OST.  2< 
THE  RURAL  NEW-YORKER. 
26D 
“THE  PEIDE  OF  BATTERY  B.” 
South  Mouhtaix  towered  on  our  right, 
Far  oflf  the  river  lay. 
And  over  the  wooded  hight 
We  held  their  linee  at  bay. 
At  last  the  mutt’ring  guns  were  still. 
The  d.ay  died  alow  and  wan. 
At  last  the  gunners’  pipes  did  fill. 
The  Sergeant's  yams  began. 
When  as  the  viind  a  moment  blew 
Aside  the  fragrant  lliXtd, 
Our  briarwoods  raised— within  our  view 
A  little  maiden  stood, 
A  tiny  tot  of  si*  or  seven, 
From  fireside  fresh  she  seemed. 
(Of  such  a  little  ono  In  heaven 
One  soldier  often  dreamed.) 
And  as  we  stared,  one  little  hand 
Went  to  her  curly  head 
In  grave  salute.  "  And  who  are  you  ?” 
At  length  the  Sergeant  said. 
"  And  where’s  your  homo  ?”  he  growled  again. 
She  lisped  out.  "  Who  is  me  ? 
Why,  don’t  you  know  y  I’m  little  Jane. 
‘  The  Pride  of  Battery  B.’ 
“  My  home  ?  Why.  that  was  burned  away , 
And  pa  and  ma  are  dead. 
And  so  I  nde  thr  guns  .all  day. 
Along  with  Sergeant  Ned , 
“  And  I’ve  a  drum  that's  not  a  toy. 
And  a  cap  with  feathers,  too, 
And  I  march  beside  the  drummer  boy 
On  Sundays  at  review. 
“  But  now  our  bacca’s  all  give  out. 
The  men  oan't  have  Uieir  emoke ; 
And  so  they're  cross— why  even  Ned 
Won't  play  with  me  and  Joke ; 
“  And  the  big  Colonel  said  to-day— 
I  hate  to  hear  him  swear— 
He'd  give  a  leg  for  a  good  pipe 
Like  the  Yanks  had  over  there. 
“  And  so  I  thought,  when  beat  the  drum. 
And  the  big  guns  were  still, 
I’d  creep  beneath  Uie  tent  and  come 
Out  hero  across  the  hill, 
"  And  beg,  gixid  Mister  Yankee  men. 
You’d  give  me  some  bone  .Tack, 
Please  do — when  we  get  some  again 
I’ll  surely  bring  it  buck. 
“  Indeed  I  will,  for  Nod — says  he — 
'  If  I  do  what  1  Hay, 
I’ll  be  a  OfTieral  yet,  may  be, 
And  ride  a  prsneing  bay.’ " 
We  brimmed  her  liny  apron  o’er. 
You  should  have  heard  her  laugh 
As  each  man  from  UU  scanty  store 
Shook  out  a  gen’rous  half. 
To  kiss  the  little  tnonth,  stooped  down 
A  score,  of  grimy  men. 
Until  the  Sergeant’s  husky  voice 
Said  "  'Tfeuliou,  Squad !"  and  then 
We  gave  her  escort,  till  good-night 
The  pretty  waif  we  bid, 
And  watched  her  toddle  out  of  sight. 
Or  else  'Iwas  tears  that  hid 
Her  tiny  form,  nor  turned  about 
A  man,  nor  spoke  a  word 
Till  afterwhllo  a  far  hoarse  shout 
Upon  the  wind  we  heard  ! 
We  sent  it  back— then  cast  sad  eye 
Upon  the  scene  around, 
A  baby's  hand  had  touched  the  tie 
That  brothers  once  had  bound. 
That’s  all— save  when  the  dawn  awoke 
Again  the  work  of  hell ; 
And  through  the  clouds  of  sullen  smoke 
The  screaming  missiles  fell. 
Our  Gen’ral  often  rubbed  his  glass. 
And  marveled  much. to  see 
Not  a  single  shell  that  whole  day  fell 
In  the  camp  of  Battery  "  B  !" 
