Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-09-18

naKessi it q little larger, of course will
cost you about one hundred dollars
The fat bosom raised quickly, as he
spoke, and as it sunk slowly back, q
resigned but inexpressibly sad look
took the place ofthe hopeful one. Be
fore she could speak, Carroll went
on, ~ "F & i
Now, I will run up again on the
cheaper plan. e'
He turned around little, and again
| opened his book. Two bills were there,
his last months pay, just one hundred
and fifty dollars i.
Why shouldn't he? He had never
given much toanything. Many aman
gave that amount to- "a church or min
lister, and thought little of it. Hehesi-
tatsd but an instant, then, tearing a
leaf from the book, wrote,-% - 'rs5@
| .'This money / shallnever n,iss.:s Take it
! and 60 to your daughter. Pleasedo not ask
me to take it back, orever try to pay it. I
can sympathize with you, for I, too, have
| watched by the dying. The very morning
your husband fell at Shiloh, my only brother
| was shot there, under the other flag
Yours in sympathy. JAMES CARROLL. -
Into this he put the money, and roll
ed it carefully.
"Here'a are the figures,' hesaid, turn
ing to her, call down plain so you can
make no mistake. 1t will cost you
much less, I find, than we first sup
posed. Please do not take time to
look them over till you are On the
! train"
'.Thank you, sir. Twill be q sort
OF comfort to know just what it will
cost, though since you spoke, I fear
l shall never CO."
''But perhaps you may. Sometimes
things are in store for rs that we least
expect. Ishall have to 90 now. Good
by, and may God bless you"
AS he passed the edge. of the trees,
Carol could not resist the temptation
to look back.
She stood as he left her, looking down
at the smallest grave. After that she
put the paper away carefully, and
walked slowly around the graves, one
after the other; then for moment
leaned on the solitary stone. He saw
pass it over her eyes for moment
Then she turned away, and her tot
tering steps disappeared among the
pines.
Some six weeks after this, as Carroll
glanced over the pile of mail left at his
tent, q small white envelope, postmark-
ed at q town in Southern California,
took his attention.
AS he eagerly opened it, he noticed
the writing inside was less cramped
and uneven than on the wrapper
"Dear unknown FRIEND" it began,
''can l ever thank you enough for your
kindness to poor old mother? -Four
short weeks ago she came here, with 81
heart Overlooking with gratitude to
you for helping her to come. Though
we then fondly hoped she might be
with us for years; to-day she is gone
One Joyous week discerning health, and
then almost before we knew it she be-
gan to fail rapidly. We did all that
could be done, but nothing would help
her, and yesterday, with her head
resting in my arms, talking ofyou and
my father, she quietly breathed her
last
"You will never know how badly we
felt when we found she, had to 60, nor
yet how thankful we are that she came
to us to die. She seemed perfect
" happy from the moment she
reached us till the last. She held
the baby as long as her strength
would permit, and after that we kept
it near her When she found she could
not live, it did not change her at ALL
She only seemed the happier to think
she came, and the m lore grateful to you
for helping her.
''The morning after she was taken
i'll, she directed this envelope, but
finding she had not strength to
write, asked me to be sure to let you
know she came, and thank youfor your
Kindness
"To-morrow we shall lay her in the
little graveyard close by. We enclose
a draft for what was left of your kind
gift, and believe us, we deeply appre-
ciate and thank you for it. Hoping
God will bless you more thanmoney or
ourpoor thanks can, we are most CRATE
fully yours, -.
PAUL AND MARY BRowNELL."
"Indeed," said James Carroll, as he
brushed a few damp spots from the
writing, land are We not all one family,
now?"
Willard GREET EY