The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1894-03-15
ALL WITHIN 4 MONTH.

III you think you can get along
alone now. Mr.. Clayton, ! VIII go.
really must. uncle and aunt may
need me i'hcy ~c'c not well whch
| lett them, but they could not Keep
the from poor Nancy when she was 81
SICK. and It Is ~ hard ir get help
q" II I'll do my share with the
other ucighborS and see thlt
the man doesn't su,lcr. It, the
,hlld that worries me: what Il pity 1t
coud not 90 with lis mother Aione
ne could get along ali right, but |
wonder what hc means TO 10 wilh
that dear httlc shadow D; chlld,
seeing Is he's got no hOusckccper
Fun go ~ to take her with mr. Il"
Alma Day spoke timidly ~ II the
thing she had sad she would do was
not cicIitah,c 10 lcr
.Nu uu don't mean tt l. sam Will.
ing Well he might hc, though but
you don't mean to keep u long
"torcvcr, il take her at all. I've
made sam Grey give me his promise
bclor, a LAWYER, ana I've had II put
pn palcr too, that she Is never TO he
taken away. she j. mine TO keep
The old woman looked down az the
mite Of child rs it stood cling;nI 10
the skir,s OF the girl who hdi de-
clarcd herself It's protector aud her
lalc blue eyes filled with tears IA
novel experience with hcr
~ ou don't say. tod bless it''
she sa d
.And help me, ." added Alma.
"Ycs, you'll need help (oa'te
but child YOURSELF
Alma stuopCd aud gathered the
c,.i.d in her arms \ grayeyed, or
dnary looking baby she was, with
thin. faxcn-hued hair that struggled
pitifully about her pinched face; aud
she nad a way OF looking her few and
modest wants Instead OF c"" ioi
.rv.... q '.-..st ! ,idreu O: : years
"She looks like a dozen other ba
! bies | know OF, but she don't act likt
them. I've heard say 10y them tina
knew pretty we'll what They're talk
ing about that sam Grcys wife, sh,
that we've Just buried, was "A mucl
different ri from what she was
woman. lie ground all the life ant
strength out OF her 10y his harsh
mean WAYS, and at the same time tn,
child was dri led and hammered int,
the ,uict little thing she = now. It.
a mercy she is going away rom him.
Alma made no reply 10 tins, hu
huggcd the child closer and lookct
away out OF the narrow, curtainIc'
: It. ,y6y.s
TO the village cemetery, where the
had 50 lately buried the earthly Il
mains Of the little ones mother Sh
could almost discern the dark NOUN
rising among the others, white wit
snow, even at that distance.
"Well," she said at length. .
must get ready Mr. Cole iSgoing I
take us in his sleigh to the station
aud | shall only have 70 walk lrOl
the other station home. He was L,
iEs that way
Thc simple wraps were soon pJ
On, aud short time later Alma la
with Il silent, Shapclcss bundle IN hC
arms, went down the narrow pat
that led TO the highway and was a.
sisted into a hig, comfortable S,eig
that had been halted there for h(
accommodation
The owner and driver of said Slcig
AID tho horses that drew it was bll
gentle looking man with face
10y, and Just now his pleasant biz
eyes looked volumes of surprise NJ r.
cciNlnS two passengers instead
one.
"Gulug TO take tn little grille
see it's grandma aud grandpa, chi
he said cheerilE trying 10 chuck Il
little bundle under that purtit
which might he SUI posed tu represei
the chin, grant ~ it to be, as he SAT-
IA grille"
IL am going To keep ncr for II
own forever" she replied in Il toi
which was seemingly far too decisi'
and curt, considering the simple az
commonplace question.
IL shout think the father won
miss the little thing" he said Symp
thct.cally
"llc care, no more for her than {
Que Of his pigs, nor half as much, " I
turned Almu.
lie will take her from you by.an
by, when you have learned to 10
her. 1t is like him 10 do So
"fle has signed papers that ma
the child mine 10y law" she sa
family but keeping her eyes turn
away IRON those Of the man who "
studying her at was settled by
lawyer"
A great shrieking gust OF wi
came clustering against them j,
then, and Alma, shlyering, drew b
wrap and the baby's more close
while the big sheepskin mitten
hand Of Mr. Cole went hurry
among the robes 20 make sure tf
they were in place Sd doing tn
full duty.
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