[Fymifc  if.  Oasmway. 
largely  In  the  majority,  were  concerned ;  but  the 
Gentiles  complained  that  the  laws  were  so  admin¬ 
istered  as  to  bear  hardly  on  them,  no  regard  being  I 
paid  to  justice  or  equity.  Their  complaints  seemed 
well  founded.  Some  changes  being  made  and 
GentUos  appointed  to  ofllco,  the  Mormons  beoiime 
the  complainants  and  In  ISW  they  rose  In  direct 
rebellion  against  the  Government,  corapelUng  the 
choosing  to  obey,  thej*  commenced  defensatory 
preparat  ions  against  their  enemies  who,  although 
more  than  twice  their  number,  concluded  to  leave 
them,  tor  the  time,  unmolested. 
A  Territorial  flovernment  was  established  In 
the  autumn  of  1654  and  andkkw  H.  Kkkueb  ap¬ 
pointed  Governor.  At  an  election  for  delegate  to 
congreas  held  soon  after,  the  polls  were  sebied  by 
courts  to  adjourn.  It  Is  reported  that  In  a  sennon  |  jinuixl  men  from  Missouri  and  more  than  half  of 
Ipstoriral, 
OUB  COUNTRY! 
ITS  ACQUISITION  AND  DIVISION. 
BT  LKSTEB  A.  ROBERTS. 
LContlnued  from  page  25S.] 
UTAH. 
All  that  portion  of  the  country  acquired  from 
Mexico,  lying  between  parallels  37*  and  42*,  north 
latitude,  the  Rooky  Mountains  and  California, 
was,  previous  to  Its  cession  to  the  United  States, 
almost  unknown,  but  few  white  men  having  pen¬ 
etrated  It.  In  1347  the  Mormons,  driven  from  Nau- 
voo,  their  settlement  in  lUlnols,  crossed  the 
Rocky  Mountains  and  penetrating  the  wilderness 
so  far  that  they  thought  themselves  forever  be¬ 
yond  the  reach  of  the  Gentiles— in  a  land  where 
there  would  be  no  governmental  authority  supe¬ 
rior  to  their  own— founded  Halt  Lake  City.  But 
after  the  treatj’  oi  Gcadalcte  Hidalgo  In  1343, 
they  unexpectedly  found  themselves  ^aln  under 
the  Jurisdiction  of  the  U  nlted  .States.  In  1850  the 
population  of  this  area  was  said  to  be  about  11,000, 
mo-stly  located  In  the  Immediate  vicinity  of  Salt 
Lake  City.  A  convention  to  frame  a  Constitution 
was  held  and  a  Government  oiganlzed  as  the  State 
of  Deseret.  Congress  however,  refused  to  agree 
to  these  proceedings  and  establLshed  a  Territorial 
Government.  In  September  of  the  same  year 
Brigham  Yocsg  was  appointed  Governor  and 
the  other  omcera  selected  from  among  the  >for- 
mon  residents.  So  long  as  this  was  continued  all 
went  smoothly  so  far  as  the  Mormons,  who  were 
Young  prciichod  to  his  people,  he  said,  "  1  am  and 
will  be  Governor,  and  no  power  can  hinder  it 
until  tho  Loro  Almighty  says.  •RKionA.M,  you 
need  not  bo  Governor  any  longer.' "  Troops  were 
sent  to  restore  order  and  at  first  coUlalona  seemed 
Inevitable ;  but  finiilly  tha  Mormons  were  Induced 
to  submit,  at  least  nominally. 
In  1861  the  limits  of  the  Territory  were  con¬ 
tracted  to  t  he  area  embraced  by  the  3Tth  and  42d 
parallels  and  the  .H2d  and  39th  meridians,  except 
that  portion  east  of  longitude  ill  and  west  of 
latitude  41".  In  lH<t2  this  area  wa.s  diminished  by 
making  the  west^jrn  boundary  longitude  1 14'  OS' 
west  of  Greenwich.  Several  petltloiLs  have  been 
made  to  Congre.ss  pray  ing  for  the  aflmlsslon  of 
Utah  as  a  State,  but  as  all  constitutions  proposed 
have  been  framed  with  a  view  to  the  legalization 
of  polygamy,  they  have  been  denied. 
