Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-04-16

Out of its heart must perish too.
And then he encouraged her to talk,
which is always good thing for a wo'
man. He let her cry little, and
when she told him about little Easter,
aud buried her wan face in the pillow
with A choking sob, the doctor mar
vells greatly that she had been able
to bear up as well as she did.
She was like drowning woman.
She needed something to cling to with
might and main. So he threw her a
rope.
"Lst me see, the doctor said, cheer
lily; cit is, now only little more
than three weeks to Easter, and II
promise to bring you around all right
by that time. As for the little one,
I'll drive right over and see how she
is getting on. and, mind you, on Eas-
ter morning, bright and early, you
must be ready to drive over with me
and pay her visit.
Remember, my dear woman he
added, "that broken hip cannot be
cured in day, but visit from nam
mo- will do little Easter more good
than anything else in the world"
At the hospital-where, by the way,
the doctor happened to be consulting
physician, he found little Easter ly-
ing upon tiny white cot scarcely
colorless than the beautiful child's
face.
She was asleep. There surely was
never fairer picture than the pure
little face, set in its nimbus Of red gold
hair. The doctor bent over and
touched her forehead with his lips.
The little one opened her eyes and
looked up at him. Perfect love in
her baby heart had long ago cast out
fear.
"You are little angel" the doctor
said, as well as he could, with the
great big lump in hia throat fairly
choking him, "but-Uee here, little
girl, you don't want crown upon
your forehead, or harp within your
hand just at present. Why, bless my
heart and soul, dear child, we'll have
you out of here and riding in the
goat carriages all around the park be-
fore you know it." And then he
made careful examination and told |
the nurse that he would be back again |
early in the morning.
Meanwhile, the doctor went home
and after dinner he lighted cigar
and sat thinking-thinking about lit.
tie Easter with all its might. His
own brighteyed Marjorie climbed up
on his knee and wanted to know if
God had given him a lot of new babies
to carry around to good fathers and
mothers for Easter, but he hardly
beard what the child said.
Papa was up in the clouds again,"
she whispered to her mother, and from
this the mother knew that there was
serious case on hand.
Presently he arose and went into
his professional den. Till long past
midnight he sat there fussing over
lot of buckles and leather straps, of
clasps and elastic bands, till. by and
by, he got thing rigged up for all
the world like little harness.
al think that is about the idea"
the doctor remarked, thoughtfully.
anyway, I'll try it in the morning.
After this it seemed as if Easter was
never in such hurry to get here be-
fore. The days fairly few. NAM
ma" living on the hope of seeing her
little one, was just as busy as she
could be-trying to get well. Every
day she sat up little longer than she
had the day before, and at last she
would have her workbasket, and you
could almost see through her pale 6n'
gers as she sewed away for dear life
on pink and silver doll dress for the
little invalid. Darling little Easter !
Even though she might never walk
again, she should have all the fine
toys and flowers and the very best Of
everything.
Somehow the child's father was
growing almost hysterical. Men of
fine grain do sometimes, under strong
pressure.
"Ws'll give the little ones a merry
Easter" he said with his lips, while
his heart went out to the little pale
sufferer acros. the park, and be won.
d.red if the gentle Master who healed
the sick ard made the lame to walk
remembered even this little one. An,
if she could only touch the hem Of
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