Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-09-30

will bring you loUS OF them. When
YOU get we'll you can gather them for
yourself, all you want"
uNo. no, mamma, I shall never do
that. Don't cry. | am very happy,
but shall never be well any more. I
am clad the land is pretty, though,
for it will be pleasant to you and pa
pa. and after awhile you will have
nice home. I want the morning to
come so that I may see the claim just
once-just once"
well, go to sleep then, pet, and
soon the morning will come. You are
weak and tired now, but sleep and
rest will help you, and morrow you
will feel better"
''No, mamma, I am not sleepy now,
and want to talk. Do you think this
is as pretty as the old home in Mis-
souri?''
cit may not be now, but it will be
when we get it improved and get a
neat little house and yard and gar
den."
i
eyes, it will be very nice, mamma,
but not as nice as the old home we
had before papa lost it. wish we
had never had to give it up, mamma,
don't your"
eyes, but it cou ldn't be helped, and
so we must not grieve. We will soon
be as happy and contented here as we
were there"
at hope so, but I'm afraid you
won't. Will you be very lonely when
Pm not here?"
s'But you will be here, darling. You
will soon get we'll"
For little while the child lay per-
fectly still, and the anx ious parents
began to think that she had fallen
asleep. But soon she reused again,
and in a voice weaker and thinner
than ever before asked:
els the claim pretty, papa?"
eyes, it's beautiful, darling.''
GAS pretty as the old homer"
almost, I expect, and we shall
soon make it much nicer than it is"
"And nobody can tax e it from you,
can they?"
''No; they can't take this home
from us, dearest.'
81 am SO glad of that, papa. Nobody
can take it from you"
There was slight movement on
the part of the three men outside, and
a hurried glance was exchanged
among them.
'sI'm going to leave you, papa" the
child went on, "and I'm going away
right soon. You and mamma will miss
me, but you will have new home,
and you must not think of me too
much. You must make my grave, pa
pa, in some sunny spot close to where
the house will be, SO that you and
mamma can see it often; and you
must plant flowers by it and tree.
ayes, yes, Allie; I'll not forget"
the father replied in husky voice;
but you must not think of such things.
You must sleep to- night, and to-mor-
row." 81 am going away soon; but I'm
glad that you have new home and
will never-have-give-it-up."
Old Jake hurriedly drew his sleeve
across his eyes and whispered a few
words TO his companions. Then they
all fell back as noiselessly as they
came. When they were out of hear
ing of the occupants of the wagon
To II r>o+ nd
pressive tone:
"Boys, she's going to die, amt
she?n
''That's the way put it up" re-
piled Sam in all seriousness.
eyes, she's going to de-" repeated
Jake, "and it's blamed bad thing to
see that child a-dying away out here
on this lonely prairie, without friend
or anything, and just know that pa
and ma must feel awful"
81 know they do" said Sam. 'tWon-
der if we could do anything for
them?'
ct don't know. Reckon there would
not be any harm in going to see."
'Then you go down to the wagon,
Jake, and We'll wait here"
Jake started off at once, and one,
and two hours passed before he came
back.
''How is she, Jake?" Sam whisper
ed.
"She's gone," Jake replied. "She's
better off, though, I expect, for she's
been sick long time, they say, and
the doctors said she couldn't ever get
well. She's a pretty little thing, Sam,
and went off smiling like an angel.
She was glad her pa had got a new
home, and she wanted to be buried on