Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-09-27

he had none, and toys Were very
scarce; he had no rocking horse. nc
little cart. but always had his dreams
I Often In broad daylight, with his
eyes wide open, he lay upon the
ground locking through the lea'y
ire. s to the sky above. dreaming
sometimes OF the silver howl THAI
"Iiopping Peter" said was brrscL an
der the lake, sometimes of the gold
en- cradl. deeply sunk in III" E,o1nd,
but always of buried treasures
One Christmas, when h" VAS eight
years Old. E,tl" Heinrich. for he Mas
a Gcralnl l.y. had beautiful gilt.
That is. he thought ii was b'autiiui.
may ," you would not have liked At.
! Il was Zig hi. book, tuli u! picld"s.
The pictures weren't colOrcd like
these in your pictm" books. atili
Heinrich was very glad to get IL,
since he hadn't any at all. H. liked
TO lie on the floor with the book III
front OF him looking ut the pictures.
There was one he liked we'll: probab-
ly YOU couldn't have Ikea Il. IL was
! no, hing but a city. an ancient city
! by ;hc sea. ali aflamc. its walls tumb-
! ling down and its hols"s all uIli".
and ladies with fine robes or. run
ming toward the sea to get away iiom
the fierce heat.
1t seemed to him very strange that
men put walls about their cities. an
less In those days there were MANY
wick d mea in the country, or Wild
beasts, of which the people were
afraid His father put him off when
he asked questions. telling him thar
some day when he vas older ana
went 10 school he would hear about
it,
Are the walls Still thcr>?" he ask
ed.
Yes. my son. replied the father,
buried under the ground
There must be big treasures there,
father"
Yes. my son; it was rich city.
and has no one ever been there
to dig for the treasures?'
NO. they are buried very deep.
and that was more than two thouS-
and years ago, almost three thons-
and. long b fore ever the Biessfa
Christ came to earth
So little Heinrich added to his
dreams of getting the silver bowl and
the golden cradle. when he grew
to be a man, that of digging for the
treasures in the buried city.
What treasure he would find.
many a silver bowl, and many gold
en- cradle. Then his father no long
er would b. poor, his mother pale
and worn from overwork." II SEEM
ed to little Heinrich sometimes as
If he couldn't wait.
Five, six years passed. and he was
Just beginning to learn about the bur
led city in his bookc at school when
his father called him one day.
MY son. ! cannot keep you IN
school any longer: you will have to
get 10 work. to do for yours II: l am
sorry. but | have little money"
That night in the quiet Of his room.
when the rest were sleeping. little
H"inrich wept.
II only the stories that Hopping
Peter" had told him nod been true
no one could have kept him from get
ting the bowl and the cradle. Now
he must give up his loved studies.
give up his ombition to dig midst
the ruins of the buried city.
Soon after he began to seek WORK
Ian opportunity came for him to clerk
in a grocery. The pay was small, but
1 ne did not mind 1t SO much now. ar
ter his first disappointment. He was
glad to add his mite to the family
earnings. Little Heinrich was reason
ably happy, for he still kept his
dr. ans.
One day drunken miller came
reeling into the store mutteriBg in an
unknown tongue: the words were
beautiful, and Heinrich was much
moved. After drinking the beer Helm
rich was obliged to get for him the
, miller passed the money for 1t over
! the counter. Heinrich pushed u
back. saying that he would pay for
his drink IL the miller would recite
the words again to him. And so dav
after day the miller came for his
drink Of beer. rccited the beautiful
words and Heinrich paid for MS
drinks.
| What wsrc the beautiful words?
| Your big brother Fred. who Is
senior in the high school. would laugh
scornfuI laugh. maybe. I" hear thai
they were the first hundred words o.
|, Homcr's Had. Greek hook he STUD
les and finds very difscuIt and dis
Hikes exceedingly. Every day the mil
l Ter came for his glass Of beer. ana
every day Heinrich learned fe"
NOR, lines Of Greek. He was happy
for he still! had his dream tn sxcavat"
a. it, -kfob Too tb1 fret Time he