The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1897-01-13
SOMERSET. PA, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 49, 1897.

MT. Barton talkefl over matters Win
James Robertson. He was standing
by the mantelboard, evidently waiting
for his caller, and he did not stay for
Jack to remove the covering, but hastl-
ly took it away himself to see how
faithfully his instructions hal been
carried out. He took the canvas in
his hands, and, evidently under great
emotion, gazed at it for moment.
Then, with an agonized cry, he sank
into chair, still holding the picture,
almost frantically, and cried out:
"My wife. My wife. Ny darling
Roseller'
He saw no one in the room, but, with
tears rolling down his cheeks, seemed
to speak within himself. "Just as
you were, Roselle. Just the same as
when we first met. Those eyes are
yours. Your smile is just as it used to
be for me. Don't look at me, darling
Roselle. Don't smile just now. Oh,
why were you taken from me? Why
did our child 90 too? love you better
than all the world, but the angels low
ed you best.n Then he became him
self once again, and turning to the
young man, said:
"You must not think anything of
this. / lost my wife and child at sea-
They were on their way out 10 me, but
the vessel was never heard of again.
You have put upon that canvas the
face of my wife just as she was. 1
thank you with all my heart. Ii is
just as my little daughter would have
been had the sea not claimed her. God
bless you, God bless youp' And the
broken hearted man clasped Jacks
hand and pressed il long aud fervent-
ly.
For the first time the thought flashed
across the young mans mind. Was
he holding the hand of Adde'S faith
er? He seemed to realize it al aud ask
ed excitedly:
"How long is this aSo?n
"Sixteen years." replied James Rob
ertson quietly.
"Sixteen years-my Addie-l6 yearsn
"Why do you look like that? Tell
me, man. tell mer'
"Because-oh, it can't be true.-I
painted that picture from living mod
el. The girl whose face you see there
lives. She was found Is years ago,
saved from the sea, and"-
But Robertson cried out, his whole
frame trembling:
"Great heavens! Where is she? Take
me to her. Let me see if she is my
child. l shall know my little Roselle.
Don't trifle with me, young man, end,
Oh, don't disappoint me nOwr
''She is in the house, said Jack.
James Robertson flew from the room.
1t was pitiful to see him.
''Roselle, Roselle, my little Roseilep
he cried. 'Come to me. Where are
you? I'm looking for you."
Little Addie sat quietly in the house
keepers room. She heard the name
and bent her head to listen. She SEEM
ed as if in doubt, but smile was in her
anxious look and her childhood's days
seemed with her once more. She was
with her mother, who held her in her
arms and kissed her many times, cali
ing her "My little Roselle." The
name was on her lips when the man,
half frantic with expectation, reached
the door, still crying out the name by
which her mother called her.
He looked for a moment upon the
girl before him-only moment-and
then, with cry of joy born only in
fathers heart, took her to himself with
strong embrace, kissing her pas
sionately and weeping as though his
heart would break, yet a smile of relief
was there with his tears. AID his
child never for moment took her
arms from around his neck, but SEEM
ed to accept the truth, when the man,
brought low with emotion, cried out:
"My little Roselle, have found you
at last ~
He took her on his knee, Jack stand
ing quietly by, and then he told her
how, when quite tiny thing, she and
her mother were on their way to join
him in distant country; how they
never came, for the vessel was lost;
how he had lived alone ever since then,
for who could share the love he had
for his wife and child? And then Jack
chimed in with ''the birthday" story,
and the father, child and lover sat there
many hours, the happy man often
looking down 20 say, "My little
Roselle," and to kiss her once again.
''But, father, you will have to call
me Addie-little Addie. It is the name
Jack knows and loves me by"
James Robertson understood. Jack
had his rewsrd.-Detroit Journal.