NEW  MEXICO. 
The  Territory  of  New  Mexico  was  organized  In 
1850  troin  a  portion  of  the  area  directly  ceded  by 
Mexico,  and  that  to  which  Texiw  made  claim 
which  wa.s  adju.slcd  by  the  compromise  of  I860 
[see  Texas].  IW  northern  boundary  was  the  37th 
parallel  of  latitude  between  California  an»l  tho 
Rooky  Mountains  and  the  38th*  between  the 
Rocky  Mountaln.s  and  the  26th  luerldiutL  On  llio 
easMt  was  bounded  by  the  2iith  meridian ;  on  the 
south,  east  of  tho  Jilo  Grande,  by  tbo  37th  paral¬ 
lel,  separating  It  from  Texas  and  west  of  that 
river  by  the  then  northern  line  of  Mexico  and 
west  by  California.  In  16.54  tho  Territory  acquired 
from  Mexico  and  known  as  the  Gadsden  piindiaso, 
was  annexed.  In  1361  the  portion  lying  north  of 
the  37th  panillel  was  substracted  and  In  1363  the 
area  was  still  further  dlralnLshcd,  making  the 
meridian  31*  69'  west  from  Washlngtou,  Its  west¬ 
ern  boundary. 
WASHINGTON. 
In  1853  that  portion  of  Oregon  Territory  lying 
north  of  46'  and  tho  Colmnbla  River  was  erected 
Into  a  separate  Territory  and  named  Washington. 
When  Oregon  was  made  a  State  tho  portion  of 
Oregon  Territory  not  Included  within  the  Stat.o 
bounds  was  temporarily  annexed  to  Wa.shlngton ; 
but  this  and  the  ea.siern  port  ion  of  Wivshlnglon 
Territory  were  detached  when  Idaho  was  formed, 
leaving  the  hounds  of  Washington  Territory  as 
now,  viz.,  the49*lh  parallel,  longitude  1178  oi',  and 
the  Snake  River,  the  46th  parallel  and  the  Colum¬ 
bia  Klver  to  the  I'aelttc  Ocean. 
KANSAS  AND  N  EBR  ASK  A  TERRITORI E8.  ' 
A  bill  for  giving  Territorial  Government  to  the 
country  westward  of  Missouri  and  Iowa  under  the 
name  of  Nebraska  was  presented  In  1 352  and  met 
with  detenalaed  opposition  from  and  defeat  by 
the  frlend.3  ol  slavery,  who  seemed  to  have  deter¬ 
mined  that  no  turr.hf?r  governments  should  be 
organized  in  which  slavery  sliould  be  prohibited. 
This  bill  Id  substance  wa.3  again  reported  In  1853, 
when  the  question  as  to  tho  constltuMonallty  and 
consequent  validity  of  the  Missouri  Compromise 
was  raised,  but  It  was  never  brought  to  vole.  Sub¬ 
sequently  Mr.  Dovgla.8  reported  another  bill, 
providing  for  the  erection  of  two  Terrliorles  In¬ 
stead  of  one— Kansas  to  Include  the  urea  lying 
directly  west  of  Missouri  to  the  Rocky  .Mountains 
and  Nebraska,  Including  all  north  of  Kansas, 
leaving  It  for  the  people  to  decide  all  questions 
relative  to  slavery  for  themselves  which,  after 
considerable  discussion,  was  passed  In  May,  1854. 
KANSAS. 
Up  to  the  time  of  the  proposition  to  organize 
the  Territory  of  Kana-as,  nearly  all  the  accessible 
area  thereof  was  In  possession  of  different  tribes 
of  Indians.  But  during  the  time  of  the  discussion 
of  the  question,  treaties  were  quietly  made  by 
wblchmostof  tho  country  within  two  hundred 
miles  of  -Missouri  was  opened  for  settlement,  and 
no  sooner  had  the  territorial  bill  become  a  law, 
tbao  the  contest  between  the  friends  of  freedom 
and  those  of  slavery  (which  had  before  been  one 
of  fierce  debate  and  angry  words)  became  one  of 
physical  strife— of  blows  and  bloodshed,  which 
continued,  with  but  little  Intermission,  for  several 
years. 
