The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1876-09-03
NUMBER 81.

Ssif with one impulse, began to gathor fiove,.
when they had enough, they went out v%srs
% ue %iiItIe voice had Indicated the waiting ohila.
praying to Blesssd Mother" -s'
she sat npon ledge of the stone fonnda,Io,,
ti inereoh t, the iron fenoe was fixed She Vac a
tiny thing, not more tha,; seven wears old ,-isI
haS that caar aa,nS NY, framed in fings Of goidea
| She was singing to herself soft1y,
And God said. let Light be-
| And go twill come 10 me-"
AT sound of their footsteps. nbe raisaa
SSyes. ihey were blue, and large, and beautifnI-
o1s "bis siS nas, n.leSS, LILY said softly:
The dsioata Seu mat song yourself my dear 70
Tho ,ne; uid NOT know any one was listeninR,~ was
tne evaeive answer, and the hushe cd faoe str"yS
to turn itself away. 0o 'sA"Vo
hugh gave meaning look to Lily. Than .ha
org man came forward, put n PROTECTING arTs
81 aroInd the fragile form and held fresh rossa s.
TO tne averted face. IL lit INSTANTLY ~
an in aooents of joy, "fiowersn
v they are like light" 'O0es
Ihe child immediately nestled to him
+, ~ ana they came TO you rs the ight canno&sS
tho Are Ar yo1 tired, doar' Shall carry you into
Lena could not find mo " bnt tba ton,
INT Poor Lena! Oh. kind voice, wbo ~ss 80
yon' Cor hearts are breaking.n WI" 0ro
Then the golden mead lay back on the sup-
pottsTE potst I,.f arm aits helpless He carried the
&
:, Kun for sSEne wine, EIl,a said he :.
ell,,no, h6E sister would Es frigbtopea- ana
oShiRg, M but hurry back.
he Iook on the child's hat, and laid h.o,r A.
iotionless head on his shoniSar uSck tnS
range sense OF love and power to prosacsn q
ald so. He felt that her form was yar~
agne, ana the tiny hands falling like deeS
sgree " PSinAM
Poor little blind sufferer" "HDs'
And with supreme tenderueaa NJ ha.,t
stasy on the wan faoe. y 90 0p'"so'
. dear God y she cried softly and with =
BACK nv uesn1 nSna 10 10 every tone. 'did you send
threw mist there paw va HiHH-
Oh speak y implored the ohildA half fa,,.
, voice. never had @ kiss like that hnt
n are yo1 papa' VIII you keep Lena from
1 sm not papa, DEAR" he said, the mist in.
AslnK n Tor her disappointment, :'but maybeI
10 stopped, for Lily handed him the vjDe
put IL 10 her lips she dram 10 eagerly iiES
famished. 1t was well he stonnea. -
ngnt TO himself how could he keep LsnH
y going swayf ~
Tell mo-" said he gently " vub,, ,,,.. -
.r go Rwayp ' 1"NE
ahe l. lady wants some one to stay with her.
Sne goes and the lady is blind like me-
, Lena saw IL in the paper aud thou0hS t6
know how to mind her. And che conIdnjS
my body to teach music to, and then xTs1d -
no Mrn money, Gy And so she has to leave me
MIS OConnor, for, of course the ladI
dnt have me. And then, Won know' az
Will pay Lena, and she'll pay for me, and
H%nsio on aH.s smell 81 get me cured But try NOT
LOT Lena TO go, and beg her to get her tho
: 10 IOr ~ Lenas j.St breaking her heart be-
gh ana Lily had exchanged mauy Iook
x this simple story, and it was not nov
isss isSoe. t0' either t" speak At last he bFOEe
Enn M Int -
d In voice Of very peculiar and sudden
o. sir. Mamma is dead, and papa isis
,stw
- sir He said Goodbye, Pettie,' to me
lHht' and kissed ue just like you and he
came back, and we never could Rnd him
Hd men said bad things about him bnt
3 not true. And We had nice house. and
, and piano, and somebody took them,
We maven got any OF them, and Lena
And If she hGs to stop working. then
ss' for she says, III have no bread and
uld you like to 20 with Lana ~ .sLoS
ttIy' her interest in the world eyidentIV
- =, , That was all the answer, bat the voice
light supreme.
az do you do all day while Lena in
" asked Hogh, with q fnrtive intent Of
at the origin Of the little song.
Try to work too, and Lena says its nice
ways think it's all wrong, and l sing
Dgs about light"
who makes them ~
a makes some, and I"-she stopped and
the funniest of little laughs" veil
iDE to be like Lena all the time Won
? try to make some Of them too She
light oAme just because God ssid 40. and
such . patient, trusting look AZ hero
'r the little fSce-"I just wait for hin
shall come to me, like he sent it to the
hey could not speak at all; the finest
tne moSs anished eloquouOo could nOS
Toned shetE vGEy souls e. did th00o
words. While thoy cot 10 the silaaeo
q Ghnra tha hail far.nr n1,S-aa.a - -