The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-12-25

must lell nae where son live, 30 lhai !
may come sometime nui SEQ gnh'
For moment poor lille din graur
hlde wus oyoppVeril Hd thu,With
one of those letplul iLmlepf which
made lin % plminr npd attentive
child, he stretched mJ hh muds aud
tplk hefs Ia hlih vi nl8 aul said ;
"neHr lady i,l ue hiayuu. Heyer
was q sifs mme reyuully WFW orre-
celYed, ana jNtt lIWu lpm rme ipi
aud the lady recovered heucll iurlapt-
~, though her eye8 we're get moist,
when size said "loui dear lltlo boS
aud have been making frrnds with
each other and he says ! may come
somellme and see him.
"fou are very kind indeed, and jim
will be glad 10 see you for the dear
little fellow Il ploue all day, om OBJ
llged 10 leave HIM
Little Jim did net lack for Christ
mas gifts the next morning but most
beautiful Of all 10 him was the picture
of the youthful Christ the lady gave
him on Christmas eve, She fulhlled
her promise, and often came TO see
him, n deep and lcVcnt friendship
growing up between them,
~ tho winter passed and the SHOWS
began melting away, little Jim kept
(adlng lie grew weaker aud weaker
sometimes he had hours OF severe aul-
icrlng aud then he would llX his eyes
on his beloved picture, Which Tom had
framed ana hung whore lac could see II
from his bed, and the face Of the young
earthly martyr would grow beautiful
and radlent as he gnzod upon the face
Of the heavenly martyr he had been
taught 10 believe lad given both hIs
life aud death for suffering humanity,
Tome oyed were blinded to this
gradual fading away of little Jim, lie
loved him 80 that he deceived himself
as love IL 80 apt TO deceive Itself when
the hearps idols ARE passing away
The lady and Tom had rarely met,
although she rHme constantly 10 scr
Jim, but one day, when she found him
more than usually PROSTATE, rhr Pee
manned 10 tell him Of her fears, FluI
that hour Tom never left his littlc
friend, lie awakened TO the fact that
he was indeed pcrishiaR, even ms the
snow Wac melting softly and mpcr
ceptably away.
one evening in March, after an hour
of severe pain, during which his eye
had hren fastened on his beloved pie,
turc, he said, "Dear Tom, would like
TO see our picture lady" this was the
name he h d given her from the first
aud the only one he ever called hel
/ by6 and Tom FASTENED to send for her
She came, and perceived what poor
loving Tom had not seen, that the enc
was near.
"Kss me, dear Tom, and the strong
man kissed him with falling tears.
"Kss me, dear picture lady,and now,
Tom, take me in your arms and rocl,
me to sleep" and Tom tendery folded
him the resting place he loved SO well
Presently lac opened his eyes and said
"Mother is here, Tom.n Then, after u
| pause, he put one slender arm about
the neck of his lady friend, who knelt
before, and kissed her again, and then
taking her hand aud Toms, he put
them together aud laid his own slight
hand upon them, and whispered, "You
mustn't let Tom get lonely after am
gone"
The lady knelt there in the gather
ing twilight, but she removed not her
hand until both she and Tom felt the
chill of the little hand that lay on
theirs, and knew that little Jim had
gone home.
He did not leave Tom lonely, for
they found in each other the love their
souls craved, and often, as the years
passed by and the glooming shut them
in, they kissed each other tenderly,
and would softly say, "DEAR LITTLE
JIM
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