The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1888-05-05

ground, tiny yellow head nestled OF
Miles breast and Joe boosted TO hin
comrades that that little chap Of mint
is the purtiest little Teller We ever laiC
eyes onl"
And he was pretty!
And then, o, sad incoming Of the new
year, Joe met with painful accident
while ut work. The ice seemed to have
a special grudge against these two warm
young hearts, for, struggling to lift Q
heavy barrel to dump its contents into
the cart, Joe's foot slipped on the frozen
curbstone, and down he went, barrel
and all. They lifted him from under
the wheels and sent for the patrol wagon,
and fifteen minutes later Joe was inside
the stone walls that had sheltered Millie
so long.
Next day, fortunately, was visitors
day, and Mile, with her chubby boy
in her arms, asked, with tears in her
eyes, to see her husband. ..
30, Joe, my poor Joe, how bad is itT'
she sobbed.
"There, don't cry, Mile, they say I'll
get along all right"
"But how ware youhurt ?They wouldn't
tell me-"
Its my leg, the left one, the doctor
set it right away, an says it'll be us
strong us ever; but how are you to get
along all the time Pm hereP" he groaned.
"Don't worry about me, I'll get along,
an come an see you every time can.
Now kiss joey for see them comm to
tell me to 60" And she drew the baby
away who had Clutched both dimpled
hands into his fathers curly hair, and
was growing with delight.
They said "good.by" soberly, and Mil
lie kept back her tears until she knew
he couldn't see them, then she buried
her face in her baby's soft mock and
sobbed, "0l baby, baby, what will we
dor"
1t was a hard time for her, but she
worked bravely, taking the boy with
her when she could, and when she
could not, leaving him at the home
which Christian charity had made for
lust such babies, where she knew he
was safe and happy; and oh, how glad
he was when she came for him at night!
Joe could hardly wait for his weekly |
sight OF wife and baby, and so the slow
weeks dragged on, aud on baby's birth
day Joe, with eager steps, limped along
at Miles side on his way home. And
what a jubilee they had, and how de-
coy the poor little home
seemed and how good the dinner was!
And after she had washed the dishes
and made everything tidy, she said:
Joe, there's some good folks that have
to get you work soon as you're
able, an don't see how | could have
got through this winter without them;
an, Joe, they want us to come to their
church sometimes, an I've been once,
an, o, Joe, it's so nice, and We'll so,
won't weW
"Why, Millic, 1 didn't know ye cared
about sCch things"
~ didn't either, Joe, but it rests mt"
"Well, we'll see about it; it won't hurt
us, know, an mebbe there is some
thing in what folks call religion. never
knowed much about it.
They did "see about i" and with re-
covered strength Joe worked with good
heart and his new friends found n
steady, honest worker worthy of their
and, as one bright young girl
said, rs she gave Baby Joey great bag
Of Christmas sweets with sweeter kisses
thrown in, "Who would have thought
Of finding such precious, pretty jewel
in the ashes, mammaW
But Joe is no longer calling Ashes"
but is rising day by day in the esteem
and good will OF his employers, but he
never will regret the humble work that
led him to his wife, "the best and bra
vest little woman in the world, with
heart big as all outdoors" he fondly as
serts.