming
of vantage, ''if Mag comes this way ag'in
tell her her mothers got so
"Havc they let her out before her time 2"
asked the Waterman.
.1Oh! you know all about the row, hen?
home"
"How long has she been back ?"
"A hour ar so-all their GUESSED artful-
ness getting her to come out afore her
time To bother us. They knew was
up: well enoueh; Trust 'em.
swell sh.ss .loo.l pou,- R,,t saop.t vo,,
tell the kid that" he added, with the most
maievoleat Of chances at the carctaker.
an old man like you to blow about il.
Mag wouldn't come back know her
a nd me and one or two more mean 10
hooked il. Becosi-wlat sheHar- you
bossinR at me like that for p"
.xSnlln ri0Ss' sSsus Sns T %a sn q Sla neil Tsii
the girl to look sharp-that her mothers
VERY a~nxshus-like 10 see her, and that
sure to come along in art an hour or SO.
She's nowhere to go."
Poor girl! Nowhere"
MIR. Spurway laid his short pip pa q
pile of loose timber, and Jem took il up
and put IL between his front teeth and
slouched away with il in the direction he
sight Mr.. Spurway had Hoped down all
Of an u~ngraceful heap in the chaotic road
"My Godr' he walled forth. ait is-it
is ~
He forgot that his pipe was stolen; he
set aside his grim imperturbability,. born
of much watching of gas pipes i'm lonely
streets at dead of night, horn of his own
desolate existence, and was extravagRnt
and wild i'm his grief. tiinginR up his old
arms even In supplicating attitude 10 the
dark sky, whence the drizzlinG rain was
coming down like a blight.
~..Jenny's Rirl! my Jenny! After all
these years-like this! 2"
There was true emotion, real despair,
and tragic force i'm this man. who took
care of Glen roads and .ianQer-siRna lam
terms and gas pipes; hut no one ON earth
Witnessed the display. When Ma9 came
down Wheatsleaf street aRnin-which she
did very cautiously and almost on tip-toe
she was not able to detect any differ.
euCp i'm Mr., SpurWay. save that ne seemed
10 have a frxssh cold In lila head. and thai
was natural enough i'm such beastIy
weather,
He beckoncd To her. and as she ap-
preached he said:
ssAe'e bRen rlookin for yOll-the big
man i'm neutrality-suspicious.,
can u9lv don. ali face ?' she incurred,
ssThe snn,e M voa, ran away from a little
while oeo."
"Thafs him-I know. He came and
spoke 10 you. I was a-watchin'."
ssYou're TO TO home, he said."
s.No fcar," said MAJ with O shivcr, 'not
me. TIL mother cosnes hack"
s.What will YOU do till then 2"
ss(lh. i shall fudge ON somehow" was
the reply. II amt afraid, only OF him.