Show LISAS LISA'S REWARD n By Maud Walker cl Lisa couldn't remember when she sho S was Wf taken to live lIvo with old Madame Blanchard Sometimes s In her dreams she behold beheld a n sweet-faced sweet woman whoso eyes ces were wore blue and tender Lisa felt tell tulLe quite sure it was her hel mother who had died when a baby But Bul what little sho she knew of that dear mother was learned from a girl who lived In tho the same t lono- lono nc- nc meat ment house ho with her This little girl 1 Pearl Anderson was as th the tho child of oC a n Swede tailor who who with his wife did piecework for Cor a great reat wholesale clothing cloth cloth- ing lag house Tho The Andersons lived Jived across the hall bali from Crom old Madame Blanchard and Pearl often orten whispered the tha fact tact to Lisa her papa and mamma did not nol like he The madame saying she was I riot not hone honest t. t As the Blanchards and the Andersons Andersons Ander Ander- sons had lived Jived for tor five years in this t tho the families 8 had good op opportunity op- op to know a great deal about lich oth others other's r affairs Little Pearl often orten 1 told LI Lisa 1 during their stolen minutes F Of jf r play piny in the tho dark hail hall that she he had n hoard her mamma tell toll of oC one night long Jong ago ngo when old Madame Blanchard lieU hail como come In with a two old bab baby babygirl babygirl girl saying It was vas her dead sons son's orphan orphan or or- phan and that thai sho she was going to raise c it t Pearl would also confide to Lisa that her hel mamma mammo fold eald the baby wa wu not nM a Blanchard but u u. fair Call little thing with golden hair lr very ery unlike the 01 old 1 hug hag who posed us as her grandmother And Pearl would then say 88 An youre you're the same name little baby girl Lisa Lit The rhe bad lad ole woman is not your our granma at nt all Sho's She's a wicked woman Lisa believed every ery word that Pearl Peart told lold her for the Andersons thou though h woefully poor were ere good Industrious and honest folk foIk doing what the they thoy could to educate and rear their little lIlUe daughter Pearl In tho Iho right wa way Besides Besides Be Be- sides this proof of ot the story Hory old Madame Blanchards Blanchard's cruel treatment trel of or LI Lisa a amade made the child fool feel l that there was no blood link between them How flow could an own grand grandmother mother treat her hel so Lisa was sas a n veritable little BlUe beast boast of or burden carrying coal In a buck bucket t up two of stairs and tho the ashes it made down in the same name mc wa way She washed the dishes and helped to lo prepare prepare prepare pre pre- pare the meals for the thc old woman besides besides besides be be- sides waiting wailing on her at al all aB hours of tho the nl night ht if It sho she should be called from her pallet bed In the corner to do do- so But now In her seventh year her grandmother had begun a certain course with her which made the child recoil In horror Each evening she was taken laken b by the old woman to ohe one ohe of or the busiest streets of the tho city and told to beg in pleading pleading- and tearful I voice for Cor or mone money of ot the pede I At first LIw LIM all unnamed ashamed amed to play the b bog beg K- K gar held back baek and antI the old woman catching her arm pinched It till the child cried cr out with pain Beg of or that fine line gentleman that's thal's coming coming- the tall one with the shiner on his head the old hag whispered hoarse hoarsely I pushing Lisa forward Please Plene sir give o mo a penny penn to buy some seine bread said Lisa in a pitiful piti piti- ful tul little voice full of ot coming Corning tears teaN S t 2 F I r I J S Jo L t. t t l' l c t 4 S. 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J t- t J tt while her face tace was covered with a blush of shame The fine line gentleman paused looked the child over and took tooka a a. coin from his pocket which he dropped drop drop- ped led Into the cold little extended to receive It f Tho The instant the gentleman had passed passed passed pass pass- ed on with the crowd crowl old Madame Blanchard came from the tho dark doorway doorway door door- wa way whore where she had hl hidden n herself and Jerked the mone money from tho the childs child's hand A quarter she said al glo gloatingly gloating gloating- J ly slipping tho the c coin ln into her pocket Ah it takes me mc to spot the givers and you ou to get et It It my pretty prett little I daughter Now there comes a gay a young couple Quick the the man See I them that's laughing and the girl hl with tho the white furs on Oil Quick And I again Ma Madame amo Blanchard drew with with- In Sn the shadow of the doom doorway ay pushIng pushing push- push Ing ins Lisa LIIm forward Please sir sir give me a penny penny penny- But Dut the young couple did not hear tho the plaintive childs child's voice at their I elbow nor see ee th the pitiful face that looked up at th thorn them m. m Before Detore r lisa's lisas I request for alms was finished they had passed on with tho the crowd laughing and anil gay flay kno knowl knowing g- g nothing but hut own happiness e. e iou rou ou little mile imp cried Madame Blanchard jerking 1 Lisa Isa l a by the r Wh Why didn't you run along be beside beside beside be- be side them anti and pluck at the tho ladys lady's skirt You lazy worthless thing The next hext and the tho next nl nights the same As 8 soon as It was dark out wont went Madame Blanchard lanchard and her herI poor suffering little slave child I to beg ber- During the days the old woman lay lav layabout layabout about her room eating drinking and sleeping while Lisa did what t Vor work vork there was to do Once the old woman had hall called Ll Lisa a to her knees and Ina in ina ina a threatening voice had hod warned warnell her herto herto herto to k keep J