* * * * * The second small traveller I want to tell about lived in the same city as the first , and her name was Maggie Woods . Her father was an Englishman who came to America to try his fortune , but did not find it ; for , when Maggie was three months old , the great Chicago fire destroyed their home ; soon after , the mother died ; then the father was drowned , and Maggie was left all alone in a strange country . She had a good aunt in England , however , who took great pains to discover the child after the death of the parents , and sent for her to come home and be cared for . It was no easy matter to get a five-years ' child across the Atlantic , for the aunt could not come to fetch her , and no one whom she knew was going over . But Maggie had found friends in Chicago ; the American consul at Manchester was interested in the case , and every one was glad to help the forlorn baby , who was too young to understand the pathos of her story . After letters had gone to and fro , it was decided to send the child to England in charge of the captain of a steamer , trusting to the kindness of all fellow-travellers to help her on her way . The friends in Chicago bestirred themselves to get her ready , and then it was that Annie 's mother found that she could do something which would have delighted her darling , had she been here to know of it . Laid tenderly away were many small garments belonging to the other little pilgrim , whose journeying was so soon ended ; and from among all these precious things Mrs. Percival carefully chose a comfortable outfit for that cold March voyage . The little gray gown went , and the red hood , the warm socks , and the cosey wraps no longer needed by the quiet sleeper under the snow . Perhaps something of her loving nature lingered about the clothes , and helped to keep the orphan warm and safe , for Annie 's great delight was to pet and help all who needed comfort and protection . When all was ready , Maggie 's small effects were packed in a light basket , so that she could carry it herself if need be . A card briefly telling the story was fastened on the corner , and a similar paper recommending her to the protection of all kind people , was sewed to the bosom of her frock . Then , not in the least realizing what lay before her , the child was consigned to the conductor of the train to be forwarded to persons in New York who would see her safely on board the steamer . I should dearly like to have seen the little maid and the big basket as they set out on that long trip as tranquilly as if for a day 's visit ; and it is a comfort to know that before the train started , the persons who took her there had interested a motherly lady in the young traveller , who promised to watch over her while their ways were the same . All went well , and Maggie was safely delivered to the New York friends , who forwarded her to the steamer , well supplied with toys and comforts for the voyage , and placed in charge of captain and stewardess . She sailed on the 3d of March , and on the 12th landed at Liverpool , after a pleasant trip , during which she was the pet of all on board . The aunt welcomed her joyfully , and the same day the child reached her new home , the Commercial Inn , Compstall , after a journey of over four thousand miles . The consul and owners of the steamer wanted to see the adventurous young lady who had come so far alone , and neighbors and strangers made quite a lion of her , for all kindly hearts were interested , and the protective charity which had guided and guarded her in two hemispheres and across the wide sea , made all men fathers , all women mothers , to the little one till she was safe . Her picture lies before me as I write , -- a pretty child standing in a chair , with a basket of toys on the table before her ; curly hair pushed back from the face , pensive eyes , and a pair of stout little feet crossed one over the other as if glad to rest . I wish I could put the photograph into the story , because the small heroine is an interesting one , and still lives with the good aunt , who is very fond and proud of her , and writes pleasant accounts of her progress to the friends in America .
So ends the journey of my XXXXX small traveller , and when I think of her safe and happy in a good home , I always fancy that -LRB- if such things may be -RRB- in the land which is lovelier than even beautiful old England , Maggie 's mother watches over little Annie .
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