New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1890-05-11
D,vgsrIc poErRr AND PROSE.

From The Detroit Free Press
=, ,Ic. 40 little to make a child happy that 1t Is
,, II" world fun 4 sunshine and pleasant thing
49, thcr, should be- any w1sihl Ia'c', empty hdhu'
oi loy d fnr,e word, in an old w,pnpcr the other
d.v They were headed \ sermon DO. i've Line
aud tll,y came home TO me with all the force u
PEI II IaI.. 30 little 10 make child happy How
many time, had seen tie most trivial Incident III
,, Ii,lc bow into the Vcry cs'tIcy Of happinc--.
Ji,y often would simple gift 81 song or tory
49, a. hi. face And yet. ! thought with pdng Of
rrcret how many timca / had cllird INN hrcI",'}
how many time, had refused "a exert my self AT al
Hr his ',Le That vcry night he had gone To bed with
a. heavy heart because I would not ronp with him.
va s,c,,od into the boys room before to bed
that night, and passing my hand over ~, 'N"n MAJ,
'o 1T is a pity that there should be w.tful faces.
dF,n,.d a,lecp remember that later ia the night
was dreaming Of visiting great factory and Inspect
Ing the machinery. " lie careful: h"iti some ono
say and then 10 my horror saw that had approached
loo near 10 some betting. Ny beard had been caught
ana / was franucally trying to eAtIicate nay self when
Hello, papa said a voice beside my bed in tho
Let go Of papas whi-kcrs.' cried. What on
earth are you doing in here anyway, Dicki7 con
'""i 1c s'' want, Bcs animals was the answer
Dick wants 70 60 eack To- Peg , IA l. " ana
placed him Oh the bed.
Dick wants Dicks n animals
d. You don't want"
I'll taxes 10 l.lc to make child happy Tho
words came 10 my mind and di.pclcd all my
uoynncc at once. lighted the gas, turned IL down
unite low n,hcd out Noahs ark from under the bed
aud placed 1t beside the boy. All right said
rhr.rfmiIy, YOU may take them. but ho very quiet
and don't wake your baby brother Then kissed
him and went back to my own bed agun.
VS. almost asleep when heard "a pdttcring Of
feet and "a ,ubdued voice saying
Dick wants papa to iln1 the elephant
al wouldn't mind about the elephant now said |.
arose and found tho elephant
Now Dick" ] said, "yon must Keep quiet and Yet
papa Sleep 49, ,,-... ,,.,,,,
he WAS trying 10 make "a three legged horse stand
alone on the councrpaLc.
VIII YOU go TO sleep If l make him stand up for
you 80 | asked.
" YES, papa -
Right away''
ayes, papa
made Pl;lnccr stand erect by braclng Noah against
his of hind quarter.
There said /, now lie down, Dick"
Want papa to make all the animals stand up1'
"Dck~ said !. imprcsslvcH, at Is night. Tho
animal, are asleep aud don't want To stand up. You
must lie down and TT papa go To bed
.. Dick wants to see the moon.
q" MIR Dickic.7 | said coaxingly. d" II Won will stop
taIldup and not wake your little baby brother"
" Dick wants little baby buzzcr 10 get up and
shave"
Not a word spoken after that. Quietly, but
Nrmlv | laid him down and drew the blanket over
him Turned out the gas and taking a long step to
clear the stray animals. made my way back To my
| own room. Three minutes later, knew, from h-
regular breathing, that Dick asleep. and, II |
| remember rightly. didn't care much at the time
| whether he had a wstiul face and empty hands and
| a lonely young heart or not