The Arkansaw traveler., 1884-01-26
RUN ALONG NOW"
Iopie P. Read. in Texas sif,inss

lOpie P. Read. in Texas Siftines
 The evening was bitterly cold. Two ohildren-a boy with manly face, and an Oppression ot matured concern. as though some one had ever been depend ent on him, and pale faced little girl- wandered around the streets of a western city. They had been left by an immi- grant train, having fallen asleep in the oarn-iike waiting room, and, among the hurry incident upon departure. no one thought of them. They begged the station-keeper to allow them to remaip by the ire, but he discredited their story declared that they had not been lei, by a train ; that they lived in the city. and were only hanging around' 10 steal something. Everybody hurried along. No one had kind look for the wai,s They went into the warm corridor et ! hotel, but man said:
 Run along now. You don't want .o be stopping here.'
 We are nearly frozen," the boy re piied, and we want to get warm.a
 Children ought to be at home such weather as this. Your mother ough. to know better than to send you out"
 Our 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"
 Very good story, young fellow; bu, run along home. Parents that would send their children out to beg such weather as this should be punished"
 We are not begging"
 Run along with you" and he opened the door and they passed out into the cu.- ting wind. The fierce bias, seemed to blow the darkness close up 10 the lamps: the tired teams seemed to blow chilling mlsts from their nosirils and the heavy wagon wheels seemed to sink deep into the darkness and pulverize the gloom. The children went into drug store.
 Run along there"
 They went into restaurant
 Run along there"
 They went into saloon where merry reveiers sang wild songs, and where the maudlin man dropped tear in his glass.
 Run along there,' said the bar tender. "Thi. is no place for children.
 Let IS warm ourselves" implored the boy and he repeated his story.
 That's all very we'll, young man, bu; haven't seen you around the streets begging, many time.p
 No, sir
 ' think have. I'll be, you haven, taken no less than SIo home to-day. Run along"
 Again they were in the freezing gloom
 Oh, where will we wake in the morn ing came from the saloon and died on the cold air, as the boy and his sister turned corner.
 Don't cry, my little pet
 :" lin so cold
 Yes; but we may find some place. Let us go back to the depot. and maybe we can get on train.
 They wandered around in the binding ,leet
 "We are long time getting there" said the girl.
 :" believe we are lost," the brother re- piled. Let us turn in here" and they went into narrow alley and orouched down by wall.
 An. MT Humanity, because you have been few times deceived: because you have sometimes shown pity. and after wards found that it was ill-bes,owed, you nave hardened your heart.
 An, MT. Churchman. whose knees press he soft velvet at the time of prayer YOU aho see suffering with dry eyes, and read, with moisture, the simple annals 'i the poor, scratch from your bibles the aeart-warming sentence, Suffer little ,hlldren to come unto me'-scratch i, put. or you are hypocrite.
 " II could smell the dog-wood blos- 'oms by the porch. wouldn't be so old" said the little girl.
 '' It will be a long time before they bloom again, my pet
 Will this cold weather kill the tree: :"
 No. but Il will be long time before summer comes"
 Can people in heaven look down and ee people on the earth =
 Yes. think so.''
 '' wish they couldn't
 Why, pet :''
 Because. if mamma looks down and ees us, she wouldn't be happy any nore.'
 He drew her closer to him. The neigh ,oring lights went ou, one by one. The feet seemed 10 be conquerIng everything. The dog that had parked over on the hill saS silent.
 \ cheerless. freezing moraing broke. n an alley sat two rigid forms. The 'oy was in his shirt sleeves. He had u, his tattered jacket around his little ister.
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