The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1889-02-25

Blossom he cried oHt from toe staircase
And - soon a. The child hal the beautiful
doll and tho cradle. hcT little mouth FORMED
itSslf into q smile. iiko n flower opening IL
the sunlight Then Jams showed her on the
easy chair the dust that bee had made therc
himsolf. by putting hi- own feet on 30, ani
lauglinely heartily.
"Sec. sail be-, those are the shoes Of Mon
siour 50. Nicholas donkey"
And Immediately after, Cornblo.s0.n honi
Der head like q tree. wounded by % stone and
that has lost is sap. AMI an pale against the
whitcuess ot the big pillow, with her pretty.
sad smile. which dad not fade out, fell asleep
AGAIN An oppressive silence came up from
tho hallway; tho clrsk 10 the shop strucs ona
and "a dog in n %na'ghborng yard gcnt9
moaned
Father cried q ANNA Jans 70 the vicar.
clasping her hands. Il believe That there D.
SOHO misfortune coming on U.S.
.Grandmamma JAMS, replied the vicar.
raising Dis hands % heaven, "let us ever D.
thinking Of Him wh, can Do an things 81.
And the silence again ruled. becoming each
minute more s%0lcfll, around The great bed
where the soul of the house was resting
Outside the snow beat against the windows
with the Light rattle If a bird that wished 90
come iu. And Jana' teeth Chartered like a
man with a fever aud ia~ccssautly Dec STAN
mar.l Blossoms name. While all thosa
things were passing $40 JAMS house, O. beauti
fab chreIy Nght was -hcd over "a bedroom iu
the house Of Canu. tho big butcher Dolls
and wooden houses filled the table. mixed
with trumpct-, flags and drums And sud-
denly the big follow, who had on his night
cap. lo0king go JAMS house, said % his wife.
"Inleel, Ienobia, that is not al right J
see shadOws moving backward and forward
on the curtain. II Blossom hal the health
of our Zcphyrine and Annette thcre would
certainly D. nothing o. be anxious about
but She is lilo a hit OF cotton wool that the
wind tossas about in tho air.
And Throughout the city aud iu thec0uutry
tho little children of the rich and az the
poor were sleeping, their heads on their arms
dreaming of the sweetmeafs and the play
things Tint they would find Or awaking
Granlmamma Jams had let her knitting drop
0u Der luces and was sleeping, with bier spec
tacles OH BIER nose. near tine fire But neither
Papa nor Mamma Jams thought of sleeping
both were before the bed with their hand
claspei. not daring 10 look at each other
again for fear ~ showing their tears. And
the vicar, whose hands also were clasped
said "a himself:
blossoms breathing sounds Ike the
church bell, when q summer wind earliest
afar over thc country and its tone Is about o.
cease
Cornblossom lrcathed SO softly Chat thoy
beard i'm the chamber nothing but tAe sput
terlng of thc oii m tho lamp and Grand
mamma Jams snoring. When tle good Obj
lady awokc. She was at fast surprised thai
the vicar was sim there. but as soon as sl
saN Papa and Mamma Jams on their iu.a
near Corullos-olu. she took out beer large
check handkerchief and began 90 cry o.
herself, moaning like q little child 40 just
that moment Coubl0ssom aw0ae, and DO o.
whisper. hlt n SD soft % whisper this Time
that erau'ma. WAo was a little hard oft hear
ing. could not understand her, She mlr
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