Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-08-25
BABES IN TnE STORM.

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The adventures Of tie sea ,rs iir.lussi ia
no san e: every. ,inx l. possible. syau ava.
ton from its dangers. How di th.s a,,ld
succeed ia crossing tue a ,y.-l II. coal no,
have told hin, elf h, SA< not <av.i from
the swampy shares. but he final him If
face 20 facs with tina s.mpss., III. w,nter.
the night.
He boxed nt ire e1rth. seeking path
Suddenly he stopped
He had di,c,vsrei q track. In tril,n, =
footprint Ii was n hars foot. In .ilar
than a mans, Iarsar taaa = chilli. A
woman had Just pass,i that way. Toe
child set himself to following her ,tsps,
Unfortunately ths marks grsw les. an is s
distinct The fall II snow was frigh;fuily
dense. Suddenly they eea ed Tners was
nothing but white sheet over the earta aui
a black one over the sky. The child stopped
and looked in vain.
He saw nothing
A wall was near him. A human CRY was
floating in the invisible.
As he hesitated between an instinct that
urged him to fly and an instinct that told
him to stay, he saw in the snow q. his feet q
sort of mount of tho size Of human body.
At the same moment the voice cried
The child knelt before the eminence and
began to dig away the snow Suddenly UNI
der his hands Appeared q pale face. Il was
not tie face thst cried Its eyes were shut
but its mouth open and full Of snow. Tue
woman was deal
The child continued TO remove the snow.
Suddenly he felt feeble movement; soma
thing small was burial there and was NOV
ing. The boy quickly took away the snow
and discovered a poor little body, blue with
cold, still living. naked. on the bare bosom
Of the dead woman.
1t was a little girl.
When her face felt the air shs uttered n
sobbing cry OF distress. The m ,ther was
surely dad not 20 have heard that sob. Tho
nniity OF those brea {, was pathetic At
the poin. Of one nipple was a whits pearl
1t wa, a froz.n drop Of milk. The for AIKEN
boz took ths infant in his arms and when
she felt his clasp she ceased her cri 8 Toe
purple lips Of the nursing IRE sal the bov's
cbe.k as they wouLl a hrea.t Her mother
had already impaired to lssr somethiny OF
aaatb Her feet hands ard arm. ~ara nor.
Ivz,a r;th co,d The how f.lt ,h;s ,arr,td.
chill. and removing his cloak wrsprei thu
little girl in it. and now. almost make him
self. with the little one in his arm. he 70.
s,,mei his iourney
The baby, warm once more, with her
mouth against the boys chsek. sep. 1t
vas their first ki,s. This little burden was
the drop that caused his cup of distress to
overflow. He knew not what would become
of him. He staggered on 81 ,wly, painfully.
guarding against any slip or miss;ep. befors
the cruel wind that pushed him. seeking
dwelling. He came TO a village aud knocked
at many doors IS he passed through thu
streets. Nobody opened to him.
The lost child, carrying the found child,
no longer walked, but dragged himself At
last be Saw q candle shining through thu
door OF cabin or wagon. As he drew near
he heard a srowl. a chain drawn tight. and
suddenly under the door between ths wheels
appeared two rows of sharp white testh. At
the same moment a head passed through
the opening in the door.
shut upl, said the head,
Tho growing ceased.
as somebody .herer
TIE child rep!iei .yes~
"whoP
Il" s =
who are your
Il am tired said the child
aWha. tina i, itg'
am cold"
I'VE can't all % as happy as lords IN.
swered the head. Go away.-
The bead disao,enrei The how raised
tho sl.sn;n, h,bv in his arm. han, hi, hssj
and summoned hi, strs,,,tl, 4, continu, hi,
tourney.
But tho door had orsnsi and m, voics
eried onrri,y sWclI why :, ,n,r va, coma
inT
The chilli thar enterei .he at,oI. nj Iyr,u.
he pbilosopher. and of Homo. tine wolf
He had henri than, both provI He mt
his bundle down ON a ches. carefully for
fear of Weakening AMI frishteninU il With
a feverish haste the old man tore of the
trpy's wet garment. gave him other, Of hi,
own. pu he'd him To the stove and sat food
before him. The child absorbed in the two
nece sites OF heat and food was wholly in
s.nsit,. To that violence Of Ianguac. so
.empered by charity O! action. At this mo.
ment n lameutable cry arose from the chest
VALLEY of Jehosapha.l The bundle il
cryin,! What has your bundle to CRY forIs
sWhat,s thislp said the man. Here's an.
otheri Will this mover eudf You see sbe's
Thirsty: she mast have drink now
He tore off the scanty rays in which shs
was rolled AS he had taken on the how,
clothing. He fl,ei a bottle with warm
milk, introduced a sponge into it, then took
the bottle into his right hand and in the left
the distracted little bundle that continued
to scream He put tie sponge into bsr
mouth. She drank eagerly. The boy had
druppei his fork He watched the baby
come to life The poor little fellow raised 70
Ursus his eyes moistsned BY an emotion he
could not express
Come, now; eat, will YOUR
Won't YOU eat toof asked tho child,
with tear In his eye
Eat" shouted Ur.us, who IL talking
about mel You are here to eat drink and
sleep Eat. or I'll put YOU out Of doors, You
and your little sister,
at is not my sister; found her.
WHAT you pick her upf
~Ye, -un a woman dead in the snow"
1wheref-
"A leayu, from here"
Ursus spread q bearskfn on the chsst,
ami laid the sleeping infant on it He
bais the boy also lie down there; the boy
obcyei ami >tretchei himself beside the 1T
tie one Ursut rolled the skin about the
Children and foIdei 1t under their feet Then
he took down the lantern and lighted it tell
ing the boy not to be AFRAID. that
he wouli soon return A moment later
III. children slep. profoundly IL wa
an inefaols union Of brsaths; It
VA more than chastity: IL was inn ocsncs.
The boy and girl. side By side. during thoss
silent hours had the angelic communion cf
the darkness; the hight drsarss possible 10
their age aoatei from one 70 tia other; there
wa tie light Of stars between the closed
eyelias. Such innooencs in such darknss.
such purity vita such an embrace. such An
anticipation OF Heaven ara po-siois Only 20
child hood. and no greatness can approach
tina; Of the little oaes. OF all abyssss this