The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1891-11-25

duty by her. Then, the five pounds
did come so good Just as was startin'
of for 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
he 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 thought
Of by the parson and squire Of the par
ish OF Repton, where we both lived ever
since we was that high"
Completely out Of breath, she paused
In her unintelligiblc TRADE, and Mrs.
Evesham managed to get in word OF
apology.
"My dear woman" she said, 'forgive
my hasty expression. You have done
no wrong that / know Of. Only the ad-
dress on this little card is mine, and !
was struck with the odd coincidence"
"Yours, mem, yours indeed-why, |
thought Ambrose was a mans name,
an I'm sure the lady said the little girl
was to be left in charge Of her brother"
"oh,I only meant" Mrs Evesham ex-
planned, ''that the house mentioned
here is my house. Mr.. Ambrose Ar
lington lodged with me, but he died
very suddenly lest Friday. Please tell
me at once what you know about his
family"
'I don't know no more than the
dead" the woman said earnestly; sit is
I the strangest thing ever heard Of in
my life."
'You don't know the people to whom
this child belongsl"
"Indeed DON'T marin. The very
mornin' as we was agoin' to sail, me
an my sister-in-law Maria Wilkins,
which Is most respectable young wom-
an in the service Of barrowlnights
lady though she Is not married NOR
I likely to be through havin' red hair
well, we was wallsin' up an down
the landin' stage at Liverpool sayin'
/ good-by, when up comes well-dressed
woman, quite the lady, accompanied by
nurse who carried this little girl in her
arms; an she says, says she: Are you
goin' TO New York by the Northern
Star, my good woman? AN | s"ys, says
l: Yes mem, be- an she says: DO
you want to earn five poundsp' an |
says: OF course do II can earn 1t
honest an she says: OF course you
can. All want Of you Is TO take care
OF this little girl on the voyage an de-
| H.. L.. A.. A. ,dd.o.e ,,,I;ob 10 xyrit-
ten on this card;' an says she, If you
do IL properly, Mr. Arlington wilfgive
you the same amount when you get
there, an that will be ten pounds an |
says: No, mem, won't have nothin' TO
do with the child But what with
Maria wilkins, who always was too
ready with her advice, egging me on,
an what with the child talsin' such o
fancy 10 me from the very first, bless
her little heart, an what with the lady
persuadin' me, / yielded"
"But surely the lady told you who
were the child's friends2"
mot word. The bell rung for us
TO 20 aboard. She gave me a valise
filled with necessaries for the voyage,
an told me that o trunk full Of the lit
tle ones wardrobe was in the hold, an
would 60 straight through TO where
Mr.. Arlington lived. But just us the
lady was gcin' of with the other
woman IN a hanson cab which was
awaitin' for 'cm, up an spoke: Sup
pose we was wrecked crossin' this ter
rfble ocean. says /, AN got stranded on
desert island says !, who should
write 70 TO let you lnow?' ! shall mover
forget the look she gave me. Please
God, III never lool: upon her face again