The Red Cloud chief., 1888-04-06

moist eyes and quivering chin "Oh! it was
too bad, TOO thOughtless..- sine cried The
sun climbs higher and higher. yet manages
to cling with one slender finger to Liiy's
locks The sparrOws that had rOwdily scufti d
and scOlde1 between intervals OF domestic
gossip. tiuttered from the window ledge ND
TO the spout Above, the.r chipping a fitting
accompaniment. to the benedictory hymn
Of this congregation-Nl,On's sublimely
simple words:
Let US with 4 gladstone mind.
Praise the Lord. for He is kind;
For II 5 merc:es shall endure,
Ever faithful. ever sure"
Now. Lily dear. l am 70 ne Gown to con-
salt cook about dinner" says Bessie. S she
placed her sister O. the bed. Lily smiles ut
the we.l-worn fiction which cothes the
X nd.y privilege ACCORDED ty Mrs Miliigan
OF the floor be.Ow, 10 "use the X
stove. honey. whenever the fires gOin', fer
1t costs no more for the two Of Us than the
one OF Is, We see"
Left alone. Lily lies and looks toward the
light, wondering where the sun has gone;
wondering whether mamma knows which
window TO look in AZ. or can see ier Cf she
klowsb from SO Very far away. She is still
wondering IN! more wildly when: tap!
tap! MAY l come in?" sud there lands
MIS- Marsden- The s ght OF that sweet,
startled. child face puts Mrs. Marsden 1t
her bls which is saying every thing, for
it makes her irres:s ible.
Il am Mrs Msrsdep, dear: Your doctors
assistant The doctor gav ne no meii-
enc. so I brought some flowers. Yes.
v~lOlets: l sent and ROBBED the church this
morninL. You needn't look serious. the
flowers were ny own You love flowers. l
can see it by your ves-Ind it was Tor yoGr
eyes l brought them. No. l am no, going to
take the chair, but sit right Eere on tie
bed. so"
Who could withstand Mrs Mars,ien in s-ch
Il mcoi? Not little Lily. who c,pitulat-a at
once and let her hanI lie Willingly IN the
warm, self Gasp OF It's cap; or.
Now. tel! me-, IT nj yoa very much sur-
prSed:"
Ii VS. wond ring had taken sac., celestial
sweeps :1a5 n angel would hardly hive
Len II surprise; 81 she answered.:
Yes. ma'am. that IS. not So very much I
Gid think MAMMA woald tell God. and / avn
so g.aL l. Is better 10 be 4 little gLr. than
4 sparrow, ISM il: Sista r says Col cares
Tor the snarrows: Only sometimes whcnshe
5 50 lC9s away il seems as II col might
forge a little -ir! tit.t couldn't go out OF
GOors. where IL could see her yea! pam
Cer:a.uly the pain o. yesterday his gone
20 Ms Ma--den's he; r.. And Oh, the ian-
tas-ic g..os. OF that murdered LOnn t, Why
would 1t pursue her; She pats the little
check. :ni sIIooths The hr GIT hl:E:
-Waere Is your s.ster. enid: Why is she
not with you:r
The cha fancied an implied rebrke in
the question, Al has enei 10 the defence,
SISTER never leaves me except when
-. ,-.rf- 90. a-.-, ..a,, : l.. =. ,...-
enough. size always rms home 20 5 e me as
lunch-:im. 1t WIS much nicer when sh.
usei 20 paint and &C Eensing:on and that.
because l could watch her, buo people
would not buy ner tn ngs. though they
Were 80 nice; and sometimes We had such 4
Little 70 ea- thai sister could not put any
crumbs out On the ledge for the sparrows |
She always puts some now before she goes.
and sometimes . beautiful pigeon comes
and eats the crumbs wish / could have
il for /; v own"
Kiss the child. Mrs Marsden. and try to
SIT other an uncomfortable suspicion that
Dr. Lucy deliberately stopped sho-t of tell |
ing her story last night
Sister will be so glad you brought the
flowers" says the child. because she
meant to bring me some last night, only
she couldn't because and Just here
Bessie enters. flushed from her work at the
stove, and stands looking in bewilderment
at the scene. The situation would have
been much more embarrassing for Mrs
had she not been a good woman.
Like many another good woman, her vision
was usually focused for lOng-range benev-
olence. You can't see Breeds court when
= GU are looking at Benares But there was
hesitation when Mrs Mersd. n did see.
she moved TO where Bessie