The Arkansaw traveler., 1889-08-24
WILL WAIT ON THE CORNER.
HY BRICk ToMERoT.

To-night, the rain was falling when at dark we came home, with a latch key opened and entered the front door, and heard the joyous Hello, hello, hello" that comes in shouts from the little ones who are always delighted when papa returns. The youngest is sixteen months old, and the way she knows her papa, and romps and rolics with him, is not easily beaten The love- light dawns In her eyes, her little hands and arms are moving like the arms Of wind mill as she toddles to crowd in for a kiss, hug, and a tumble.
 After the regular welcome home was given, and ready for dinner, "Kitsey," or Markella as the seven-year-old little girl is called, came alongside saying:
 "Papa, I wish to sit on your kneen
 "Al right, my darling, here you are, and always welcome"
 during the day, as little folk have annoyances and botherations that mCch to them as are those which come to us who adults. At last she said:
 "Papa, will you ever die?"
 "My body will become worn out and useless that 1t will die, and will be taken out of our house and buried in the ground unless other dispensation IS made of 1t, but your papa will never die. He will live forever, but not as you see him now"
 "Wel, papa, when you die and are to be buri want to die, too. 1 want mamma and little Mark and the baby all to die, 30 can all go with you and be where you will be-"
 "Thank you, my darling for your love an sire to be with papa but dying is like going
  eral thing. Perhaps papa, his body will die be- fore you ready to, in which case, you will find papa and be with him when your body dies Papa will never be 90 far away but you can find him, even if he Is toe busy to come to you."
 But l had rather die when you die, and be buried where you are buried, and always be with you"
 "That is very lovely to thus wish, but it may be that you will be wanted to stay here for 6 little while after papa goes, to love mamma, and little Mark, and your baby sister"
 "But want all of us to go when you go."
 "Papa will go when all his work here on earth is done and when the time comes to go. And you, and mamma, and all our folks. and every body will die when their time comes. Perhaps you will die before papa That is, your spirit may pass out of your body just as papa goes out of the door when he goes to the city to attend to business Then you will be in the other life, and you will wait for papa"
 "Yes, papa, will be sure to wait for you. I will stand on the corner till you come and then we will be together in heaven, won't we?"
 "Yes my darling. We will live in heaven in life where there is so much less of trouble than there is in this that it will be heaven, and where those who love each other, and are good and kind and careful, will be very happy"
 Thus we teach the dear little ones, and find great happiness in so doing. But what an odd idea is that of the little girl She will wait on the cor ner for papal Now, when she has 6 penny to spend and can go portion of the distance with us we go to business she skips out and waits on the corner till her escort arrives when the two walk along together Hers Is not much of an idea of heaven, but it is times have we asked adults as to what was their idea of heaven Once after listening half an hour