The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-01-01
\ s:ILAS \ MARINER.
HAPPIER VIII.

9J ID ,rhere was y a pauper,s burial that
N week Ill 8iaaveloe and UP ut kencll vard
III 81 I.ntherly 1t was known that the dark
y haired woman with the fair child, WHO
Ind lately come to lodge there was gone
IN AWAY a Ga In. II That was all the express
# note taken that Molly had disap appeared 6
S from tho eyes Of men. silas sMarner s;aS,
Termination to keep the tramp s5 ci ~
e. as mat ter Of hardly less surprise in the
Village than the robbery of his none Y.
,$535 IN otable mothers. and among them
11nllv winthrop, were occupied h N n teli 4
,,SS ~ si1as what he had better do Sllas
NJ Ia shown half guinea given him 81!
III ~ Godfrey and had asked her what the
should do about getting some me CLONES 3
for the child ~ :, =,
&S.,there,s i, q \ Gull 10 buy no more nor q
ir Of shoes for I've got the tile petlte
M coat Il "a aroll wore five years go. and y 81
n spending tho money on them oa g n9
u clothes. FOR the child 'lill grow like tho
ss3 grass &; M va bless lt-that t It Will.
N hi Ana the Same day Dolly brought
Northumberland displayed toB Manner o,le
by one, he tiny garments he r$ g. due
order of succession 4, most Of them pa1 'l
al and dnrned but clean and 9 neat B as
fresh sprung herbs. his was the Intro re-
auction It's a great ceremony wit y soap
ilnd water. from which aby@ came out
ew3 beat Il iii
hi NJ bod ,ud think the angils In
Eheaven couldn't be pre- tier, SAID Dolly ;s'l
rubbing the golden ourls and kiss sing theH
,I#think you're in the RICH on II 7. Keep
1.-The 8S little .un, Master Marner.3Y OWL
lid pper,, Sia b!t thered'
willie it's title, butt s, ~ s
leone, and see; 10 1t for YOU
7s'rhark you, kindly, said 4 silns.
SHs.but j I want to DO things for 1t myself,
81 else M ma get fond o'92somebody els'i,
and not fond O me. I've been used 80
tending for myself in he house. Sc Gu ii r
s%s learn, l can learn ,5S5 ~ .ss
$s wi. 9 them said Dolly. wit, a wo.
8#rnan's HI tender tact to the bnoy Y 20 %
ssgt1ien--take her, Master Mariner YOU c'!l
III but the things on, and then you can
INV . ! You've done for her from the first
f5.F ofs her coming to YOU. Mariner took
ss$her@ on his lap, Il and took the garments
from Dolly and put them on under her
teaching binterrupted%o f course. by 3a by, :
sss SarrSVmna 81 les. ii Them when she was quite
SAS ressed ID oil took up he thread OF hcS
$ts 6 .admontory' discourse a ga n.
sSs ii. II t s my belief she said as the
poorlittle creature Ia s never ncen chrls-
tened & and II you say so, IL ask Mr.
s& Macy to speak to the parson a bout o1l y;
5 and you must havc'Aa nalpe for IT. be-
Ss55 cause IL must have a"nAnle givlt whcn
LT,y
sSS it's christ ened 5St ig
it5fiYIlI. +. " mothers n anne was fiepzl-
bah. said sias, land my little sister
8 was named after her. sSS .s Z, NJ ~
Sfs TX. But It was ard calling your
LITTLE Register by such II hard name, WASH !
SitI Master Marner?" said Dolly.
83 382 $! 1--WE called her Eppic, !" answered
Mariner. And SO It came about that baby
5 was chirstened I3ppic, and that Sllas
making himself as clean and tidy Us nc
s8could. ppeared for the first Inc within
N.Y. Rayeloe Church and shared III the OBJ.
g scrvances held sacred by his neigh bors.
s * /. %ll And when the sunshine grew stront
and the buttercups were thick In thu
meadows, Silas might be seen strollne
out with uncovered head to carry Eppit
Sf beyond the stone pits, to where tht
36S flowers grew, til they reached SOME ia
Esiyorite bank, where he could sit down
SsS while Eppie 6'toddled" to pluck the now
n ers, calling ''dad-dads" attention contin
&f&ually by bringing him the blossoms, Then
@ Notwithstanding the difficulty OF carrylni
#sIlcr and his yarn or liner at the SAM
5gg time, S!las took her with ihln In most Q
&$his Journeys to the farm houses, and It'll
III curly headed Eppic, the weayers child
@8beca,ne an object OF interest TO scvera
8siR s.outl yingt ilomesteads, as well as In tn
vintage, Hitherto he had been treated YER
$Ylnuch as Il he had been a useful 8 "gnome
5$Or q brownie" but now he must SIT littl
@and talk about the child and words Q
94finterest were always ready for him. TIL
48sBchild was afraid of approaching Sila
8SS when Eppie was near him. There wa
ssS 1--we Il between him and the child thu
4 &lO#.'hlept" chem into one. and there wa
& love between the child and the world