Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-02-07
MEXICO. MISSOURI THURSDAY, FE]

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ssRan AIonR Now.'
Opie P. Read. in Texas siftings.
The evening was bitterly cold. Two
children--a boy with manly face,
and SAns e$p5ession of matured con-
cefn, as though some one had ever.
been dependent on him, and a pale
faced little .girl--vandered around
the streets Of western city. They
had been left by an immigrant train,
having fsI1cb asleep in the barn-like
waxing pon, and, among the hurry
incidenf upon departure, no one
thohght of them. They begged the
station Keeper to allow them to remain
by The fire, but lie discredited their
story declared that they had not
hcen left b, train; that they lived
in the city, and were only s.hanging
around" to steal eoiasthing. Every
body hurried alop No one had
kind look for the wsifs They went
into the warm corridor of ! hotel,
but naan said:
'Run along now. You don't want
to be stopping here"
"We are nearly frozen" the boy
replied, "and we want to get warm"
Children ought to be at home
such weather as this. Your mother
ought to know better than to send
you OUT f-f 80
sour mother is dead, sir. She
died two weeks ago.. and we came
away with people that are going south
where it's warm, but the train has
left us, and the man won't let us
stay in the depot"
Every good story, young fellow;
but run along home. Parents that
would send their children out to beg
such weather as this should be pun
ished.'
"We are not begging"
"Run along with you," and he
opened the door and they passed out
into the cutting wind. The fierce
blast seemed to blow the darkness
close up to the lamps; the tired teams
seemed to blow chilling mists from
their nostrils; and the heavy wagon
wheels seemed to sink deep into the
darkness and pulverize the gloom.
The children went into a drug store.
"Run along there
They went into restaurant.
"Run along there" )"
They went into a saloon where
merry revelers sang wild songs, and
where the maudlin man dropped q
tear in his glass.
'sRun along there" said the bar.
tender. ''This is no place for chill
dren."
"Let us warm ourselves" implored
the boy and he repeated his story.
"That's all very we'll, young man,
but haven't 1 seen you around the
streets begging, many time?''
"No, SIR"
II think 1 have. I'll bet you
haven't taken no less than $40 home
to-day. Run along.'
Again they were in the freezing
gloom. ea.,.-
"Oh, where will we wake in tn
morning?" came from the saloon and
died on the cold air, as the boy ant
his sister turned corner.
"Don't cry, my little pet
"I'm so cold.'
eyes; but we may find some place
Let us go back to the depot, and ma
be we can get on train"
They wandered around IN tn
binding sleet.
eve are long time getting there,
said the girl.
II believe we are lost," the broth
| er replied. "Let us turn in here,
and they went into a narrow allie
and crouched down by wall.
| All, Mr.. Humanity, because yo
| have been few times deceived; b.
cause you have sometimes show
pity, and afterwards found that
was ill-bestowed, you have hardene
; your heart.
!, All, Mr.. Churchman, whose kne'
{ press the soft velvet at the time {
prayer; you who see suffering wit
d dry eyes, and read, with moisture
: the ''simple annals Of the poor,
scratch from your bibles the hear
Il warming sentence, 'Suffer lit
!; children to come unto me'-scratch
W out, or you are hypocrite.
e eff 1 could smell the dog-woe
blossoms by the porch. l wouldn
be so cold," said the little girl.
II "It will be a long time before th'
Is bloom again, my pet. EEF
q ssWfll this cold weather kill {
s. tree?" -gg
H. ''No, but it will be long time /
DR. fore summer comes"
II "Can people in heaven look do'
= and see people on the earth?''
"Yes, l think so.'
N 81 wish they couldn't.
le ''Why, pet?''
l. "Because, if mamma looks do
d and sees us, she wouldn't be hap
any more
Z, He drew her closer to him. I
neighboring lights went out one
II. Ione. The sleet seemed to be &C
er quering everything. The dog Il
O. had harked over ON the hill was siiel