The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-01
GABRIELLEs REQUEST.

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The next day she went to her father,
who will i'll in bed his worry about his
wife's health being increased by bodily
weakness. Gabrielle told him, with the
simple earnestness that characterized
her lowing disposition, that she wanted
to go to London and take care of her
mamma. Horace Greeley listened to
the child's request, and, after some
show of unwillingness. finally SO far
softened that he said she might go if
any other friends of their could be
found who were also going and would
take care of her. In his heart he re-
hected that Gabrielle's unexpected ar
rival at her mothers bedside might do
much to cheer the invalid and hasten
her recovery. Besides, he liked the
spirit shown in his little daughter, who
was a real chip of the old block in cour-
age and determination.
So it was finally. arranged that Ca
brielle should take the next steamer
for England in charge of some friends
who were preparing to sail. At the
last moment, however. IN fact on the
very day the vessel was to sail, these
friends changed their minds and post
poned their departure, which left the
little girl without any one to take care
of her. But her determination to go to
her mamma was in noWiSe altered by
this contretemps. On the contrary, she
begged the editor of the Tribune, who
had been charged 10 take her TO the
steamer. not to prevent her from go
ing, and assured him that she would
be well able to take care of herself. She
told him that among so many passen-
gers there would be surely some kind
person who would. look after a little
girl all alone. From her earliest child
hood Gabrielle had been shielded from
any knowledge of the evil that is in
the world she did not even know that
there We're bad people who might try
to do her harm or take advantage of
her So, in the guilelessness of her in
nocence, She had no fear and her plead
ings finally won the heart of the editor.
A LONELY VOYAGE.
Looking hastily about among the pas
sengers on the deck he discovered a
well known New York clergyman who
with his wife was going to take the
steamer Into his charge, accordingly,
the editor put little Gabrielle and went
ashore with some misgivings but feel
ing sure that the childs grit and
charming innocence would see her safe
ly through the journey. Besides, he
had no doubt that cablegram would
be sent to friends on the other side to
meet the child on the steamers arrival
at Southampton.
Just what happened while the ves-
sci was at sea is not clear, but it trans
pired somehow that Horace Greeley did
not send the expected cablegram and
when the steamer reached Southamp-
ton there was no che in waiting to take
care of Gabrielle. And worst of ali,
they got in about o'clock in the morn
ing in the midst of a driving rain
storm. Early that evening the clergy
man who was supposed to be looking
after Gabrielle had been taken with a
particularly severe attack of seasick-
ness, with which he had suffered
through the whole voyage.
81 suppose. Gabrielle, ought to be
on hand to see you ashore he said
to his little charge, but I feel very
faint and i'll. However, I will"
ooh, no. said Gabrielle; don't think
Of getting up: / shall manage nicely
alone; I'm not a bit afraid"
And indeed she was not afraid: al
though she had suffered during the
voyage with chills and fever, and on
this very night was in no condition to
be out of her bed, much less to face the
perplexities and dangers of a foreign
city in such &. storm and at such an
hour. 1t seems that when they had
been few days out the clergyman had
changed his route of travel and de-
cided not to land at Southampton, but
to go on to Germany, thus leaving Ga
brielle TO shift for herself in England
It must be said to his credit, however,
that he thought, as did Gabrielle that
some of the family would be at South
ampton to receive her.
ALONE IN LIVERPOOL.
When the time came for leaving the
steamer Gabrielle, with her arms filed
with bundles and packages, into which
with child's awkwardness she had
done up her few belongings, bravely
prepared to go ashore, not doubling for
a moment that her sister Ida would be
there waiting to welcome her. What
was her sorrow and surprise on step
ping upon the wharf in the wet, blus-