The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-10-20

cdiiru lt. ana tnen got pecK with tfo
skipper, and took the lass with me for =
voyage. 1t did her worlds OF good. had
me package all fast. and we changed berths
with bye at Albany, and then We did a
turn or TWO On a canalboat, and here we
arrived The lass was stored away in a
clean place TO live, and started out 10 find
the acdress on the package To make sure
OF reInemoeriag II put q tree ON the COW
er- Ihat was Tor Elm place, and had
and straight marks and knew that was
le. 80 got on purity well; but, bless YOUR
heart, no one ever heard OF the lass rnotber
there. Then put in an advertisements in
q paper, and q oldish woman came 10 sea
me and said as how the lass lived with her
and died with her, and how as she never
was married 10 any man. but was Just liv-
In with him, ,A1d how he beat her and left
her long before she died Of the beatin hs
gave her, and how her mother had an un-
dertaker send the dead lass to Omaha.
She told me the mothers name-Mrs.
Burch it were-and then Timely and
went 10 Omaha on the savin's OF four
months WORK; but, bless your soul, the
poor woman had moved TO kentucky
Louisville it was. 80 after stAyin there
ehrec months and workin in the smeltes
down goes Tim and 10 Louisville. Well.
we found Mrs. Burch, but a div:i the bit
did she know Of the kid here / asked
her all kinds Of questions. and she says
20 me: My good man, there must be some
mistake / had IA daughter, bus she had
no children.
Back tn Brooklyn.
Well, here was a pretty mess. so rs I
was sittin a-thinkin OF what 10 DO and
said to meselt: IN go and get the old
lady to open the package. Maybe there's
some token in it she'll know" So back l
goes, and when I asked her TO open the
package the divil thing she'd have TO do
with il.
Then / had a chance 20 come on 10 New
York wild a car c: horses and wild Timely
in the caboOse back. comes and landed
here a2in high and dry with the price OF
board for Tine and me for . week But /
goes skirniship for work, and the little
success l had.
Well, one evening / were sittin wild Bob
here and Tine on me knee, thinkin hard
The lassie had no one but me- 10 look out
for her and what was | to do with the
package addressed 10 a dead woman?
Well, says / TO myself, I'll open it, And
l did, and, Lord bless you, man, what
was there but tin $500 bills and not the
scratch of pen. Well, SCR, the divil bit
did know what to do, and after thinkin
bit / goes 10 a lawyer widout tellin him
of the money, hut tellin him all the rest,
and he says, We'll, you'll have 10 get the
court make you a guardian TO the Sirl,"
meaning Timely
Asks Pardon of the Law
But the divil bit I'll have to do with
the court. And Tine and Bob and are
goin 10 me old home in Belfast, w'ere me
sister lives childless. / cant lind no one
to take Timely and Bob-that's the dog;
he's been with us ever since Denver-and
If I'm doing anything again the Law
asks its pardon. But the divil "A soul shall
have Tine now till they prove right good
and strong.
The old man looked as though he would
stick 10 his word to = good extent
The girl is "A sweet faced little thing aud
nestles in the old mans arms with u oon-
hdence that is pretty TO see She calls him
Daddy Blink. She is about years cid.
and Timely. Bob and Daddy Blink make |
an interesting trio, even IL you didn't |
know their story. T.. III. WILLoUBY