The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-28
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because, IA the afternooa 6e roses esDs
into her cheeks md stayed all tie even
ing. But i'm the morning she was Pnae,
oh; 80 paaei stad sH .ssass wa
.. One day mother went cut to bike
some work horne. It was cold and
windy and we had had notkng b ezkan
day AZ lastsshe came back Wit{f b1ead
and tea and wood sad fcoai, for EGFe-
The basketof wood and ceal was heavy,
and i did not know she had it HrfA ste
set it down on the floor and sat down By
the window RAlphp she called. ]
sprang TO answer, bat there wEs mother
with handkerchief to her mouth.e 0,
mother mineF.'sll nos laTssg IF5o aois
ST called the neighbors but they could
do nothing, only one ran Tor the docsof
and came back without him.. II
/ othIdd al there was to do wpuld
not let them touch her, She was sy
mother. I chated her hands until n
last she opened her syes, then her lips
moved and she whispered: sSnowdrop,'
sRalph,' and I Icried;faoI gili ~ szf-f
q D motherEe are herei Please don't
goi o motheE, Iyei o mother, mine,
fivei But only quick quiver came over
her face, and her hand sought for Snow
d,or, - no tG soa9i3ss5 - as7i I'd asfas,
{ : 81 put her hand on Suowdrop's golden
curls, for she seemed to- grope in dark
ness" fzs,si 1,Ifi gz4 "a fs,-se9s, az. =
..sRalph,' she whispered, 'take-care
Of Snowdrop = and God = keep
yo-my- hil--''e . 70 zii1i'e54 iilS
.She could not finish the Word."'
ssRalphp 'aziIO Elra a@stf3sssfr 's.5sr
II bent over her, but only heard
.sfhey took us children away. and
then they buried mother in . big grave
yard, i's.7i 70 fi''sti'I 80 q a7i-H
ssOne of the women IN room next to
Ours took Us, but they were poor, and I,
though I sought for work, could gel
none They-,sa was too young and
turned away. And yesterday Mrs.
Burns hrsbard came home dzmk, and
he Knocked my httleSSno1dr6p over, be-
cause she was blind and could net see 10
get out of his way. Then be cursed her.
and I just went up aad struck him He
ordered rs out, and we went into the
street just as the snow was beginning 70
fall, and we walked till we were 80 tired.
and we thought we'd sleep on the door
step. q sei1f.l Is f., = 1ie.fi sR,wof
we knew rich people lived there, and
was telling Snowdrpp abcut the beauti-
TOOLuS we -C0I1Q SC iuOo WLAc4A 49,
gas was lii" als.s,, ff.,,..s.,,.tE
forgot NV patients as 1 listened to
the boy story. But when I saw The lit
tie birdie safe asleep on wife's lap and
her arm about Ralph, then i went On my
round. .is 5i;n l91Sz Fsa - F.9E,1dsss
1 had a long round that day and d
was late when / reached home When
1 did saw brighter light In wife 3 eyes
than for many day, and q flush on her
cheeks as If she were growing young
again. . ieiiesls's. 5fl.g9sd aa
| The children were off to bed and ,wife
took me up to look at them. Ralph
turned over and murmured: "Snew-
drop - 11-.D
% Alter tea wife came to her place ON
my knee, lust rs in the old honeymoon
days, and knew what was coming But
she didn't say a word. only looked
straight into the fire.. and I, looking
closer, saw the tears gathered In her
eyes. So I didn't wait for her to ask, bat
said: s' O. D94 3rh 90 iAss,ia sis
ssYes, we'll keep them. ~,
Then the tears ran over and she turned
and kissed me; but she could not speak
for the quivering of her lips and 1 knew
she was thinking of Frankie in Heaven
The children stayed; the house grew
brighter and wife younger as the years
| sped on.aTsG isos. ss5 z.ailaa bri s5trf
Z Ralph has grown to be nam and my
practice viii fall into his hands Wife
says he won't marry, his heart is SO bound
up in Snowdrop. But-perhaps-well,
there is no knowing. Fsiii..-t
We cannot spare Snowirup, for she
knows the old home from garret tobase-
ment- Who would sing and play for us
in the evenings, and warm my slippers,
and do all the other things she does for
wife and me? No, we couldn't spare
our sunshine, our sweet spring flower.
oux Snowdrop.-Go1den Rude. % IL