The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-12-16

upon his knee. Kissing her, he said,
kindly:
''It must have hurt you very much,
my pet"
The little face was all a-quiver with
pain, tears stood in the brave, brown
eyes, and the words faltered as they
came:
~ dess it's on'y for little vile"
That's right, darling" said the
child's mother, gently removing shoe
and stocking from the little foot now
found to have been seriously hurt;
that's right Mothers brave little
girl knows that crying only makes the
hurt last longer"
The poor baby could not keep the
tears from running down her little
cheeks, pale from the suffering; but She
did refrain from making the least out
cry. or even moan.
After she had been carried away In
her mothers arms, to sleep away tbs
exhaustion OF pain, her grandfather,
with tears of pity and ad mirati0n IN his
eyes, said, emphsticall7:
II have always loved nv daughter
in-law. but never have ] admired her
so much as to-day. She Is teaching her
children to be heroes! That child will
make her mark in the world, some day.
God bless herr
The graudsire was right. The child
became a woman of marked character
and ability. She was but nineteen at
the outbreak Of our civil war. but such
was her ardor and enthusiasm, tenn
pered by reason and strengthened by
courage, that she was among the first
TO enter into hospital service, working
until carried of by fever almost a.
the close Of the war.
This noble woman's childi.h training
In habits Of endurance wouid have
proved equally uSeful 20 her ia any vo-
cation. There Is not 4 possible career
ia which we are not called upon 20
meet ha-dships % one sort or another.
Has one done ones best striving hon
orally 70 deserve only corEEendatlon,
and then won but blame or ridicuIe.
the weakness Of yielding 10 rnortiGca-
ton can bot render the matter worse
IS one reprov>d, even harshly. one may
make the EdnoDition fruitful OF coed
results Sickness, misfortune power
tv. disiIlusion. even undss~rved shame
and death itself lose half their terrors
when bravely faced and endured Il
& measure this lesson can b t&ocEt -
the Youngest: the oldest cannot AFFORD
70 cease from learning IL To grow
strong By suffering che must have
learned To endure hardshi2s with for
tituCe. Suffering Of any soTt, not 10
borne. is debil1a,ing. enervatinR, de-
S:z-uctive.
How much q future strength de-
pends upon early training IN tse EYER
else Of true courage cor paYativeIy fev
seem % rcrrem Der. IL l. 30 easy %
pity. csress and openly syupzthize
with = sSbbinE child; 40 hard 20 t-ezS
IFS hu-ts-whsth~r z oral or pkyKseAl--
with touch IS firm As tsadsE. beng
brave, that tE- caila razy zlso b
Grave. Yet {, Is Is und0u 5tedIy daty
20 teach fg-tis7d- az i Is =, ezeh tr8ts-
fulness II tie r1Ot5sr wboz- opla.ons
have been quoted b c0rr~ce 10 Eer
views. tru.hfaI1eAs ftssif IS largely Dr.
pendent upon courAge- 4 ra-srsl.y
timi1 person u=y, Indeed. - also "a
lively homes: yss Is seems z3soe.at M
possible 10 such . persoa % Tezs.a 30
so3a:e hoHestv o! word and acs. @-e Ice
nos. rsanzppF a morals @re thos@
VITO nave rot to courage % ss2rS5rL
tsle r@a. t-u.Af1lu~ss q sss4r natures.
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