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Show FOUND IN THE STREET. "Do you know ir that I am almost ntaryed tLat I have had nolhing to eat Cor tweiity-fuur hours ?" The young nian started at this ad-dre?; ad-dre?; tlen turned, and regarded the sppaker for a ni"inent curiou ly. The scene was Fifth Avenue, and the time wax mar niidni.ht. Horses and carriages were dhirig over the pavmnent, entveying yay parties from theater or upptr. The air was crisp and chill; the ."tars shone cheeilully above; the lamps jdeamed brilliantly below; yet the younr uian was thua i-nddenly acx;o-ted in the most fashion-able fashion-able thoronghl'are in New Yi)rk, by a stranger who wna almost starved, and had eaten nothing for twenty-four honrs. No w- nder he turntd to look curiously at her. Caleb, or 'a!e Gordon, as his in-timt in-timt called him, was a hard working joutig jiui naJi.-t hard-woiking but well paid: for he was a vastly clever and rapid vr. iter, and found a ready market for all ke Wious besides being on the regu'ar staff of one morning puper as muj-ical and dramatic critic. And in pursuit of this part of bis vocation vo-cation he had that evening been to the French opera to hear "Oooflvieve" had htepped into Delmonieo's for a iight Buptver, and was n iw on bis way down t the office to write up his evening's work, llo had no one hut. himself to take care of, made money enough to supply all his wants, incusing incus-ing light suppers at Demonic s when he desired them; and knew very li'tle aoout the poverty and wrettbednen of the under world of the great eiiy he lived in. Therefore, he qmried in (one of surprise, afier lonking at iho questioner for a moinent "Yi.u say you have eaieu nothing t.jr twenty tour hours?" "A bit of bread and soma e lToe !a-t evening, cud no'liirijr belore tiiat since the day before," and the gill pave a gv.!p, .-o'iii thin;.' l..-twe,-ii a ,-ib ana a sob, and turned her fac; away. '"Cles-; my roull' said Caleb; "come riEht alopg with me an.l get .-oioeihing." You seo Cnleb was quite green he had only been iu the city about .-rx month", having came well recommended recom-mended from a country new-paper, or else ho would havo given her a quarter and aent her on her way or, per-hape, per-hape, something wor.-e mipht have eone of it, who knows? Bat, as it was, he took her hand and jilaced it on his arm, and walked her rapidly down a aide street toward a point where he knew there was an oy.-ter saloon that kept open all night. It was not exaet.y a place to take a lady; hut it did not occur to Caleb to take her to Pclmonieo'a besides they weie to pass it. the said nothing further; but Caleb noticed hat she leaned rather heavily on his arm; and a-, they prsaed a street lamp, and its light shone fall in her face, l,e saw that she was very pale. He hurried her along, and presently they arrived at the saloon and were soon seated opposite e;ich other in a rtnail prnate room rr box, with a tab:e between them. Cal ti called a waiter and ordered a glass of kheny, and, when ihutwa.-pri ihutwa.-pri Tided, gave it to the girl, who .-Cemcd absolutely about to lint, and bugged her to diir.k ir, whii h she did; then he ord"ed a sub-tan;.! appellor appel-lor her. The waiter 1 - -1 c them, a'ld Calel) had an oppm :oii;y ot looking at hi Companion, 'l ' e wine had re-v.Ved re-v.Ved her, an 1 a little color tii:;jeil her elaek.-. She seetunl .'V o.ln:. . '! .ho. ght of hi.-, l;rt!o ,-i-;e;- ni ihe 'I i-oi,,'--.!e:.d in the count" y. sod vie J this little gin juut 1- ;-b 'uL ..e- ain'tir SCvel:"Pl n. 'PoekiiT ol' h:s little si-ter, t.io, could n 'l iie'p lb nkiny; hjW he w.--:1 i I .