The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1880-11-27
A Bed In the Snow.

NOst anu AIiIu't WcIc VWO IittN HHW
who lived on the edge Of a great forest
Their parents We're very poor. and The
two children sometimes had to 90 out
into the woods to pick up dry sticksM
the kitchen fire. In the summer they
liked to do this. for it was very pleas
ant to wander about under the
great trees and over the green
and soft moss which in some , laca
nearly covered the ground. Theyfound
Il great many things there besides dry
sticks, and their mother used to think,
sometimes, that they staid too long
among the wild flowers and the moss,
while she was waiting for wood.
But in winter, the children did not
like the forest. The trees were bare
the pretty moss was all covered with
snow, and the cold winds blew colder
there, they thought, than anywhere
else. But the kitchen fire needed wood
more in the winter than in the summer;
for it was the only fire in the house.
and SO Rosa and llilda ran into the for
est nearly every day, and brought back
as many dry sticks and twigs as they
could carry.
One day. Hilda thought she would
take her basket with her, toga1hcrsoms
red berries that she had seen the last
time she was in the woods. Therevs.
!, good deal of snow on the ground, and
it was very hard for the little girlo
walk; while Max, their dog, who came
with them, sank 80 deep into the SNOW
at every step, that. at last, he grew
tired, aud lay down by a big tree. he
thought he would wait there until lhe
children should be going home.
Hilda said she would 60 and lookf't
the berries. and. when she had foun'
them, she would come back and help
pick up sticks. So Rosa began to gsn ~.
er up what dead wood she could ma
sticking out of the snow, and hl'as
walked as last as she could to una OCT
red berries.
She thought she knew just vh h
they were, but although she wakeu
very far she could not see them any.
where. At last she began to feel 'eI!
cold and sleepy, and She thought $40 .as
would like to lie right down .. o., 1n ,s
,r,nnnd ma take q nan. She did not
know that when people lie down ~
the snow to sleep they very olten'le'"'
to death.
After a while she started to 20 oae. ~.
to Rosa, but she did not walk vety la
before she tripped over the orane sS,,sI
fallen tree. and when she ic't ne'' shs
lying on the snow she thought ,.. sas
would Just stay there and take a l,!'
bit of a nap. Ii would resther 50 'nus''
So she went fast asleep. .,o,
Before long Rosa began to woe ,s.
where her sister had gone, ana a.. '' y.
she went to look for her Az 'lls' .e sr
could see Hilda's footsteps in the su '.",
but soon she came to a high, bare p's a~
where the wind had blown the 9 u >.
away, and there she could see 10 H.! !y
steps. So she ran back ana V'''
MAX! Maxi" ....
The little dog was still unael ' n;n, hs
but when he heard Rosa calling I'' ..,s ..
knew that something was the n's s'"ld
and he ran to her as fast rs nc yv No.
no. When he saw that she was sI a'Y iii.
he began to run about, to look III ,; It'll
ia fcr he always saw the ~, two .n ';fS
Girls yery near each other. he sn u;nbt
around, and then he turned 10 'a s%e I'D
and began to run. He knew sn y, b ~,
gone that way. He could sn nna s ~
Shoes. Rosa ran after him. .i a"s .no,.
soon saw 'lildas footprints pr w;t 1n' Max. but
She could see which way he wen'' ....
, Very soon, she came to is sas t her
and pushing aside the brancn1i, s;ne a
she saw her poor little sister, I yI i.cs
tho snow S with Max licking he a .'.
Rosa thought she was dead 49, III n her
, ing to her side, she took Il nt s,,e.sthed
arms and found that she stu p .oat' and
Then Rosa raised Hilda to he e, . !s.' r,oks
Rugged and kissed her until s ~, ioy.
When vh i d had opened her n sys' t OK
. could stand up by herself; nome, Ms1
her by the arm and hurried n0D''
r running along in front. -. ..v then,
AS soon as their mother . ss% and
coming, she ran to-, to n 1;,tle HiIds h. :.
. when She heard no" li.', '. n death il
, been in danger OF trce1,nSh s ~ children
!; the forest, She said that nc, hwenthers
should never 20 there again "
was a deep snow. ,h,t after THAI
a,H n" Rosa ,w ard i,ilda, and lhe'd ,s Of
, and mother. thought.a s! 'h"ns
=. thst little dor Alax.--S.. A'c"''