Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1890-01-02


just then and Enoch had to wait for 1t
10 pass
ooh, it's er goin' in therem he ex-
claimed, as the kite lodged in a lilac
bush that grew in the beautiful yard
surrounding a grand old house, before
which Enoch had often stopped to see
the beautiful flowers and TO catch
glimpse of the sweet, white-haired old
lady who would sometimes give him
little punches OF roses aud lilacs and
pinks-' 'posies" she called them. She
came down the steps, leaning on her
gold-headed cane, just as Enoch got
to the gate.
please, man," he said, "may I
come in an get my kite?"
ITO be sure, my little man. How is
1T you are out so early with your
kite?" said the lady.
II never had 'er kite before" an
swered the little fellow simply.
"Oh, is that It? Well, come now
and we will get it down said the lady.
Together they tried, little Enoch
leaning on his crutch and the old lady
standing on tip-toes aud poking with
stick. Finally it was brought down.
There's hole in it!' excl lined
Enoch. "Oh, my beautiful kite"
''Never mind, little man." said the
sweet lady, "bring your kite into the
house and we will see."
He followed, awe-stricl1en, up the
stone steps and down the long hall.
He raised his eyes as he entered the
big, beautiful room, from which he
Al. a..
"My beautiful ladyp' he exclaimed,
gazing at the picture of young girl
which hung over the fireplace. "The
lady that l see so much on the COM
monm
"You never see her, my little man."
said the old lady gently.
"Not $40 huff, mebbe. " he answered.
"but err heap err times, when I'm er
thinl1in', an oncet, err long time ergo,
she did come fur sho; | know, cause
she kissed me an she looked jest like
this, only she was paler an more sorry
like"
The lady knelt down on the floor be-
side the boy, and, taking his little face
in her trembling hands, looked in a
strange way into his beautiful eyes and
said:
Tell me who you are, child; who is
Granny and what is your name ?"
Granny, she lives out on the pike
and sells vegetables. She takes care
of me, but she says she ant no kin ter
me, an that my own mother died an
left me with her, an my name is Enoch
Estell."
Enoch Esterl My God! exclaimed
the old lady.
BY and by, before Enoch knew what
was happening, there was a hurrying
OF servants coming and going. and the
old lady was telling him he must 60
with her in the carriage to where
Granny lived
He waited without on the steps,
while the sweet lady went in to talk to
Granny. He could not think what they
could be talking about; he did not
know what it all meant. Presently he
saw Granny go into the little room
and get the picture and letters which
she had told him wero to be his some
day, and the "sweet lady" cried when
she saw them. She was crying still
when she came out, and putting her
arms about his neck told him he was to
90 and live with her. She told him
then, but he did not understand 1t till
afterward, that the beautiful lady
whom he remembered was his mother
and her daughter, whom she had not
seen for so many years-not since she
married and went away.
1t was many months after, when
Enoch had grown accustomed to his
new home in the big house, that he
said one day to his grandmother:
Grandmother. we never did mend
the kite, did we?"
mo. my child, do you want it?" she
asked.
please, grandmother. dear, let's
keep it just like it is, cause it did
bring me to you, and the flowers, and
and everything, just like l dreamed
it would when l sat on my big stone by
the water-cresses."
And the old lady only kissed him for
an answer.