Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1898-08-03

sands. of upturned faces and tho
hoarse roar from the street, crouch
ing in corner, but still clasping the
red flag in her arms.
Here the flag itself was produced
long, red scarf-and tue attorney
waved it about and denounced it, and
being of fiery disposition, finally
threw it on the floor and danced up
and down on it in rage.
When he had finished with his wit
nesses, the prisoner took the stand
and kissed the little Bible the clerk
handed her before she was sworn.
Then, speaking through the court in
terpreter, who translated her words,
sentence by sentence, she said:
"I lived in Russia. I had heard
people tell of this free country. We
had q hard time there. We were
poor. Ny father and I worked hard,
but I had scarcely any books and
could not learn as much as wanted
to. I persuaded him that we should
be better off here. So we worked
harder than ever, till we saved little
money to come to America. We never
had very good food, but we even
saved little from that, to get this
money. Whenever 1 could, I found
out all about America.
can agent of the steamships, who
came to our village to get US to buy
steerage tickets, gave me picture OF
your flag, and told me what the stars
and the stripes stood for, and how it
is the flag Of people who are free and
happy. So 7 loved the flag. And
while we were coming over in the
steerage, had some pieces of cloth of
different colors, and I made an Ameri-
can flag, because loved it.
"When we came here, and I looked
out of our window and saw all the
people in the street, and saw flag
waving there, I wanted to wave mine,
too, but it was in our box, that had
not come yet, so I only had my scarf,
and waved that. I never thought
about any red flag, or making any
trouble. + am sorry I have made
trouble
"All nonsense" said tho fiery attor-
ney, who nevertheless, had been some
what stirred by this recital. "Where's
that flag you made? Let's see that. F"
The child took from her father, who
handed it to her, poor, pitiful touch
ing senfblance of our Stars and Stripes.
The shades of the color were very
strange, and the stars were little
crooked, and there were not enough
of them for all the States, but much
love for the flag and all it stands for
had been sewed into it by the little
traveller to land of freedom.
AS she spread it out, the spring
breeze from the open window sent q
ripple over it's surface. The crowd in
the courtroom could not be restrained,
and applauded with deep enthusiasm.
"A great deal of dust flies in through
these windows" said the prosecuting
attorney, blowing his nose and wiping
his.eyes Sand, your honor, I am in
clined to think that the public inter
ests do not demand any further pro-
ceedings in this matter. S:5----
He picked up the vicious red flag,
and looked at it ruefully. "Tellher, "
he said to her counsel, @tell her I'll
see she hos better one, and real
flag, too"
"Prisoner discharged" said the
Judge.
And day or two later, Helena, the
suspected anarchist, the little Russian,
the true American, had the Stars and
Stripes flying from her high window
at No. 81, to celebrate the success of
the strike, in which her neighbors
were rejoicing. Youths Companion.