Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1875-08-26

work and came to see if he wanted any
thing. He always thanked her with a
smile.
"Fathcr is late tonight" he said at last,
when darkness came; and he sighed.
"He will soon he here" said Lizzie, ut
tering words OF hope, in which she hardly
believed herself. TRY to sleep little,
dear"
So Tom at Inst fell off into doze. Ten
O'Clock came and yet no father. Worn out
with fatigue and anxiety, Lizzy crept into
bed by her brothers side and sank to
sleep also.
ltwas midnight when the father came in.
The noise woke Tom up. lie half rose on
his elbow and looked around At that
moment the moon emerged from q cloud
and its light, falling through the window,
lit up the sick boys face with glory as a
scraph's.
The father started back, sobered at once.
1t seemed to him as if a halo direct from
heaven -encirclcd his boys head.
"Fathcr." said Tom, "come here, please" "
The man went softly to his sons bed
side, sank on his knees, and took the lads
wan hand tcndcrly in his own. He was
awed
"Bc kind to Lizzic,' said Tom, wistfu!
ly, looking into his fathers face "Shc
won't have anybody but you when I am
dead, father. LIE, her go to school again
please; she is so fond Of SCHOOL,
"Oh! my son, my son. interrupted the
now peni,ent father, bursting into tears
'you will get well YETI
Il shall never get wcll,' said Tom
you know. And, bv-and-b bs'-and q
strange look came on his face, u look OF
faith and joy iNcZprc>shlc--"|,y .an0-by
we'll meet again. shant we? Kiss me
ple;ts,, and then go to bed, or we'll wake
sister,
Tie father, choking bac,; lis sohs, kiss
ed the boy. ir mise To he kind to Liz
IT," he whisper i. "Sh.. Shall 10 t.
school | viii never Ii i'k another t''ol
rs God is my Wi1ii.>s, lie added SOLEMN
j., Il never Ni|l.'
Tom took his lit'c thin arms FROM
around his E;tIcr'S neck, where lie Lax
put them t',r 'iic iS; kiss, and then sank
back nn ii> pillow very much exhausted
"Ilp" sweet the flower looks III th'
m,unHvEl'' ~ thought Tenn. "Wl,ata hap
ny boy am to have it A3d to have faith
cr ar mise to ,in |r:tyr,' he went on, "ant
to say he'll love I.Izzv, and that he'll s, nc
,,cr ir Sci1nnl"--;lnJ then he forgot him
self il ~l2 p.
The ni:h' ru~std Morning dawncd
T.'zzi:. woke before the sun rose Her frs
, thought MAS Of Tenn.
''I'vc >l:'p: al nj g|,t, )" she said, rcproac|
fully, '"n;l dit'n'i mean to Sleep five min
. utc* Wonder if Tenn wnntt 4 me in 'l
night: lie h,~t &c better or he'd hav
;::;ic,l."
H. was better As she leaned to l;ol
ba"'1 1t him, Lizz, was Star'l,d bv tn
str:sncr yet beautiful lock on lis face,
look rf divine JOY, rs when a martyr las
passed through ti;c into rv>rlustiu" II
He would never >!1i!tr more.
Th> lilly h;~ lHnc its work. 1t ha'
>wcttG:rrl The las; hours Ct HE S:1titrin,
boy cc@linc pure and beautiful though:
and as Ella Bronson called early in III
mnrn;nr 90 sec T.izzr. she found it ly,n:
on tl.c breast .:t the dead child. r|:Sncd il
! his 'wo thin waxcn hands and she though
OF 'l!e lilies of paradise and Of the sain:
who held !;,cm and cf the words Of scril
:, !urr again. "I1asmuc|. as yc have don
ii unto the least Of one Of these, yc hav
done it unto ne"
\ better work even had been done also
The las, words Of Tom were never fn1
a vrttrn hy his father who, f't>m t!at nigh
: bct'nInc q reformed man. Lizzr went t
: scis'n! and, more then that. never arni
. heard harsh word at lin,nc
Ella aNu I,izZy became great friends
NI'hc former, from her superior pos!lio,
:. was able to do much for tho lattrr
was not chance, rely on it, that made Ell
give away, at some sacrifice at the timt
>, that lilly.
p AS &c SOW, SO ,hall yc rcap.'