The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1873-10-11
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him lust then she might .haye seen some
great tears on the tips Of his long curling
lsshes; but he was . little man IN minia-
ture, and he tried very hard % make hiE
voice sound firm and brave.
"FreddY been clover than he had TO-
said he, sturdily. FREDDY DO steamS en-
CINE now. 80 Just go on fast, and Freddy
keep up. Freddy not pull DOR d'ss, Of
hold on to cor hand, eezer." 'n-5
care youtsura you'll keep upE ID
"Berry sure" stoutly spoken.
So Oracle eased her mind oil Its burden
and soothed her conscience had mol
Freddy promised a-and hurried on alter
Kitty, who was in advance. j., .
And after her, toiling with might and
main to keep up, trudged little Fred, rub
bling away with his round chubby dsts
the tears that would come, but OF Wheh
being a boy, he was secretly quite asha-
med.
Presently o great, gorgeous clump Of
rhododcndron, little In advance OF
them, moved the two girs TO aeimultane.
GUS ecstacy. They had never In their
lives seen anything 80 beautiful as this
great tropical.looking shrub, rising high
above their heads, and making glory in
the air with its magnificent pink bios
sons Heedlessot Freddy, they sprang
forward breathlesS with eagernesaf and
he, finding that his short little legs were
utterly unequal 10 his ambition, resigned
himself TO his position Ikea philosopher,
Me tan,t Z seep uPs laS %sy nISsiS ssrs
fud me when she come back"
And 80 Oracle surely would, II he had
kept right there In tho path. Bot pres
emily yellow butterfly flew by-one,
two three-a cloud Of yellow butterflies,
all going one way. 1t was too much Tor
Freddy. s., 49, .,,,,oe.-, -.
looking after them longingly. Me get
some ior mamma-wear Ii her cars-Say,
eThank 90, Teddy"
50 the little tired short legs, set in mo-
ton again by the longing TO- please
| mamma, started on once more, this time
right away from the path, In and out
among the trees; andlthe butterflies lifted
on before, as Il blown by Maynard
wind, here and there, here and there, but
the wind ,and the butterflies, and the
Heavenly Father looking down, knew
where was Freddy. go
The girls thought that 1t was not more
than fifteen minutes when they turned 10
look for him; but then the rhododendIon
blossoms were pink, and the sky was
bright, and a bird with golden throst
sang 10 them; and all the time Freddy
was stumbling on right away from the
path. Oracle was the first 10 think OF
him. ,ss. III,
with startled face. p y ~ q :
"Oh, he's all right enough n Kitty an
swered, "trudging along on the path like
snail. Wen go back Tor him presently.
Just sec this kalmis. We must get q lit
tie Tor your mother"
Oracle yielded,-to yield was the fatal
weakness OF her character. She gathered
splendid bunch Of kalmia; then some
cardinal flowers burning at her feet at
tractedi hsr; and then, at Last, she turned ttt
resolutely: =" . 'C'-.- ~ :. Ne, go. So
"Now must find Freddy. Poor little
fellow! l shouldn't wonder u he is cry
ing. We've been away from him as much
as twenty minutes."
Kitty glanced at the western sky, and
saw the sun hanging low, egreat red ball
on the misty horizon. She made no re-
monstrance now against looking Tor
Freddy. She was more frightened her
self than she would have cared TO own.
Back along the path they flew, Oracle
| In advance. At last she looked round,
her lace white with terror. ...,1.
at was hero we LEFT him, Kitty-just
by these blue flags. Weslarted on for the
rhododendrons, you know. Oh, where is
he, where lis he!s-Freddy II Freddy ]
Fredw
But no little piping treble made answer;
| Would that voice ever answer her again Z
And, II 1t didn't, what was the use OF liv-
ingg And she had thought she was tired
of him!
The two girls made frantic little rushes
from the path in every direction, not go.
ing far either way, for on eyety SIDE the
woods shut in round them mid already
the twilight was coming-tastr Atslest
Kitty said: -
III is ONO use, and we are wasting time.
1t is growing dark, and our best way Is
Just to hurry home, and send some one 10
look for him who can find him quicker
than we can"
"Well, then, you go; but Unjust stay
here and look. I've got to find him, you
know-he is my brother"
"All very well, II you could" Kitty
said, dryly. II don't see how you'd help
matters, though, by getting lost yourself.
and giving the men two to look after in
stead oil one" =
Oracle had not courage enough to resist
this argument, which, indeed, had It's firm
base liz a self.evident fact; so the two girls
hurried homeward breathlessly. Once
there, Kitty stopped outside to tell the
story to her, father, while Oracle burst
into the room where her mother was.
"You may do anything 10 me, mamma,
anything. Il you should kill me, l de-
serve II. And Idon't think ! should care.
I'm not ito live" E. LUZ ~ =
"Then certainly you are not Ct to die"
and Mrs. Medtord laid her hand on Ora.
cies throbbing forehead. "But what Is
tue matter? Why should ! do anything
10 your and where 10 FreddyP I =
SThat's what I've done, mamma-lost
himp zg-t.
Lost my babyH Where?"
TN the woods, mother. BE stayed be.
hind, when I thought he was coming, and
got lost,"y
"My baby, my poor little fellow,-all
alone In the lonesome woods, and night
coming on"