Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-17

one into her own bounehon .sm
are nothing but bothers, ana seem mad
% upset the servants she alrhed as,d
after i've years, toor ~
But In the small hours Of ths mor,
ing despite his want Of welcome Tob,
Hammond Junior arrived t,n~
weird-looking mite, too early by so.,,s
weeks IN making his appearance 4
cold, unkindly home.
The mother lay languIdly. fe,llnr ia
tie interest IN anything a. yet Is.
mad been wondering On the previous
night why the fates seemed & y
against her, why things went 8 con,
trary' why she had married 4 man WA
rarely spoke, and was forever raaa,ng
The same thought slmmered ii bey
mind now. Yet 1t never occurred "a ~
that II man has no one who CARES n
listen, It b not easy to tank.
Suddenly a waiting cry fell upon hes
ear at th:S-amo moment frown
crossed her brow. Then her curIoritv
was aroused, and she said Let me ~
the child"
Inc blfse brought him to her WITH
an apolOgetlc air "Ha's very ANAL :
she said, -but not 40 weak as he mich,
have been. Bless him, hem thrive ~
please God--if his mothers got any
natural feeling" abe added 10 he,raIf
"whicn doubt"
The mother loelupd at the infant
small ana red win an odd and old *.
preston. Then suddenly mother-love
o. ail hirs@n sentiments the most exa.s.
%, the most ennobling, and the meat
selfsacrlhclng, awoke within her. acive
him to me-" and as the nurse healtat.
ed, "H0 Is mine" she cried.
A thrill Of Joy such as abe had nevs.
teit before swept through her frame as
she pressed the little creature to her
breast and stilled his cries. And when
he slept she would not release her hold
but lay and watched him hungril~.
What hands-what feet-what eyeei
Was ever such a child as thisY
In the midst Of these unspokon RAP.
lures her husband entered the room "a
pay duty call
John she cried, dearest John. look
at him. He's ours Isn't he a dearfs
Could he believe his ears? why. IN
stead Of being annoyed, she seemed No.
tually delighted, and curious feeling
uwept over him as he gaxed upon the
two. -
The child awakened BY the voices
opened his solemn eyes, and when the
father touched the tiny hand It clasped
his finger as having found a rock Of
sure defence, and the three made d pic
ture upon which the old nurse amiied
"Jobn." whispered his wife, II shan
devote my life to the bringing i'm II
our precious child. shall never again
leave you to spend the evenings alonn
All my gaieties WIN be given Us.
SHALL" ~.sssS
mot all, Eleanor" lnterrunted her
husband, gently, as certain unkfid
thoughts he had once entertained snota
him, mot all, my dear You must Iei
nae have some part In bringing the wee
chap up. See how he holds on to me-
We win each do less separately ana
more together. / win 90 out sometimes
with you. and YOU"
"Will stay at home." she said, with
a glorihed face, and a smile 80 sweet
that to himself he called her the love.
Hest woman in all the world.
John did not go to India that year
nor the next, and when he did 20 hs
was not alone. Little John grew M y
fair and goodly child, the apple Of his
parents eyes, and each year the at
tempt to train him wisely united them
more firmly, nothing now being strong
enough to sunder the love that daily
grew, for a three-fold cord is not quick
ly broken.-London Sunday School
Times