Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1858-10-20

| creature coming towards US. one wa
very unlike her sister Kate. Kat
was a brunette, but the little white
robed figure tripping across the meadow
had pale, spiritual face and long curl
of golden hair falling to her tiny waist
There was a flush on her cheek; and I
look of eager, beseeching interest in he
large blue eyes; and she stretched he
dimpled arms towards us, and kept cry
ing in her earnestness:
sPlease, girls, wait for Rose"
A look of vexation crossed Kate
face, and she called out in lone of ex
treme irritability:
$50 back, you're too little to comel-
Go backl go back!'
Kate always has a way of being mind
ed, and the little one put her fingers tt
her eyes, and silently turned towards thI
house. We hurried on in the direction
of the wood, without giving single
glance backward. think Kate's con-
science reproached her for selfshness
and know my own pleasure was spoiled
for the afternoon. We found plenty o
strawberries, red and ripe, among theil
beds of leaves. There were little blue.
eyed blossoms, too, that kept reminding
me of Rose, and was not sorry wher
the sunset shadows heightened, to &C
home. We had gone down the hill
out of the wood, and crossed several rod;
of the meadow land, when Kate said, in
hoarse Whisper
'See there. girls, what is that white
thing by the brook? Do you see iI?"
We saw it and hurried towards it.
was Rose. At first we thought she wa:
dead. Scarcely seemed the faintes
breath to steal from her parted lips, ant
the pulsations of her heart were so weak
you could scarcely feel them. She was
in trance-like sleep. twas sometime
before We succeeded in waking her, and
then her limbs seemed chilled and stiff:
ened by the subtle dampness ofthe mead.
ow-land atmosphere. She could moi
stand. How maHy times that afternoon
the little darling bad begged of us tc
s'make chair" for her with our hands
and we answered we couldn't stop. We
made one now. She twined her dinple
arms about our necks, and held on very
tight; but she didn't speak, except once,
and then she only said, "Ain't 1 mosi
big enough sister Kate2"
Mrs. Harrington met US at the door
with look of alarm.
"Good heavens, Katep she exclaimed,
"what's the matter with Rose?" And
taking her from our arms, she discover
ed that her clothes were almos. saturated
with moisture. "Kate, child, why don't
you speak2 Has Rose been in the wa
ter?''
"No, ma'am; but she went into the
meadow and got TO sleep, and We found
her there sleeping"
Oh! there were anxious hearts in Dea-
con Harrington's brown house that night.
Very tenderly was the suffering little
Rose Graded on her mothers breast, but
not once did she speak coherently. Her
cheeks burned. and her eyes sparkled
with fever; her dimpled arms were loss
ed above her head, and every little while,
between her means, she would stretch out
her hands TO some immaginary object
and say: "Please sister Kate, isn't Rose
big enough2'
Three days passed-days of incessant
watching and wearniness, and towards
evening little Rose opened her blue eyes
after a restless slumber. She seemed
much better, and the mother glanced
up to the kind physician bend
ing over her.
81 cannotsay she is better, madam
God knows | wish 1 could; but Rose must
die before midnight And the tears
stood in glittering drops on the good
mans cheek.
The mothers great grief was not noisy.
She quietly lifted her darling from the
bed, and sat down with her in her arms.
Kate stood by, sobbing, as if the brand of
cain were upon her brow.
'Please, mamma, ''said the little one at
ength, sam big enough to go to Heav-
,n!"
"Yes, darling," was the fearful
answer; Jesus loves little children"
"And, mamma, do you s'pose he'll for.
,ive me for sitting down in the meadow
o watch Katie, when you told me |
mustn't ever stay there?"
"Yes. my pet, the good Saviour will
orgive you for anything, if you are
'nly sorry; but Rosie doesn't want TO go
o Heaven, and leave mother, does she2"
81 heard somebody say | must go,
yhen was asleep, mother-a beautiful
ady, with oh! such white, shining wings,
md she stretched out her arms to take
ne, but l didn't go. | woke up 10 kiss
-ou and sister once more. Please kiss