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Short StoriesA Good Act For Another.A man was going from Norwich to New London with a loaded te... A Scene In London. My young readers may have heard about the poor people in Lond... Young Usher. You have read of that remarkable man, Mr. Usher, who was Ar... The Parting Scene. In one of our western cities was a poor woman, in the garre... Anecdotes. TRUE BENIFICENCE.--Mark Antony, when very much depressed, a... Or, Honesty Rewarded. At St. Petersburgh, the birth day of any of the royal famil... Chorus As the manna lay, on the desert ground, So from day to d... Melly, Anna And Susy. There is nothing more pleasant than to see brothers and sis... The Dying Boy. A little boy, by the name of Bertie, was taken very ill, an... The Brother And Sister. (In three Stories.) ... Bertie's Box. A very little boy by the name of "Bertie," kept a box in wh... The Lady Or The Tiger? In the very olden time there lived a semi-barbaric king, wh... The Reward. A teacher in a Sabbath School promised to supply all the ch... Margaret And Herbert. In a large family there are often diversity of character an... The Orphans' Voyage. Two little orphan boys, whose parents died in a foreign lan... Story About A Robber. I will tell you a true story about a robber. A gentleman wa... The Explanation. Lettice's father was a man of education, a scholar, a gentl... Asaph About a hundred feet back from the main street of a village... Benny's First Drawing. You have perhaps heard of Benjamin West, the celebrated art... Gather The Flowers. Two little girls went into the fields to gather flowers. Bu... |
ANNA SEEKING EMPLOYMENT.It was a wearisome day to poor Anna, as she walked from square to square, calling at the houses for employment. Some received her kindly, and patronised her themselves, and promised to interest their friends in her behalf, while others, alleging that she could not earn as much as a woman, endeavored to beat her down a few shillings in her price. But among all, Anna found means of subsistence for many months. But soon her constitution began to grow weak, and her friends thought it best for Willy to give up his school awhile, and to obtain some place as errand boy, and for Anna to pursue a more active life. Soon Anna found herself in a new home, doing the work of a family which devolved on her. She kept a diary, and she would often go away in her own little room and scribble a few lines in her book. Here is an extract from her writings:---- "To-day I am very tired and yet but very little has been accomplished. I know I could do well enough if I was allowed to regulate my work, or if there was only order in the arrangement. There is certainly a great want of system in this family; I am never allowed to finish one piece of work before I am called off to another, and then blamed because I did not do the first in time. "One wants me to put the dough in the pants, and before I get my hands clean, another calls me to go and get some wood; another tells me to go to the store for some thread; another cries out, Anna! Anna! and away I am sent to the third story after a book. Do they think a girl like me is never tired? Ah, me! I must seek another place. I love little children, and I think I should do for a child's nurse; I will advertise." And she did advertise, and it was not long before she was answered by a request to call at Number 4, Elm street, at three o'clock on Wednesday. In the next story we shall find Next: ANNA WITH A PLEASANT HOME. Previous: THE PARTING SCENE.
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