I  Residents  of  Western  Missouri  hastened  co  take 
L  possession  of  the  new  territory  for  slavery,  and 
,  within  a  few  days  after  the  passage  of  the  Kan- 
,  saa-Nebraska  bill  hundreds  of  Missourians  croased 
.  the  border,  professed  to  be  citizens  and  organized 
societies  which  passed  resolutions  to  the  effect 
)  that  they  recognized  slavery  as  established,  In- 
s  vlted  slaveholders  with  their  slaves  to  join  them, 
and  declaring  that  no  abolitionist  should  be  given 
i  countenance  or  protectlon- 
In  1654  emigration  from  the  free  States  began 
;  to  bo  considerable.  The  friends  ol  freedom  had 
,  moved  In  the  matter.  Societies  were  formed- 
•  mostly  in  Now  England— known  a.3  Emigrant  Aid 
5  Societies— for  the  purpose  of  assisting  those  who 
,  I  were  willing  to  settle  in  the  new  territory.  This 
t,  was  met  with  an  expressed  determination  on  the 
1  !  part  of  the  pro-slavery  parly  In  Kansas  and  their 
)  allies  In  Sllsstjurl,  to  remove  all  persons  who 
)  should  come  there  under  tho  auspices  of  any  of 
I  these  societies. 
r  In  July,  1S54,  the  first  company  of  .Eastern  eml- 
l  grants,  about  thirty  In  number,  located  on  the 
-  site  now  occupied  by  the  city  of  Lawrence,  and  In 
two  weeks  they  were  joined  by  sixty  or  seventy 
I  more.  They  were  ordered  to  remove,  but  not 
the  votes  wore,  os  was  afterward  ascerbalncd, 
polled  by  re-sldents  of  Missouri. 
A  T'errltorlal  Lcglalaturo  was  chosen  In  March, 
1855,  In  much  the  same  way.  Gov.  Rkkdkk  set 
aside  the  election  In  some  districts  and  ordered 
now  onos  at  which  Free  State  delegates  were 
chosen,  who  were  however,  refused  tbolr  soats  In 
llie  Legislature,  which  were  given  to  those  ille¬ 
gally  elected.  This  lieglslaturo,  known  as  the 
Ix'complon,  met  at  Pawnee  In  July  and  passed 
several  acr.s  bearing  heavily  on  the  Free  State 
men  .and  supporting  slavery  to  the  fullest  extent, 
some  of  which  were  vetoed  by  Gov.  Rkrdkr.  This 
action  on  Ida  |>art  offended  the  leaders  of  the 
party  and  ho  was  removed  from  office  by  the 
President,  who  appointed  Witso.v  Shannon  In  his 
place. 
The  Free  State  men  refused  to  recognize  I, he 
authority  of  this  Leglslaiurei  held  an  election, 
appointed  ex-Gov.  Reeder  delegate  to  Congress, 
and  called  a  Constitution  and  Convention  which 
was  held  at  Topeka  In  October,  1855,  at  which  a 
Consiltiillon  was  framed,  and  in  .January,  tssn, 
an  election  for  state  officers  and  members  of  the 
Legislature  was  hold;  Charles  Robinson  was 
chosen  Governor,  me  Legislature  met  at  Topeka 
In  .March,  organized,  inaugiaratod  the  Governor, 
and  adjourned  till  July. 
Meantime  the  numbers  in  the  pro-slavery  ranks 
Increa-scd  largely  by  accessloms  from  the  Slave 
States,  and  under  various  pretexts  us.sauUs  were 
made  on  the  free  sollora.  From  this  time  the  Ter¬ 
ritory  was  In  the  utmost  confusion;  collisions 
were  frequent  and  many  wore  killed.  Gov. 
Shannon  was  recalled  by  the  President  and  Gov. 
