The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1876-06-21

i &Aes AOa ho0 OCtbOl Put Al oil bcI ClObDcs
as 1t NAV be some time, you know, before
she leaves
The child was waiting for her at toe door,
J happy and glad that sister had come, chat
| tering away full OF glee, holding her little
black kitten securely by the back OF the
neck, rather to its discomft. Soc was
a fat, chubby baby girl, with fiossy carls
OF gold, large blue eyes, and rosebud
mouth that was ever ready to kiss and be
kissed-jIst one T the children we love TO
sop and talk "oaby talk to-" and VINO
have happy knsck OF winning our hearts
| before we know it. Gussie gathered her
10 her ar Ms and kissed her so passionstely
that she looked hall frig htened, but thought
bet er o. it and held mp "Tab' TO be Ca
Dussief Has anybody hurt you?
to1Disbt. @ what N' did sn' you hesSanne bripe
MiDnie?" and she tried to get 10 the pock-
! ct that never failed to hold some little
treat for her, snough she opened her blue
eyes wider than ever when she saw the
plentiful supply, bus paused in her at
tempt at making her kitten. sat, when
lGussie said so sadly 'SFor the last time,
Minnie, for the last time {" Very tenderly
did the sister take off the gay bronZsd
shoes, that were Minnie's pride, and toe
tiny stockings and bathe the );otle feet
that had trod only the paths OF pleasant
1 AtccSs NOi1 PoblCDsiy Ol0 bDO Wdtt uuti3
the usual eveninEss romp with the kitten
| vHes concluded before she robed the little
one Tor bed, aud then she rocked ao6 sang
to her until the room wss quite dark and
Minnie was asleep. III can not let her 90
among strangers. lean not be separated
| from her, not even fCr month. must
keep her for myself She Is all have and
L can not give her rp. o Godl spare her
to me, open the way by which
1 may support her." Nesyly all night
Gussie sewed and she onlv threw her,
self down on the bed By Minnie's side
as the morning dawned.. She had gath
cred up the little dresses and clothes and
| laid them in the trunk, ready to be taken
away in the morning. AS sue folded the
garments the tears and kisses fell on each,
and she would start from her work 80
| clasp her sleeping darling TO her heart
When Minnie awoke she saw the silk
| carefully folded over the chair, and she
never rested until she made Gussie an
swer her. 90 sister, kissed the pretty
dress yesterday, and so did Tsb-I though,
it was so pretsy-DUssie,. is it yours2 ]
rubbed 1t In my fingers aud IL was so
soft and / kissed It where the pretty lace
| was-msy see it now Dussiee''
This, then was the reason that the
dress was soiied. Dear little Minnie had
admired its soft shiny folds and had gath
cred them up in her fingers, and then
pressed them TO her face.
She begged hard not to be taken FROM
"Dussie," not to 60 with the strange lady,
and chung with a tight clasp to her sisters
neck, until the hCIIe fingers were loos
ened and she was borne away. and her
pie adIng cry was like stab to the poor
girl who could only sob and kiss her good
| bye.
All! how little do we think of the DESC
| lated, broken homes when We pass the or
phsns' asylum and see the children. How
| little can we imagine OF the passionate
yearning for the mothers love, the lul-
| laby song, the tender caresses that
well up in those young hearts,
and how little we do 10 render their shs6-
owed lives as bright ana happy as pos
sible.
Only on Sunday could Gussie. hope to
see the little one, and then l. woaIu ps a
| long walk from her room. She counted
the days, the hours, almost the moments,
until % could be with Minnie. The seps
| ration was telling on her terribly. She
was but a ghost Of herself, for the nights
brought no rest, only the tantalizang
memories of the precious child who had
always slept in ner arms She had nearly
| fiuisned the silk dress-thst nsd brougnG
| her such trouble, when the madame called
! her and said, "Miss Mitchell, DIR. Rerndon
is mere; will you please bring bis sisters
| dress, he wants to see about matching the
Lace" He eremembered her, and spoke very
kindly, and alter comparing the samples
/ he had brought, SAID. "Miss Mitchell,
learned just now from Madame De- Verne
| that you bore all the additional expense
of substituting new silk for that which
WAS soiled In this dress, and that to do
| this you had to part from your sister. j
am the physician at the 81 me, and have
become infatuated with the Lutte one, and
| can in some measure at least appreciate
your pain In the separation. Now, you
must allow me to relieve you OF some
share of this burden; in simple justice TO
you feel L must do this. Ii you will not
| take 1t, shall give it to madame, aad
thus cancel the debt. II not for your Own
sake, TOR Minnie's DO this"
No, sir; / can not. The dress was
ruined by me, and must pay tor it. AS
much as / want my little sister with Rae, L
con not consent 10 accept from any one
toe means TO enable me TO have her. How
is she lookine?"
| VERY well only she wants you. Dolly
yesterday she asked me TO take her 10
| Dussie )" but had no idea she was your
sister until a few moments ago. Wonld
you like to go Ous and sac herr IF so,
will take you in my carriage"
II can not leave until too late to go,
doctor; bat Will you please watch over my
darling while she is away. 1 liked the
mstron very mncb."
After this, s pmehow, Madame De Ve9ne's
parlor was not such sD uDpleas aaG place
as it had been to The young doctor, and
his sister found him ready at any time to
carry bundles aud MT ssages aooDt her
| trousseau month before he would
| nave forgotten in ten minutes. He man-
age d TO see Miss Milchell as often as posi-
bis, and by winning the maisme's favor
| with q little hsttery, succeeded in break
ing her rule of "no visitors during work
nours." But so distant and diRnifisd WAS
~>l
chance Tor any acquaintance only when he
mentioned Minnie's name, and then she
was so sweet and gracious that he tonnd
himself drawn closer to her every moment
She had been to the Home twice, and was
Eprsying and hoping for the short time to
pass until she could have her darling TO
herself, when one morning she zwoke to
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