Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1899-10-10
''Tae Littls One rs All RlRht.-
{ Mary A. Benson. ]

(Mary 4. Benson.
 We'll bury her just as we aid the other two, were the words we heard on nearing a little cabin-boat on the edge of the sand bar that the low water had left in front of the village. Rowing ou1l heads, from necessity as well as reverence, we entered the nar- TOW, low-framed door, near which was 8 small, rude coffin. resting on two broken chairs. dark. atern-yisaged woman who was frying bacon on q little stove in the center Of the room, looked up scowIinglY at our entrances put said nothing. An old man,whose long gray hair and beard framed a face more defiant than sorroWf'tI arose from the bed in tbe corner. kicked an old, black jug to one side, and con tronted us.
 What do you want here, anyhow ?'' said he. I.he little un4T get along all right. When the two others died. we didn't have no church foI4s around. nor preacher, nor funeral business. We just das hole an put em in 1t, a2| they didnt have no $60 collins neither We'll do tBe same With thIs an. an Ne don't want none Q you rich folks around Hs You wouldn't care # we Has starvia you caIl us river rats, Toa make fua ef Ts we go near your fine churches. an we don want noth7 iu' of you. aoHoE. The old man stopped. and running both hands thz@aza his shaggy hair. seemed to listen D IEe d6zefal Pzashing Of the water O. tle keel =o6 6is floating house. Very gently He assured hfm taas OFF s5aapae E Has with ga the sorroWHns.
 aaz oHs Ht#Ia village #as famed for it's kindness 69 strangers. its care for tae sick and The suffering. tz abstaR tl-l =ze5a ta a Ee9 were za need.
 DaH tisFe Ha5a41 of 5ae sort. Eeter6e5 walking backward and forward Fia 5 heavy tread shat rock ea tae beat to and So. We 5as led ID 5t Forage 65H slN weeks. Ba 5Ae ehzaaeen sick ~s5a tae measles. and uot , woman san2e a=nigh as tH6 whole. eu6aHins time. Folks $ aIl alike. most 3g ga we'd rather they'd stay away from Us. The I1Itle un is al right. without any ct you aa as for me. don't bIIeTe In nothins nahoWs I've lived ap.ards Of thirty year on this old Mississippi river, have been over roo miles of dt. Hp an down. an never bothered nobody pose # you re b0uns au. determined 1o haul the li5tla un away, ar put it in the ground, funeral-iIBe, you can do ft, though 5Would De just as well. 5cordin5 6o my thinking., if We was to roll t I'D an drop ftziato the river Your singins an. prayia can't hurt it. uohoW. no more'n they can do it any good. cause you see, don't you. the 1Ittle ans all right.
 The cl0udless sunshine of the Easter morning serept over the bluffs. touch ing the river waves with crystal and of the brown sand bar a plain of burnished gold Afar off. from a cathedral tower, Easter chimes were joyously vibrating on the sweet spring air. Birds were singing merriIy from the budding branches on the river banks. and all the visible world seem ad joining in the Easter chorus of the Resurrection and the Life. Two or three wagons were on the sand bar near the eaBin-Boat, and with gentle hands the tiny coffin was covered with flowers and carried from it's water tossed home to our silent village" on the hill A dozen or more church folks stood By the parents. as a hymn was sung, a prayer was offered and the wee grave was covered. then the quaint funeral procession wound around tde hills and into the valley again. while in the soft air of the calm Easter morning the defiant fathers words echoed more pleasantly that before. "9he little un Is all right"
 Deep Wells.
 The following are some of the deep- est wells in the world: In Europe. one at Passy, France, 2.000 feet; at La ChaDelle, Paris, 2.950 feet; at Grenelle. E6rls, 4sl9o Ieees at NeuSalWafk, near Minden, 2.28s feet; at Klssingen, Ba- yaria, 1873 feet; at sperenberg, near Berlin, 4,190 feet; at Pesth, Hungary. 3,182 feet.
 Prayers for Dangerous Mission.
 At some ports in the Kingdom pray CTS are offered for the safety of the crew of outgoing vessels 4 slip as follows was handed to the solaiers' Mission chaplain: Captain Jones go-