Okabv  superseded  him.  Before  thn  arrival  of 
(jtov.  (iBARY  the  acting  Governor  had  declared  tho 
Territory  In  a  state  of  rebellion.  Thou.sands  o( 
tu'mod  men— “  Border  Itufilans”— came  from  Afls- 
sourl  and  other  Slave  states  to  aid  In  putting  It 
down.  Gov.  Geary  commanded  all  to  lay  down 
their  arms  and  met  the  Missourians  with  United 
States  troops,  wmpelUng  their  obedience. 
The  Free  State  or  Topeka  Legislature  met  In 
January,  1857.  The  ofHeers  and  some  of  tho  prin¬ 
cipal  members  wore  arrested  by  the  United  States 
.Marshal  and  the  rest  adjourned  till  June.  About 
this  Graft  (Jov.  (iEARv  resigned  and  waaau(!ceeded 
by  Robeht  J.  Walker, 
Tho  LecomptAin  Legislature  met  soon  after  and 
provided  for  a  convention  to  prepare  a  State  Con¬ 
stitution.  The  Free  Slate  men  declined  to  vote 
for  delegates  at  the  election,  which  wa,s  held 
June  16;  but  at  a  TetTlterlal  election  held  a  few 
-months  BUbsequontly,  the  free  sollcrs  took  part, 
having  the  assurance  of  Gov.  Walker  that  they 
should  be  protected  In  their  rights  so  far  as  wa.H 
in  his  power,  Tho  result  was  tho  election  of  a 
Free  State  delegate  to  Congress  and  a  large  ma¬ 
jority  of  anti-slavery  members  to  the  Legislature. 
The  Free  State  men  hart  rtecUnert  te  vote  on  the 
question  of  the  acceptance  of  the  ConsUtuUon 
framert  by  the  Lecompten  ConvenUon,  and  the 
slavery  clause  was  artoptert  by  a  large  majority. 
.Many  of  Its  provisions  were  obnoxious  to  Gov, 
Walker  who,  falling  In  hts  remon.strance  against 
its  adoption  by  Congress,  resigned,  and  J.  W. 
De.nvek  was  appointed. 
The  Lccompton  Constitution  having  been  pro¬ 
mulgated,  an  election  for  state  officers  under  It 
w.as  callert,  to  bo  hold  January,  1858,  and  tho  Ter¬ 
ritorial  Legislature  directed  the  slavery  clause  in 
the  ConsGtutlon,  which  was  te  bn  submitted  dl- 
roeUy  te  the  vote  of  the  people,  to  be  voted  on  at 
the  same  Gmo.  The  result  ivas  a  largo  majority 
against  slavery.  Congress  daoided  that  the  Lo- 
compUm  Constitution  should  be  again  submitted 
to  the  people  In  August,  1358,  when  11  was  again 
rejected.  shorGy  after  Gov.  Denver  resigned 
and  Samuel  Mkdary  was  appointed  Governor. 
Another  Constitutional  Convention  was  held  by 
authority  or  the  Terrttorlal  LeglslaBhre,  at  Wyan- 
rlot.  In  July,  LS69,  at  which  a  ConsilttiUon  prohib¬ 
iting  slavery  was  adopted.  This  was  ratified  by 
the  people  m  October  and  an  election  was  held 
under  It  In  December,  at  which  Charlb.3  Robin¬ 
son  was  cbosen  Governor. 
Application  for  admission  as  a  State  with  the 
Wyandot  ConstltuGon,  was  made  to  Conareas  In 
February,  1S60,  which  was  refused.  At  the  next 
session  tho  application  was  renewed,  which,  being 
granted,  made  Kansas  the  thirty-fourth  State  in 
the  D nlon,  with  boundaries  embracing  all  territory 
between  the  37th  and  40th  degrees  of  laGtude  and 
between  Missouri  and  the  l02d  degree  of  longi¬ 
tude,  with  the  very  approprtate  motto, 
aspera  ad,  astra."— [To  be  continued. 
- <  «  » 
THINGS  TO  ERMEMBEE. 
You  must  listen  to  your  wife,  and  not  believe 
her. 
One  may  do  without  mankind,  but  one  has  need 
of  a  friend. 
The  happiest  mother  of  daughters  is  she  who 
has  only  sons. 
