The sun., 1905-10-29

ronp and play. but babies years old and
3, getting well in the sunshine. Il
There were other compensations. All
those who left the halls of pain for good
made their exit at the sunny door. They
came out white as paper, led hytwo friends,
always two, strong men and women who
led them carefully along the crowded.
street an arm around tho waist, smiling at
their fright Of the crowd engendered by the
tindity of illness.
The babies at the sunny windows threw
kisses at these departing ones lhey threw
kisses at passing strangers, who stood and
laughed and threw them back again.
The girl babies in the windows flirted
with the small and hearty boys on the streets.
Often there was quite crowd OF these small
boys on the pavement, standing on their
heads for the amnsement of the girls o.
doing a song and dance or two.
Then would the girls grow hilariousli
rising from their pillows and romping till
the new tenant could almost hear theirlaughA
ter through the window panes. =,
They would keep this up. too, growing.
so wildly hilarious at length that nurses
came and compelled quiet and order in the
sunny windows, whereupon, sinking bacfl
on their pillows, they would content them-f
selves with pulling the curtains up and down'
till the rollers got out of order and refused
to pull.
1t was never sad, it seemed for the babies
in the windows. They hadn't lived IIongI
enough to learn to be sad but as for those
who took leave of them! Almost they per-
suaded tho new tenant to move again
Oncn Il father and mother sat for long,
time with one of the Stunning babies They
were obliged to leave at last, for visitors
are not allowed to stay at hospitals forevers
They have certain hours. -
Tie two embraced the baby and kissed
him. They came out at the door. :.
1t would appear that they had fingered
l.t,t tod Fat ~
railing outside. looking in al the window.
There were kisses exchanged by means u
throwing.
There ensued series of pautomime in.
comprehensive to the one who looked
on Then it really seemed as if they must
But it was only seeming. They stood
and stood. They threw more kisses. :.
The father sighed and pressed his hand
to his heart-they were evidently foreigners
and one could almost see the tears IN his
eyes from across the street. The motheri
less accustomed to control her emotion in
public put her handkerchief to her eyes.
Her shoulders hearcd with her sobs.
| The baby was getting well. Yes, but
they were not ailo we'd to stay and witness
! it, to see the ros, returning 10 his cheek
and the little white teeth showing in his
laugh at the JOY Of coming back TO health in
! the sunshine of the window.
! They we're not rich enough to take him
! home and nurse him back o health. They
had no sunny windows. maybe. They
must leave him to the care of the little white
muses..
1t seemed pity they were not rich
enough.
They stood on the pavement against the
railing looking up at the window, answer
ing his growing laughter with their tears
and throwing him kisses until the new tenant
who looked on from her opposite window
pulled down the blind and, sitting in tho
darkness, concluded positively to move.
| in a sort of despair that the hospital should
! prove unable to dispense with sadnessI
! should even faunt it in her fac. from its
sunnest side