The sun., 1894-02-26
THAT NEW SATCHEL DID 1T.
vgr TnREE LITTLE SHOPPERS ar
BTDLEY's WE'RE <RREsTED.

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sueh wsr. Held All Nisst Waite Their
no,.er Hunted nigh asa Low for Thsu.
TIL. mighty vhoel Of justice in It's relentless
,.youtlons caught up the three little Rleslings
an saturday and gave them whirinR around
that frightened the life almost out Of them.
nut the great wheel paused shortly and set
than down. It's all over now. and the three
little KieslinRs are much the wiser.
A satchel was TO blame for II ALL for In the
denseiy peopled region east Of the Bowery
leather sstchels are as rare as bathrooms, and
as a consequence when the kieslings got
brand new yellow leather bag. the little hics-
lines thought they were better than the other
girls on the block. Mamma Kiesling, who lost
her husband when little Martha was three
v.ars old. makes those brown paper bags in
which they keen gum drops and caramels in
the east side candy stores. When the little
Ki.silpRs get through with their lessons they
b.lp their mother at her work. and often they
make more bags In one hour than enc can
make In two
Tho Kieslipes live at 432 Sixth street. three
flights up in the rear OF the hall. The three
little Kieslings are Freda who 10 l3 years old (:
Linda who is 10. and Martha. who is6 They
all have blue eyes and faxen hair. which
hangs In a tiny braid down their backs. and on
ordinary occasions they are smiling children.
Now when that leather satchol came into the
KIesling family the little girls We'd with one
another for the honor OF carrying II around.
when they went to school they carried their
lunch In It, when they went out for a walk
they took turns in swinging It as they moved
alsng, and when they went to q store II was
their inseparable companion. when It was not
in use It was the receptacle for their handker-
chiefs and their picture cards. and all those
odds and ends that make little girls happy.
one day last week they went to Ridleys
store on Grand street to buy some red and
green gauze for the fair which their German
school is going to hold. and while they were
there Linda bought beautiful pearl necklace
for IL cents. When they showed the Rauze to
their teacher. however. she declared 1t was
too thick and could not be used. Mrs. Kies-
ling said: Well I'll keep IL myself to put on
the pictures In the summer time. and you can
go down to Ridleys' on Saturday and get an
other piece"
On Saturday afternoon the three little Kies-
lings. with bright. clean faces. went to Rid
leys' store. 1t was Fredas turn to carry the
satcheL Martha having carried IL the last time.
when they got to the store they bought the
red and green gauze. this time Of the proper
thickness. and then walked through the crowd.
looking at the wonderful things that lay on
every counter Linda saw piece Of ribbon
clean. pink silk ribbon-lying on the floor. and
on the principle Of findings keepinRs." she
picked 1t up and placed IL In the satcheL Mar
tina. the youngest, was carrying the Rauze un-
PAPER wrapper became torn, whereupon she
threw 1t away and walked on holding the roll
S.n ssd usHsa
an ma Approached @ them. and said:
TSis sSmaS aon ws was Nj %i:s % Emma coaio % tn.
store detective. The girls, followed her to a
Now let me see that satchol." said the
Frsda reluctantly relinauished the satchel
tsbie~severai hsndkerohists. = bottle cf Co
.Ssa vent oSs 1ss and pssarasa with q poissnsn
Children iii SeSan t to cry. M Frsda ANA made grab Tor
the satchsi. but ., the detective took i
S% as$ asT. nsT PIT to- the s polssnan sins unto The
girls. ,srying bitterly. were then taken
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that night they cried; Linda and Martha be-
cause they wanted to 90 home and Freda be.
her When little German girls get a:crying
there 10 no end to II. and the matron. after try
selves to sleep. John Delaney. the chief de.
teetivs Of Hidiey's store. had made . formal
s fSnFs' rsiss Ms hsS ss sss ts.m ts
some Of the articles that were In the satchel
irSm the counters In the store. ia,
formed her that her children had been arrest
thr N. At ii O'Clock she went to Police Head
quarters and asked the policeman IN charge
OF course. he hadn't the fsintest idea. but he
advised her to call again in the morning. All
up Sua down tue taeet @ nesns INTO sr.rp %p
hallway and going into the yArds OF many OF
the houses In the morning she returned TO
her home to see whether the children had
come back. She was Iust about to 60 to Police
Head1uaTters again when nm agent OF the
that her children were in the Essex Market
WHY: what are they doing there'" she
II guess You know, what they're arrested
Mrs. kiesling hastened to the court, and
when her little ones saw her they flew toward
her and hagGcd her, md Thsn s thsy. al cried;
took the satchel-ths satchel away from me.
2d-rn,i-and don't know where It ia"
told the Justice that the prisoners had really
s.1ien some , o. ne articles thst ne we're w the
the charge against them.
What hay. you got 70 say for .yourselyes2"
asked Justice hogan OF the little kieslingS
They burst into = torrent OF tears. whsreupon
the Justice told them TO go home. and advised
their mother to take better care of them.
Then the policeman gave freda her sAtehel.
AMI she went away happy,
when the reporter called on the kieslings
in the afternoon the little ones were making
Iapsr bags while their mother was braiding
their hair. IL they to1k anything at all. they
picked 1t up from tho floor" she said. but
ih- idea OF arTesting such little children. OIL
Such q night as went through! lou Oughtto
be sshAIns OF yourself"
Linda. whose hair was being braided. had
slowly teen pulling her head forward while
her mother was speaking as II she knew what
was coming. She WAS not quick enough how
ever, 70 escape smart slap in the face, where
upon the other two girls hegan to cry as IN
they feared their turn would come next