The Penn's Grove record., 1892-02-19
.TFI.G TOLD TALES.

w. Gods sake. fellers-lcok herel.'
10 C,,,au s'ocd a, the bottom OF the
.S.n ,,rditc over a little, ouivcring heap
ofnun,r,,y The faint eimmer OF light
,h,, cane down from far above Us only
sonnet g., msSc the surroundings Of that
,ccrr more h'dcous and CHASTITY. Ik,h -
/ "u. Christie, Nrys'' said Joe, huskily,
s,,.,rsrs down and looking into the bruised.
chtl,sh lace she's deadt" :
pc,d, What q thrill Of horror creht
,hrrneh the datk7ess OF the NINE and
rrarI<d every heart In chill and unspeaka-
ChT>t,e was Old Dick Gnham's grand.
aauchtsr. and Nick worked IN the Pnnee
Resent Srycars until q stroke OF paralysis
fad ,r,tnsriatei him for manual labor,
The ,Nl man had buried his son, thon his
s,nrs vic, AMI all that had been left to his
dechrir: y5ar WAS Chrisue-Chnstie, who
ncw IA, dtid bclNre usl
And ed pttA loved Christie-ave, loved
Nrt Win q l5vc 50 SIMPLE aud touching that
ore vas ~ 1subt whether to cry or laugh
uh,o St,irE them together.
Rpt nov she was dead and we must take
ter home to htm There was not a man
amor, II, Who did not shrink from the duty,
In, Cc,san took the limp form in his
DfTNlE lHLhN NNlA FNNIlth wv u NHEs On.
nr we ro>e from the blackness and silence
hrncath u, and found the earth green and
hoss5minS IN the smile Of q May sun. Bus
abe Glare blinded our eyes when wc thought
nov tie hight bad gone out Of old Dick
Grahsu's life forever. Slowly, sadly, We
moved aloug the road TO Graham's cottage.
There's soms things I can't understsnd,
hoys. an this ia one OF en-" said joe Col
s,n. who carried Christie; there's lots Of
81 F.1k. Ill trNipA ma kaaN A---
the edge Of life an are anxious to die: but
No. they live an this little one Is the hrst 70
s"oM Gtassn vas not to b Seen arSuna
his cottage as We drew near it and We
F5ys." sad JSe hdiy, IF ALLOW IA
rs,Nsr Gu, of my right hand than take poor
hnle CHRISTIE 10 the old man. . Many and
many i time I've heard Dick gay that he
wondered whs, would become Of her when
be vas gone. an it worried hirn&an' now
shes gone Arsti Go In ahead OF US, Tom;
IN break Il 10 the old man. You know how
better thsa any Of the resf Of us." ,
,witA fAltering steps I appfSached the
cn:iace dAcIs mo answer came TO my
tuocE, s. pushed my way. softly into the
csrass AGale clock licked away on the
manttI and the sound seemed emily to
make ,aSte hdeous the deethlike silence
ILtH HstsEN %N AS1A W
oil Gfahsn vas not 10 b seen and I
ralci his There was no answer. A
sAesi of psps; oa the table attracted mr. at.
,snues snd ! started 70 examine it-Eut
drea hS.s 10 horror, for there, upon ths
scnt, lay n1ck Graham, mononless and
nEi-hs was dead.
lie, ne j.stovered that old Dick must have
hxa deal fnr some time On the table he
had >,-aUItI the feeble words: Take care
Of cA;.st.1, and then had fallen to the
ia fIs band" said 'Je, r~eSsrentlS,
As - Isl CaHstle and her grandfather sils
b. si!a
Thss> lie times 10 . mans essAr when
Irle dread event awakens every sense 70
,Ge avI-l ~Tes.Vnability that underlies all
E;s 49, r.; oue Of Us who took Christie
home that si:sFneon but felt . stiI, small
va,os N,t..i IN our hearts and urge US on
L ttiia. a5I GeblsE thinss-Dstrea Frss
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