The  pleasure  of  doing  good  Is  the  only  one  that 
never  wears  out, 
TO  cultivate  virtue  Is  the  science  of  men ;  to  re¬ 
nounce  science  Is  the  virtue  of  women. 
Ik  one  Is  not  deaf  and  stupid,  what  a  position  Is 
that  of  a  father-in-law  I  If  with  a  'vlfe  and  a 
(laugUter-ln-law  one  has  also  sisters  and  slsters- 
In-law,  daughters  and  nieces,  one  ought  to  be  a 
tiger  to  be  able  to  hold  out. 
t  ^toru-f  cllfr. 
MY  LITTLE  SCHOOL-GIEL. 
The  first  time  that  I  saw  her  was  one  autumn 
morning  as  I  rode  to  town  In  a  horse  car.  It  was 
early,  and  my  only  fellow  passenger  was  a  crusty 
old  gentleman  who  sat  In  a  corner  reading  his 
paper ;  so  when  the  car  stopped  I  gbinced  out  to 
see  who  came  next,  hoping  It  would  bo  a  pleas¬ 
anter  person.  No  one  appeared  tor  a  minute  and 
the  oar  sIockI  still,  while  the  driver  and  conductor 
looked  In  the  same  direction  without  any  sign  of 
Impatience  1  looked  also;  hut  all  I  could  see 
was  a  lltUo  gJrl  cunning  acros-s  the  park,  as  girls 
of  twelve  or  thirteen  seldom  run  nowadays,  It  any 
one  can  see  them. 
“  Are  you  waiting  for  her  ?”  I  asked  of  the  con¬ 
ductor,  who  stood  with  Ills  hand  on  tho  bell  and 
a  good-natureil  smile  In  his  eye. 
“  Yf's,  ma'am ;  we  always  stop  for  Utile  missy," 
ho  answered;  and  then  up  she  came,  all  rosy  and 
breathlcas  with  lier  long  run. 
" Thank  you,  very  much.  I'm  late  to-day  and 
was  afraid  I  should  miss  my  car,”  she  said,  as  he 
helped  her  with  a  fatherly  air  that  was  pleasant  to 
ace.  Taking  a  corner  scat,  she  smoothed  the  curly 
locks,  disturbed  by  tho  wind,  put  on  her  gloves 
and  Rcttlod  her  bonkslnherlapand  thou  modestly 
glanced  from  the  old  gentleman  In  the  opposite 
corner  to  the  lady  near  by.  Much  a  bright  little 
face  aa  I  saw  uiider  the  havrlm,  happy  blue  eyes, 
dlinple-s  In  the  ruddy  checks  and  Die  Innocent  ex- 
presslon  which  makes  a  young  girl  so  sweet  an 
object  to  old  eyes ! 
The  crusty  gentleman  evidently  agreed  with 
mo,  for  he  peeped  over  the  top  of  tho  paper  at  hLs 
plea-sant  Uttle  neighbor,  a.3  she  sat  studying  a  les¬ 
son  and  cheering  lierHolf  with  occasional  sniffs  at 
a  posy  of  mignonette  ami  sweet  peas.  When  tho 
old  genUeman  caught  my  eye  he  dived  out  of 
.sight  with  a  loud  “  hem !’’  but  ho  was  peeping 
again  directly,  for  tbnro  was  something  Irresisti¬ 
bly  attractive  about  tho  uiiconsolnus  loanlo  oppo¬ 
site;  and  one  could  no  mote  help  looking  at  her 
than  at  a  lovely  llower  or  a  playful  kitten. 
Frcsontly  she  shut  her  book  with  a  decided  pat 
and  an  air  of  reUef  that  amused  mo.  Hhe  saw  the 
half  smile  that  I  could  riot  repress,  seemed  to  un¬ 
derstand  my  sympathy  and  said,  with  a  laugh, 
“  It  wa.s  a  h.anl  lesson,  Imt  I've  got  It  I”  So  we 
began  to  talk  about  school  and  lessons  and  I  soon 
discovered  that  the  girl  was  a  splendid  scholar, 
whose  only  drawback  was,  as  she  confessed  to  me, 
“love of  tun.” 
