The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-12-27

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little one, kisses Il, a..d laughing,
say:
"Far- thu 49,. -... Il :or,..r.
It'll! i"T.F"r, fare Ia. a'i'.
lie goes o,;t, s,ii tJul S..i,ie
;.,ius-. Edward DC N-rri l.Hs y',,si
heart. inrt | caip"t think II keeping
the child
Wei. ( .lo not kn"w. -a,- tie
pastor. wh" ia, iau9n-,i heartily ever
Miss Saiic '- Christmas present.: -;
~eems To- zoe that yol;r cay l. 20 Keep
the child
Hits nay Duty So keen Il. III
Keep A." -,ys Mis-. Saiiiv i--yiu;..iy.
"Dvty d'lini.> Of 10 ar4um,I.i ani ia
ii,cn,-i"r.
And she kisses the child iiaj is
hcncri.r-h - De ~ i,"r i, daughter:
ant accepts her Christ mas present a.
new duty that Heaven Hss given
her Ia perform
The ''iiGes have ia.l,n" 10 that
chiii In pleasant place. Fer birth
i 4 nsysrery, her coming to Ter PFC
sent horna "a mystcry, that none cla
clear up. l. matter no, te Mis- Sal
lie; ,he = her, aJg. aa,l Vhp-: Inc
Ga, bacn sho cart, not. Hhc hI>
learned ,.at ru..I topped oae tay
al lie yi.l"cc inu Win .:,, chilli; net
both disappeared, anal that WAS Al
that MAS known Of them.
Five year. after, 2 man dsa@s him
-ei. 10 that same ina to die. lie
SENDS f,r Ms. Saiiia; she gve-, hop
iug Ia bear s"meihiug Of the ii;.le
rhi'is l,aItniag. Not until, nine
vcnrs after. when that :irl : ia ihe
iirsi bloom of u .ss,u,,fui wumaubJoi
doe, Mss cai.ie ,i>ci,se what pass. d
at IEa' d,aln-icu, "n iLe Wild. stormy
rigLl -hc VAS -uiniuoned 10 the inu.
IL = Christmas might; tie -nnw
tails steadily; HE earth Is covered
1i;.. ~ki;e rrLc, fieecy anu soft
Miss Saiic aud her blooming Young
curpaa;on I'll around the tirc ia the
ol,i.!a-hiou,,i Parlor iilumiueI by The
blaze Il the lo.. hsapei up in the
chioaey. Miss II lie, looking thought
IN, say;
How time He
The remark il E1t very cri-ins' IL
cannot be denied and she receives
no reply from her young companion,
who is too youthful to indulge III any
rnoralizins about The flight Of time.
Fourteen years ago, nay child,
you first come 10 me, a bsbe Of three
years. I told you that when you
were seventeen ven should know your
history and minc, tor they are so
mingled that hey CANNOT be seFar-
ated."
Tie cylor deeren- IN ;he girls
cheeks; she raises 10 Miss Sallie's
face .'the sweetest ey.- ever seen, ~
Camoen's de>ignatad tie eyes he
.loved-eyes "tremuiausiy bright" and
beautifully shy'-bul she peaks
not; eager, anxions expectation
trembles on her lips and makes her
face luminous with suppressed feel
ing.
Il have told YOU, resumes Miss
Sailie. chow you came "a Inc rs u
Christmas present, snl how, for five
wears. | never knew 1h" had given
YOU to me. He who gave y"u was
your fafher. the orlv nan | ever
loved, the man had promi:ed 20
marry. a fairer face than mine
lured him away; The married, hui he
was not happy, and steadily he went
the downward roao 10 ruin. That
most terrible OF all Weaknesses took
possession Of him-rbc madness vi
drink the most dep!oTabie insanity
that can seize man, because there fol
lows ia lis wahe every evil under the
sun. Poverty beset bin, his wife
died, his children persisted
/ early. You alone remained: mother
: less. worse than faiherle>s, be said ;
he Thought Of her whose name he had
given ;u iiS child - one who would
care Ger her III her tprlorn condition.
He had not the courage to face me
he shrank Uack Whom tie trial came.
} He feared That would turn away bis
child, little knowing that only pity
and forgiveness were IN my heart.
! fou know h0w YOU came Ia me Ill
not 60 over that will only tell you
tina, five years after you came 10 nav
house, | stood, one stormy night. be-
side the iea,hbed of your father.
Poor, wreicbed. an ouicast, he hai
dragged himself 10 his native village
TO die. | hard his story, and ac-
cepted you as a sacred trust from his
hands. You were already mine, but
he made YOU doubly so. gave him
then the freest, the fullest forgiveness
that ever a wronged woman gave sn