Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1894-10-05

e, Just as happily as if father
her we're not torn from her
.known that Mrs. London vase
. idlittle girls and had none OF
own. Would she mother this
4 waif? The child's family were
p ct discovered, but great efforts
ny making. 1t was evident that she
y elitly born, but months might
n before she could be restored to
f1s. Meanwhile she ought to be
WIZ cared for, and, in case her
" III ! should not be found, it was de-
~ We that she should be with those
Iwould cherish her as their own.
could not be given up to public
p {ty-the pity which her sad fate
q led was too great for that. So the
4 stranger was laid in Mrs. Lon
II lap. and she father and the six
= came and looked upon her.
! 1t did they see that stirred their
Its so, hushed their ringing voices
y tsilence, and brought a dampness
n heir eyes? Only a shy, sturdy
= half afraid, half repellant-only
:" by girl, swept away from fathers
" 3 and mothers bosom-swept up
- j pitiless sea upon the bleak shores
. stranger world, n orphan and
9 be- But when Mrs. London said
q How voice:
Il well, papa, what do you say?'
soderic answered quickly;
II say, let's have her.
ss it a yote?' asked papa.
fSpe's too young to be of any use
said Fred, appearing indiffcr-
aSss over the TACT that he had
4 near eiylns. i.at its too
" 70 rend her tossing round TIN
wtrld again. She'll be good play
thing. I'd keep her. y
"What says Basil? Will You have
your nose put out of joint.
"She can't hurt my nose, - said
Basil.
And by unanimous verdict "she"
was admitted to the family circle.
"She" turned everything topsy-tur-
vier than it had ever been before.
Very timid and silent at first, the ten
derness that waited on her footsteps
soon soothed away her shyness, and
she unfolded like June rosebud. No
queen was ever more Loyalty served,
and it must be confessed that she re
paid service with baby gratitI de She
walked into Fred's writing desk, threw
his papers all about the room aud
alored him. She set down her foot
in the middle of Arthur's best kite,
and crowed loudly to make him look
mp. She took crayon, and flashed
streaks Of black lightning in Roderic'.
just-completed prize drawing, and
cooed lovingly in his ear. She pulled
both wheels off Basirs tin wheelbar.
row, and threw his soft ball into the
coffee-pot and was so sweet and cum
ming that they laughed at her mischie
as if it was the incest thing in th'
world to be done, and loved her witt
all their hearts. To these boys who
had never known sister, this tin,
girls nature was a revelation. The,
never thought of standing up for thei
rights against her encroachments
They battled with each other famous
ly, and exactel the very utmost far
thing, but she walked all over thei
uecks, and was not afraid. Old Mar
tina softened to her marvellously, am
those meddlesome fingers WORKED
restlessly in among Martha's caps an,
collars, as London fingers had neve
dared to do. Meanwhile the littl
one had no name.
''What do you suppose her nam
is?" Basil asked, dozen times a day
How soon shall we name her if W
don't find ont her name?"
"And, mamma, if you don't fin
out anybody who owns her, she'll b
christened just as we were, won
she?"
Eyes, dear; we mean to have her.
"And her name will be Londo
something; no, something London?
'Just so.
"And she'll be our very own siste
Just the same as if she was borne
so?"
"Not exactly the same, but just q
dear, won't she? She will not be Oh
own blood, but she Will be cur ow
heart.
But one day when the little girl ha
been with them about eight month
there came letter announcing thu
the search ha | been successful-thi
the child's grandfather had bee
found-that he was an English clers.
man, and had already started to Wis
America and bring the baby HON,
The news fell upon the ears of i
London family Ike thundcrbol