The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-05-02

1 nv that skirfiint her of b. S., and
thought of the mar in the white gar
ment aud OF Aradle-Mie, end you see,
Peter -"
"And you thought VIC might take the
poor girl to live with usF" interrupted
Peter.
YES" replied his wife. '.for, ss
said to myself, that dream means two
things: it assures Us both of q long Ii e.
and it bids us care for that poor chlld
as i she were our own"
So the kind hearted people. who were
pretty well provided with children al
ready, agreed to add the founding g ri
to their own t We or six, ii mly assur d
that it was God will, and that lie
would reward tuem for it in His own
good time.
Before Peter left the house they had
also decided that he should buy the
iron cradle at the a ct on with some
little mo ey his wi had contrivei 10
lay by, for tn. basket. work cradle was
a rickety old thing, and it might be
honest Peter had no objection to che ar
rangement.
The snow was lying foot and half
deep; it looked like a white shroud
spread over d ad nature. The trees
which had been bare and leafless the
day before had got a new and splendid
covering during the night; there was
finger depth of snow resting on even
the smallest twigs. 1t was an unwont-
ed and a IN st beautiful sight. but ii one
looked at it too long it made ones eyes
ache. The village street had been par
tial Y cleared, but all the same it was
hard work for the horses to drag the
heav ly-laden wa ons along, and the
miller. waom Peter met on his way TO
the auction, had two horses to his meal
cart.
Frau Jansen had been right. all hump-
backed th-istina belongings were to
be sold that morning 10 the highest bid
der b. the auctioneer who had come
from the neighboring town for the pur-
pose.
Misery Sto1el Home of K and
his sister, long Greta. We're the only
heirs. No one. however, had the least
doubtthat if cd had no. called hump
backed Christina away so suddenly
they would have got nothing; Cradle
Nile would ha had everything, and
they would have gon without.
The whole of the furniture and the
household utensils, which had belonged
to the dead woman, had been collected
and ticketed with numbers. The auc-
nd he x,l 90
kitchen, to take down Il e names of the
pu rchase.s and the prices fetched. The
snow had be n swept away in front of
the house, and sheet had been |
st ct he'd like an awning above the |
windows on the right hand side of the
door and ia lie and one of two forms |
had been pla ed under it. few Jews |
and some farm rs an farm rs wives, |
who had come there either from curios-
ty or as n ending bidders, were slit NO
on the forms. Lippes, the crier, was
standing en- iench close beside the |
window, through whic the various sr. !
t!cles were handed out to hin,. aud le J
Was endeavoriDg bv scnS::., stale Jokes |
to aim the o.G !u1.ser off on the peo-
n!e.
these, however. csincci little incl;n-
alton to buy. They laughed at the
crier witticisms and personalities, b |
id they would not. Mostof the tn ngs |
were bought by Samuel, the Sc ond-
band dealer, by the shal of whose nose
one could tell hundred PAGES off that
he was of the seed of Abraham.
1.-The. e's nothing of yours here"
roa ed .toffel Holmes harsh voice sud- |
denly "les. like that to want to |
take the cradle away with you, you
grab-all of a girl! ID dn't you live on
Aunt Christinap and weren't You a |
.urden to her long nough!" At the
same instant Peter, who had been stand !
ing at a distance with his haads in his |
pockets, look ng on at the sale, saw |
the greedy heir take Cradle Nile, the |
fav, rite of the whole village. by the |
a m and fling her out of the house in |
which she had been q wei ONE |
inmate fer nearly eighteen years.
There was an angry shout rom the
Ii tie crowd Of b did rs. and it was well |
for Stotfel Home that he was back n
the house at once. or the crowd of by
ISLANDERS, of whom eter Jansen would |
not have been the last, might have COM
PEELED him TO hear some unpleasant
,hings, and possibly to feel them, too.
There stood poor Marie, acne in the
wide wor d; and it was so cold. and her
beloved fo,terLo hers heir had cen
so cruel to her, that the g nile, sensi-
tive girl be- an to cry bitterly at The
of the dwelling where she had
o ten p aged in her happy childhood.
ga superb article! shouted the crier,
as the old iron cradle was handed out
to him through the window. "A real
rarity, and of most dist nguished ORR
gin. say, Samuel, won't YOU buy It
and give it to your sarah at christ
mas?"
A roar of laughter greeted this witt
ciSm.
..But tie Jews doa't believe in Christ
mas" observed farmer Laarmann, sage
ly.
Indeed, Herr Laarmann, replied the
Jew. "Just try it. tive me something
ut hristmas that's worth taking, I'd
you II see if l don't believe in it and
keep it." |
=. ow then. Samuel. bid gulden,"
urged the crier.
not 1. Lippes." returned the old
Jew. You'd bitter buy it yourself for
your bride"
Now the Jew had the lau h on his
side.
"An iron cradle, who'll bid or it,"
roaredk ippes, the laughter.
''rhree sti els? was heard from the
Interior of the house.
"a quarter gulden!" said feter JAN
sen
'.Two!" cried the Few Samuel.
"Threew from the house.
"A guIden :" cried Peter hOtly.