Litchfield enquirer., 1881-11-10

surgeon says she must be ,erated 0n.e Sine ii such ! sweet little creature"
 | We both stood and looked down at the un
 conscious sleeper 7sfit1s3 slI -.5laa75 l | What is there about the slnmber of q child that it at once SD holy and SD awe zinspirlng have always felt it SD, though I cannot ex. plain the reason. I dare say many a mother has felt the same. In child fife aitogethp,
 there IS mysterys1a sacredness, wo derfu
 ana inexplicable. Their thoughts, their fan cies, their ideas, their perfect trust, theil | vague searches mic the future, whether of lift l ur death. their boundless faith, which cayils not at any marvel. Their in,aginativeness which affords such wide fiela for delights an, adveatures-ali these are traits ,nOre or less remarkable -t -- Where physical development is in excess of intellectual. a child, doubtless. lives ii, the ! joys Df t,e moment more fully and entirely
 thanif the latter faculty pred.minaied. Tue
 immediate pleasures of enjoyment or sorrow | are more intense and absorbing hut when sickiess or suffering has enfeebled the frame, the hind often revels in q keener appreciation Of ttose glories, Imagined and nnreaiized, that thought and teaching have brought within the grasp of the tyoung intellect, h perfect ly hesfty, happy children We da not find this be. CT tarity SD often. The present IS en.:ugh for theu, ? TFlieirtholgits seldom travel heyeiInd it's but I am speaking of those awls,se sfnr,
 livei have been too often only a scene .0t, suf- feT1g and hardship. l.. - While and Sister Gray stood beside the cnt, the child suddenly aws,ke It was pitia-
 bletO sec how her little arms invOluniariy
 sought the protection of her nl ,ther.-haw
 vide and terrified the dark eyes looked as
 the turned them on our strange faces = F | hentosef and sOOtlied her, and the Sister brsinght her miik,s which she drank eagerly and thirstily. Then she lay back on the pill low once more. '- gt What is your name dear?'' asked Sister Gray. e.iI gs-.u sa1llA z4ti 5 A1l7Sl sxa7iJ e. The little lip ,quivered piteously, but once again that wonderful self-resiraiut had be- Tore re,iiarked came to her rescue
 H ''I am mothers L,,lla, !" she said 7D -S4Ie II
 From that time she went by no other name anong us ei'7f@ -'H 2t4 e'ess. 2slj3sia - azs so'-'7 Asr@a u After two days the child became quite at ease in her new life. ,, Her patience and qni etu.le were marvellous, even atnoag &, mulch patience aud foriitude as we witnessed daily among the. little sufferers, She would lie quite still and silent for hours, watching everything that went on with, intense interest. The surgeons had not vel decided upon an operation, and she bore the treatment tiiey. prescribed with the utmost fnrtitude. One day the child in the next cd to her died. She
 Had had s,ftening of the brain. ,sffti beeif f. ur .nonths in the hespi,aLolLella a,issetiq her from her place and asked ms where she was. I told her she had been taken away. f,.
 Did her mother fetch her?" asked the c,,,94 ,sayerlv 3.ldgG. a 3!.s l5iI' s'~7. -8 ! N
 .s,Nu, dear.'' I said. .She has gone ito heaven. God took her to be with Him there --roneiof His little angels."c.o4np #7oE is
 Will she be i'll iu heaven ?" asked Lolla. v s'No, dear n;, one is i'll there" i19''Hasihc mother gone with her, she con
 No" answered. aff4.aE..1ia. sfts1 '.
