River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1875-02-19

put on clean calico dress, too large for
her by half; but doubt if the angels
saw wrinkle in it. A halfremembered
verse came dimly into the mothers
thought as she spoke through the door to
Robbie; Seek Him that's coming here
tonight, If haply you may find Him."
She did not know the rest, poor soul
though he be not far from every one
Of u.s.
They gave the cake to the poor fam.
ished waif, who eagerly devoure1 it, sit.
ting in the chimney-corner, with her mo-
tionless stare.
Then they waited till midnight, and
the expiring candle sent them up the
rough ladder to the dark loft above.
Morning stole softly in and found the
same weird figure crouched over the
smouldering embers on the hearth. The
parritch was prepared, and she ate her
share with the same stony face.
Then Robbie went to his work, and the
father FASTENED to the old minister to
tell him the. sorrowful story Of their dis
appointment at not seeing the Lord Je-
sus. "For we wouldna grudged him
aught we had" he said; "and mayhap
he would have left his blessing with u.s."
Reverently the aged pastor opened his
Bible and with trembling voice read the
wonderful story of the Judgment Day.
Then shall the King say unto those on
his right hand: Come, We blessed Of my
Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.
For was an hungered, and We gave me
meat; was thirsty, and we gave me
drink; | was stranger, and ye took me
in naked, and We clothed me-
"But Gamma claim it, he answered,
sadly, 'for he didna come. There was
only daft Jennie to eat the cake aud the
parritch and to wear the Missis's gown"
"Listen little longer" and the gray
haired man read on "'Then shall the
righteous answer him, saying Lord,when
saw we thee a-hungered, and fed thee
or thirsty, and gave thee drink When
saw we thee stranger, and took thee in!
or naked, and clothed thee! And the
King shall answer and say unto them
lnasmuch as We have done it unto one of
the least of these my brethren, We have
done it unto me- She was his messen.
GER" he added, 'the dear Lord may send
his blessing through her." Home again
with the wonderful story lie turned but
as he raised the latch at his own door
strange sight met his eyes. Still in the
chimney corner sat daft Jeanne, At the
window Jessie was washing the smoked
pans where the candle had stood the
night before. Half way down the ladder
that led from the loft the mother was
standing. But Baby Annie-she had been
tied into her wooden high chair and placed
as usual before the open fre. A few rude
toys were in her zap. But by some sud-
den eXertion of her little strength she
had tipped the chair forward, and now
down on to the cruel iron and flaming
wood, down to the blistering Goals the in
nocent, happy baby face was falling. 1t
was but an instant, yet it seemed life
time. Human clocks and mental time
pieces do not always keep together. The
| straining eyes of the mother saw some
one like unto the Son Of Man. with face
of ineffable sweetness, bend forward and
catch the child Just as its little frock
touched a glowing ember, catch and re-
place it, safe from the impending horror;
and then with dell thud she fell to the
floor, senseless. After little she revived;
but all her life she insisted that the Lord
Jesus himself came down and saved her
Annie. in vain the family assured her it
was the daft Jeanie who caught the child
and drew her back from the fiery death
"Nay," she answered, ''it was the Christ.
dinna ken how he came, but | saw the
print Of the nails and the crown @
thorns,"
"Mayhap it was the fall that gaven her
the notion" explained the father. But
she persisted still: 'Dinna say that. for
know Himself has been here the NIGHT"
And who Of US shall say which of the
two had seen most truly