El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-09-15
(By Crete Staal.)

| A T the outskirts of a field was tn
4 ~ little ivyclad house of the tract
| ~ walker, surrounded by a prett,
little garden. Far away In IN
| distance was a wood into which tn
| trains disappeared. The nearest tow
| was a couple of miles away, and Their
| was no other house IN the neighbor
| hood.
The track walker. Schultz, lived alon'
here with his twoyearold daughter
When he became widower his sister
who was married to a mechanic in TIT
| town, had taken the little one, but a.
she had several children herself ant
plenty of work, il was not long DeIort
she said to her brother:
You must look for another wife
Poor people have no time for mourning
Your little girl needs mother ant
you need a wife to cook your meals and
crossing"
At first Schultz shook his head anc
would hear nothing about marrying
again but after awhile he felt lone.
some and asked his sister to help him
to find a WIFE
She gla. ly consented, but none of the
girls she suggested pleased her broth
er. At last she grew indignant and
Il suppose we shall have to wait
until we find a princess. I should think
Wiedmeyer's Anna good enough for
any man."
eS, perhaps you are IlSnl NINA
ways was nice girl and is so yet
/ used to know her quite we'll BEFORE
/ married and there was time when
would rather have married her than
Maria, but / gave he's UP Wnen Iouho
she had no heart"
II suppose that is why she has not
married" the sister replied, for she
is both thrifty and good looking, put
who wants a wife without heart
Il will take the chances anyway"
And he did. A few weeks later Anna
moved into the little house.
It was noon and Schultz mao TO at
tend the gate while the express passed
When he had left. his wife set the ia
BILE for dinner She looked through the
window after her husband and nothing
showed that she finished, she went over
to the bed where her little stepdaugh-
ter was sleeping, looked at her ten
derby and kissed her red cheeks softly,
but as soon as she heard her husband
coming, she shook her and woke her
up rudely.
Wake UP you little brat. You don't
do a thing but sleep all day long.
seWhy, Anna" her husband said. she
is only three years, old and you co must
you have no heart"
Anna raised her head and looked at
her husband, but said nothing: There
was a smile of contempt about her lips
as she turned the little girl over 10
her husband and said:
'Of course, she is your child, so 1t
is no more than right that you should
look after her. 1 am tired of being
nurse all the time"
She cleared off the table and went
into the kitchen. Then she folded her
hands and looking at the door, she
unused:
NO heart-no heart I wish I really
did not have any that I might not have
to lie and pretend to make him beneve
it is So He used to love me and still
he married another / would readily
have forgiven everything, when he came
to me, but then he said that he did not
need my love, for he knew l had no
heart. All had to do was 10 look after
him and his child Then promised my
self that he should never know l really
had a heart a foolish heart, that can
never forget its first love-"
Have you finished. Anna" her hus-
band called from the next room You
must look after the o'clock train, for
] have to go to town.
Anna merely bowed her head. If she
had said a single word the tears would
have come and betrayed what he must
never know.
She went to the child and played with
it long When 1t was time to go to the
crossing she stoo1 up Kissed the Ht little
dolls like nice little girl while mamma
is away. In little while / will come
back for you and We will go into the
Little Marie laughed and called after
her: Not long, mamma, not longl
Maria wants to pick cherries"
Anna nodded to her, picked up the
green and red flags and went out. She
crossed the track and posted herself at
the gate. Soon she heard the familiar
rumble Of the approaching train and
saw it emerge from the wood In a
few minutes it would pass. Then
heavens
Little Maria had come out of the
house. and looked around for her moth
sr. When she saw her on the other side
the track she ran toward her.
GO back, Maria. Go back for Gods
,ake.."
But the little one went on. The en-
CINE was almost on top of her. The
brakes were put on hard, but the speed
was too fast. The mother rushed in and
picked up the child. The engineer could
lee nothing more. Had the unfortunate
mother been crushed! Was the child
safe?
The train stopped and among the
who rushed out the cars
vas young doctor The child was safe,
tut the mother lay alongside the track
apparently 1ife1ess The doctor succeed
ID in bringing her back to conscious
less and, when she saw little Maria |
she laid her hand on her
lead and exclaimed: "Oh, Cod 1 thank
Thee"
Then she became unconscious once
nore A moment later her husband
anne rushing UP. He was as pale as a
rhost. When ne saw his wife he threw
himself at her side and moaned:
"Oh, she is dead She is deadi"
NO she is not dead the doctor said.
and in a short time she will be quite |
veil"
The big strong man kissed the doc |
or's hand. Then he bent over his wife |