The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-17

nMp snu Tnrdor mt the
1870 stIll asffr.
81 n III q ..l pSs ~. there 4 much late
4 II ~ LIZ - 49, ! .,.,,,,.r thorouchfares. as
y w pS sss.s housewife always
a ~ "A Z. n. tn,,. y obtaining her
n 1890 aeter midnight.
esa u w sa..rn,,rd railway at Not
I. s es J. s'. s.ss,cn ! crossed the busy
/ ~ 1 eS.s s -,,th ~. raphfha lamps
ss .9ss.sx ..sst.rrooneers ana. pass
Z 49, .stI.sr eelect thorouRhfare.
IL Il - s..ss.s- entered the square.
81 l!! 49, y. ..sssSrr \ an nv way to Rich
81 B "a !. 3. q rsatar there lived. Sud-
4 80 IT,. 3. ss.sA atc,,r NV attention was
n Y -, $3.50 v,is;rtivs crv ana
/ IA - i, M corner 81 4 dark
zz!l!s as Z. s.shyrr vhite huddled IN, It
.!!1 "A ~. sssvs,ans Win cold. and Sob
81 y 4 y. th.refnro stopped. bent
~ Z .s's..4 ..kst wss the matter.
4 Il III M : ,ss. I'll the reply received,
M u go ,s,ss her head. but continued
\! u Il ~
s. ..,I M s., - taxing her hand ana rails
IL q S.s " * IN ssst' .sYou mustn't remain
IN d. Ss,,ssl * froxen. who are you?''
I /. ~. IA ~ ~ 4 inv hand was icy cold.
& ,i1;ss 1900 Z IN a wide-open wondering eyes
\ i zS1s 4 shesitatiou. then replied simply
! 9sss fsSsIAw
sssSssss vour other manner.
u o. sSsss~. =
Il iis1si a that dim light OF the street
& s,ss Z readsd no second glance to con-
a'z. ss.s tkat she was not an ordinary
L sH7 - dresp was OF a richness quite
4 Ssss.ssa 4, children, : attire, q prettily-
zl;ii7S 5sn1r * soft white china silk. en-
~ Nm many laces and ruffies, neat
~ ~ sstockjnrs and patent leather
;ss IN shininr buckles. She was.
1 ;,Sss6 Shout years old. or perhaps q
NJ 5sors with 1 charming refined face
~ SIsf 6lue eyes, while about her Shout
~ s wealth Of hair Of that bright
$3.50 ma which Invariably fades be-
g ~ isena Her voice was sweet and
10Y ard knew By her pronunciation
S;33 - ~ no ordinary Cockney waif.
xf11 vksfs do YOU liver. Isinuuired ten
49,
m 3nuPf know" she responded shyly.
a ~ va haven't been out OF doors long.
- III where's your hatf's
n 49, - M she iisped.
- IA that abe had on only thin nat
100 -
= fsSsf that she had escaped from some
luI.reom n the vicinity. perhaps from
I11Ss esfdren's Christrras party, But al
I11 Z Questioned her closely. It was
s;ssal mai IA hsd no id.a whatever 81
il6e a abode. She WA hopelessly
~ Ia hand ana walked with her
diufsnce. but sbs seemed weary. shiv-
~ Nom head to foot took out .
En6tsutief and tied 1t over her head,
~ euntemrlated handing her over to the
~ constable we met. Her description
Sos0 b telegraphed to every police-sta-
~ md any inquiry In any part Of Lon
A. would promptly result in her discov-
5 nj
When We gained the corner OF West
hpfns grove stood looking up and down
~ thoroughfars In search of constable;
/, Intention. ana said:
- again burst into tears. All children.
Ah4sghttned by their nurses, enter
hin deep-rooted horror Of the
WHee. therefore / resolved to take
~ home with me for the night,
lnd next day endeayor to trace her friends.
y efrivaiAt Richmond road handed her
VT VI . the care of my landlady, a sable
lated. hand-chafng person, who If not
mothery" disposition, evinced a ten
interest In the pretty founding.
Nursing her before my fire Mrs. Soames
ys M the mysterious Cissie, who,
~ = chilfs simplicity, told us that her
U.s. issM nad taken her out to party at tho
WYE q some person named Johnson, and
s -. % the way there she had been left
W. %'nae shop while the nurse entered to
W. s saIae purchase-from her description