Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-06-12

Adj, aa5- ll ln.ltal SD .lte 20 doll
tex said linus. il li8 native language.
but We went buck 10 ihe toy ist's and
took the parcel that was handed TO him.
81 Will take II. said Ana,
sho car4iel Sc homie in her arms. saw
ing to Hans every now and ihens
"Ihis is hcavy-hcavy as q real baby
as large ana soft MS If it were aliye.r
When they reached homo Size lighted
o. light. and sitting down began &c I'M
wrap the folds OF rtuslin aud paper, and
shortly looked upon one OF the mos.
beautiful ohiects they hhd ever seen.
10 was one Of those wonderfully fine
imported dolls that are really artistic.
Its face was n8 sweet as n Chcrub's. it's
waxcn arms and shoulders had dinplcs
in them. its naxen hair cuflal about its
temples. II he'd The face Of a little child
Of two years old, and was as large as a
baby Of six months. When Ii was held
up It's eyes opened; when it was laid
upon its back they closed. Ana stared
at it solamnly, aud suddenly uttered q
cry Of rapture. Ihcn Hans, an this time
attentive but remote, stepped forward
and knott down beside his wife. lie
tiniidly touched the doll with his finger.
kiss 81, thon, my beloved, said Ana.
lie oboyed
"This Is no common doll" said his
wife. This is q doll child. The dear
Lord has sent it to as 20 compensate
Then they kissed it. That night it lay
between them folded in o shawl. The
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by seeing a cradle carried into Ana's
house. Curiosity leasing them to call,
they found Ana sitting in her parlor
sewing and softly rocking the 1oli. which
looked as though alive. She was making
a nightgowa for it. No one dared to
laugh-somehow no one wanted to laugh.
for Ana repeated solemnly a Gorman
phrase, which can only lie translated
thus, 1T is by The love Of God given"
A certain sapers.iticus admiration,
such as they felt when they looked at
holy shrines in the church on Christmas
night, possessed them, aud Ana played
the mother TO her doll in peace. She
dressed it rs she woall have dressed her
own baby, held Il On her knee, folded it
in her arms and babe it kiss Hans on his
return home at night. and actually in a
very little while there appeared in the
entry Of The little house q Ferambulator.
in which Hans and Ana took the doll to
ride every Sunday afternoon exactly as
other parents took their real babies.
just rs quietly as they had carried out
their long engagement these two grown
up children carried on their pretense of
being parents. and the niae days wonder
ceased to interest the neighbors in time,
ave when they told it to astonish some
stranger.
Alasl who could have thought that
this curious play would end tragically?
But it did.
One morning Ana, disheveled and in
tears, appeared at her late mistresses'
house. Ter SOILS chohed her utterance.
but at last che coutriyed to say:
'Oh, madam! great droubles-great
droubies-de worst droubles dot can
conel Oh. madam
"Is.HaEs aichy' the lady asked. fearing
that cyoa worse had happened
ButAna replied;
"His heart is broko like lainel Oh!
never can We laugh any more-all is
goner'
The lady waited for an explanation
It came at lact.
my baby dcll-Iny dear, God given
baby dol--is deadi'
cana, what are you saying? A doll
cannot de- said hor mistress.
My doll baby is dead-she is killed
deod!' said Ana-"she is killed deadl
i te.l you how dot happens: Inst night
Z just pat Dot child asleep, NIT on her
Dc htto nishtgown ald set do cradle IN
de parlor we're all vos still, ven comes
my goot friend Gretchen ind her hus-
band und her laetle dog. ind make
some coffee on de table, und we drinks
md laughs. l links uoding and Hans
thinks noding, but all de while Gretchen
say:
"'Vere goes dat bad dogY
ooh, I say, 'hs plays-never mind.
81 wish to be polite, bat she say:
"'Ven he is like dot still he does mis-
chief
sd ven We laughs und eat leetle
cakes un6 drink coffee o long time dey
60 away, ind she calls de dog und he
COMES.
"'Ilike not dot dogs looks, my friend
ray. lie las stole %someding. If you
have got some meat put away for break
fast you find it not
"'Oh, / guess an right, l cay. But dc
lectle dog lies 50 On lis mouth, ind she
say:
"'All wrong. / am s1re.'
$50 / laugh, ind Sc al snakes hands
md SO, und Sc goes in und locks mp.
trd l says:
NOW ] set my doll child, and goes
straight away to bed, ind ! goes into
dot parloT door mit % candle. und I see
my child lying deaf ind bitten und
eaten by lot dog en- dot floor. ind l falls
down md knows holdings"
AS soon as she could quiet ana q little
the symlathiziag lady went with her to
her honse.
There in the cradle lay a very dead
doll indeed. The dos had easen the
wax head and arms and chewed the kid
body into tatters. There was no posi-
bility of repair on renovation; but after
q whilo St occurred 10 the lady 70 sug