Telegram-herald., 1888-03-11

a.. err sfeamsr, and II little brosnie
.,,la xrits him a letter and direct It %
Hoaolu a. papa would ges iE there On MS
xay hack 20 America Aad 50 httls
Br.xuis. lust 10 soos papa What great
things shs bad learned. AMI how we'll shs
soa'd write. spelled ont the ~ofds-on. 50
carsfally-and wrote 70 papa
And What A time there sas over the sa-
usr.cription, and she eoubt direct i herself
s.Houo-Honoloo." Try again The en-
veIoUs "a torn up and another isspelled out
ssHoooluln. aandsich Islands" And
mamma smiled Al ths tiny. labored scraTi
but Il was plain enough And away
skioosd hide Br0wnie. down the street 70
the postofics, with she lettsr thai vas 60
ing - oaps-
Ho- the postuan smiled As be sfhxed the
ssamps-and Brownies Big eyes watched
.x.ry raosemsns until the letter ws
dropped IN the great isathern bag that has
Al, brass paddock And then the child.
with baoyant step. joined her little con-
p.nions waiting outside and trolicksd away
20 school. snd the March wind made sport
Of dying ribbons aud curis black, and
brown. snd golden. And passers-by that
MAJ ths trio half paused in their hurried
walk and catching glimpse OF Brownies
uptnrnsd Gace said. There goes the Child
Beautiful 70
And this wss Thursday.
Broxuie's axs was scarcely eight and vet.
owing To peculiar circumstances. abe had
lived more IA that little space than twice
that number of years Her beauty from
babyhood had been Of that remarkably
strikinx Character that II had not only at
traetsd the attention Of the photographers
.nd the painters. bat OF ths poets as veil.
In the great cisy, where most of her life
had besn passed. she was known more
-idsly than any child in domestic life.
Waking down Broadway, by the side OF
her proad fzshsr--as she did for many and
many a day-strsngers would stop and
stare st her. Ssrony mad photographed her
ia hundred different pos.uress Wyckor
had painted her inexDrsssibly beautiful
ksc., littsrxtsurs had sung her praises in the
pr--s. Reared IN the atmosphere OF music,
and ART and song. and the theatre, and
possessed OF such wonderful mimesic powers
that It xss sress to SEE Der imitats-witn-
ont me slightest instruction or coaching
such ssAxs celebrities as Joseph Jefferson,
Clara Morris. Fsuny Davenport, Tony Pas
tor. or indeed. anyone whose individualitiss
IN ths stage happened to catch her fancy.
II ss not strange thar she was wondered
Al. marvsled At and idoiized by al who
knss her
Thursday night. after school, Brownies
throat vas sore. That night the Doctor
sss "a the house. Next day from the front
door Of Brownies home thss dreadful, de-
sestabls. yellow card crleliy told to every
passsr-oy its awful ssle-Diphihsria God
res. cod Why should such a dreadful.
malignant. dsviisb disease be permitted 70
st.Ik the earth searching for oar snnOcsnts'
Notniox in the life Of Him who said, suffer
Bstls children to come unto Ms. can posi-
blv indicate that tie would. Of His own
voliaon. snatch them up in that manner.
All that day and night and she next thers
w.s watching and praying and sghtsng for
that H.Gs life. And more Doctors came.
and there wers sobs and tears aud white,
determined faces
"wiu I die soon. mama" VIII psps
x~t my letter before die'''
WIZ. my darling. it-is--nothing-yoU
-will--be-w well-toulOrrov.'
Then Why did you send brother Leigh
away
An the Doctors and me watchers at the
bs.lsids may speak in French. or German
ar 80 snv tongue The little one did not
know but the light Of immortality ws'
alrssdy shinsDg through the brave little
brain. and she understood it ali.
There iss universal language OF birth snd
death
sunday came and les reties cor'pagaes q
he sabbath school sbisps red In ave o
Browuis's absence.
vr=pars wsrs over. The last note IN
pr.ise Of Him from vhonn al blessings dow
bad died away in the organ lofts and still
the sgkf for life 10 that terrified household
vent on.
rhe March moon Scudded through the
el,sud- hsckssf skies. and the wind uosned
a. The demon Of tba develish disssss. wish
malignant grasp. .clntched A. the white throat
OF ths besutsfal child.
on itiss ecmnon story know, but th'
-->sssr~ of this column viii besr vita nss
to.s.x. Tor il vac crusi piaf1i shiuz. thsi
While he nighs trains vsrs bearing love-
I'D loving oues - thst fatal bedside. aud
-hiie everv throb 0f q steamers engine ou
On he broad Pacific should be csrrssng =
hfSer fsrfher and farther from his wor
.hipred enc. thst her hands saeuld y
rsised IN nuss spucsl % Him for just on
mere breath Of HIS free SIR.
There VS. mighty effort sud the ht'i'
throat vss ciesr f,r AZ instant AMI theE
he household VS. startled 70 a-sr th'
-,ics hat had oeen ssient al toe long. cr1a
hours If nizhf. The verbs eouid scsrcei
r~ 3istinxushed. ost the ar cf 3ne Of he
sundsy schcol son<s Ts- sung al sbrsugf
sss "a muffl-d melody rss accompanied
s~ ne sons of those $40 knsv they ~sr'
h,rkiue upon ne lss1 of earn.
ynss a. she noon Of night TIE little ~
- sus zxsn before Fspss Letter hs.