The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1882-06-28
sNOwDRoP.

Tie twilight gathers quickly and still
the snow falls as it has been doing al the
afternoon.
~ Hazrying homeward / catch glimpses
Of pleasant rooms 'twixt the lighting of
the gas and the closing of the curtains;
ROOMS with ruddy fires, beautiful pic
tnres, books and flowers; rooms with
groups of children at the windows to
Ratch the first great fall of snow.
Thinking Of my own cozy home, where
wife is waiting for me, NEARLY tip oyer
two children-boy and girl-and ex-
elsim. r., .--.f r. > ss.,t i.
swell, my boy, 1 didn't intend to
tumble over you'll The snow IS coming
fask and you'd better be home with your
Htt3e sister," pa s3' 80 - e
= A poor wan face with great earnest
eyes looked up into mine for q moment;
then he moved along with the little girl
by his side.
Her eyesp 1 looked closer-yes-
Btisd.
The little red shawl was drawn tightly
around her, and the tiny hand was drawn
through the arm of her protector.
Very gently he led her.
where are we going tonight,
RalphP"
81 don't know, little Snowdrop; God
will take care of us-mother said so.
May be we can sleep on some doorstep.
I'd keep You warm with my coat, but
may be the angels would take you from
me, and then, Showdrop- d die.
mo, Ralph, you wouldn't. You'd
/ i've and grow up to be a man. But,
Ralph, I'd like to live with you now that
mother has gone. You'd be so lone
some without your little Snowdrop. No,
Ralph, God win let me live for you if ]
am blind. - i-s's7 ''eii
s.If you are blind,' he said, impetu-
ously, s.you are my little Snowdrop, and
/ cannot spare you. Mother gave you to
me, and you are mine, Aine, my own
wee Snowdrop."
It 50 happened that being called out
that night, Owe doctors are sent for at
all hours) on the steps of the -sbrown
stone 'front.' I stumbled over what
seemed a huge SNOWFALL, yet-how is it
this intuitive knowledge comes to us?-I
knew it was not SNOWFALL, and stoop-
ing down found the children l had met
few hours ago. Hee ?
=, Wrapped IN his coat she lay in her
brothers arms. Poor child, how wan
he looked as we took him inI And she
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Slowly the color came back to her bps.
With what sigh the spirit entered into
the clay and made it life. (Where had
the spirit been, meantimeO Quick gasp
ing sighs, then sleep, blessed Sleep 5
Very patiently we worked over the
boy. Would those large wistfu1 eyes
never look into mine againa 1t seemed
not, and had to go up to my patient,
who could not be kept waiting any longer.
But by and by came down to find the
servants still rubbing away.
- Shure, sur, an there's not speek
ofloife in the chiIe,'' said the soft-hearted
Irish cook, as the tears rolled down her
cheeks. 81 a tz
I bent over and thought there was q
scarcely perceptible fiutter of the little
heart. A gaspi Yes, life and conscious
ness were coming back.
At last those wondrous eyes opened
- Snowdrop! oh my Snowdropr" he
cried, starting up. aGi
We Laid her there-rosy and warm In
her sleep-by his side.
"Snowdrop, I thought we went tc
heaven and" si -'e
Sleep had come and the two were
saved -r..
"Shure, sur" said the cook, "an'
they shall sleep in me own bed the
night" esq
So the children were carried up stairs
and tucked in the cooks bed and went
home.
Next morning found my little folk,
warm and rosy in the kitchen with the
cook. -.
My own house was little quaint, ant
old-fashioned, but wife and i loved i
more than we. could have done any
stately mansion on Fifth Avenue.
But it was a qtttet house.
The reasonP
Perhaps, some day, wife win let yo,
peep ut her treasures. She keeps then
In a drawer Only little torn hat, /:
whistle, a drum, a pair of shoes. Well
our house wasn't always quiet, and wife
was merrier in those days. Our boy
would have been nearly old enough fo
college, now. a -'o7-
/ took the children home to see wife
and her soft motherly heart leaped u,
when she saw them. -
Peeping into the sitting room Just be
fore going out, heard Ralph, with eye
lit up, telling about; my mother, m,
beautiful mother.n aIo3
s.She used to do the sewing for tn,
stores All the day long, and often through
the night But they would hardly pa.
anything. and sometimes we had no din
ner or snpper TIL the work was takei
home. She looiced 50 beautiful then