Brookings weekly register. (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1898-1903, 1901-12-05

could find, and / found the little lady
almost the fust thing"
From Faye they could learn but lit
tie. She was lust Faye. papa's and
little mothers sweetheart" and told
told Jimmy.
So nothing remained for little Faye
but Jemima and her Dimmie, from
whom she positively refused to be sep
arated. Poor little Jimmy! A small
knight errant in Gods great world,
homeless and alone, yet one Of his lit
tie ones.
1t was difficult, Notwithstanding the
aid from outside sources, to find home
for the children, but at last they were
placed in an orphan asylum in the
northern part of the state. 1t was
bitter enough change for both, although
from entirely different standpoints.
For the child, bred in affection and lux
ury, the change was cruel indeed, while
to the boy, accustomed to perfect free
dom, it was the life of Gagged bird.
Moreover, without fully appreciating
the reason, he was keenly alive to
Faye's unhappiness and, after witness
ing 1t for four months, resolved to put
an end to it IL 1t were possible to do so.
A northern Texas winter was now
upon them, and one afternoon, during
one of the brief moments he could steal
to be with his idol. he laid his plans for
her release as well as his own, and ere
many hours had passed they were car
ried into effect.
The empty cattle cars jolted onward,
the engine putting and struggling to
drag the long train over the snow Gov
cred tracks. The air was filled with
whirling fakes. and the cold was in
tense. Huddled In a corner Of one car
were two small figures rolled up in an
old blanket eating frugal luncheon,
the last Of the supply Of food which
Jimmy had "swiped" from the asylum.
Eat it, every bit, Faye. Jimmy amt
hungry. We're most there, / reckon,
and wouldn't wonder IL papa and lit
tie mother was a-waitin' for u.s."
Slower and slower crawled the train
until it came to a standstill side track.
ed at little prairie town.
"We can't go no farther, Faye. so
come along with Jimmy. Wen go up
to the town over yonder. and maybe
they'll invite us to take dinner at the
hotel" said Jimmy as he lifted Faye
from the car.
1t is bitter to vell of the return to
Galveston of Faye's father to find the
city in ruins, his home swept away and
his wife and child he knew not where.
While north on business news of the
terrible disaster had reached him, and
could carry him. Then came weeks of
almost hopeless searching from one end
Of the city to the other, with repeated
visits to the site of his old home, as
though some power he could not with
stand led him back to the scene of his
former happiness. 1t was during one of
these visits and while gazing despair
ingly at the ruins of his home that he
was startled by huge st. Bernard dog
which sprang upon him with wild DEM
onstrations of joy. 1t was Juno, the
pet of the household and Faye's con-
slant companion.
The faithful brute had never given
up the search for Faye, and rarely a
day passed that she did not visit the
site Of the old home. The sagacious
creature needed no commands, and
within an hour had led Mr.. Osborne
straight TO the little mothers bed
side.
1t was many weeks before Mrs. Os-
borre was able TO join her husband in
the seemingly hopeless search for
Faye, but the mothers heart would not
give up. Winter was upon them when
rumor at last guided them to the asy-
lum, where they learned that the chill
dren had run away and all trace of
them was lost. Jimmy had laid his
plans only too well.