Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1873-09-11
SINS LITTLE GIRL.
ny MARY HARTWELL,

BY MARI HAM " ELL.
arome out here, George Burks. Put
L., rlass down-can't wait minute.
Rnsness particular-concerns the com
P'DIXlow I've got you by the arm, boy, |
u.nt to tell YOU something Then. if YOU
~t to 60 back into that saloon YOU
-. i don't often NEEDLE in other folks
,o.;n4>s, do [? When a tough old fellow
H. me SETS out to warn body, you may
I,o IT., because he sees sore need of it.
prs had an eve on YOU ever since the COM
a.ov promoted YOU to an engine, and |
1got rou ia make a fair trip of your life.
T~ra tug, bright youngster. | don't
..rpr saw things to compliment.
rTn~ iakia drinks for good fellowship?
Y. know all bout that. Been there
rr,rlf Sit down on the edge of the
narirm here
~lf All men in the world, / take it en-
,;r-ars oueht to be the last to touch the
i~,r We have life and property trusted
.orr hand, uncommon. Ours is a grand
l~.rr,s. | don't think folks look at it
=. asr ought to. Remember, when |
r.,syoun, fellow like YOU. Jest set up
r,t an engine, | used to feel like a
.-rr angel or sOmethin', rushin' over
he country, maxim that iron beast do
IN 4, wanted him to. The power sort of
r.Ipme think fast, square up, and feel
much Of q man.
# was dom well when I married, and
lid we'll long atterward We had nice
bne the little woman and me; our
f.sr-s were set on aCh other, and she
rp a lille proud Of her engineer. She
y>slto say So, anyhow She was sort of
mill and tender with her tongue. Not
one oyour loud ones. And pretty, too.
Bayon know what it is to love a woman,
Ggr-s Burks | saw YOU walkin' with a
t1.yed little thing last Sunday.
ind after while we had the little
. How felt when | came home and
tr put htr into my arms the first time!
| lbgd sort Of silly and sort Of glad
L,vit, She Just laughed out loud, to see
III handle that little thing so OrkarClv.
~Lnyyer liked little children much, but
.@oa to that 'un powerful. Everybody
TIL 70 Ger.
George boy, did you ever take time to
grand peep at young ferns in the spring?
IuSee EN- all doubled up together, like
.genty list. That's what she was at first
al isl and sqUirm; beauty curled up
..At Then they unfold and spread out,
all come up bright and delicate, and
112rn you can put into words. That's
ja,t the way she did Every night | came
home | found her groWcd and plumpened
Cd. more Used to toss her up, and she'd
sleal like squirrel, and come down on
nj lace IN fits Of laughter
'0a | daresn't think about her cum
12g1sss! But the very first word she
rF1ea 10 say was Papan
We talked a good deal about what we
Should call her, my wife and l. We went
gran through the Bible, and set down all
LUZ nae story names we heard of. But
Alag seemed to suit | used to puzzle
Jig whole length of nv route to find out a
lame Tor that little girl Ny wife wanted
IL call her Eudora Isabel. But that
5.-atd ike folderol Then we had up
Nseeea and Maud and Amanda Ann and
t va, not Finally, whenever | looked at
r. seemed To see Katie She looked
H..s. took to calm her Katie. and she
'.-sa L. So Katie she was
sA you, George, that was child to
49,. q wax figure; her eyes was big
~ 1-0 oacker n any grown wOman'S
s'e saw, set like stars under her fore
Att Att 4Ad her hair was that light kind
~ =, MS 10 curls and glitter.
..%"' she could tOddle, she used to
r'- 'aAcin to meet me. I've soiled a
h., VI her white pinafores, buryin' my
nm - =. .1en before | was washed, and
n. Pfayn soft like under the roof of
b. -,a[ God bless my baby God
S. -. NY little lamb
,-.,. sDe gFew older, I used to talk to her
anil 7.l even took her into my cab,
Sin. 'H5'i her the tachments of the en-
t.r,s -' a earned her signals and such
w.. Sue tuck such an interest, and
hshaI 't1'3F'tst little thing, Seemed as
as,...45 t always knowed en-. She loved
N~t,o remember once hearing her
an tar;r r!male, There's my papa. He's
Yum my 7,-sgF Don't you wish he was
a, "a D y. vas close by the track. Of
. = my little girl stood in our
ms ,ra,, waving her mite of a hand to
@ar sn ~, them was happy years 1t
Ms ia;at,, me TO look over EN- now |
.,nsl. 900 well. Had an idea | was a
@-1--5' 70 prosper. | felt good to all
&gi ana that nd been we'll if I'd
NJ Rr~+'} good fellowship some other
g57, ,lFh are fools. | was so easy
tran ', ,, a social glass, and [ was
e-evav,as "aSting others. Many's the
'1k;r, Stood, three or four fools OF
@rAfrba,5 our glasses and drinkin' to
~..ss, =, -orinkin' the very thing that
and - lof anything but brothers. 1t
grI aa'S, to have them pledge my
ls. r1 And The more they'd toast her
9Th IL 5I T. ID drink. And I was drinkin'
-, anu elimination to me.
e,sr Ell short. Didn't mean tC
saso.>o %"fds to you, but got TO
aeron IN spin it out much long
MI ' ee no man left me.
70! .f.t oaE l started on my home
oa' y IaY ood fellowship you was
lt. ", "l'e ago. Made the engine
@e Ner WIS awful jolly, the fireman
g eari,a was drunk when | go
lrr ~: ''t2re, or the company
sever ,,"HlpPed me- Wasn't no sucE
IbaG w.; on that road before MOI
.Has ,f 5o>' sense enough to know
earrs r%'o.' bat 4 not enough to han
sryIe ,lt We fairly roared dowr
:ga. II mat stood at the entrance o
- 4I 'ipsy eve out, and, George, a:
=: HuI- .; through the suburbs,
led 81 on the track ahead
nag and standing stool
''Smed full of Katies. | coul,