Weekly Chillicothe crisis. (Chillicothe, Livingston Co., Mo.) 1878-19??, 1883-10-11

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1t tcould have como only from the cat,
for the child was warming its poor lit,
tie hands before tho tiny blaze, and the
kettle had begun to sing.
Then the old woman took ont n can
do, lighted it, and surveyed tho child.
She was little creature, thin, and
half-starvcd looking, but her eyes were
of the soft blue Of wild yiolctS, and her
hairwas yellow rs sunshine.
"What is your namc?' demanded the
dame. peoring Mt the li!tle girl.
"Thcodora or Dora rs mama called
mr."
"Where is your mothcr?"
"In heaven
"And you; where did you come
from; whore are You going?N
I'm trying to find mamlna.n
Nothing moro could tho old woman
draw from the sobbing little creature
But her old, withcrcd heart began to
pam her. Some dim, far.olr rrco.-
l1ctions stirred faint feeling Of pity:
something in the chiId's words and
wistfulncsS reused the old daMe to
warm the ljttio feet and batho the it'll,
tace, and give tho child taste Of food
and drink, and place her beneath the
warm bcd.clOlhus.
The dame rose early next day, and
made Z fire while the child still slept:
and Us she was blowing the cmbcrs,
she was sure the cat, who was strctch-
ing herself in tho chimney corner,
said:
'Bo kind! BE carofuln
When the child had awukc and had
risen, she fell upon her knees and
prayed; and the old dame, listening,
felt - tear lrtklu down the WRINKLES
and ialj upon her hand. At unra sh.
went TO the cupboard and c,d Il thi"k
slice OF brcai; and then sh1 watched
the child eat it with new sensation Of
pleasure. But tho iitlle one, Aaying
eaten, came and kissed her, aud the
poor cid woman sat down aUl ci.d'
Tor no human being lad ,o m3rl as
. spoken wau. 90 her in wears. Then
. iiil: Dora see ned 20 sorry, that the
old womm jrioi har tears and brgMl
. The household work; hUt Dora begged
so hard to do share, and was 50 act
we and hardy, that the old dame just
'A' down and simply watched Irr.
Iilhcr and Il ithpr went tire little
rirl. ike busy dom site fairy. Sin.
swept the room, sho p lliSurd the can
. llr-tick, She wired tho able, and fold
cd tho cloth; She fe the cat. and the
dame saii never word in objection:
she filled the kettle and rcpIcnislcI the
fire, and then she sut down and asked
Tor some knitting. 1t took the dlma's
misty ewes = long time tD fed extra
needles and warn, bul when she saw
how fast DJra's little hurrrs mad. the
yarn spin ont. and how swiftly anG
deflly tho stocking grrw. sb, ,,frrm.
iucd to 90 to tho village that very day,
and get some moro wool 10 knit with.
This was wonderful thing for the
dame TO do. and. more wonderful sin.
sh3 sought for one Of the old stockings
in which she hid the money, and IT, linr
out goodly coin, she put /, In hor
pocket and departed.
Novo,, boJ ihc DANA .l,r,v,r ,r,o sr,
to .binn sn hriyhtly nr Lor Iii Iirr,,
10 fnnI 50 Ifoh, and ngiln gh,. .l,ry''r3
nj fin, .nrirrols iL,, sro.,ol .,' ci'.,t.,,,
oi bor frnn, tLn trc" t,n. and .ho trnl.
trd on. with new s,,!,ngo f,,Iin,, nm
Jnrno",h Lrr ,r.chiof In ,ho yii7,m,
snn hnr,,ht tno Tarn onl tLo ,h--,,,'
womnn caz,d in Smrnriso ot tL,cranr.
in hrr f1So. ,yb"r. h55 boom " oino,t,y
,rown w,s now a merry ,, ,ylrllo' ''''''
Tfrr Tho nIJ isJ' h;S,.,I,, u, .n,no ,r,.
=, IInn cintr n,I ,;LJ,nn a. ndd,,I,.
,G ,,o nn',l,"r,r n.,,,o VAIN, Ii, ~ n,.o L,
shc @ osl.nI ,br nri,' ne ',, ~ nnir Gf f"r.Iy
and noiJ for t,,,, nr H., ..,,, m.ai
iir" , ,,, rro,,nr m omJ ,"m m ' h,j ,I, ,;nJ G,'1
tio,, fU ,Ln l",. ~ ,,.n @ ,n',, & ,' ,,,,,. ',o, Lo
arn, r, anI lar H. ,,iIIa', M ' '''''' wv Iva
gu ','' ",'' ','' ~ Wv, ',,'S''
as Sho hoaro" Lno iilt Hne a'Hio',
feared 10 enter "hat II Dora had
goncr NnaI II some one hal come
anu larcu tAe chlIa away? Nhrrc,
then' would have been the use OF all
thiS eNpGh"l'ore'
but Dora hHd not gone AT the
uWon, ", WILL "i5'li "v'n'' "ho anu uIS'r 'ar'
a.' Su''iJ "'i'' ,,i i'ii''Is' & S'oo" 'n' c"''
"nT n,,d, 'mo otv "oSi'o I'er' ,.. ..,,
ni inGN .n,'Tru iI u. tho i,.,, nIuSo m anu ''oi
po'I l"IS','" anu ,''uVII "i'' c''pPuu
icI I,'I'i'' 90 ,, Suo tlo o,u u"'io S,aro'
,ol nv ''tSlu hu' sccl''cu IuT''o' 'Illo Il