The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1891-12-24


to get out of him as Roman
wholly in VAIN NJ, ,-o,,,
hoarse man. and knew hlm 10 sleah w.
I went to that fair AS mere cNiiia
leaving the cart outside the to"h' anu
looked about the back of the vans Wills
the performing was going on, ana at
I,st sitting DOING against a muddy car'
wheel come upon the poor Slrl who
,,-,s deaf and dumb At the first LOOK
,,i,,bt almost have judged that she had
from the Wild West show; put
- the second thought better or her,
and thought that if she was more c,'ieu
far and more kindly used she c"uio oe
like NV child. She was just the SANS
ar. that nv own daughter would nave
,ean if her pretty head had not fell GOWN
nnon NV shoulder that unfortunate
night. =.
n emf If short. spoke confidential 10
MIN while he was beating the gong out
"a. hatwixt two lots of Picklesons pup
lies and put it to him. ''She lies hea'y
-, vour own hands; whatll you take Ior
l.ry' MINI was most feroclous swearei'
Suppressing that part of his reply WHICH
was much the longest part. MS repiy
WAS. a pair of braces. NOW IL te,A
YOU. saws /, what I'm going to do WIN
Won. I'm going to fetch you half a dozen
n,ir of the primest braces i'll the cart,
and then to take her away with me.
Saws MIN again ferocious}, III peneVe
it when I've got the goods ana no
sooner" made all the haste could
lest he should think twice OF 1T, ana the
bargain was completed, which Plckleson
he was hereby so relieved in his nina
that he come out at his little back door,
lonywavs like serpent, and give US
..Shiyery Shaley" in whisper among
wheels at parting.
1t was happy days for both OF us when
Sophy and me began to travel IN the
cart at once gave her the name Oh
Sophy, to put her ever toward me III
the attitude of my own daughter. we
soon made out to begin to understand
one another, through the goodness of the
heavens, when she knowed that l meant
true and kind by her. In very httle
time she was wonderful fond OF me.
You have no idea what it is to have any
body wonderful fond of you, unless you
have been got down and rolled upon by
the lonely feelings that l have NEIL
toned as having once got the better
of Inc.
You'd have laughed-or the reverse,
it's according to your dispositfon-lf you
could have seen me trying to teach
Sophy. At first | was helped-yOu'd
never guess by what-milestones. got
some large alphabets in a box, all the
letters separate on bits of bone, and say
we was going to Windsor, give her
those letters in that order, and then at
every milestone | showed her those same
letters in that same order again and
pointed toward the abode of royalty.
Another time give her cart and then
chalked the same upon the cart. An
other time | give her Doctor MarigOld
and hung corresponding inscription
outside my waistcoat. People tt A. met
us might stare a bit and laugh, but what
did | care if she caught the idea? She
caught it after long patience and trouble
and then we did begin to get on swim.
mingly, believe you! AT first she was
little given to consider me the cart
and the cart the abode of royalty, but
that soon wore off. ---~Sas
We had our signs, too, and they was
hundreds IL number. Sometimes she
would sit looking at me and considering
hard how to communicate with me
about something fresh-how to ask Inc
what she wanted eXplained-and then
she was Tor | thought she was: what
does it signify:o so like my child with
those years added to her that half be-
lieved it was herself trying to tell me
where she had been to up in the skies,
and what she had seen since that u1I-
happy night when she flied away She
had a pretty face, and now that there
was no one to drag at her bright dark
hair, and it was all in order there was a
something touching in her looks that
made the cart most peaceful and most
quiet, though not at all melancholy.
N. Bin the Cheap Jack patter, we
generally sound it lemonjolly, and it
gets a laugh.
The way she learnt to understand any
look Of mine was truly surprising. When
sold of a night, she would sit in the
cart unseen by them outside, and would
give eager look into my eyes when ]
looked in and would hand me straight
the precise article or articles wanted
And then she would clap her hands and
laugh for JOY. And as for me, seeing
her 50 bright, and remembering what
She was when l first lighted on her,
starved and beaten and ragged, leaning
asleep against the muddy cart wheel, it
give me such "a heart that l gained
greater heighth of reputation than ever,
and put Pickleson down (by the name
of Minis Travelling Giant otherwise
Plckleson) for fypunnote in my will.
This happiness went on in the cart till
she was sixteen year old By which
time l began to feel not satisfied that /
had done my whole duty by her, and to
consider that she ought to have better
teaching than l could give her. 1t drew
many tears on both sides when / COM
menced explaining my views to her; but
have been too high to fall into converse
| ton with him had it not been for nv
| lonely feelings. For the general rule is.
| gong round the country, to draw the
line at dressing up. When a man can't
trust his getting living to his undis-
gulsed abilities You consider him below
your sort. And this giant when on view
figured az Roman.
DE was a lansuid young man, which /
attribute to the distance betwixt his ex-
tremities. He had little head and less
in 1t; he had weak eyes and weak knees
and altogether you couldn't look at him
without feeling that there was greatly
too much of him both for his joints and
his mind. But he was an amiable
though tunid young man (his mother let
him out and spent the money!, and we
come acquainted when he was walking
to ease the horse betwixt two fairs. He
was called Rinaldo di Velasco, his name
being Pickleson.
1hls giant, otherwise Pickleson, men
toned to me under the seal Of confidence
that, beyond his being a burden to him