Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-08-01

heWlluered, struggling look came INTO
his face, then helpless look, and then
he stood staring vacantly, like SOM
nambulst, at the waiting audience.
Tue moments Of painful suspense went
by, and still he stood as if strnck dumb.
/ saw how it was he had been seized
with stage,fright.
Alas little sister ! she turne I large,
dismayed eyes upon me. He's for
gotten it," she said. Then swift
change came into her face strong,
determined look aid On the funeral
like silence of the room broke the
sweet, brave, child-voicc:
! 50 Amid the permutations and com
/ binations of the actors and the forces
which make up the great Kaleidoscope
f history, We often find that turn of
, Destiny y hund--"
I Everybody about us turned and
10 ked. The bfeahiess silence the
sweet. childish voice the childish face
the long, unchildlihe words, produced
weird effect.
But the h. Up had come too late the
unhappy brother was already staSger-
I ing in humiliation from the stag. The
band quicKly struck mp, and waves of
lively music were rolled out to cover
| the defeat.
! | gave The little sister a glance in
which | meant b. sho" til" intense SYM
/ patty felt but she did not see me
! Her EYES, sw mining with tears, were
, ON her brothers face. I put my arm
around her. She was too absorbed to
! heed the caress, and before | could ap-
! preciate her purpose, she was on her
| Way to the hhame-stricktn young man
sitting with face Xix "A statues.
| When he saw Der iy his 81 te, the set
face relaxed. aud II quick mist came
Into lis eyes. The young Men got
closer together, to make room for Ler
She sat down beside him, laid her
flowers on his knee, and slipped her
hau. III his.
could not keep my eyes from her
sweet, pity ing face. SAW her whl,per
t, Inn, he brndHng little to each her
Wurds. Later, / found out that she
va, asking him ii he knew his piece"
bow, ana that he answered yes.
When the young III IN next on the list
bad spoken, and while the baud was
play ing, the child, to tho blnther's
great surptiSe, made her waY up the
stage steps, and pressed through the
throng Of professors AMI trustees and
distinguished Visitors, up to tbe col
lcge president.
1t you please, sir" she said with a
little courtesy, will yon and the trus-
tees letmy brother try again H. knows
his pitce NV"
For moment, the president stared
at her through his g,ld.hoNed specta-
cles, and then, apr. ciating the enid $
| petition, he smiled on her, and went
down an: spoke to the young man who
| had failed.
S, it happened that when the band
announced that Mr.. - wonld now
deliver his olation-" Historical Par
rulles"
:" Amid the ORGANIZATIONS and combi-
nations of the actors and the fore s
which make up the great kaleidoscope
Of history - This the little sister
whispered to him as he rose to answer
the snnmuns.
A ripple of heightened and expectant
interest passed over the audience, and
tIen all sat s, ouestill, az though fearing
to breathe les, Tie speaker might again
take fright. No danger Tie hero in
the. youth was aroused. He vent ut his
piece > with a set purpose to conquer,
TO redeem himself, and to bring the
smile back into the child's tear stained
face. l watched the face during the
speaking. The wide eyes, the parted
Ii s, the whole wrapt beng said that the
breathlrss audience was forgotten, that
her spirit WAS moving with his.
And when the address was ended
with the ardent abandon of one who
catches enthusiasm in the reallz .tion
that he is lighting down wrong judg-
ment and conqnering a sympathy, the
effect was really thrilling. The digni-
fled audience broke into rapturous APP
planse bouquets intended for the val
edictorian ralned like a tempest. Aud
the child who had helped to save the
day,-that one beaming little face, in
It's pride and gladuess, is something to
he forever Observation-Disclosures Water
hslogg, 81. Ntchias.