TAKING THE CHILDREN HOME.

Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1848, 24 January 1880, Page 3

TAKING THE CHILDREN HOME.

At the Union Depot a short time back was an old, gray-headed man in charge of three children —two boys and a girl. The oldest was about 10, and the little girl about 5 The whole party were dressed very plainly, and as to who they were the old man explained to the people around him : " Waal, you see, I live down nigh Norwalk, in Ohio. Aboat a dozen years »go my darter married a poor, worthless coot of a feller up here, and they have never got along worth shucks. A few days ago he threw her down stairs and pounded her black and blue, and she comedown that' to me for a refuge. These are the yonng 'uris. She left 'em behind when she flew, and I come on after 'em. Purty likely set o' children, ain't they ? " " Yes, a real smart lot. Have any trouble getting them 1 " "Waal, not much. When I got into the house and told John what I'd come for he kinder balked a little, but I took him right by the windpipe and told him what was what. Tell you, I don't a-low any of the boys to climb me, if I be upwards of 60 I'm going to take 'em down home and bring 'em up, and if their father ever comes within a mile of us I'm going to pick him right up and break his back across a stone wall ! " About ten minutes before the train left the old man called the oldest boy to his knee and said

"Now, young man, see here! I'm jour grandfather, and I'm taking you young 'uns home to Norwalk. We'll get there with about seven cents to spare, if no accidents happen. Now, then, when the boy on the train comes around with chesnuts or apples, or candy, I want you to look straight out of the window ! "

" Why can't you buy some for me ? " asked the boy. " Come over my knee ! " exclaimed the grandfather, S 3 ho hauled the boy nearer. " Now, sir, do you want chestnuts 1" " I —I—want some, but I'll wait till next year," gasped the boy, as he felt the Bpanking machine making ready for business. " Very well. You look straight out of the window at corn and pumpkins every time you hear the train-boy yell ' chesnuts 1' Here, Alonz—you come up here." Alorzo was the second boy. When he was within reaching distance the grandfather grabbed him and said—- " When the train boy comes along with apples and candy and hickory nut meats what are you going to do ? " " I'm going to ask you to buy me a whole lot." " You are, eh ? Come over my knee, sir." "Oh I no I won't —I won't —I won't," shouted the boy as he danced up and down and hung back. "Very well —you see that you uoa t. Now, my little girl, I want to say " "Oh I grandpa, you needn't say a Bingle word to me," she interrupted. " I just hate the sight of chestnuts and candy, and just as soon as we get on the cars I'm going right to sleep, and never wake up once." j If the train-boy tackled that family he didn't make a coat.