The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-10-22
rcDDLERs.
,+ the Little Bank Robbers Did
"nN With the Money.

,-,.s+ the Littls Bank Robbers Did
"n' With the Money.
ne Nen, York Commercial AdUertiser
f' fr,sgine pair Of bank burglars whose
L;7o5 ages amounted to barely 10 years!
eO-,1 .ben consider that one of them was a
"a demure young miss with big black
gu hat looked at you with the most I'M
eSeSd frankness. 1t seemed almost i'm
'll ,ibls TO be sure, but they were gazing at
1,on door of the bank and at the money
Wv risih,e behind it. They were brother
IuesY sie-er we're these precOciouS bank
anu CaI,ers and as it was their first offense in
o. eth,,rgiing line they hardly dared look at
tpe wv ot6er. but appeared awed by their own
bo %Ton did it, Jack" said Josie when she
I'D PARTIALLY recovered from her fright.
M Knt didn't mean to do it." protested
r.,l nth great earnestness. L was only
tsaI,nonev iingle--when the door few right
piosis being the elder Of the two, affected
=. o;r of superiority over her brother, and
one on assumed the role of judge.
an see if you have told the TRUTH" she
,on,arked with much dignity.
Saving which, she picked up the bank
~ n course it was toy bank-and ex-
.mined it. a glance showed that Jack had
told the truth. Nothing was broken, but
The lock had sprung back in an unaccounta-
bic manner.
sh face took on puzzled expression and
she tried TO solve the problem.
The children were alone in a room of O
FAT uptown. In an adjoining apartment
Law their mother, a patient victim of a slow,
toTturing malady that bad kept her bed
riiden for months. The maid-of-all-work
had enough TO do to attend to the household
affairs, aud the little ones were conse-
oufntly left much to themselves. While
.fosie examined the bank brilliant idea oc-
Cured to Jack. A healthy, rosy-cheeked,
cood.natured boy of was Jack-a boy
with the innocent face Of baby and the
manners Of an honest, hearty man.
"rll go in and see If mammals awake, p" he
said to his sister.
He walked softly into the sick room and
peeped at the sufferer who lay there with
her eyes closed.
Are you awaks, mammal" he whis-
pered.
"Yes, my boy" was the feeble response.
'Can get you any thing"
mo, dear; not just now"
Wouldn't you like any thiugF'
i WCulQ llk6 bDIll6 MOWERS, SAID LD6
mother, more to herself than the child.
Jack said no more, but stole out Of the
room, and rejoining Josie, abruptly asked:
That's our money, isn't itw
"Of course it is, answered Josie.
How much is therep
"Eighty-hve cents"
Then the two youngsters whispered for
some time, and when the conference was
over they put on their coats and hats,
gathered up the money and tiptoed out of
The room. Cautiously they proceeded
downstairs. and then hurried into the
street.
queried Jack, doubtfully, as they reached
the sidewalk
Il know it well. The flower store is on
the avenue just block below
To the avenue they went, and they soon
found the florists, where people looked in
emazement at the diminutive customers.
Josie, with the Dir OF a lady ordering
decorations for grand dinner party,
called for ''S5 cents worth of vIolets."
The clerk regarded the pair with much
interest, and good-naturedly made up q
bunch that was worth at least dollar. But
Ia dollars worth is not very bulky at any
time, and in the eye Of Josie it seemed very
small
10 you'll have to give me more than
that, SIR" she exclaimed, artles9ly. 1--WE
want big bunch for mamma. She's sick,
you know, and she don't know that we've
broken open our bank and have come out to
buy flowers for her with tho money. Eighty
live cents is all We have out We want to
make her feel glad, and violets are the
flowers she likes best, and-and-thats such
a small bunch, you know. Can't you give
US bigger one"
Yes, God bless you, dear. l can and I
iii, even ii | have to pay the difference"
he said under his breath.
And he made up such bouquet, not only
Of vioiets, but of other fragrant flowers as
we'll, that the children fairly danced with
lof as they watched him. His back was
turned, and while they could see the flowers
taey couio not SEQ thar the stalwart man, as
he worked, watered them with tears
Nor did they perceive that the flowers
gIistened with the tears of the dying
motaeT, who was the subject Of their
loveinspired conspiracy. They only know
mat her poor, thin arms seemed to have un~
usual strength as she pressed them to her
bosom, and that she appeared unable to
SPEAK, In their childish fashion they won
oered Why mamma kept those flowers al
ways near her, even after they had with
cred, and they would have wondered much
more had they known that when mamma
was released from her sufferings forever
tiose wlthered flowers went with her to the
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