Telegram-herald., 1889-08-15

cloth over ny mouth and took me o1 into
the woods, WHY. 1 forgot the rest
TOOK you o,fg' exclaimed tue woman ,
"why. thought Mr. Balfour kept yo4s
Yes ~ wlen l got sick they eft ne at
Mr. Balfour's gate, Aad I've lived there twc
years about"
strange, perplexed look came into the
motheriy face looking down on TIE ufei
child who went 70 sleep with the last word
On his lips
Then she tiptoed out Of the room into the
next, aud taking a key from the wall IN
locked = drawer. all the while saying 70
herself: Il wonder If its possible; won
der II il isin
After few moments search she took up
carefully well-worn paper and went bach
10 the bedside Of the little stranger.
Turning 70 paragraph she read: Lost;
a little boy four years Old, with brown.
curly hair aud large black eyes, aud bears
on his left arm just above the elbow birth
MARIA little purple anchor. His name j.
Willie Vanferson, and, the only child Of MS
widowed mother, his absence IS doubly
terrible"
Il forgot about the birth-mark," she
gasped, breathlessly, kneelng by the couch,
and, unbuttoning the faded sleeve, rolled II
caref fully above the dimpled elbow
There, sure enough, just as described.
was a little purple anchor. God be
praisedri she said, while the tears rolled
down her face. ITS Winlfred's child, -
and she kissed him hungrily.
He stirred in his sleep and whispered (:
Mamma" Eyes, darling, you shall go 10
mamma tomorrow" And she went down
stairs with a great Joy shining in her face.
Leonard Leonard - she cried. joyouslv,
shaking the arm Of the man doing Ia the
armchair.
What do you say, Elsiel" he asked rub
bing his eyes.
1--WE found Winifred's boy she said,
joyously, and then in an incohercnt way
she told him all about the child.
Together they sought the unconscious
Willie and reioiced over him Far into tue
night they sat by the sleeper and planned a
joyful surprise for the widowed sister
Two days later, In the eveutide, Elsie and
her husband reached little New England
village, and with Willie between them they
turned into a side street ana walked toward
tiny cottage nearly uncovered IN vines.
There was a light burning low in the little
bedroom, and peeping through the blinds
they behed the mother kneehng by the
couch with her head buried in the pillows,
evidently in prayer.
$50 To mamma whispered Elsie Free
land between her sobs Of joyful excitement,
aud she pushed Willie inside the humble
door. Approaching the kneeling figure tho
little child stole his arms around the bowed
neck and whispered: Mamma
A pale, weary face looked up in fearful
surprise for "a moment; then a CLEAN OF
JOY. heavenly in expression, came over the
thin face like the light Of the Throne, and,
clasping the child to her heart, she kissed
him rapturously IN silent happiness, the
deepest aud sweetest of all. Then raising
her streaming eyes TO Heaven she said
Lord, thank Thee; / knew Thou woulds'
in Thine own good time send my darling
back TO me-
ayes, mamma said the child. II ar
your own Willie. Aunt Elsie and Uncle
Leonard brought me cause the Saviour
wanted them to; there they are"
And clasping her child to her heart she
turned to meet the happy countenances oil
her brother and his wife.