-I if shv v;r ; in siieii a s rait as to;- ooi ena.uie, and he (ell a Mruni r iiUoii uooe-r h s Wati-h oek'.';, m: l i d not to cure to sppik for a c 'men'. Then he said kin. fy and in a eh ar Viiiee, "And now yo'.i n.us; t-ll Do how all tlii - lis- been L'-oajht abo.r. and I el haps I can tn-!p ' -it. Hut ihe girl foil d irarr r.pon tin: table, laid her head on tie-m and ciied not loud y. Lut veiy bitt r'y. "I i n t liKe to S. e o.irry," sad Caleb and his t.-.iee was a !r;:e I'cuiii'eii-; that w:is a f-. il i oint in Caieb s character, he never 1,m:-1 tj see an; body cry. The gill raised lv r bra 1 ar,d tl.rr-w the lottg', soft, curiinc h.iir ba -k from I. r faee, and sa.d : "ea are very k 'H. very kind to tr.e. and 1 wee.; T ;" an 1 she uioti t : .-):' sV!--d .nstantly ; whi:li j :La.--.d hi:.i ianjoti-fl-jys tiitin O'je. Ca'eb.w.tsn't out fibottt hr-r a p a.! al- y h;- njf n..-rr'- cf hi- !.:'.- -c.- ; a.i aid d biai ;n s-'.r.i- ".nil: t.:v v.- a '-re i v,--r-:t ::. .vi ! I.- a b..; -Le c.i. ei :. -.. iL- ': - - . -. 5"' L M. tnanifest'y pretty, or go, ar iea-t. Caleh thought; but o thin--u t jin ! h had pretty, soft, brown curls, and brow n hair, and tender violet e.vr very large; and as they looked at Caleb, through the mist of her late weeping, he thought he had never seen a..y half so expressive. Her figure fig-ure was trim and neatlyelad. but poorly. poor-ly. Her hands were sma 1 but ihey tiore the marks of labor, and the fuie-finger fuie-finger of her rudit hand was di.tted rverwith little black specks, as Caleb remeiubered his mother's to have Urn when he was a boy at home, and she at in the arm chair sewing for him. Then the nice hot supper came in, and, with an apology slie began to at. And how she did eat! Caleb had never seen any one very hungry before, and be felt his own eyes grow dim as he watched her. And somewhere some-where in ihe interior of his being he registered an oath that she should never be hungry again not if he coull help it; and he thought of his little sister once more. At last the suppler was fin'sh-d (of course Caleb toi k nothing), lor l'el-monico l'el-monico had supplied him ; and as she looked up, and be a-ked her if she would have anything else, she said, "I am ashaimd of my.-e.f for eating o much ; but I was so hungry ;" and then she went to cryiag atain, but slid silently. At d then, after a little, Caieb got her steiy out of her. How she was crying because she had a widowed mother and litile brother at home, who were just as hungry a.s she was, and who wou d not have any kind friend to give them food; and how r-he had come oui this night wiih a wicked purpo.-e in her htart, because she could not I ear longer long-er that they should staive; and how that when she spoke to Caleb her own in en.-e hunger ovfitunje her and the was so se fish, so wickedly selfish and now she must go. Bat Caleb started up and cal ed back tti t wniter. and gave him sundiy oid'-rs ry rapidly; and when he went a.y u Ui 1 1 1 t ii . .ui lii.. liana on her shoulder and told her to sil quietly lor a few moments, and he Would go with her. And then she .-at down, like a very child, as she w.i-, and told him the rest of In r story. 'oor grei n Caleb had never heard one of U;e.-o stories before. ' They ha 1 been v :ry poor, she sail, ever since her hither died, and that wa w hen she wa- about ti n year o.d. Her mother had suoperted iliein for a good while wiih her needle, and then Josey that she said was her name, J.im j' t'ai.iol had lie' n able To sew, too; and thus tlu-y managed to live but that wa.