We  were  lust  gelling  to  be  quite  friendly  when 
several  young  men  got  In,  ono  of  whom  stared  at 
tho  pretty  child  till  even  she  observed  It,  and 
.sliowed  that  .she  did  by  the  color  that  came  and 
wont  In  her  checks.  It  annoyed  me  as  much  as 
thouglfShe  had  been  my  own  lltlte  daughter  for 
I  like  mmlesty  and  have  often  been  troubled  by 
the  forward  manners  of  school-girls,  who  seem  to 
enjoy  being  looked  at.  So  1  helped  nor  out  of  her 
Uttlo  trouble  by  making  room  for  her  between 
the  old  gentleman  anil  raysoU  and  motioning  her 
to  come  and  sit  there.  She  understood  at  once 
and  thanked  me  with  a  look  and  nestled  Into  the 
safe  place  so  gratefully  that  the  old  gentleman 
glared  over  his  specUclea  at  tho  rude  person  who 
hod  disturbed  the  serenity  of  i.hc  child. 
Then  wc  rumbled  along  again,  the  car  getting 
fuller  and  fuller  as  we  got  down  town.  Presently 
an  msh woman  with  a  baby  got  in,  and  before  I 
could  offer  my  seat,  my  Uttle  school-glrl  was  out 
of  hers  with  a  polite,  “  Please  take  It,  ma’am ;  I 
can  stand  perfectly  well.” 
It  was  prettily  done  and  I  valued  the  small 
courtesy  all  the  more,  because  it  evidently  cost 
the  bashful  creature  an  effort  to  stand  up  alone 
in  a  oartuU  of  strangers,  especially  as  she  could 
not  reach  the  strap  to  steady  herself  and  found  it 
difficult  to  stand  comfortably. 
Then  It  was  that  the  criLSty  old  gentleman 
showed  how  he  appreciated  my  girl’s  good  man¬ 
ners,  for  he  hooked  his  cane  In  the  strap  and  gave 
It  to  her,  saying  with  a  smUe  that  lighted  up  his 
rough  face  like  sunshine,  “Hold  on  to  that,  my 
dear." 
“Ah,”  thought  I,  “how  little  we  can  Judge 
from  appearances!  This  grim  old  soul  is  a  gen- 
Geman,  after  all.” 
Turning  her  face  toward  us,  the  girl  held  on  to 
the  Stout  cane  and  swayed  easily  to  and  fro  as  we 
bumped  over  the  rails.  The  irishwoman’s  baby, 
a  sickly  Uttle  thing,  was  attracted  by  the  flowers 
and  put  out  a  small  hand  to  touch  them,  with  a 
wistful  look  at  the  bright  face  above. 
“Will  baby  have  some?"  said  my  girl,  and 
made  the  little  creature  happy  with  a  gay  sweet- 
pea  and  some  red  leaves, 
“Bless  your  heart,  honey.  It’s  fond  he  is  of 
the  likes  o'  them,  and  seldom  he  gets  any,”  said 
the  mother  gratefully,  aa  she  settled  baby’s  hood 
and  wrapped  the  old  shawl  round  his  feet. 
Baby  stared  hard  at  the  giver  of  the  posies,  but 
'  bts  honest  blue  eyes  gave  no  offence  and  soon  the 
two  were  so  frtendly  thaJ;  baby  boldly  clutched  at 
'  the  bright  huttoas  on  her  sack  and  crowed  with 
delight  when  he  got  one,  while  we  all  smiled  at 
'  the  pretty  play  and  were  all  sorry  when  the  little 
lady,  with  a  bow  and  a  .smile  to  us,  got  out  at  the 
;  church  corner. 
“Now,  1  shall  probably  never  see  that  child 
again ;  yet,  what  a  pleasant  picture  she  leaves  In 
my  memory,”  1  thought  to  myself,  as  I  caught  a 
last  glimpse  Of  the  brown  hat  going  round  the 
i  corner, 
!  But  I  did  see  her  again  many  times  that  winter, 
for  not  long  after,  aa  1  passed  down  a  certain 
,  street  near  my  winter  quarters,  I  came  upon  a 
Hock  of  girls— eating  their  luucheon  as  they  walk- 
