Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1882-06-22

resistible.
But the first glance Shows me tina
Their Journey. whatever its object ma,
be, is one of no ordinary importance tc
themselves. All three have q grave
preoccupied look. the elder girl es
pecially. Instead of prattling merrily
laughing. shouting and pointing on,
passing objects TO each other, as chill
dren usually do on railway journey,
they sit close together in a corner and
talk in whispers.
Even the grand scenery through which
We pass. new rs it evidently is to them.
seems quite unheeded. Browning
precipices; somber pine woods: black.
tomb-like gorges; rock lodges Just wide
enough for the train itself; over-hano-
Ing waterfalls which 90 leaping and
foaming from crag TO crag down A
seemingly endless descent; queer little
painted wooden station-houses, placard-
ed with regulations in Italian, German
and Slovak; brawny peasant women.
with their hard sallow faces framed in
scarlet kerchiefs, waving signal flags on
the very verge of the precipice-go by
without remark
The illustrated journal which con-
trive to let fall as if by accident on the
seat nearest TO them remains equally
unnoticed for a while. But at length /
see the Younger girls eyes beginning to
turn that way. Presently she slips off
her seat, and sidles up TO the tempting
paper; and then, having satisfied her
self that | was not looking at her, she
seizes it in her plump little hands, and
is soon deep in one of the greatest en-
Joyments of childhood 81 looking over a
whole lot of pictures
But as we approach st. Peters the
other two children become visibly rest
less and excited, looking constantly out
OF the window as if watching for some
thing which they are eager to see. Even
the little student of my paper. with
whom l have struck up conversation
IN German, soon forsakes me to Join the
watch; and l hear the boy mutter dis
consolatelv:
"Why don't the train 90 quicker.
We shall never get therer'
Can they be bound on picnic? think
l.; but they look far too grave and
troubled for that. Are they going home
from school? but who would think of
living in desolate place like this? II
am still puzzling over the riddle, when
my little rosy-cheeked friend, after look
ing doubtfully at me once or twice, as
II uncertain whether to speak or not,
startles me with Il very unexpected ques-
ton:
" Please. when anybody grows blind, |
not from blow or anything like that,
but with something growing over their
eyes. can they be made well again?"
very often they can, when they
have good doctor; but. why do YOU
isk?' -
And then the whole story comes out.
| heir father. a retired Austrian officer.
las become blind from cataract: and
amous German Oculist, an old friend of
lis, has taken him away to country
louse among the hills between St.
'eter's and Adelsberg, in the hope of
estoring his sight by an operation.
And it was to be done last night"
avs Theresa, the elder girl, land papa
vas to start home this morning. But +,
We couldn't wait until he came, and he ,
be able to send US a message; ,
o we got leave from aunt to come and ,
meet him ourselves, rs she WASH t well |
nough to go with u.s. He's sure to be /
t st. Peters station when we get 2
here"
And his eyes will be quite well 5
gain-fm sure they will.'i cries little i
.atrina. eagerly. DIR. Ulrich is so t
leaver, and he's cured so many peo- r
lie, and papa's such friend OF his, il
IN sure he'll cure him too" n
Il hope he will, indeed" says her h
rother, earnestly. Poor papat it's 4
horrid to see great strong man like L
i'm led about just ike baby, and not n