New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-12-20

the tea AT the alnshousc. ~ accepted IN" food.
ana found water. ,olOrrd with condensed mix.
good any drink H. had ever known II"
accompanied PATSY ola al occasions. every
where. taking are of his papers when th"i en-
ierpii~iug youth selected unexpected moments
fuI games ~ marbles ur amy Of Tn" nthri I''i'
tious ~ his and position protecting hiii
from sudden assault or the prcmrdiated ON
alaught Of larger boys an 81 whom learned Z"
dread Patsy. doubled and sometimes tfchI'h
hl Scraps For Patsy. however nsignlil'hh'
boy himself made a Formidable ant"s"niSl i"l
any single foe when "haD kcd ny by ms iaiih-
ful ally.
when winter came it was :. rars VIII" did al
a.. hard work. he faced the worst storms ana
IAN ,rfaHds through dr.u,hilg rain. and vas
Nhirrd about hy h-rccst winds. Tie shoNrh"d
SNOW from ihr sidewalk. and hauled thr ii"'I-
INK water from th- h>drani ia tn" ha' yard
and carried hou" tn" basket 81 clothes ''-
casionAlly done up' b., Mistress - iihll"Ihu
when she not herself too much don" up 10
make that effort ana countless other chores
of every Kind did little Scraps turn his mana
10 not on, without complaint. bat j"st"iiy. i'r
with all IT'S hardships llf" Ma NOR" human
To- the liiilc Waf than II had ever been III ''n.
True Their. wcr. moments when this rhild
heart sim hungcrrd and thrstcd fot l"Nc-rcal
love- not IN" mere crumbs that f"I nF the
way. not grudgingly-but with an lndinri'h''
worse even than grudgng
Mistress O'IIalloran was never unkind I" NM
indeed she spoke to him with the touch 81 pc
liienee= that ~ habitual with hey KIND ipNdiu
strangers and she never rue her hand As
door As she sand 10 the neighburs. sh" KEEP
that for her own. and that was precisely Wha'
scraps felt without knowing why Tor 'h""Eh
she often banged Patsy about calling MN "N
many cpithets more eccentric than rndrariiS'
she would. aftcrward hold him IN h.r arms
vc,, maudln tears over him, ana KISS MN
with rcso,inding smacks. the sound oi MhIch
ALWAYS reached Scraps. though he might De III
another room or at the foot OF the stairs-po"r
Soaps who had never known any KISS pu'
StraV's when the little dog had Dcrn uSeu 10
u,.l. and hands Mnrn NJ snuRBItu III
his arms at night
Scraps made no complaint not even IN
thnupht ~ had never done so In all ms ne
Perhaps he had learned the lesSon 81 IN" IN
evltable in that first cry with which INFANCY
yreets this world: but h" sighed ana lohs'" III
The lonely nights when others sept
II was in IN" third year of ms 'iiy M ~"
10 Christmas time. that Scrapss cough grew 50
bad that h. could no longer conceal IT, an" "''V
oav when hc was lifting the basket 81 h"Wly
done up clothes his legs gave way :" SUI
denly that he fell in a heap ON IN" moor MI.
o. IIalloran could think of noihing IN n't h'S
SUNRISE but gratitude that the 'fresh-lr"ird
starrhed nieces hadn't been spilled entirely by
lumbu ON To the nurc'. but just as soon as
everything had been replaced ana square 81
mosquito netting tied over 'h' paSN', ~ H. So 1
her attention to Scraps. VINO lay brSlh' '"' "rS
he, almost as white "a It's contents. ana 'ludi|
unconscious of surrounding objects .,.,
Mistress O'IIalloran picked MN up a'u ''', H.
hin, into the ad Joining room. where she lad NM
ON what was known as his bed. in small closet
in the wall. 49, , , ,..,,,.
''Surr it's tainted he rs she ih"uEH' ''i"'f
surveying him AN what am | To do at all, AT
allo There isn't the smallest drop aV annythlnE
i'm the house. an II there was h" mates u Ike
pl-son, | must get help from somewhere
She FASTENED To the lower nat. ana r''urf'u
with German woman VINO recommended nnhn'
Gathers and smelling salts. ana then th"y pom
stood over Scraps and contemplated him. the
double gaze may have possessed magnetic pow
or for S,raps slowly opened his eyes and looked
mn al them. then he assured them In very low
voice that he was all right" and would br up
again in minute.
But Mistress O'iialloran. who liked any kind
Of excitement-even sIckness-badc him lie sun
and not move" IT'S only the wakeness. tn be
sure child but out o. that bed yc don't rise till
I've made Ne a sup or gru'I. an tlii yeN' si'P
off the faintness.
Scraps did not rebel-he had learned his lies
lesson too well for that-and besides he had no
strength for rebellion even II he had felt 1t. He
smiled, obeying his good natured tyrant Joyful
w. for this was new experience to be cared
for nursed fed waited on,-why. this must be
very like being loved Scraps didn't know but
some one might even kiss him. and he closed
his eyes again. his heart palDitatng, but feeling
ready to accept anything. however strange II
might be. Mistress O'Halloran did not kiss him.
hut when Patsy came in. by and by. she kissed
and Rugged him instead with a sudden explosion
Of gratitude that he her own darlin' bye.
an a fine bye. Cod bless him." with no tendency
to faint spells and "ne'er n cough nor anything
else to worry herr
Beyond question Patsy was sound healthy
boy, for In the three years during which Scraps
had done the hard part Of his work. fighting his
battles and accepting all the crosses from which
grown vigorously seeming to absorb not only
his own share Of growth and vitality but all
that should also have gone to Scraps. He still
retained liking for Scraps. however. though It