The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-05-28
HEART OF THE WORLD.
BY ADELINE KNAPP.


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.rr. mm.ling with IN. more ,,artcl
f-rfuar af February roses. Tin. ham
81 The city sounded far away. and the
song Of p meadow. IarI, ,nuiJ a,. heard
from a trccton.
Tine doc, Of the. house stood omen. re-
rc-I-fs. a broad hall. Ther,. was q sur
.r,-st-s.l!. iTf :FrI.1T .f ,,1,--,i,- ferns.
and thc s.I,ory plean OF q fo;iDta.D. in
the ccusrrrltarv al one side. Fr.ro
the daoIiJmb there s>vayed i'm the
hrcrzc long ends of soft. snowy ribbon.
holding in place cluster Of white
roses
In the center of stately apartment
ti:at oprnci upnn the hail stood "a tiny
white caslsct ON slender pillars Two
candles burned at its head Bv a win
dow "a man sat "r.z.ug with ua~rring
eyes. i'm the creeping shadows OF the
trees. \ voman lay in crushed heap
among the pillows of a divdu. Neither
bad moved for T." long time The i.ulr
form iu I'D" white cstSket had been heir
all Now ii lay scarcely st'Il"r than
they.
Suddenly til" silence was broken by
'h" sound OF "A woman's voice, high
pitched and clear.
willy, Willy! OH, Willy" it cried.
friend within The hnu~o hastcpcd To
thc door. Along a pathway through
hs SHrUnhcry handsomely y-dr,T-srd
woman appeared ON" she cN-
-iaimci. advancing: have You seen
iIttie roy about four years ola2 My lit
.le boy IS lost! Some on" sad they saw
HiIu come i'm here l cannot find him;
and J am AFRAID I''' has fallen some
"hrTc IN jil' SAND dunes.
Have you notified the police
Long ago they are ali on the
lookout for him. But ne nay he buried
IN the sand We have h'rn searching
for hours. on. ! have lost t,v" little
ones through death, but l never felt as
go TINS moment
ihe mother rS heart walled forth be-
h'nd the cultured woman's enforced
comFoSure-
lhe woman "h" mad been lying
among the CUSHIONS came through the
nal Z" the door
-" hat - 'i: she asked.
The friend put her arm about hcrand
would have drawn her back; but the
stranger spoke
My little boy Is lost, she said, eN-
cLi'"iE- lie Is only four years old.
"" are AFRAID ne IS among the sand
dunes
oh- erred the younger woman.
! am 50 sorry Is there nothing We
''in 90 cannot We H"'p YOU I""t Tor
nm. lhe poor niue fellow lmuk 81
iHm ali alone IN the dunes. How did
IL happen. ma she put her iia"d IN
me stranger $ i"r sympathy
The latter was tuil of her story Of
coming home fruu round of calls 10
find the child missing and the other
children seeking him. Even as she
@I""c' voices could he near" ci'ii'nS
from the sand dunes; willy. Willy.
on, Willy.
II must 90 cried the mother oh,
nv heart is breaking! Willy! Willy;
W here can he he?
rs she turned a passing zephyr blew
the white ribbon on the doorpost
straight ont across her cheek. She
started back. dismayed.
" ny she cried, you have a dead
child IN tins house!
Yes. said the other mother; my
only child. lttlc boy Just four years
old, died TINS morning
Tears came into the strangers eyes.
on, she cried, do forgive me-
am 50 sorry. | did moi know Dear.
heart. To think should have troubled
you. !, TOO, have lost two children by
death; but this IS more terrible. My
little boy You see' l do not know
where he IS