, 1874-06-07

and it has left it's sting in and will die; mam.na
told me it would. Poor little beef
And that YES all! It was the tting Of the bee,
aud not ths gripe of the maniac, that had called
forth that piteous CRY.
Never mind, darling. will take you to
mamma
| So the child was carried ont, and transferred
| from the fathers to the mothers arms. The
bee that had 30 cruelty wounded the little hand
cra"ied away to de- and tho half-open rosa lay
at the madman's feet. his eye down-bent upon it.
rbe uonna bet;aaK1ha GaARTEn T.: T.. H., :, uo
withercl Wers the next fev davs to brins no
other change? Was the doctors last attempt
to sava the doomed life to hare no better re-
| ault7
On tho day following the event. above ro-
corled. Midge asked papa il she might 70 again
| to the black mans room to look for Tho bee,
For II it must die, papa, you know, wouldn't
| It be much nicer for it to die out among ths
| flowers than in dark ugly hole :"
It VAS seldom the father said stNo" to his
| little daushtcr's ''lIay II" Ho certainly did
| not in tho present instance. So she went to
| look for the beo; md no way abashed by the
| wild looks OF tho maniac, who stood pressed up
| against tho wall, ls arms tossed above his head,
| shrinking and covering like Soma cagoi angry
! beast, sLe
| WALKED STRAIGHT Up TO uDl,
and 1ushing and pouting, because feeling rather
shy aud 60 very much in earnest. she said:
"Will you como aud help me look for the bee
want to find it. aud carry it out to the
| tlowers--'
Yesterday it stun3 you," interrupted the
mnn with gloomy bitterness, looking down a.
| her where she stood, 10 far below hlm that tho
great mad eyes lost half their do1ceness before
| they reached her face. He hnd not forgotten
| what ho lad Eeon aud heard.
." It did hurt rory much"-1ooking down, self-
pitying, q. the mite Of hand 30 lovingly srathed
and bandsged-"b but It's quite we'll now, and ths
me come and look for it. 1t uas in the roao
] brought you yesterday"
Tho roso Eno had brought him! How often
had roses been brought to him belo1e-p1aced in
his but:on-hoae: laid It his feet; given in e1-
clange for smilo, jewel, a boz st tbs opcra.
kiss Of the little band that offered it. Roses
well Is laurels fall to the share OF the great;
| and the e.ger hand, outstretched to grasp rhe
one too often allows the other to be placed in it
| instead. Fame and love! Both his once-both
| summer roses he thought, Is his softensd glance
| fell on tho young childs uptu1ned face?
"Won't you help me:"
He did not .nswer-ho was thinking, thinking
deeply. In tho room 80 carefully examined, 70
| carefully padded, the1o nero no cracks or Gran
| MES. no crevice eren, whore poor little bee
| that felt thoroughly ashamed Of itself could
creep away to hide. Alidgo's protoge therefore
| was soon found. and secured in large leaf
brought for tho purpose. Then Midge held out
| her baud to the black man, who seemed to havs
| forgotten her presence.
''You would like to see it put back on the flow
| ers, wouldn't you:"
| He certainly did not give her his hand, yct her
woe fingers had soon closed about 1t, and size vas
| quietly
/ LEADING HIN Tow4nDg TIE Doo1.
"Wont you put on hat? Papa always does"
+. tbs fashionable chimney.pot screening tbs
sarhng a nse sSs When s15ief 9sd b. isst nosa
| ons7 Walking down PiccadiIly, the hand
| some dandy almost as much run after for bis
beauty as l1ia genius, perfumed locks, calm eagle
glance, and stately bsariug. Would the enyious
rival, the dosing woman, hATa recognized him
now2
Thinking, thinking deeply still, ho allowed
himself to be led on; the guiding impulse OF
those weak, clinging fingers moro 1esistless than
| the iron hand OF force; for Who would have tho
| heart to shake it OF +?
| Step by step ahe led him on to tbs door, which
seemed to open Of lt7ef to act him free, and out
| into the corridor.
Three men stood there: the doctor sud two
keepers hidden by tho anglo of the wall Her
| Dyes bent vistfnlly on the bi: leaf gathered up
| into her wounded hand, little Midga passed them
Did ths woman's tender instinct
unseen7 that, clinsing 70 tbs poor,
pale hand, ahe must draw him silently on, nearer
| to herself, farther from those who wars his
+ Judges aud hs jalers.
| Whom vonld be awake from tho fit OF abstrac-
| ton into Which he had been thrown BY her rosa
| and sweet face2 A ruch OF air blowing about
! his uncovered hcad the deadly faintnees that
| seizes on ths frame exhausted by long conine-
ment. He looked up and around him. That so3
! OF vivid MONDAY light, that blowing, fresh ex-
| ultant breeza; light and sir and no escape from
t either NOW! Tha glorles OF Nature around him !;
and he who worshipod her instead Of God, draw
deep. gasping breath, reeled. and
BANK TO HIS KNEES.
hill 1ar tra f1A =
found the bush from which tho rosa had bcen
gathered, and very gently shs laid the bss down
among its leaves.
Tho beo found aud carried of, there uas no
reason why little Afidge should again visit the
dark bare room, about whose hushed wallis hung
an atmosphere Of gloom and terror. But chill
dren have their whims as well Is their elders,
and Midgs evidently took particular interest
il tho black man (nhe called him 80 because OF
his soowling looks, for his eyes vera As blue IS
hors, and tho tangled name, had it been less
tangled, would have been almost a. brightly;
and scarca o day passed but she would get
Rodgers to open the door, that swung 10 noise-
lessfJ on its hinges, and, skipping up to the dis
tant corner where he covered and broodea the
long hidcous hours through she would laugh
up IN his face and pluck him by the hand, dane
ing about it, and leading him on. as she had
done that first day. to light; and MI, and free
dom. But not always WAS he obcdent to her
ohild's will. II hla hands we're folded high up
on bis broad b1east, she could not reach them.
II ho scomled upon her when shs stniled,
tho smiles would die away. md she would pout,
and blush, and gron 1hy; and sometimes, In
vary shame, hide away her face on his knee.
One day, when he sat on the leathern seat
fastened to tbs wall, his head dropped back
againat it, his eyes fixed and dospairing finding
his look mora sad than fierce, and hearing how
he muttered to himself, she clarh--ed up to lis
side, and asked him sagsrly if he we're telling
himself story. Nurse sometimes told ha1
stories, and papa; but they hadn't much tims-
Papa had told her such pretty story that uorn-
Ing. Then, seeing that the great eyea had turn
od from vacancy to her face. she nestled up
oloaer, and, getting within the shelter Of his
arm, her fingers strsying about his, her lright
hair over his breast.
6HE TOLD Hn TEE STORY.
After that papa very often told his lttle
daughter stories, and, whom she repeated them
to the man, he listened.
We have said that the keepers, big, stalHart
men, vera moro than half afraid Of the patient
whom they dare not treat Like any othsr poor,
rasing fool; but. strange to say. little alidge,
whose life his uplifted hand could 90 easily have
crushed out Of her, WAS never bit afraid OF
him.
Once only he frightened her and made her
cry-when he killed bright butterfly she had
hrnnpht to show him. and then laughed lts