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Show t. -';.;,.. : , , :,;r .. wit. y'Ofj-yp" -6Tb mci.cntwood go for, watcr and-do.ljour err ands: ;Tho trbull'ed oyeofvthe , speaker were fllje'dwithaii: n.waVa.jadbglstbbd at;the;bb.cfeb.r,.plcading;lwith lylpqkTb" 'dpnlitUhe ioali'ty pf bis good-intentions .The cottagesfbpd, Hsclf 6i- a'bleak Jiibbritoi?; what iebtlaudl'wbul : Save 1 ; bcenfcalled nclTheiiuiewas near the . latter1; end :qf -'.September, .aiid i; ' fibred ! ' wlndraiticd to boughs ,ot tha bnly wo naked tfce4;nar. th'housc? hnd fled "with" . .ft'lhtyerihff'sbfindnfbthb. dbpr wayf Jas if;' ;fieckin for warmth at the blazin a lira within; t , ,Now e then a snow flake touched j iwith .itsyoTtphill ftfie cheek, of the listener, ; or wiicj'icd.tlie angry fedneaspf; the pooh ; bbyfsb,eu'nnibed bands'.. The wqijiau wnsPyldently IbUi'fo grant, the 'bbyVquestl'npd.ihei.pcbuirar look; .6iimpfujnpi)tf&tr would ";li'ave s'u'ggclcd to fnitiy. intud, "an .Jd'tV.ot :den "pravity'Jar bcybqd bis Jycara:' But; her; yomans beirtlcould4 notreslst th'b"BOr-, ! rbwjn thosarl'drge' but by no means band-! Sbinb'priy-cyes'4"J ' "J "' ..' 1 y' 'lCme'tn,!.at J"by. rate, tllL.the good ntan. ronjc&Kqmct si down by the' firQf.you.. Ibqlc pcrishihg V.ith:cbid,n land Be drew, arbde;chair tip ta thq warmcat cbrS'crj tbcnf suspjciooslygldncing; ai tha hjldfrbni: th Corners', o her eyes, she cBntfiiired 'sotting;- tlidtable-.fijsi'pjfteh ', 'rcscnllyrciine of heavy shbcsj the dbqr'lwaVswuiig open with a' ; tirick jerk,":'andttlief'gqod man" presented Wmself,..wcariedvilh.labb"rl A look" of intelligence pagscdjietwceti his wife and himself." flb"o, scaunedtthe boy's, face 5ith.ari eitprcssioa'n'bt evincing satisfac tfir,- but nevertheless made him come io IhbHable,, and then enjoye the zest witb Which hq dispatched bis supper. D&y after day passed, ahd yet tlic poor 1 boy-begged 10 be kept "Only till Jto-mor-row." So the good people, after duo cou sidefAtibo, .concluded that so fong as be was; sq docile and worked so bear tily they woiild, retain him. dnfe day, in the middle of winter, a . peddler, long accustomed to trado at the'i , cottage, made his, appearance and dis-! posed of his gqbds rendilyrns .if ho hadi .bectt.wattcd.fori '"Jloa have a'Tjoy bup there splitting - wood, I see-" ho said; pointing tb thoyard I 4,les;do you kROwJiim?'' i "I hayo sccu him,? replied tho peddlci f eyasivelyrv "And where? WhP is. be? What, ii ! he?" . , "A jailtlHrdand tho peddler swung ( hispaqk Over ids shoulder. That boy j yqung, as be looks, I saw him in court myself, and heard hissen tenet, 'Tei i .months.' He's a hard one? you'd do wcl r to look; carefully. after himw. f- 01 thcrefwas something so horrible ir I the word. "jU,w that the poor womat i trembled as 'ello laid away her purchases I nor could she be easy till Jhe called tin . boy in, and assured him that she knem j that dark part of his history, s Jtshumed, distressed, the child Uunj i down his head? biscbeeks, accmed burst 1 log witb JiOt blobd; hiUips qnlveredj aftc i anguish WasJrpaintcd as. vividly on hii forehead as ifthe words were branded in t to the flesh. & 'Well;" homuttered, bis whole frami relaxing, as. if . a burden had eaddenl; b xollcd nS, "Imj s well go to ruin a I ojice; tbers no use in my. try fog- to d t- better everybody hates and despises mo nobody cares about me;, I may es well gi 0 to ruin at qncfe?' r "Tell mqVtfaid tho woman, who stooi I, off far enoUgU'for flight if that should b necessary, "how come you to go so yoanj ir to that dreadful place? Where was. you ii mothcr--where?'T . ''Ol' fexblaimedlboboy wltli aVbursi Of jgrief that' Wis tcrfjblo tovbohqld; "01 haju't no inqthcr? .. 01I-hain:t any niolhcr ever sinte was a baby,,', "iPl'd only had w toother he" contimied.itiis an guislf 'growlug. 'put.nlbre tchemi'nahd the tcars'gushmg. mi. frpni tils .strauge looking; gray eyed,, "1 woiiildn'tvliVvecn bbond, and - kicked; ahd cbffed, an laid on.wHlvwhipi I wbuldnlt: 'lia'bie saucy;;and gotkiibcicd dbwnVand':rup, away,- and tTii,stolc'becau?eI'wd8'4mh-gr.; tTii,stolc'becau?eI'wd8'4mh-gr.; OlXhairgbt-np'RiothcV,!;- hain't got, tip rtotlrjtiiavcn't'bttd no. mother siace I, Vat a babyf ' V' A . X ' ' ' ' ;Tlie" strength-wW ali;;gbii6'' fronl'.'tao poor , boy, and' lie sunk off bis 'knees; sob biiigrcatcbbking sob3,"nnd rubbing'tho! hot ars away ' with ; pdo'r 'kn'ticklcs.. And did that, woman? stand ' there un-tobte'dr un-tobte'dr .Bid sho!coiaiy bid hfnt'pack up ifbd bo offtho jail-blrd? , H " f .'Kqr'bp.,.i'Sho had:bccn n-methe,' ad though all her'childrcb'slcptXritfdcf, the cold Bod'.io vthechuchyaVd; she was ''avmbthcV stilt Shd'weht tip'lb that ptof-bbjr hot tpj'hasteu . -hlrU.-.away but rib 'Itif' her fingcrsTiihdlyj softly dif bis bead ; to'1 tell hinj'tqllobk'i up, and frbtri h'eneefdrth, find ineij-a niqtlier,j yXcs, sbe cyeb put.br. I arnis, about tho ueefcbf that? forsakci), dc icrtjiil cliilcl f ilia Vlgtl frooi h'cr ther's heart sweet;- womanly words'-; words'-; words bf cbuh:ir'a'td'.tdiidwnes34 :'0" how -sweet was, hcr:8lcep'tba"t night!, how soft her pillow 1; Seethed linked' a pdor'suffcrinff heart5 to hers bythe w&st silken, tho Btrorige'st band of lore;. slip bad pjucked sontotbornsfrotri tho "patiibf a little slnfiing'but striving- mbrtal. - v pid the boyS;lcairo"bc1ff ' iNevcrl ' 'lie; i?with lter.still,-vft "-vigbrqdsmarilyi prb-' mising'butbT- Tbo'-unfuvpfablii casV-Pf his countenance has given 'placq,; tbf- an bpen, pleWiugtipressIoh-' Withjjdopth ebugU.tb,; make it.';ani open; in,terestiug study; lnifosVer-father; is doadi'hfs gqbd foster-.raqheroed qftd sickly; she 'knows nowaut Tlie,orice'po'ortoute?i'(ti Is ber. only dependence, and nobly "docrhe repay1' |