New-York tribune., 1912-01-07

folk like change.
IT. went well for week The big fellow did his
n yyorL, splcnddlv and earned his salary thOu8h m
yvarCv chatting at the position He whistled checry
whenever there passengers 10 near ioI "IIo'
Is Great salve to the feelings; but for all his work ana
having TO keep on the qn cire Biys father was lone
some for his son. The days were long ana IcIDua' al"
when at nghtfa he tucked Billy under MS arm anu
took him home Bilys dear little head was pilIo"ed Oh
his fathers shoulder. ,:,,, .,,o l,,.v
explained Sister Abigail $50 he will be some company
for YOU in the evening; but he gets 50 sleepy;
"Shc peculiar person Billy said his father on the
wav home, "and if she were not woman Se ilS'U Dc
right good sort. But as you and Kno" "oi"cls
BillV thev are not worth the powder to blow EN- up
Bv seemed to take exception to this remark; tor ne
wrggcd and wrigglcd, and dug both ms Toes ana MS
knees into his fathers vest Perhaps his little stomach
troubled him-that is what some parents would nave
said But Blly's father understood each unsPoNeh
word.
THE next Saturday. Sister Abigail was more than
busy and when Billy and his father LETT they car
ricd bundle that contained many fine examples OF hGr
handiwork; for she had insisted upon having BlHy
fathers stockings to darn to keep her occupied se
said Blv's father almost unconscouS OF the
with him. until the baby pulled his nose.
"You would probably be prcoccuped too' BLY, be
gan his father 81" YOU had seen what saw this after
noon The car was quite crowded when we stopped al
Fourth-St, and IA woman got on, Billy, "o'IdH
vol, and have seen before; and | thanked my stars
YOU were not there, Billy, to see that woman It was
the person who used to hold you, Billy the person you
shall never call Mother if can help It. She was nn8-
ing another mans arm, BhIy-and won Ien you
the name he called her She attracting all the at
cntion she could tied my shoes as they passed into
the car and don't know, Billy whether they put t!rcS
in the box or not All know IS this: you ana made
mistake in choosng-we will never run the chance OF
making another mistake You and will brave out
alone we will fight and fight and fight till we win OUT
Billy began to cry softly People have not 50 much
grit when sleepy when waketuI, II YOU nave ever
noticed Billy was not only too sleepy to be cheerful
but something in his slccpncss made him homeslck.
Hi, father cuddled him closer There, old chap, cheer
up a Bit You'll have your bottle soon and
He broke of suddenly and felt in his pocket. Yes,
there was his weeks pay, untoucntd. lie owed hiuch
more than the amount, and ne hal put II thcFe III
81 know lust how YOU feel, By-the bottle would
cheer MS both. wouldn't it? It's cold and stormy and
we really need the warmth. Lets Just stop IN mere a
minute and see what it looks ike again, Billy. We
won't really drink, YOU knowingly sworn on; but
lust look at it, lust smell of it, Billy. That will cheer
and warm us and show us how strong we are.
Billy sccpily acqucsccd.
SISTER ABIGAIL was out late that night. She was
- charitable little soul and she had been helping 70
nurse poor old woman who had no one to care tor hcr
As she rounded a dark corner IN the binding snow
she heard the wall OF baby II It had been dayiinc'
and she at her work in the nursery she would have
exclaimed Immediately, "Why, what can be the matter
with Bilv," for Billy rarely cried.
Again it sounded close at hand, and Sister Abigail
jumped in spite OF her usual caImncSs; tor there was
white bundle near her feet on the snowy sidewalk
the bundcwas crccping Surely no one but Billy ever
crcpt with that sIcwi5c hunch With little inarcu-
late crv which was made by her heart popping suddenly
into her throat Sister Abigail dropped to her knees re-
garllcss Of her clothes. and grabbed the soaking
wet bundle close her breast She had not been de-
ccivci by that voice. That bundle WAS Billy.
"Oh Billy darling, how did You get here, she cried,