The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1893-12-22
WANTED II SPECIAL.
By Mrs. II. Rolfe, Superior, Wis.

Copyright by Northwestern News
paper Union)
just like glory OF gold and silver
and all the pretty colorS a fellow can
think Of, and all in blaze Of light
that makes it shine like stars.
My. But won't lots OF boys and
girls be happy tomorrow, and men and
women too?
Two neusboys were crying their even
ing papers, Evening Herald. all about
the great explosion down in the coal
mine" Evening Telegram. all about
the great explosion and they had halt
| ed now just in the blaze Of the great
plate glass window filled with the BRAY
cry of Christmas goods; a grand har-
mony of light and color. And poor
| little Jack had the soul OF an artist,
| though he was only a little ''newsy,
| enyironeI by meagerness and poverty
and fairly revelled in all this wealth
and beauty He would have gone with
out his dinner any day to feast his eyes
| on the beautiful, heWever unattainablc.
"Oh. yes" answered his companion,
| 'It's just grand, but who cares for dolls
and gauze angels and silver stars and
such truck? Tomorrow up at the
! lunch rooms we are going to have just
loads Of turkey and mince pie. lots of
good things. l think they are awful
good I'd rather have them than all
the shine in that big window
''Oh, yes, they are kind UP there,
and the faces Of some OF the women
are lovelier than any | have seen since
mother died" But it's for us all.
That's all right but don't you ever
wish there was somebody to care for
you special? Not just because you was'
one Of that great hall full Of hungry
boys they are such good friends to,
but because You are Ben Saunders,
and they have an interest in Ben Sam
uers; special. you know.
/ know, Ben, you hain't never had
obody, no folks, | mean. and | s'posc
you don't think so much about it.
Now, you see. can remember when
father was alive Father was a brick
layer, he was, but he was sick dots OF
the time and we were awful poor, but
lie was good, and l tell you he never
grpaned half SO much about his pain
|
us as he wanted to.
It seemed to hurt him so about moth
err He would look at her, sorry Ike,
er: | wish l could make 1t easy and
bright for YOU BY and by the fever
got thick round where we lived and one
morning father couldn't get up, and
they said he had the fever.
Well. he got worse and worse and
when | went mp to the bed to see him,
he didn't know me at ALL but just look
ed at me, oh, 50 wild, and slid: There
were so many boys there, and they
all looked ragged and hungry, he could
not take care Of them ALL but mother.
says he. do the best you can for little
Jack. Jack would make a man If he
only had the chance. I've tried, I've
tried, God knows" and then he shut
his eyes and looked tired, and never
said anything about me again. Next
morning he was dead. Oh, dear. Ben
you don't knos ;, you can't know.
l had two little sisters, Lefty and Su-
sic, and / had the loveliest mother,
Handsome? No not like some OF these
grand ones that are all dazzle till they
fairly make fellows eyes blink. but
Just lovely. Why everybody loved
mother. | never loved nothing nor no
body as l loved mother and | guess up
in Heaven the angels love her too.
We'll. after father died there was
something in her eye. that | had new
or seen there before. Kinder deep and
sorry AS if she was looking way off for
something she couldn't find here.
Well, l went to selling papers, and
mother, she just did splendid she work
ed and worked and seemed to love us
more than ever. but all the while there
was that look in her eyes. But we got
on pretty well and when Christmas
came she tried to make 1t just as il
had always been.
don't think there was so much tur-
Key and mince pie rs there will be up
yonder tomorrow. but then you see il
was for us, special because she loved
rs.
1 saved little money and got Lefty
md Susie Rome dolls. They wercn't
rauch dolls side OF some you see in
there, hnt oh you ought to have seen
how glad they were and how their eye.
ehone. Why / do believe they were
inst rs glad as II they had had one OF
them in there. with real Gully hair and
all silk and spangles
Rnt father was not there and we
couldn't be real glad, nobody but Lefty