The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1885-09-30

anu over again. an'l held out his pretty
litllc mouth To bo kissed. Oh, Is n. his
senses Is coming back to him, slow, but
sLrc;' and Molly cu,lllcd tho sleeping
child closer to her breast.
Bill kept right on in tho rood way
he had planned for himself AL never
swcrvcd Il hairs breadth Mvl.v was
his savings bank. Brother and sister
contributed to the chid'S support. In
month B,!l was richer than he had
ever been IN hs life. Then ne. insisted
mat Molly Sm"u,i rent Il b..;tn: room.
II" onG sac uyrL in. hn ,.tl. locked
oni ON Il dingy, drcary ne ward
Stands To reason" sail B.i, "vhu a
bahy should SEQ horses unL ,ruck. . and
things a-moving about in tn. streets.
1t makes 'em lively"
Little Bill"-so they called him
(Mnliy insisting that h"r brotnur's 3
name should servo for tn" child) I'M
proved, but too slowly for big Bill.
nc r0.cH surgeon WAS called in. Bill
Forster insisting on paying him n fec.
In" opinion tho doctor gave W AZ Il
guarded one. There i. man frs, inn
provcment-not,p perhaps. u* r,p;d as
1 siiouid wish. You arc - capital nurse,
ma am, and ann sure your Kindness
will come round. | bcicvu."
The cool weather came, and with
lowering temperatures the doctor hoped
the child would gain strength. lhc
cic;tlricc on the head hal quite hc.lnd.
Slowly the little boy seemed TO acquire
new words. Molly wondered AT lncm
at times, and thought that she had
taught them To the child; but thcn arain
tho little fellows adopted mother was
startled by words she lclt quite certain
the child had picked up somewhere
else. These new words came to the
child 1T first vaguely. Ho would ro-
peat them over and over again, ut first
hesitatingiy, then giving them Il slight
emphasis, ns if to fix them on his mind
something like Il littlu bird that ripcs
the inst faint tune it has ucard.
The child WAS more awake now.
This change delighted Molly. 1t never
was frctfui. The child would lay quiet.
with its blue eyes wide open for hours,
without Il whmpcr.
SO 1T went on for another week or
two. Bill, who was always coming
and going. when he left New York for
Il trip NJ tho river, WAS happy, for the
child WAS bcttcrng iast, 50 nu bclev-
cd
1t was an October evening whom, as
the brick sloop WAS being brought up
to the wharf BIl saw Molly leaning
against one Of the big woo,cn posts OF
the dock. Bill was busy with tho
hawscr, but ut once he saw that his
sister did not have the child in hcr
arms; moro than that. Shr WAS crying.
Bill cnokod down his gricf--hu seem
cd to know ut once what had happen
cd. One last hope there was. Maybe
it was so cool that Molly had been
afraid TO bring tho child with her
Bill. said Molly, sobbiny. ''tho
poor little fellow has gone to-to hcav-
en-. 1t was last night He called 10
me anI SAID: 'Go"dri;,ht. mud-ler;
goodnight, iNt-dtr--now | AIN going
waIeinS i'll gardcn-good good nightn
On, Bill, hc had never spoken SO long
string of wo"ds bcforc-thcn he play
ell for mom"nt with ring on my fin
ger, and tEcn he added. God bless
tar-dcr and nud-drr. and then he look
cd 50 lovingly at M, an around tho
room rs If searching tor you-and then
he dicd--so quiet! Bill! Bill! don't
you take Oh 50! 1t was IN accident,
and God and his little child havo no
fault to lind with YOU.