Wichita eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-20
rnAr ONE LITTLE LONE sAnY.

A few weeks since gentleman came TO
" with touching tale Of two young coun-
try girls who had come into this city the
day before. II WAS only too evident from
their open innocent ways that they were
but children in experience and the fear was
that they had been tempted away from their
homes and might 60 to the bad. We sug-
gested that the w. G. 7. U. was charitable
organization, and that its very name would
indicate that this class of charity above all
Others would be most likely TO enlist the
hearts and sympathies Of its lady members.
In few days after, not that gentleman, but
another, whose name and address We have,
came to US with the information that he had
taken the two little hayward WAITS to the
w. C. T. U. rooms and that within two or
three days thereafter he had learned that the
little girls had been put offa north bound
train at Valley Center or Sedgwick City,
we have forgotten which. We both felt that
in some way we had formed an erroneous
estimate of the mission, object and aims of
the w. C. 7. o., and that the saving of these
little girls from the degradation, unmeasured
misery and pain of life Of shame, would
have been far more noble than to have
wasted years Of empty words and surface
sympathy on score Of old impervious
whisky buns.
Though the mills of God grind slowly,
Yet they grind exceedingly small
Though with patience He stands waiting,
With exactness grinds He all.
Retribution Is inevitable. The other day
this week-a little baby, a sweet, uncop-
scious innocent, even il the result Of betray-
ed love, made its appearance, we hear, in
the w. C. T. U. rooms, awkwardly nestled
to the heart of poor girl who had been all
too trusting. Our informant did not catch
the conversation which followed farther
than that the girl-mother would not take
mo" for an answer. No doubt she said:
"Here am l, poor, despoiled of all, sick of
heart and body. inexperienced, despairing.
and you ladies, of deeds of love and charity.
who have plenty of time outside Of your
homes to run this retreat in the interest of
men who ought to be strong enough to care
for themselves, and one of whom ruined me,
you, all of whom have had lots of babies
and raised them too, all combined are better
able, and much better know how to raise
this baby of mine than poor weak misguided
me. and propose to leave it whether or
no." And she did. Those of us who have
houses full of babies cannot, of couse, come
to the rescue Of the w. G. T. U. in this case,
but even it be only girl baby with no
chance of ever growing up into an old
saloon sot and becoming in that way ward
Of that organization, We beseech you, ladies,
hold fast to that trust. Ifyou could only
succeed in bringing it up to manhood or
womanhood, all pure and noble, what q
multitude of sins would be hidden.
Such work will put more
and brighter gems on your crowns of glory
than to have dragged fifty unwilling beer
guzzlers into port for whose enjoyments
they would be all untitled. Hold on to that
baby, in the name of the trusting heart of
its deluded and betrayed mother, remember
ing only the words of Him who stood up in
all his loving majesty and spoke as never
man spoke, saying: "SuHer them, for of
such is the Kingdom of Heaven" Keep
that baby and we will print all your local
notices gratis for ten years to come and
throw in copy of the daily for the library.
Hold Oh to that ward as direct token from
Heaven sent to test your love, patience and
loyalty, and men will give up weeks beer
or cigars to help you. That little one was
never born for the poor house or it wouldn't
have been sent to you, and don't you send it
there and thus destroy the wnvering faith of
friends. Remember its immortal soul and
that the responsibility is left with you to fix
the generous purposes of its glowing breast
and with motherly kisses of gentle violence |
break its troubled little dreams, and when
the years have flown in the fullness of q
bright, mature womanhood or a full, bril- |
liant manhood, the recipient of your love
and care will stand up and bless you with
q blessing that will reach the throne OF Love
eternal, though your memory shall have
been lost to every other heart in the city
that witnessed your devotion to principle.