The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1895-10-26

"And you want to live so that peo-
pie shall think kind things of you,
and they surely will if you try to live
we'll each day."
Eyes, 1 know"
ITO try to love all people, whether
they love us or not; to try to serve
them, to do good, kind things for
them"
ITO give EN- peaches and nickels?"
"Not that necessarily, but to help
them"
can that's what them words mean?
We're only remembered-only re-
membered- by"
"'We're only remembered by what
we have dc ne,'" prompted Miss Hell
ena.
"'By what we have done have
done,'" repeated Simmonds.
She paid him for the eggs he had
brought, and he started off around
the house in trot, the iteration of
his morning lesson coming back
through the open door, "Only re-
membered by what -what-we-
have done-we have DONE"
Spring was time dear to Sim
monds' heart, when the brook, over
flowing with recent rains and Access
sions from many rill, rushed madly
through the fields to the river. Often
he took Katie to sail the mimic boat
he had made for her, sometimes wad-
ing in to prevent threatened wreck,
or he would construct a rude bridge
across the stream, then lead the child
back and forth in the delightful play
of imminent risk of drowning and
hair breadth escapes.
Only few days after Helena's
talk with Simmonds he and little
Katie had spent the whole forenoon
| beside the brook. At the sound of
the noon whistles he had dutifully
taken the child home and placed her
safely within her yard. She appeared
at luncheon and entertained the fam
lily with her pretty description of the
morning fun, but when an hour later
Helena called her to take the usual
nap, no Katie responded. Thinking
she might have fallen asleep she
looked carefully through the house,
but did not find her. Then they
searched in the yard, barn, outhouses,
everywhere, but no Katie appeared.
With a pang Of horror the sister
thought of the brook and the child's
delighted description of the morn
ing's fun. Could she have returned
alone? Simmonds was hastily sum-
moned, and the two hurried to the
pasture. Along the hillside and
through the meadows they ran,
searching anxiously for little foot
prints in the soft clay. With deep
ening concern they followed the
stream along the wooded bank and out
where, for a time, it spread over low
ground, running less swiftly till it
neared the river, then gathering itself
together it deepened, and with in
creasing velocity rushed over an in
cline, trilled sharply over a series of
cascades, thence, with sudden plunge,
fell into the river.
At the time of high water the river
creeps up to meet the brook, at times
breaking the records and overlooking
the low lands. AS yet the river was
but little more than half way up the
bank, leaving the brook space but for
a short tumble, instead of its grand
plunge.
Hardly rod above the river they
saw Katie ensnared among some
bushes and other debris caught in
the middle of the stream, threatening
each moment to break loose and pre-
cipitate the child in the turbid torrent
below.
Helena called hopefully to her,
while they ran, while to Simmonds
she said: God grant we may be in
time to save my darling"
His only reply was the muttered
words, "'Only remembered by what
we have DONE"
Katie's answering scream, as she
held out one hand to them while
clinging frantically to her frail sup
port, gave her sister the small salts
faction that she was not exhausted
As they came opposite Simmonds
restrained Helena from plunging in
the water. saying: Stay back; | kin
swim, end git through the water
Eastern you"
He was up to his waist in a
moment and rapidly approaching
his object, when Helena's scream
came ringing out, "For Gods sake, be