The daily gazette., 1877-08-31
|Cr|pp|ed Toy Maker

l. ,ut,kirts of a great city, where
b,rv air could be breathed, while
4 was access to the streets aud
1 borsecar and omnibus, was a
Rape home, workshop, and, In a
|ny, farm, of one Casper Gaeillng.
slI in contented poverty Casper
4 his mother, and Berta-called
q also, having been given a name
/ else she possessed by the mother
stoen wears before the date of this
tiuy child, just running alone, had
4 at the gate Of the cottage garden
&cross tue open doorway aud en-
workshop Of Casper Gaetling.
Ne had stood, entranced. Forthe
4 trade consisted of German toys
description, the manufacture of
'.sper aud bis mother had learned
Ir.away Fatherland they had left
lore.
.pecialty of the industrious moth
bon was dolls, which Casper
4 n out of kid or cotton, with i'm
heads, arms and legs, while the
dressed them with deft fingers.
BilJ, whose eyes were as blue. and
bong and yellow as any doll there
4 mute ecstasy, touching nothing,
the soft eyes widely open, the
nds clasped, and the round
ushing deeply in her delight.
ID not notice the two at the work
asper, with his noble head,great
s aud long brown HAIR, SET upon
hunted aud deformed, hopelessly
and the mother, tiny aud slen-
brisk, quick movement; aud a
bess that none suspected to cover
( heart, full of the grief If wild
and a pity only mother love
Ee for the only child's afilIctiou.
mother" Casper said "whose
hat? | never saw her here be-
u, if you do not know her, |
\. 1t is not to see me the chill
pes So Oflen," said the mother,
one" said Casper "come here.
a lovely doll l am making"
lid looked ll.quiriugly a NOM
+ lads face, full Of sweetness
Ihado we'd as SO many faces are
| by the hand of afllicJion press
ly, and then came to Casper's
is your name?" he asked.
llun away"
Pun away
put tOtlad mamma! Mamma was
away in black box, and Jennie
rtan
y IS papa?" asked Mrs. Gaetl-
town" said the child, prompt
little one! Little mother, we
let her stray any further!"
hsper's words were prophetic
he child safely and lovingly,the
pie conscientlously endeaVored
y trace of her parents, searching
Is purchased for the purpose, in
nndlng an advertisement, and
eir limited means to advertise
once But the child was not
ana before they had her in their
lohIh, the dread Of their lives
fhe would be.
The lost child nor her protec-
'hat three lines in the death
ecOrded loss Of the father "down
eVerknew of the moderate
ias went to other heirs, who
'ue search for Berta.
years passed away, the toy
\ Tue little mother gave the
loSe lhey could take from each
~ wall who Lad come to their
~
",, "s my birthday gift from Hea-
II W. NH'V 81 was sixteen years
\, Al t;'., S.ie came. And they dated
,. !, 'n,l "a 'hday from the same hour,
K "A q . sNe t"o together, as the years
| hnt, NJ ol'Gw grew up to a fair,
||d.t "', ana to Il breadth of intel.
|1|1b of y',itu , 10 the little mother a
||. st',,, y ,,M9'nanhood, and casper,
1>|| y" ,a 'eu us brain to cultivate
Il ":eriy seized the excuse OF
||c of I,'on na TO indulge his own in.
a.. rb,. ",,Tt u evening, when work
|p ther oyrF ri.E head head and golden one
H. ainn'IU, UNer primary school books
1 F9,y oty absorbing every word
|u| l,ar,';" h"I represented hours OF
I'd. In oF ls more from this very
|1.{ VI llle best of every book
|E wiih PIE Instruction led the child
1|.bis re- fae hrst protecting fond.
N h; Hie through the maizes OF
nn' ml 'ofy and grammar, till he
| 6c,I Ih hn' ntr' and craved hungrillv
nrraa uook that seemed so COSTLY
|<| |ainsI n 'hcoine' And a little
Spw; n',r,a'S finger in house
|| vern WI < ull she could be trusted
"heSt of dolls lace aud
4 the n years passed happily,
firht toy-maker'S cottage, and
pltlt pervaded in the en-
81 bftbn' IVA, Was TO her Casper owed
'' i"n.f ia,fy tale groups that in
||Ihg HIN u'''N quite perceptl bly,, for
&| nr I"u ~ and the shaggy wolf,
nrality in the Wood and
I wItI, .'.. '"lIS and animals each
,,ie ,",he new. quaint, fancy,
i''ceS at holiday times.
|' h@tl,'y my story opens Casper
,n "' sat at the work-bench
| '%l,,.'llcholy, and B .rtha lad
ons' solitary walk, yrrv
~ ,na,il,'lr'S 'lr'S long white fingers
mil X IN, ,','t'rS ,,',tI'rS 10 II dolPS head to
IN ID tha ' el'ns, while Mrs. G l4t.
|0 >6,, % i9r to the robes of that
,'r "'' More than once a tear
E& .o, away, stole down the
at ,s,,., I',rrh while labored brraths
'i''f clicked down his si%hs,
'l* ll.,nn,' S,'l event had broken in
Ia I3I In,, ,'lpnotony ofthu cottage
81 b.r ...V' u. received an oti'rr of mar.
"'lDr was "a son nf e., ,,....,,