Timothy Crump's Ward: A Story of American Life

Ida, bounding into the

in some confusion,

I watched so tenderly?" exclaimed the nurse, ri

a," said

e to the other in

rrassment, "this is Mrs. Hardwick, who t

k care of me, mother,"

was not able to have the care of you all the t

mot

have known her anywhere," said the nurse, applying a han

ly attached to Ida, glanced with pride at the

ick, "won't you come a

o express affection. Without knowing why, she felt an instinct

h she was not wholly able to conceal, and pa

t she was quite aware of Ida's feeling towards her, and resented it. But whether or not she was playing

eased, and walked quietly away, wondering what

thoughtfully, when alone with Mrs. Crum

ou ask that?" queried her a

know,"

wise," said Mrs. Crump. "And, by the way, Ida, she i

?" exclaimed Ida. "Wh

troduce you to a pleasant lady, who has already be

inquired Ida, "she has not

zled, "she appears to have thought of you

, after a pause, "not to

akes yo

is Mrs. Hardwick at all, for all she was my

ump, "when you find she is exert

orrow morning wi

go to-day, but your cl

back at night

esume

ecidedly, "and that she won't

it is over, and you find you have enjoy

when at length she was got ready, she thought to herself, with sudde

parated from them for a year, and not for a day only. Perhaps this was only natural, since even this latter t

's mother should not be known at once. "Of course," she said, "after Ida returns, she can tell you what she pleases. Then it will be of n

er back to-night?"

id the nurse. "After eight years' a

at it would seem long to her, she had been

far as Broadway, hol

the child, timidly. "Are w

l ride. There is an omnibus co

who stopped his horse. Id

at the Jers

oat?" asked Mrs. Hardwick, in

t with brother Jack once, over to

r to the city, you ca

it? Is it

is Jerse

ting, in her childish love of novelty, the re

ll; we are going still

sked Ida, her eyes sparkl

the line of

the cars?" asked the

u ever ride in

nev

you will

hall. How fast

y miles an hour

us to go to the place you

exactly,-perha

imed Ida. "How much I shall have to

dwick, with an unaccountable

r tone as she pronounced these las

ally enjoyed, in her bright antic

she asked, after ri

e long," sa

me ever so many

the car windows at the towns which seemed to flit

was going through the cars selling apples

ts apiece, ma'am, and t

urned suddenly round, and exclaimed, in great

me from?" asked the boy, hi

in vexation at this u

journey with her," in

to Philadelphia

id Ida, in surprise.

're most

?" asked Ida, looking

'll take two of your apples and four seed-cakes. And now you'd better go alon

question Ida farther, but her companion loo

y?" asked the n

is Willi

u get acquain

ith Jack, so I used

ck! Who'

k, brother Jack?" asked I

se, recollecting herself

You see his mother is sick most of the time, and can't do much; and he's got a little sister, she ain't more th

the nurse, m

e able to earn something for father and mothe

do?" asked the n

destly; "but when I have practised more, perhap

know how

taking lessons f

do you

like it a good deal

ow anythin

play a few e

rised, and regarded her y

of your drawings w

idn't br

are going to see would have

oing to s

t your moth

something about a lady th

's th

live? When sha

t there befo

ome back to New

ime to stay. Besides, I feel ti

ttle tired," ac

unced the conductor,

p close to me, or you may get lost. Perh

asked William Fitts, coming up

s we sha'n't go ba

e nurse, sharply. "W

Ida. "If you see Jack,

ill," was

don't like her looks much. I wonder if she's any relation

ave felt complimented at the compariso

remember, she had never left New York, except for a brief excursion to Hoboken; and one Fourth of July was made

ladelphia?"

her compan

s it from

a hundred miles

ed an immense distance. "Am I a hundred miles from

ought, if Ida felt it her duty to include the not very amia

ractical, matter-of-fact tone. "Here, cross the street he

w and dirty street, with uns

looking street," said

manded the nurse,

, and the houses

here?" asked Mrs. Hardwick, pointin

live there," said Ida

like it so well as the hou

t half

urse

o go up and look at

at it!" repeated

mean t

should we d

to see sometimes," said Mrs. Hardwick, who appeared to be amu

's what mo

at I've made a good many clothes for, first and

said Ida, thinking that Mrs. Hardwick w

id the nurse. "Just take care of. th

ceremony of knocking, and revealed a poor untidy room, in which a co

jumping up suddenly. "So you've go

to the other, in u