The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-02-28

furnished. but over the mantel piece there
hung in heavy gilt frame the colored pho
tograPh OF a stnguiaFly beautiful enid, ap-
parently about. four years of age. There was
something besides mere beauty In the face.
The soft brown eyes had that appealing look
often noticed in the eyes of dumb animals.
Around the little face clustered bronze
golden hair the ends of which lay in light
mass of loosely tangled rings in front upon
the snowy neck, and there fell away over the
softly rounded baby arms almost to the
chids waist.
Mrs. Mac could not keep her eyes off the
picture when in the room, and not satisfied
with calling her husbands attention to it,
and discussing it with him-who was de-
cided in his views that it was ideal picture
/ she was impelled to ask the landlady If 1t
a family portrait
Bless. you, no ma'am," replied the buxom
lady, whose speech betrayed her. I'VE never
'ad but the one and e is a soldier. That is
came ere from New York. e lay hill ere
long time. E could not pay so e left that
picture of little Martha and them land
| scapes in the sitting room. e finally died
ERE. The little girl 'ad long hillness after
that, and 'er mother who, I must say, did
not seem to care for 'er, got 'er into an hin
tsitute for horphants in Toronto. 1 forgot to
say, ma'am, that she is a dummy
DO you mean that the child was a mute?"
said Mrs. Mac, with some excitement.
Yes ma'am. Sweet little hangel, she
could not speak honly with her hyes, and
the look in them was that touching it made
my art -hake- When l would take 'er in my
harms and cuddle 'er, which l hoften did,
she would put FER thumb in 'er mouth the
blessed lamb and so fast asleep. But she
was not pretty halter she 'ad that long
hillness. One side of 'er' face was queer"
MY gracious, Ralph Macn' said Mrs Mac,
bursting in upon her husband, who was en-
Toying q siesta. l believe l have found little
Gertie Cranf1ed Let us telegraph for Lieut..
Forbes at once. -
Hold on, my dear" said Cap when he had
heard what the landlady had told his wife
what IS the matter with our going to To-
ronto and visiting the orphan asylum and
seeing if the child is there before we make
a fuss?''-
accordingly did. With some difficulty they
gained admittance to the institution which
was under Catholic management but once in
every courtesy was shown to the Americans
Little Martha GlennOn brought to see
the friends who requested the privilege of
seeing the child her tiny hand locked in that
or a sister, whose kindly face beamed with
love for her little charge.
Mrs. Mac could not recognize the child as
Gertse Cranfield. but she could see that she
her face still beautiful but nervous
aneetion had caused a curious contraction Of
the faclai muscles, so that while the left side
was smiling or in repose the right locked as
II she were weeping. 1t was a very pathetic
sight and sadly marred the beauty of the
full face.
The Macs laid the case before the mother
superior and with her permission tele-
graphed to Mrs. Cranfield AS quickly as
possible that afflicted woman and her faith
rcad-came to Toronto
1t was proved beyond a doubt that Martha
Glennon was Gertie Cranfeld and The or
phans home authorities willingly gave her
up.
She seemed to recognize her mother at