The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1888-03-30

nolst eyes anu Qutverlnk cuin Vol 49,
too bad TOO th0ughtles>!" she cried Tho
sun climbs higher and higher, ~ manages
t. cling with one slcndcr finger 20 Lay
lockn Ihe sparrows that h ID rowdily scum 4
aud sroldci hs.w cen lnIrrvAs OF domestic
gossip. tluttered from tho window ledge up
to The spout Above. Their chipping lifting
aceomp4n ment TO tho bcncdictory hymn
Of this ongrcgation--Mllton's snblimely
simple words:
Let "a with gladstone mind.
Praise the Lord. Tor He Is kind;
For HI merccs shall endure,
Ever faithful ever sure"
Now. Lily dear. am 70 ne down To con-
suit cook al out dinner" says Bessie. 3 she
placed her sister o the bed. Lily smiles at
the well worn nction which Q othes the
X ndly rriv.lege accorded hy Mis- Miil'gan
OF tue door below. 10 use the cook ng
stove. honey. whenever the fire. gon'. for
It costs no more for the two OF US than tho
on OF us We see
Left alone Lily lies and looks toward tho
light. wondering where the sun has gone;
wondering whether mamma knows watch
window to look in at. or can see or az slc
iowo from 80 very far away She Ia SILL
wondering ami more wildly when: tap!
tap, Nav ! come int" ind there stands
MIA Marsden The SIGHT Of that sweet
startled, child fec puts Mrs Mtrsden at
her which is saying every thing. for
u makes n irresistible
slam Mrs Nlrsdcn, dear Yonr doctors
ASSISTANT The doctor gave ne no medi-
cine, 50 I brought some flowers Yes.
vlolets; sent and roi bed the church III s
morning You needn't look serious. the
towers were my own You love flowers.
n see il by your cyes--1nd II was for your
\ ~. N.x 4 -,
.aSe the chair, but sit right here on the
led. so"
Who could withstand Mrs Marsden In srch
a MOODS Not little Lily. who G. pitulated at
once and let her hand lie willingly In the
warm. soft clasp Of is cap or.
Now. tell me, sren'. you very much sur
prlsedy.
My's wondering had taken such celestial
sweeps that IN angel would hardly have
Lem surprise; so she answered:
Yes. ma'nm, that il. not so vsry much l
did think mamma would tell God. and am
so giaL Il Is better TO be lutte gsri than
a sparrow, isn't IL. Sistsr says God cares
for the sparrows: only sometimes when she
so lons away, IL seems as II God might
forget q little girl III couldn't 60 out Of
DOORS where He could rec her real pa n
Certainly the pain OF yesterday has gone
tnstic gaost Of that murdered bonn I'll Why
would it pursue her. She pats the little
cheek. ana smooths the bright hair
Where Is your sistAr. cai.dy Why Is she
not with your"
The chld fancied an implied rebuke in
tho question. and hassened to the defence.
"Sls.er never leaves ma except when
she's at work. an even then. II she IL near
enough. she always runs home to Q me at
innch-lima 1t WIS much nicer when shs
use % paint and DO Kensington and that
because l could watch her. bu people
would not buy her tn ngs though they
were 80 nice; and some lmes we had such .
l tile to eas that sis.er could not pm any
crumbs out on the ledge for the sparrows
Sh. always puts so no now before she goes
and someti ncs a beautiful pigeon co ues
and eats the crumbs wish ! could have
IL for \ own"
- the child. Mrs Marsden. and try to
Smother an uncon Portable suspcon that
Dr. Lucy lie iberate opped short Of tell
inv her story last night
-S.str W II be so glad you brought the
fiowers.' says the child. bccausc shs
meant to trlng me some last night, only
she couldn't bee use NV and just here
Bessie enters. flushed from her work nc the
owe. and stands looking in bewiIdfrmcnt
IL shs scene The situation would hive
been mucl more enbl rraesing Tor MrS
Marsien had she not been good woman
Like many another good woman. her > on
was usually focused TOR iong-r n-e bcnev-
olcnce. Yon can't see Breeds court when
YOU IN looking M Benares But there was
| no hesitation when Mrs Mfrsisn did see
| Impulslye,y. she moved 10 where Bessie