secrecy If Jr I find that you ou ha have hae e breathed a single Ingie word to anone anyOne any any- One tine of bow how we live Jive or where we g ga 13 I In the tho evenings Ill I'll heat beat you till you drop helpless m In your tracks track and hut shut I you ou In the cell cellar r with the rats rat for forI I company compan- Do you OU mind And Ando to so poor little 1 Lisa had been he-en I afraid to say a R word of her mo most t unhappy un un- un- un happy haplY life Ute to Pearl or Pearls Pearl's kind kind- I parents who sometimes In Invited invited In- In I LI Lisa in to have a bit of oC tea j I with them hem when old Madame Blanchard Blanchard Blan Blan- j chard was away for tor an hour or so o. o One evening old Madame Blench lanch- lanchI I an ard was Va ill and as os it wan Wall raining she the i d decided to lo send Lisa out to be beg bee I cautioning her to be careful In selectIng select select- I Ing her prey Choose only them a as a. ashe 1 Ia he ds il well and seems happy site he said Jd Now Nov ow go KO and beg bee till youve you've got ot a dollar Dont Don't you dare to come I home with less lees The more you got get the bettor better you will sleep p tonight itt and eat tom tomorrow 0 IO W. W Do you ou mind Ia 1 Lisa went to the corner where she he usually stood stand for lor nearby was wa a dark and anti deep loOp doorway where old ol Ma ilia I dame me ipe Blanchard could secrete herself benel M Ua LIM heg As A. the rain was wu com coin M I. I Ing down dlly and anti LI Lisa was wu thinly clad with willi only onty an old ca cape pe about ncr her n he and she he shivered with 1 th Lb cold sad and Pew Few people I except lit the poor laboring cl class were ov on the tha street reet tonight and vainly did U 11 a I 4 i f 1 1 oS J L Of t I f j r- r t iV l S d t extend her trembling hand for alms A few fow took Jill pity lit op the woe wOl little lit tle te creature anI and now and then a penny was dropped Into her outstretched 1 palm ulm But Hut when a great clock near the corner corne struck nine Lisa cold and exhausted hausted counted her mone money and r und she had Just ten cents Ninety c cents cinta 01 to gel yet Ilsa shuddered forshe for tor forshe she Jn knew w it would be bo Impossible to tob b bg g that much on a night like this I Indeed it was very seldom that she got gt more than Ulan fifty OCly cents of or an evenIng even even- ing lag and rarely so much as a dollar What hat should sh sue she do She was coldI cold I hungry and amI sick Rick The people on the tho street were getting tower fewer and fewer tower all an going to their homes as fast Cast as the they could Pretty soon she would be le alone except for the big policeman policeman- whom she was taught knight to hide from lJ by running round rO tho the corner corner and and an occasional oc oc- oc- oc pedestrian If It she went homo home without the sum required by old Madame Ma Ma- lame dame Blanchard she he would be beaten beater unmercifully Then there was was' x the cold colli cellar where the tenants I kept lt their coal and old rags rap a cellar overrun overrun over over- I run with rats In there she lImu woud have to go too j if she failed to take homo borne IlL a a. dollar I Sobs Soh shook Lisas Lisa's poor shivering little frame a as she crest creel into the doorway door door- way to get shelter from the down pout pour She was too young to know kno what to do Running away from old Madame Blanchard had bad never occurred occurred occur occur- occurred red to her She the old hag hac who passed for tor her hel grandmother to lo lothe the letter loiter Once seated in the deepest and darkest corner of pf the doorway Lisa cloned her eyes from weariness Fr Pro Fre Frequent I quent coughing fits Hs overcame her and she he smothered ther d the sound with h her r hands hand for tOI fear ar the policeman coming on his beat heat might hear heal her bet and run her hur In in as DB old Madame Blanchard had always told her he would 10 do in th the event vent of hIs hie catching her begging Ring After Alter a n little while hv she felt Celt mor comfortable huddled d there hero in the corner which began to eel feel warm Her fits tit of oC coughing ceased and she felt folt quite halI happy As AB t he she was smiling to lo herself having forgotten old Madame Blanchard Blanehard she was conscious of som santo santo- j e. e I Ione one near liar her Looking up sh an beheld a a beautiful woman with ith a 11 sweet face I full tull of oC tend relit love bending over overt her Then warm arms embraced her nor norand and she sho found her hn golden head pillow pillow-I pillowed I ed cd on a warm breast Looking Into i the beautiful womans woman's eyes eye her heart hort I fluttered for tor thoy they were wore the gentle blueeyes blue blu blueeyes eyes she ahe always saw MW whenever sho hc dreamed amed of her mother Are you my mother LI Lisa whis pored pereda I IYe I Yell Ye Yen dear came the loving Iovine answer r. r i i Ive come coma to take lAke you away from that wicked old woman to a beautiful home homo where we Ye shall ball forever be to- to to-j to j you QU and L Now Sow my little one onto i ire re rest on m my breast breut and ond sleep p. p sleep for Cor or we shall aaU soon start stait on our journey i i S i When Whon you awake you will be at home j jI I I Wh where rC all an Is I. hap happiness hat ReM Reat my fOr The mother voice lee was Wall whimpered I soft an and in LI Lira Lisas Lisa's ears ra With I her own 11 little arm arms blue with the thC bruises bru from fro Madame e j D. D 0 rJ l i l 7 beatings around the dear moth mothers mother's r nock neck her hr cheek n again mt t the dear mother breast U Usa Lisa fU reU asleep When she b. b awoke awo It ft wa was In Paradise The slave child of oM uki 1 Madam m Blanchard Hun Blan I shard hard wa wan wu freed at t last Iut alae e lsd bad I owe come bet ber S J. J J- J r I fu f u |