-, ail And then h-T mother had lasen -iek, and ti.e.i iho waiter came in wiih a huge covered basket, which Caleb seized ; and afer he had paid the bill, he tucked Josey under cue arm and they hurried up the steep saloon sta is and out into the s anight and l lie glare ofstnet lamps again. They took a car, and about twenty minutes la:r wore finding tin ir way up a dark court yard, into a n now alley-way, up High s of ncke y stai.-s and o to a room en the t p floor of a tumble-down tenement h iu.-e, which was Josey s home. Tnere was no fir; in the little stove ; a sputtering bit of candle burned on a rough pine table; ami on the floor, upon up-on a waitress, and covered with a lew old quilts and rags, lay huddled the widowed mother and the poor little brolher. Caleb dr pped bis basket, and saying say-ing that ho wou:d be back in a moment fled to a corner gioeoiy whioh ho had seen a boy about closing as he p is--ed. hive minutes later he w is back in the room laden with coal, wood and caudles. 'J hen he made the fire with his own hand for he had learned that accomp i.dimeui when he was a boy at ihe old homestead. home-stead. The candles were lijlited, the table was spread, and li e mother and little boy were sealed ; and when they w. re fairly at work, and ie si how li-ir-gty l hey weie, then Cal"! broke ooail lie Went and opioid the window an 1 ooked out at tii -ar- ; bet he ui ';' see tie Hi, f : h ( y - il: op!-, i ' many r a : .- i e -i t in ';" Ie A . I ; e..t ly a 1 : i'e 1. :i i w.i- ,!; d ' and , le tun.- d a e'i'iu Jo-' . ' ' ' Don', ciy I i ii I .e. e ;:;.vl ' -o Lapp;-, a.'iiy.iu !,,ve MVtd ....' : .-o me"!: ! 1 ' n i ( r I Ceil-', r r- .-- -d l-e'r h.M.l. h .i I. 'u ked al 111-, v. i '!:. aiie. .-ml h" n,".-o, n,".-o, t",: he v e d co.,..; 10 tbee - n-:l lii-'.rninc. An i h .k I .in !!, ie a t. e i I in ir .-jt v el. : : l.l.--ie- ...1 p-ee - of ibl J e . uw toLo.i'.i.; , h vu- . I 7. -.k b-.f 1 J Ce.' b ha 1 ti'l'.-i.i 1 lo- rheA ir-t k a:. i ;: t le e.e t- 1 - !'e:J jing hec-e; Lut iu o h oel.'klse w.j.-aeai.'i w.j.-aeai.'i .n l ! . e 10 ea i;i t .e t noi-id-iwii ieia ui'-iit h"U-e. It ee'v i t and a 1 :;!,: f:e be.t.ioe. a:, 1 ti.e ! e .v b;t- i f :.-M,;t-.!e I.-UL.e j K l- leei.e-,.k-a- ;.o-ol. . At; i lie- r..: .v: - r.er !".-.'. a- i,c -.l.t-r.d. Mil ax elc ! I a: l. i t be y.e:r; j i: a a !'e-i.- -e.:-- tetieiic !;t h-!)-. Ca.cb. ,e : . 1 r 1 a .e to s ft. 1 hi- L.ole ee ;.,ut . :: .. o. ! ri'-l'e l;"!. ;'l--.7 :. e ,y i'. of hi-, v !; - . x- ;.;; tl- ' ii.e.ri .. r - : : . id.- v i: :;. - a: i - ' ' : I- e, i.l. . ..' ' HBamitsBCSKaBManBeBeMMaaM po-itioi; in a luiiie ir.nitutton; aud . what ti en? ! A-Veli. then that is to say. about six i month af-er. wLeti the public in-ti'u-; tion gave J y a fortnight's holiday, Caleb took lb" whole tbmi'y the little ; brother had cen ro:ug 10 school all j this time ei't into the couutrv to the ' old homestead. And when the fortnight'.-vacation was over Caleb wrote i to the director of the- public institution I resigning Jo-cy's position; und one I bright summer's Eioruit.g he tacked Josey under his arai oikc wore, aud , the widow, and C deb's mother a'so '; a widow and Caleb's little si-ter. and Joseys little brother, and a wh.ole : troop of uncle's and aunt-;, cousins and friends, all strolled quietly down the quiet road into the little village church; I a iid there Josey and Caleb were nrir-! nrir-! ried. And as the two widows had be-I be-I come fa-t friends they lived together at the old home-tead, while Caleb took his little wife thin an 1 pale no longer, but plump and flushed'and happy as a robin back to the greit city. And surely Caieb never again should be uu happy, or regret that he had taken to wife the poor, little half-starved girl be ibund in the s' rect. |