Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1896-06-18

Without replying, she arose and
turned toward me. Her face, even
aside from her grief, was so sad, and
her eyes wore look of such tender
| appeal that even though she had had
I relatives would have thought it my
duty to take her home with me. She
went into the house and soon returned
with small bundle.
II haven't much to take" she said.
"Grandpa and were very poor, and
you see, having Inherited his poverty,
am poorer than ever"
was not surprised to hear her make
such remark, for I had discovered
that she had never associated with
| children, and was consequently wise
of her age.
"You shall have some nice dresses
after while" I replied.
"Pretty red ones?"
The child was asserting itself.
eyes, and blue ones"
She wept anew as we mounted the
horse-she seated behind me. AS long
as we were within sight of the house
she said nothing, but when we had
descended into the thick woods, she
said:
81 won't cry any more if con help
it,"
"Your grandfather must have been
good to you?"
"Yes, but he made me read many
books that were very dull-great law
books. don't like them. His eyes
for many years have been SO bad that
I had to do all his reading for him.
He wrote book full of awful curious
things and murders, but one day when
he found me reading it he took itaway
from me and burned it up. 1t must
have been bad, and he must have been
sorry that he wrote it,"
The day passed rather pleasantly,
with the exception of the influence Of
the night before, which naturally
enough she could not dispela and which
could not keep from arising occa.
sionally. We sat on q log and ate
dinner, and Munette's remarks gave
me additional insight into her close
habit of observation. When evening
came we stopped at o farm house,
where the sad story of tho little girl
awoke such sympathy that the kind
hearted house wife begged me to al
low the child to remain with her.
'It is o question that she must de-
cide," reioined. "What do you say.
Mnnette?"
'T am surprised that you should ask
me such question" she replied, up.
preaching the chair where sat and
taking my hand. "Would it not be
ungrateful in me to desert you so soon,
or to ever desert you?"
".5he's got more sense than an old
woman right now," said the host, ad.
dressing his wife. sour twenty -eight-
year old daughter that married last
month amt patchin' to this girl"
"W'y, Jesperson, said his wife, in
mild censure, margaret amt twenty
eight years DID,"
"She's mighty nigh it."
can beside that" continued the
woman, "she never had no chance"
''Didn't go to school three months
outen nearly every year, ehp What
show does gal want, I'd like to know?
| Inl5 ittle Creetur, WarruuI you,
never hos been to school"
COY. yes, sir. My whole life has
been school. The old house where
I used to live contains many books.
If you want them you may go there
and get them. I shall never go after
them. I could never read them
again"
swell, blame my buttons if 1 don't
mosy up that way. I amt much of q
scholar, but I reckon I can worry
through with lot of them"
My mother welcomed Munette, and
when I related the sad story of how 1
found her the sympathetic woman took
the child in her arms and kissed her.
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