The Press., 1886-04-08
GA. E. Mariett in March Babyhood)
 NIGHTFALL IN A CERTAIN NURSERY.

Maud and Trudge had their supper in the nursery, but as Trudge, little two year-old fellow that he is, always finds his blue eyes shutting as soon as supper IS swallowed, mamma thought 1t best and pleasantest first to put the two darllngs ln- to their long night-wrappers and let them run about the nursery with their supper of bread and butter in their hands.
 Last evening dear little Trudge scurled up in mammals lap and struggled bravely with the hated crust tos his bread, and sunny-faced Maud rocked away in her tiny chair, happy with her toast and 'puddn sauce," or bread with butter and sugar on it.
 Then the two sweet faces and the little hands were washed, and prayer time came.
 Tiny Trudge, aud Maud only four years old, knelt together at mamma's knees, -Trudge his big, blue eyes wide open and fixed on the face of his divinity, mamma ; roguish Maud, still for moment, with her golden head buried in mammals lap. 'tTrudgie first, said mamma, .dreading the coming drowsiness. sA ]@ s'. III Srst A.
 sNo, Maud first Trudge want to fink !'
 "Well, Maud darling, we'll let Trudge 1fnk"
 So Maud prays with such lightning like speed of utterance that in one breath it is II said and the laughing face lifted from it's reverential attitude.
 "Now lay me, and then "Dear Jesus, this is Maud's very own prayer :: Bress my papa, press my mamma, press my dol ly amen p was what she said.
 ''Now, Trudge, little boy" said man. ma, and she slowly dicFated: "N"w lav me''-''No, no; Trudge say dis: 70 Too.<7 6o.ooo 1Jo oH f0 ho T,oo1 7 Marnrno Trudge fqek 'e rest to J+sus." And then, lifting hls sweet face to be kissed, he trot- ted away, not to his little btd-who can ever forsee child's next act ?-but to be- gin again his play in. corner of the room.
 Mamma picked hlm up playfuhy, with merry story on her lips; but sweet per versity the little fellow struggled and cried loudly. With laugh mamma drop ped him into his bed, and Maud crept into hers.
 ''Now, who wants the most kisses ?" she asked. "How many does Maud want ?" "Forty kisses P shouts the rogue, and gets them, too. ...- t'And now, STrudge, how many kisses does Trudge want to buy P Forty ?'', "No, no, no, still crying, for so sleepy and tired and now 50 wholly human is he.
 "How many, then ?' asks mammals cheery voice. thirty, twenty-five, twen- ty? "Trudge wants one big one. Trudge wants Maud to sing, Every one who saw her."
 Maud begins, but three lines satisfy the young monarch.
 ''Sing Nellie Gray !", So Maud, with the same quickness as in her prayer, swings her voice into another key and sings Nellie Gray,'' but stops in the mid dle of it to ask mamma, "When are we go- ing to heaven?" sts'When God calls us, dear'S AB&8sg
 Then again. "Fink you'll get my red shirt done before we go to heavens?1 sstEPer- haps so, dear. Good night, my darlings "
 Mamma is about to leave the room, but Trudge has new want Maud has Chloe, her doll, with her; he wants ''the bog" and To Maud has the boy, too She will give ups Chloe, but wants to keep the boy but Trudge will have only tue bog. A tempest pends, but. a mysterious whisper from mamma in Maud ear makes her laugh and in good. nature give up the boy, and mamma goes away. 8E vKfx2
 ''Maud, sing Around e Frone,'" calls out Trndge, and in her sweet. child voice she sings, and the angels must have come near to listen:
 'tAround the throne of God in heaven
 Thousands of children stand
 Children whose sirs are all forgiven,
 glorious, happy band
 Singing glory, glory, etc."
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