Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1894-04-16

platefu of cabbage-water they called
soup, and delicious salted cucumber be-
81 ,es. and another good slice of black
bread with salt. Gavreel enjoyed these
dainties Immensely, and without invita-
tion he began to play with the chubby
baby that was tcddling after the watch
mans wife as she went about her house,
hold work
Presently he heard boys voices outside,
and knew that school was out and he
bade the baby TImka, or little Timothy,
goodbye and ran out to join them in
their sports
"Gavreel! Gavreelr' He was their
chosen champion, and soon ring was
formed around him and his rival, and
there was dancing-match, at which
GaNreel was as usual victorious With
three ch ers for the winner they dispersed,
ana Gavreel returned to his lonely room
and looked out of the window till he
was tired.
While kneeling on Dyada's bed look
ing ut of the window he remembered
that Dyada had said that he might go
into the church in the morning if he felt
cold, and he resolved to do so, for he
loved to hear the tones of the organ. He
fell asleep aga II, dreaming of the music
he WAS to hear, and smiling at sight of
the convent school boys filing into church
with their sumkas, or satchels, strapped
on their backs, and wishing he was one
of them.
The morning broke intensely dark and
cold; the air was dense with frost, and
the sun came not forth, and Gavreel kept
waiting and watching for morning to
dawn, till at length the boys came out ut
noon to take their recreation. Then he
flew out to them, and found that the
promised pleasure had been lost (the
church doors being closed till the next
day. 1t was too Cark and cold for the
boys to remain out long; so he was left to
himself, He was beginning to feel the
pangs OF hunger yet not caring for his
black crust when the watt hman beckoned
to him to come for his soup This time
he was not taken into the room, for little
Timka was asleep; so he carried his bowl
away with him, and ate little of its
s"vory contents, and put the rest away
ior Dyada when ne Should arrive tired,
cold and hungry.
He is sure to come soon now" said
Gavreel to himself; "the watchman
thought he might come at any moment,
and SO did the porter"
Gavreel fought against sleep as long ms
he could that he might hear the very first
sound of approaching footsteps; but CON
quered at last, he forgot his watching
and the growing cold and darkness and
solitude, and slept sweetly.
CHAPTER H.
Gavreel had neigh Dor whom he had
never seen, or at least had never particu-
larly noticed; she was not an important
or an imposing personaGe-she slipped
by one without attracting the least attrn-
tion. She had been christened Marie
Felicitas, but they called her "Felice,"
because of her happy face and DISPOSE
tion. Whence came the rose-b bloom OF
her soft cheeks, the blue of her sweet
eyes, the waves of soft, brown hair, the
whiteness of the little, shapely hands
and the even teeth? Above all, whence
came the heavenly expression, the invar-
ably happy smile she wore? Who shall
say? She was only one of the poor of the
convent church-one of its pensioners
VINO received "A tiny room in the basement
of the great edifice, that she and her
mother might die in peace after a long
lie Of goodly and most unselhsh labor.