The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1880-02-12
Little Love.

Bessie, come nurse Is waitingl Run.
now, and let her attend to your curls; YOU
must look very neat, or NIr. Irving will not
love you. 1t is almost dinncr-tlme, said
Bessie's mother.
Immediately the chilli rose, raised her
sweet lips to kiss mamma. and followed the
nurse from the room.
"lt is perfectly wonderful how much in
fuence Mr. Irving has over that child! Just
tell her to do anything, and say ii will please
linn, and that is enough. | never saw any
thing like ,"said Mrs. Wallace to a friend
sitting beside her, who answered.
81 have, and would not oncourage-or
rather would strcnuously endeavor to over
come-that influence"
"Now, my dear George, what Is troub
ling that wise head of yours2 What means
that grave look and anxious light in your
eyes2"
"Fannie, Pm perfectly astonished at peo
pie whose duty 1t is to watch over and
guard their little ones. especially their girls
from sorrows, planting in their young hearts
seeds which may grow to be thorns, and
treating children as though they were void
OF any deeper thought and feeling than the
appreciation Of doll Or box of toys. I am
sure that some children at five years have
hearts that love as devotedly and suffer as
keenly as many at mature years. You are
shaking your head. want to tell you a
little story to prove my assertion. We
have half an hour before dinner. Will YOU
lsten!'
eyes certainly; but it must have a hap
py ending" answered Mrs. Wallace
IL cannot promise: perhaps the end has
not yet come. You know Hattie Roy ?"
81 do, certainly, lovelier girl l never
know Why she has never married has
been source Of wonder to me-"
SAY, and to many who knew her not
30 we'll as I. 1t ls of her am going to tell
you.
twenty-five years ago, when just at
the age of your Besse--and just as loving,
too young man crossed her path. We
will call him Joe Hcwberry. He was the
class mate and dearest friend of Hattie's
brother.
cat party given during tho Christmas
holidays by Mrs. Roy, Joe, to rique one of
the girls attached himself for the evening
to little Hattie, dancing with her, promen-
aiding through the rooms, with her tiny
hands, claspcd in his, much to the annoy
ance of many bright eyed maidcns, who
really werc envious of the baby. girl.
900 was handsome and very tasInatlnr,
universal favorite with the ladies, young
and old.
Several mammas endcavored to draw
him away from his little -love'as he called
her, and manoeurvcd to get her from him
but all in vain. until weariy the sunny
head dropped and with her arms around his
neck, her sweet lips giving the goodnight
kiss, she sank to sleep. Gently then he
resigned her to her nurses care.
every day from that time he came to
the house. His home was quite near. At
the sound of his voice, Hattie sprang for.
ward with outstrctched arms to meet him.
have seen her, with her hands in his. look
Ing up into his face for hours, seeming per-
fectly happy.
''Of course, this was noticed by the fam
lily and commented upon The child's cd
or sisters and and brothers could win her
to their will by saying: :
I" III tell Mr.. Hewberry IL you don't,
and he won't love you then
''Daily shs gathered littlo bouquet for
him, and when tho autumn days came and
the flowers we're few, tho 'litt:e lovo, would
watch closely the slowly opening buds, lest
someone else should get them.
$50 the days passed by for two years,
and then for time she waste be separated
from the one she had grown to love 80 dear
ly.
''she clung round his neck, and begged
to be with him when the hour Of parting
came. With promises of speedy return
no managed to soothe her. ".Ia,
ellis absence was short. TIe returned,
bringing her for q Christmas present pret-
ty little cham, to which was attached
locket will, his portrait.
'For Joe she learned to read to write;
for him che would grow brave, and, with
his hand helding hers, had her first tooth
drawn.
"When Ill with fever, tossing restlessly
from side to side, his hand could always
quiet, his voice soothe. Without mursaur
she would take from him the most nauseous
doses.
SO How will all this end3' I asked her
mother once.
"And lightly she replied, oh, all right,
OF course. She will learn to love someone
nearer her own age when the proper time
comes; and he will be married long before
then. He has distant cousin, to whom,
am Inclined to think, he is engaged am
sure their parents are anxious for their un-
ion,'
':As Hattie grew n,dsr,a little shynsss