Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1879-05-02
Bread Upon the Waters.
BY MRS. EMRRY.

BY MRS. TARRY.
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D. 1t was a cold raw December night
the city streets were nearly deserted
as few that had o home or shelter cared
to be out in the biting blast. The bells
were ringing for nine o'clock when q
little girl ran rapidly down one of the
business streets. Soon she came to the
house sine seemed seeking for, and,
mounting the high stone steps, gave the
bell a pull. A servant opened the door,
and the child asked for DR.. Fletcher.
He showed her into the Office where q
gentleman was seated reading the even
ing paper. Said the servant,--
"When will DR.. Fletcher be in, sir? u
ssNot for some hours, am afraid. Is
any one in need of him 2" ''N \ 81
"Oh, yesi" said the little girl, in o
distressed voice. am afraid my father
is dying. Oh, I do want the doctor so
bad /"
"WIl do. my little girl? I am
here in DIR. Fietcher's place."
ooh, yes, sir! Please come quick
He is all alone" ~. W. -75,-
They were soon ON their way to her
father, going in the direction of the de-
pots. Very soon they stopped before q
very respectable-looking tenement house
on l. street. They entered without
ringing, passed up two flights of stairs,
and were quickly in the presence OF
the invalid. He was breathing heavily,
and had the appearance of a man about
to close his earthly career.
The little girl approached dim.
Papa, / have brought tho doctor. >
He turned his eyes upon the stranger,
and said, family 4. ....
This is not DR.. Fletcher"
"No, said the other, " I am DR.. STAN
ley, his friend and associate"
IS 1t is my child I am troubled about.
No doctor can do anything for me.
am almost through with the things OF
this world"
81 will do anything can for your
child. l have wealth and she shall be
provided for. Accept the assurance
from one who has never yet broken a
promise"
The sick man grasped his hand and
murmured feebly.-- ..~.
God send you consolation in your
dying hour as you have consoled mine!
He then asked his daughter to bring
a casket she would find in his trunk, and
babe her keep it sacredly until she at
tanned her eighteenth birthday, or was
engaged to the man of her choice. Their
she was to open it and read what it con
tanned.
Mr.. Lemoine, the dying man, Their
tried to tell the doctor how he became
SO poor and desolate, but his strength
failed he could only tell him he was
stranger, "a drawing master by profession
and OF his great anxiety for the future
of his child. He called her to him
blessed her again and again, and putting
her little brown hand in that of the doc
tor, said,-
Take care of her, and as you dea
with her SO may God deal with you"
He soon fell asleep his breathing be
came short and fitful he never spoke
again. but passed away calmly, withou
struggle.
Little Lucine drew near the doctor
and whispered ..l...t.
Papa is asleep" Hrl
Yes. my dear, your papa is happy
he has returned to God. All his sick
ness and sorrows are left behind"
When she found her father was dead
poor child, she threw herself beside hin
in frantic grief. The doctor let he
have her cry out then he carried hel
to the landlady. She seemed kind anf
motherly, and the doctor confided hi.
charge to her care until after the funeral
He then ordered a soothing draught foI
the little girl and left her.
DIR. Stanley was young man of gen
erous impulses, and did all the good la
could in quiet way. He had impul
sively promised Mr.. Lamoine to take
care of his child, never thinking how h
could be done. At first he hardly knew
how he should dispose of the child
having no wife or mother to look to 70,
aid.
"Ah-I have it! will send her te
school for the next six or seven years
by that time I shall probably have 8
home and WIFE,"
In few days the doctor engaged 6
competent person to procure suitable
outfit for his ward, and the first of the
new year she commenced her studies al
first-class school in the country. &c
accompanied her there, and requested
the principal to treat her tenderly. he
thought of going to Europe the next
summer, but he would see his ward
again before he left America. (
Lucine parted from him with real
sorrow. He gained her promise to let
him know from time to time if she was
happy, and always to regard him as her
best friend. He felt sad at bidding her
good blythe little creature had really
erept into his heart. She Borrowed fol
Q time, but resolved to profit by the in
strnetion given, 30 that her best friend