The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-12-04
acOpyright. 1907. by A N. Kellogg Newspaper Col
m.-CoNrrNUEp.


on her mothers shoulder. 1.-The disa
.greeable creature made you quite i'll
last Friday with his vulgar suspicious
land l am sure there is no law which
can make you do unpleasant things il
YOU don't want to"
''Hush. dear!" the mother chided, che
did but his duty, though his manner
of performing it was unnecessarily
Zharsh-but, oh. Kate, look at that love
sIy child in the arms of the woman
among the steerage passengers. Sure
ly the little creature cannot belong to
her
Kate gazed in the direction her
another pointed, and an exclamation of
admiration burst from her lips. A
stout, neat, healthy, Countrywide wom-
AN of about thirty years of age stood a
little apart from the rest holding in her
arms two-year-old baby girl, whose
radiant beauty glowed the brighter for
: its humble surroundings.
Her golden curls were fluttering in the
breeze, her round blue eyes were flash
ling with intelligent wonder on the an
5imated scene, and her complexion was
ssoft as fairy's and tinted by the sea
icacy. No sculptor could have nodded
"a chaster form of health and innocence
Mems eyes grew softer as they looked
=at her. All, me! what a wonderful in
1fluence the beauty of childhood has
lover us. The man whose nature is sat
urated in greed, whose God is gold,
whose ledger is his Bible, breaks his
5idols and becomes human at the lisped
bidding of an infants prattle. Verify
these little ones, around whom fingers
the breath of angels, are sent OF earth
TO redeem our gross humanity.
Mrs. Evesham forgot her diSappoint-
yment il her wondering admiration.
''Oh. man dear" Kate cried, quite
carried away by the beauty of the vi
sion. Il must go to her for just one
1moment-may I?'
Before Mrs. Evesham could interpose
an objection, the impetuous girl had
flown from her mothers side and was
.earessing the baby, who held out her
hand with charming confidence and was
quite willing to toddle off with her new
found friend.
You may take her if you like for
rmoment. miss" the woman said, won
by Hates pleasing manner, while l
see if my tickets and checks are all
fright. All. it is hard task to come to
a strange country without friend to
Zhelp one"
Kate led the baby across to her
mother.
''Oh. mamma" she cried, with en-
EShusiasm, did you ever see such wee,
>winsome darling?''
''She is a beautiful child Mrs Eve
sham replied, but do You notice how
well she is dressed-quite out of charac-
ter with the woman, who does not look
like a nurse, and certainly cannot be
! her mother
''Yes man, darling; but, having such
4 beautiful baby, perhaps she spends
all her money over it. am sure
would"
You do not understand, Kate, that it
yneeds taste as well as dollars to dress
,child like this
The much-criticised baby accepted
-placidly these remarks on her personal
appearance, which she seemed to IN
rderstand. Tor she smoothed her dress
with her hands and burst into a merry
llaugh of dissatisfaction.
Certainly Mrs. Gresham was right
No vulgar hand designed the little ones
costume.
She wore a fine India muslin dress
with robe front of Valenciennes inser-
-tion and deliberately trimmed with deep
Ilace of the same costly material Her
sdress was cut low with short sleeves,
and round her neck was hung a fine,
pale coral necklace with gold mount
1ings. Short. white lace socks clasped
Eher rounded limbs; her tiny feet were
sencased in cream-colored kid shoes, and
her embroidered fannels and dainty
-petticoats, as they peeped from be-
meath her dress, were perfect specimens
of the seamstress' art. A cluster of
shining curls fell over her shoulders be-
meath a lace cap, and the soft, fluffy
bangs which surmounted her fair fore
head made the lovely little face be-
meath almost ethereal in its sweet
expression.
But the smile died on the lady's face,
for her glance fell on a small parch- |
yment label attached to 4 silk cord,
(which was tied round the child's waist.
On this she read:
w 6nQa Arlington.
Care of Ambrose Arlington, Esq,
No. Il A, W Forty-ninth street,
New York, L. S."
By this time the woman had joined |
1.-The little group. Mrs. Evesham rose
s-excitedly and faced her.
In Heavens NAME she said, |
-''where did you get this child?" while |
Kate stood with round eyes wondering I
at her mothers excitement, aud even
baby puelzered up her pretty lips in |
fearful mood.
The woman. startled by the intense
mess of the lady's question, colored |
scarlet, and bursting into a flood of |
tears replied in an accent which re-
minded one Of the hills and dales of Der
byshire:
There, ] llnowed how it would be-
Il thought from the very first that there
'ud be trouble ahead. a lady would not
trust a little pet like this-which one
can see with half an eye has been born
o. gentlefolks-to strange woman on
an enigrant ship, if some screw was not
loose, though ! am sure I've done my
duty by her. Then, the five pounds
did come so good just as / was startin'
off for a foreign land to join my
husband, who is carpenter an served
his time in the best shop in Derby an
was doin' as well as man could do, till
The got bitten with the idee of comm TO
-America-though the Lord above only
knows where this Wisconsin of his is,
NOW I've got here and him SO fhouCht /