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Show 1 n 1 ji ip-aiiii 1 iili-Ba-a--l - HOW DELIVEHANCE CAME. raaoo l'uroliaseil nt tbn lilpana of llrlght I'.eil Jersey. 1 I was sitting ut my desk writing ono day, I -tt)B a wrltor In tlio Philadelphia Times, when 1 whs eUrllod by n vclco close UsIdo mo Looking up I anw n tall, slim negro girl, wearing n moat dilapidated coatutno ot many rolora nnd piece. Her faco was pinched nnd ashy, her oyca n kind of muddy hazol, tho peculiar combination giving her au unusual appearance "Got any olo clo'a ) or wantcr tradol" alio Inqulrod, abruptly , "Ho, I think not," I answered, glancing at tho baskets of berries which hung on ber anus I "Rcttcr git aomerdesoberoborrioa; doy'a mighty nlco I'll tako rooa' any thlug for 'cm Ulmmo aomo olo mcd'clno ef you got any. Bomo uv us la purty nigh always alck." I abuddercd to think of the consequences that might result from my venture In a second baud drug establishment, but began to coutemplato my aUxk or old clothes, aa abo ecoined so determined to "trodo." It was an evil hour, Indeed, that led mo to begin be-gin a acrlca of "trwllng," that grew with tho weeks Mid atroiiglbcneJ Willi the months until ycara oven had passed over my benighted boad. Scarcely a fortnight passed after I flrat madoberarijualntanLO tbat I did not havo a visit from my ubiquitous berry woman. 8I10 brought ber. rice and fruit In their season, and nuts and chicken a In their Benson; In fact, alio claimed all seasons for tier owa When 1 had begun to despair of over ridding rid-ding myself ot ray "old man of the sen," 1 when I saw a long vlataot jeara strutcli-' Ing out before) me in which I must bo trading trad-ing and giving lu trade, happily we moved ' to a dlsUnt street. ' I enjoyed a respite) of two months tn my now home unmolostcd by the trading Josephine I At last, one day In early fall, aha reappeared reap-peared upon tho scene with renewed vigor, bringing a basket of nuu and ono chicken I I was compelled to sacrifice a plato of "vlct I uals"andaa old hat on the altar of lioipU tallty and the ibovo-mentioncd articles. During my soared for the hat Joscphlno spied, hanging In my closet, a very protty red Jersey, which a few atltchea might render very usoful, and immediately began to dovlso ways and means to possess hor self of It I at first told her I didn't want to dispose of It, but, suddenly, with the Inspiration of a providential Interference, I conceived a plan of deliverance. With a sigh for my dear departing jcraey, but a brlgut hopo for the future, I took the jacket down and gave it to her, aayingf "Here, Josephine, you may tako It, and ooxt woek bring mo two cblckeua for It." "Yoasum," aba responded, eagerly. "I'll fetch you dem chickens or CUuieday, abo You kin 'pen' upon glttln' 'cm I aln' tolo yer so lie ylt, an' I aln' goln' to tell yor none now." She departed, to leavo mo In peace, for flvo yeara havo passod alnco, and tn this day I havo not aeon hor or "doin cblukana" either. f - ......A. . -ufl. , |