 How could she go alone" persisted the child. 7a' ''Dees she, pot want her mother Will she come back to her again?" l
 I72II what simple wnris could, I told her of that seperation which divides nhulHan love from heavenly, which sets the gulf of death between our, hearts and their desires. ,,-
 She listened intently-her earnest eyes on my face2a QF 39f 4i v 5fd3 @5iNcD ,'-7'' . 94
 "Was that little girl filler than ne ?',g she asked at last. 'aOh,. dea't let God take me from maiher- she wailtszlue isn"I 3d
 What could l say? Hue haby mind was in capable of forming for itself an idea of happi- ness apart from that intense and heartfelt 1fiIother-lsYve it had Known, and of God's9sill sn,l of fresisnalioD what could it understand ? changed tue econversation.ss,. t.ss..,,,7 =
 ID" yon know who is coming to see Loila to-day ?" asked e''' 7A U 'o's' =
 She turned rl her pretty head asdi Nd with ndis s;n.' 'DUttefs, P she Tsped. a9<s agi -t1s1fsi D XihtNa, dear,Y answered softly; gs.smotlier " !, Oh, the light of love and rapture in the eyes that turned to me! She could not speak. She only gazed dutibly, breathlessly into my face, as if seeking there the confirmatiOn of her zhapes. le .f,e.7f si,e..;t vaea. Ejus 3....a
 It was the visitors day. and close on the
 hour when they wore expected to arrive.
 Even as spoke the door of the ward opened,
 aud the pale faced delicate girl remembered came in. Her cheeks flushed; she nude one rapid step forward. There was only a faint 'a Mother -oh, mother!" @9' f- -s''.',i '' |ts My daFling!" giIsiise s59iaG's t@ Hoi '" ha The little golden head nestled down on her
 breast, while tears both glad and s,rrswful
 rained from those sad eyes that spoke their own life's history of sorrow so plainly. moved ,hurriedly aside, my sight all di.n
 and blurred with tears of sympathy. Those t%16 were happy now They had each other,
 and for one brief hour theys feasted on that joy of reunion, a4sd d47w qsB sffi,.q.. .d2 9
 1t was my duty to report on the case Of each patient, and after time came to Lolla's cot. :,...;.,,.. - ,..,rr, .
 Her mother had brought her picture-bc ok,
 and the child was slying contentedly there look ing at the bright placess stt9ana0s sR q ii Tine young women, rose asI came near. l told her the surgeons opinion in words as Fiiule alarming as possible, but what could
 soften the fact that her child was cripple for
 life, unless the operation they wished to per.
 form should term mate successfully opera.
 tinn socritical that they would not perform il without her full consent Sue grew white as
 ward her Child with amute tiespaifing tender. ness that went to my heart.b9agus t.,9s7so
 Tne child seened to guess something of the struggle within her breast, for she put aside
 hsr book, and gazed anxiously at hei mothers face. The poor young creature knelt down " the cot and took the little form In her arihs. a' isslL s5iaJ lo uoletsa sf35 Yd U1iI !. ..Wou,d Lolla like to run about again P ! .sked. Would she be glad to he well and l strong. and walk with mother like other little girls and boys?'' 6
 'Ohsyfsr' cried the lciild eagerly. "Aa l I gning to be made well s,nn?"
 A s0b choked ihe wi,rds that would have
 .psw' red her. The little one clung more
 closely. .,,,ae5f5 e,H.yY1 hz1na a .rDm't cry." she said. a + apl 80 tired oi lying here; l Iwantto get strang and walk l need not lie down always mother, need P ezss, ,God forbid !' cried her mother passionate Iy. Fl will see the dpctnrs. darling, and heal
 what they say, Anything would s,e prefera,
 ble to having you like this,all your life."'.a She dried her eyes and tried to talk cheer l fuliyrto the child of happy days when he, shadldibe together -she strong If tanb ana .ac 1 i've even as other chilrren-of walks in greer I anes where lilacs and laburnufns grew, arl(
 laIsies sEnsngled alDthe grass IThe little pnt tiistened with glad and wondering eyes fixed ,n her motheF's face the vision of that per
 feet life to cofiles made her forget all presrn | ,aiB andI dIweariness3 At last cane the hour Itdreaded, ! the hour of parting.a There va. | weeping and waiing in many cDt aronnl
 tiiat rsx1in, andsI and the other nurses m wed l from one to the 0tliery s,othing and conlfort | ug the iittles ueonrf.era f0 AwhOio the ctaninc