The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1895-03-26

Enough to take US back. If Lima
comes If she does not come, I want
no moro money for anything ever
again"
Nay, nay; think not Of such o
wicked Lima OF course she comes
back tho little bride. And, mind, look
for our ship. Remember the Swan.
Bring the little bride back withus, and
make her 80 comfortable she thinks
she Is first class"
"Mnmmy, nanny, see the big mani
He Is as big as-as st. Christopher,
isn't he? And I've asked him to oome
In and cat doughnuts with us, and he
can't talk one bit"
A little gray-eyed girl danced into
her mothers kitchen, pointing back
wards over her shoulder Mt Frederick
the Great.
Land O. Goshen. child! you aint
never asked n tramp into the housc?''
said her mother, lifting ten sticky and
dough-covcrcd fingers hclplcssly out of
her pudding basin
''IIo amt tramp, mommy.D
'How do you lsnow9"
"Causo he smiled smiley smile.
Tramps only smile growly smiles, like
Bruno when he's going to bite"
Hes Il pcddlcr, and they're Us bad"
"This ono is nice" said the child,
with confidence.
Frederick the Great, who was on
the fourteenth day of his march, took
off his hat an said:
"Bstte gnadigc, Frcat.'' He always
said that as he deity undid his pack
and spread the contents out to view
People never understood his words, but
women liked his deep voice, and chill
drcn were taken by his smile that was
smiley. His very mutcness appealed to
them.
please, nanny, 1 want to buy
knife"
No, Kitty, don't waste your money
on knifc.''
II meant n thimblc," said Kitty,
selecting one. Are you Gcrman?"
she added, turning to Frederick the
Great !
ia soldat," said he.
WHAT'S Sollot'" said sho
'',ja, Sollat," said he.
"Soldat," said Kitty, slowly. "Oh, I
guess linow-soldicr. Amt it?"
She thrust out her left arm stiff
and brought up her right elbow
Bang! shoot gun' putf!' said kitty.
'J0, ja," said Frederick the Great,
with deep laugh. And then he gave
them an example of German marching
'Oh, isn't he funly?-iust as If he
was made OF wood and screws Oh, L
wish you would stay morcr
Frederick the Great was rolling up
his pack
where are you going?" asked Kitty.
''Ilc can't understand, child. What
is the use OF talking TO hin?" said her
mother.
But where are you going?" asked
Kitty, bescechingly.
Frederick the Great pulled out that
address in St Louis.
''Oh, he is going clear off to ST.
Louis! l sha'n't ever see him again.
Are you going to Lina?"
Zach, ia, Lima" said he, softly.
as Lima nice? Is she your sistcr?"
Frederick the Great undid his neck
tic, and, unfastcning gold loclsct
from around his throat, showed tho
picture of fair-haircd, round-chccl,cd
German girl.
''Oh, that's Lima? She looks nice.
I'll send her sonething," said Kitty,
tripping away.
She came back with picture of
little cottage, gablcd, with snow on
roof, and glass-glittering frost every
where. a gigantic robin sat on an I'M
known tree in the foreground.
That's for Lima, with my love-" sho
said, writing on it her name and mes
sage.
A slight snow was falling as Fred-
erick the Great, free of his pack and
with heart as light as sunshine,
strode down the long street in St.
Louis. He had reached the end of his
long march. Sixty-thrcc days tramp
ing, tramping, tranping. 1t was
long, long way, but he was ut the end
now. The gray twilight of late No
vcmber day was settling around him,
but he felt it not. In an hour more he
should be with Lima. Her sweet voice
would sound in his ear, and-oh, what
world of things he had to say to Lima!
He could think of nothing, nothing but
Lima, Lima! The falling snowflalScs
were like the petals of flowers, so cool
and soft on his face. The shops wero
past, the dwelling houses had begun.
Nineteen hundred and twenty-five!
How often in his march had he pictured
to himself this long street, with it's
two thousand houses SO like each other,
and nothing on the outside to dis
tinguish Lina's home from any other!
She would be sitting behind the warm
curtains in q room brightly lighted
lie could see the light CLINT on her
fair soft hair. Did she wear it in two
long plaits still? Was she quite calm
and undisturbed this EVENING" Did
nothing whisper to her heart that