The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1894-09-06

remained in that city, and resolved to
go to another | sold off all the re
manning effects, paid off all the debts
contracted by her sickness and funer-
al, and. with the few rem aiming dol
lars, took humble passage aboard the
boat on which you saw me. Over
whelmed with grief and loneliness. |
was fearfully wretched before [ dis
covered the loss Of all | had III the
world; but when that knowledge was
added to the bitter cup, and | heard
the harsh. unfeeling words of him
who came to collect my fare, despair
took possession of my heart, and
preyed upon it so terribly, that | re
solved to quit the world, even at the
risk OF enduring misery in the other"
Poor girl" sighed the young man;
and have you no relations"
None IN this part Of the country, or
anywhere else, perhaps, that would
assist or care for me"
Then her preserver told her Of
his own family, his widowed mother,
and Of his own chances and hopes Of
success in life"
And now," he said, IF you viii con
sent to let me take you to my mother,
l know she will be a mother to you.
and you viii be a company to each 9th
er while l am away"
Oh she replied, IF your mother
will receive me and love me, will work
for her day and night l will be her
slave"
No you shall be her companion
her daughter her slave
But how shall | get to her: | have
no means"
Il will take you there myself, We
will go down to the neXtvillage below
here, the lights Of which we can see
from here, and then at the landing we
shall not have to wait long for an up
river boat"
We'll, the two so strangely made
acquainted. walked down to the vii
lace. in their wet clothes, which grad
ualIy dried upon them, without in
jury, the night being warm. \ little
after midnight they got upon an 9th
er boat, and long before noon the
next day they We're both back in St.
Louis.
The young man took the girl home
and told his story to his mother. She
wept TO hear it, and then put her
arms around the poor, frIepGless crea
ture, and declared she should hence
forth be her daughter"
The young clerk then went to his
his employers and told his story
there: and they SO highly approved Of
all he had done, as to insist upon re
imbursing him for what lie had lost
and making him a handsome present
besides"
Veil, he;went to Cincinnati, entered
upon bis duties there, and, being
steady, industrious and honest, soon
won the esteem of all the partners,
and was favored by Providence be
yond most young men of his class
Promotion gradually followed promo
ton. till in five years he had become
the confidential clerk Of the house,
with Il handsome interest IN the pro
fits"
by this time his sweet protegee
had become a beautiful woman of
twenty. and he married her for love,
Time passed on, and he became part
ner in the house where he was at first a
poor clerk and then he rapidly grew
rich, and built him splendid man
sion, through which the once poor
girl moved with the grace Of a beauti
fuI queen. Then children came. one
after another, and husband and wife.
father and mother, became perfectly
happy in their princely home"
~ hat pretty story. said Ada.
And what became Of them at last" :"
inquired another.
Are they living yeti" asked a third.
Here, my dear children" conclud
ed the father, brushing a tear of hap
piness from his eye; you behold them
here, | am that poor clerk. Your love
ly mother IS that poor, friendless girl. :"
oh, papa, oh, mamma" cried the
happy children in a breath, as they
sprung to embrace the parents they
loved so de rly.