Huntsville gazette., 1892-01-16
A BEAUTIFUL slsTERHooD.
The Kind Act OF q Kings Daughter ON Ar
Elevated Railroad Train. Z.

The Kind Act OF Kings Daughter ON Ar
Elevated Railroad Train.
On an elevated train the other day q
glimpse was had of kind act. the doer
of which little suspected that she was
noticed. Among the passengers was q
sweet-faced- young woman, dressed in
fresh but not deep mourning, such as
one might wear for a young child. At
one of the stations another woman got
on carrying baby Both were clean
ly but poorly dressed, the baby partic-
ularly needing warmer garments than
its gingham dress for the sharp air OF
the day. 1t wore no hat, little shawl
pinned over it's head serving for hat and
cloak as we'll
The pair were seated directly oppo-
site the lady in black, whose gaze was
soon riveted upon them. She watched
the baby as if she could not take her
eyes from it, and when a shifting Of
passengers left vacant seat on one
side of the mother she crossed and took
it.
"What bright baby" she said. lean
ing toward it; how old is she%' with q
soft smile at the pleased mothst.
The woman told her.
'Ahr' said the first speaker, my
baby was month older But she was
no larger" Then she bent down and
smiled in the baby's eyes, letting its
little hand clasp one of her gloved fin
gers There is little coat and warm
cap" she said, speaking low and rap
idly, will you give me your address
and let me send it to you?"
The woman scarcely caught her
meaning.
'Quick, please, leave at the next
station" urged the other, still playing
with the baby.
Hesitatingly then and flushing lit
tie, an address was given. A low
THANK you" was the reply, and then
the train slowed up.
The involuntary listener and assist
ant at the little scene saw the black
robed figure pause a moment on the
platform outside and take up tablet
attached to her belt, evidently to write
down the address. AS she did so a
glimpse was had, too, of a silver cross
and a tiny knot of purple ribbon, which
showed in whose name the dead baby's
garments were offered. If this is the
spirit of all the Kings Daughters what
beautiful sisterhood it is!-N. Y. Sun.
Countess Tolstois Noble Character.
The Countess Sophia Tolstoi is said
to be one of the most truly feminine
heroes who was ever cast into a shadow
by brilliant light close by.
When the count married he brought
his beautiful bride of half his age to
the lonely manor house which he had
just erected on one of his estates and
there she lived for seventeen years.
The horrible loneliness of it. especially
in winter, with not neighbor for
miles, unless one reckon the village at
the park gate, which could not have
furnished anything but human beings,
and never a congenial companion for
her.
Needless to say that he never had on
low wbodied gown. never went to the
theater or ball in all her fair young
life, and to the loneliness of the coun-
try must be added the absolute loneli-
ness during the absence of the count,
who had much reading to do in Moscow
for the historical portions of his great
war drama
When he' got tired of his village
school, of his experiments upon the
infant peasant mind. of things in gen.
eral, he could and did go away for
rest
The countess did not.