The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1904-03-27
.S,lP u GAL PRlZ E .ST DRY
FOR 8ILLU STR ATIONH
Little Florence.


Little Paul Don,ocys fosternothert hn6
taken careg Of v little Paul for several
weeks. Ono day aa she was sitting Sin3s
Ghe,. 9 Si1S room, tho door was slowly aid I
s1tlctly oponcd and d dark. eyed little
girl looked Iii " 8sg {fs S t & n 3
55sS Is lssS Florenn, come home from
her nntlts.. no doubt M thought Il Polly.
who Ind never seen tho child befors.
'.1iopc 4 SEQ you we'll m n tsE
us tint my brotherssDg asked tho child.
pointing TO tho sbnby. y .s 3s8s
les, my pretty. Come ana kiss him.
hut I he child, Instead Of ndvAnclng, 1ool,.
I'd her en- rrastly In tho face. ~ K N
what have YOU done With fl ,nutr,-
mar 81 l t ~
Lord bless the 5,s lttlo creeter, \
What d sad question:! Nothing, MISS
"What have they done with my nam.
Fmn2'',.5}. If n 4, IA 81 @
II mover saw st,ch 4 ,n.,ltins thing Ii,
all my life! Come noaror here. my dear
8n1lss! Don't DO afraid OF mo. $ Nh ~ lSS$S
''Ignm not afraid OF YOU. but I want
TO know what they have done With my
my darling, you wear that pretty 7
black frock in 4 remembrance Of your
sniammn. si 3 5s sSa u 4sft 3 En-
go can remember my mamma. return-.
ed tho child. With tears springing to- her
eyes. "ln any frock.' s5 B d 4
s3S"" But people put on black to r mem. n
\ Der people WHOM They're gonoy
s}5ss'.t.WhereY gOno? = II s33 tgS "a
Come and sit down by mo. md Il IN
/ toll sou O story. , q q 3s5 s5s5 I'd Is f8
6 ...'Once upon "a time, there was q LADY,.
sa very good lad y and her little daugh--lSs
ter dearly loved her. &. H
555 "a very good lady and her, llttlc dnugh-$
ter dearly loved her" I,sated the child.
8&Sf}lt.'Who when God thought 1t right that .
IL should be- 50, was 4 "a ken III and dicd.,s's
3.TheSchild shuddered. A $4 Y5 q. I'm AT
$s Died. 3 never to be seen a gain b.. any \
ono on Garth. and was burss .ss in tho
ground where tho trees grow. Il y rs
cold ground" said the child 5shud-a
sdcring again. } S y, .3s
ugly little seeds turn into beautiful flow
crs. and into grass and cOrn.s and \
don't know what all besi d,sE. Where tgoof9
people turn into bright angels, and fly 4
ava y to heaven! =, III q igi} 81 55ss "a. 5s$
 The child !, who had dropped her hend ~
raised It again. and sat looking at her
sintcntly. HI 35t, i8f A is. G]5 NJ
80. when this lad y died. W t,reverS they
took her. or wherever they put her, SHE /
went to God (! and she prayed to Y Him..
this lady did. to teach hcrslittle daughter
to be sure Of that In her heart !: and TO (
know. that she was happy there and loved *
her still: and to hope and try.--oh all
her llfe--to meet her here one ilay, never
never, never to part any more. 4 4 & ri
ut was my mammal" exclaimed the
child, springing up and clasping the nurse 4
around the neck.
"And the child. heart said Polly.
drawing her to her breast. "the Hills
daughters heart was so full q: the truth
OF this. that even when nhe heard It from
"a strange nurse that couldn't tell ~
right but was n poor Their herself and
that WAS all. she found a comic in \ t.
didn't feel so lonely sotclcd and cried
upon her bosom took kindly n, the baby I
lying In her in p-and- there, there here
said Polly. smoothing the fchild's curls !.
md dropping tears upon them, l'herc.
poor dear!' X F 5s 10 9
And the 4motherless little girl tic child
OF grief and neglect. had found n friend. S
CHARLES DICKENS. II
Ne Illustrations re suggested. Let each Il
child follow his or lier& own ideas which
IA RI. uuife sure to be correct .sS ifSG55