Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1892-03-30

:. found it; another, to hide it in hal
empty prune box which stood at
grocer's door; a third proposed to, elm
up to second story balcony and leav
the youngster there, and how astonish
ed the people would be next day. Blu
Zizi Monkeyface secuted all these idea
and declared that the baby must b.
given to the gypsies. There was banC
of these people near by, who practicet
jugglery and fortune telling, and in
stances of kidnapping were by M
means rare.
with enthusiasm, and he claimed th'
right to carry the treasure trove il
consideration of his having made the
plan.
Give us the kid, he said. The baby
had all this time been screaming pite
ously, but it stopped suddenly wher
Monkeyface took hold of it, and while
he walked along with an air of triumph
it fixed it's great blue eyes upon his
ugly face and smiled, at the same time
stretching it's tiny hands out as if tC
caress him.
She is laughingr cried the, boy in
delight, see how she looked at me-
Then new impulse seized him.
1 will not give her away he said, i
will keep her myself
His companions protested indignant
ly, but in vain, for as they well knew
ZaZi Monkeyface had at the end of
each arm an argument so strong that
it would be useless as well as unsafe to
oppose his wishes.
When he reached home with his bur
den the fish pedler exclaimed furious
lly:-
DO you think have not enough to
Take that brat to the police-quick
now' Pit pat A box on each ear
showed the boy that she was in earn
est, and he fled from the house.
That night he did not return, and
the next morning he was in the factory
as soon as it opened, for the first time
in his life.
Mr.. George he said timidly to the
|overseer, how much will you pay me
if l work hard all day?'
L have already told you, twenty
lcents,' answered the man in surprise,
and Monkeyface worked indefatigably
until night. The overseer, amazed
and delighted at the change, paid the
boy for his work and even gave him
twenty cents in advance, in order to
encourage him.
That night Monkeyface was again
absent from his home and his cousin,
the fish pedler, went to the factory the
next evening, lay in wait for him and
dragged him home in spite of his strug-
giles, administering thrashing on the
way. But it was no use; as soon as
the old woman turned her back to
cook the soup for dinner the boy slip
nod ont nf tho hnnCa and did not rn-
turn.
The factory overseer, having been in
formed of the state of affairs, made up
his mind to settle the matter at once
by finding out where Monkeyface spent
his nights, and for this purpose watch
ed the lad as he left the factory. Mr..
George, in company with one of the
workmen, followed the wanderer a
short distance and observed him enter
a bakery and buy a small loaf of bread;
next he went into dairy and came out
carrying a bottle of milk, and then
turned his steps toward a lonely, de-
serted quarter near the river. Sudden
ly his followers saw him plunge into a
muddy alley; the place having no
lamps was as dark as An oven, but
Monkeyface was dimly visible as he
stopped before board fence. The
next minute he had scaled it with the
agility of the animal that was his name
sake and was lost to sight.
| The two men, determined to discover
his hiding place, climbed over the wall
and found themselves in large, va
cant lot, surrounded with weeds and
rubbish, but of Monkeyface there was
not a sign!
| At last they espied in the farthest
corner a low, wooden shed which had
evidently once served as a fowlhOuse,
and through the cracks of which a
faint light was shining. They ap-
preached it noiselessly and peered
through a crack. Great was their
astonishment. In the middle of the
wretched hut, in which a man would
not have been able to stand upright,
sat the young runaway, a candle end
stuck in the ground beside him he was
gravely pouring milk into a feeding
bottle, and in a corner, on bed of
dried leaves, a baby was sleeping sound
ly wrapped up in an old blanket.
Zizi MOnkeyface transformed into a
nurse!
What the deuce are you doing here p
asked the overseer, throwing open the
door of the cabin suddenly, and the
boy startled at first by the intrusion
|
slowly.
Haven't I got right to have little
sister,
Then after pause he added grand
ly, Il earn twenty cents a day. That
is enough for us both, and we don't ask
any one for anything?'
The narrator paused, smiled softly
and added
The next day the owner of the fac
tory being informed of the matter rails
ed my pay to forty cents-just double.
What p cried, it was you?
'Ah, l have betrayed myself said
Durand. Yes, was the young rascal
who was in fair way to come to the
gallows, and thanks to the blue eyes of
that little girl l became a good work
man, and afterward set up for myself.
Now you understand why keep that
little blue cap; she had it on when we
found her.
And what has become of herr? ask
ed eagerly.
The old man answered, we have
never parted;' then smiling, he looked
at his wife and added, Have we, my
dear?'
She smiled in return, but her eyes
were moist as she looked at him, and
under her eyelids l saw. tear drop
glistening.-1he Epoch.
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