The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1883-02-09


l wouldn't give this TO any enc bue ne
nea!nen, cause my own mamma gave - 70
me. IT'S nice to have a mamma TO cuddle you
up and love you just by your own self, and
tuck You into bed at night, and not have 10 be
swell up in my throat when think about it,
anu my eyes ger SO not and wet can hardly
see- wish God did have homes enough, so
DE could give every little boy and girl real
one, and we needn't be all crowded up i'm ons
big place, that's Just called So Sometimes.
when see all the houses. it most seems as If
there must must be enough to go 'rounSs but
ven have up in Heaven, and want to 90
there: and that's why send you this Bible 40
you can learn about it. You must read it and
be good OH dear! It's dreadfully hard To he
good when you haven't any mamma. hone
you've got one, if she is a heather, for I'm
bye. sRUE LINDSEY"
"Poor little thing" exclaimed the
lady, half laughing, but with a sudden
moisture in her brown eyes.
Captain Grey looked around the beau
tiful room. Z
"Pm inclined to believe that letter
was properly directed and has reached
its rightful destination he said.
thoughtfully. "Think of it, Mary-all
these cosy, pretty rooms. and no one to
occupy them but you and me, while
there are so many such little homesick
souls in the world! You have spoken
of it before; but was too selfishly con-
tented to care about it. If Pm not the
greatest heathen,' have certainly been
far enough from the sort of Christianity
this book requires"
"Well?" questioned Mrs. Grey, with
shining eyes, waiting for the conclusion
of the matter.
"Shal l go tomorrow and bring this
little midget home with me-for visit
say-and see what will come of it?"
1t did not occur to little Rue that the
stranger she met in the hall the next
day, and who had long interview with
the matron, could be of any possible in
terest to her small self, until she was
summoned downstairs, to see him.
"Would you like to go home with
this gentleman, for visit of a week or
two, Rue? He has come to ask you,"
said the matron.
sMe?n questioned Rue, oblivious of
grammar lessons and with dozen ex-
clamation points in her voice. There
was no danger of her declining. The
prospect of Wis anywhere was de-
lightful, and the possibility of such q
thing almost as wonderful as a fairy
tale. So it was very bright little face
that Captain Grey found beside him in
the carriage, and Rue looked up at him
shyly, through her rings of sunny hair,
to ask, as the only imaginable solution
of the happy problem: care you one of
my relationsP''
"Yes; but didn' remember it until
last night" he answered, gravely.
The weeks that followed were brmful
of Joy to Rue, and she won her way
straight into the home and hearts that
had opene to receive her.
And so you think l may tell the
matron that you do not care to 60 back.
but are willing to stay here?" ques-
toned the Captain, when the allotted
time had expired.
~ guess, replied Rue looking down
at her dainty, rutfied attire and suddenly
finging her arms around Mrs. Grey's
neck. that you didn't ever live there,
and eat soup, and wear check aprons.
and have nobody like this to love, 'relse
you d know"
But she has not learned yet that it
was her own missionary effort that
brought SO great reward. Kate W
Hamilton, IN N. Y. Independent.