Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1912-01-30
MISS NORMA CRAVEN.
An Article Written For THE Friend"
By Miss C. Ethel Jackson, Principal
OF the School Where Miss Ora
ven Is Teaching.
TAIPINe, MALAYSIA, Dec. 7, 1911
"Esus owes me is | know,
Fo de Riba tell me to,
little uns to i'm be 'ong,
Ey are weak but + is tong.


little unS to i'm be 'ong,
Ey are weak but f is tong"
The babyish words floated up to me
one morning as l sat at my work in
my study. was amazed as my atten-
ton was drawn to follow it, to hear
the whole song carried through in per-
feet time, with never miss in words
or tune, and still more amazed to
hear the little high-pitched voice
change to and carry through all Of
''Esus ANTS me for a tumbeam" and
Near alb my bod to E."
She is just dear little tot who puts
her arms around your neck and hugs
you very tight, or measures off her full
arms lengths to show how much she
loves you, or if in mood to tease,
allows only the tinyest bit of a tiny,
tiny finger to show you how little she
loves you. She sits beside the matron
or on the floor, happy as can be, play
ing at sewing with pin which she has
begged from the matron, after singing
the above hymns one after another,
with never a false note and almost
every verse by heart-though you
might not be able to understand all
her baby terms-a dear little baby
grille whom we all love and pet because
she is so much of baby and such
dear clinging little baby that we can
not help loving and petting her.
But she was not always Sc happy
nor so much loved. There was time
and if you look closely, you can find
sad evidence OF that time when this
little girl sat still and listless, having
nothing to say and nothing to do. On
her little back today is agreat ugly lump
that tells tile stoly. She was only a
girl, and her father was poor, so when
her mother died and he had no one to
take care of her, he gave her to a
friend. To be sure that friend gave
him some money in exchange, but he
| was poor and needed the money. The
friend had money and just to help
him took the little girl. Alas The
friend forgot to consult his wife and
little son. They did not want her.
She was an added care 10 the wife.
And the son, was he not the only son
and all important NANNY who had
| full right to say II want and 81
don't want" and, alas one of the
things he did not want was this
small grille. She interfered with his
pleasures, sometimes spoiled his play,
or took attention which he felt was
his due only, and any way he did not
want her and that was sufficient rea-
son. Then he proceeded to show that
he did not want her by knocking and
kicking her about and doing whatever
| he pleased and his mother let him
please TODD these things and any Others
that he wanted to do. The result of
it all is poor crippled mite that will
always bear the marks of his cruel
treatment.
When the missionary Miss Norma
Craven) first saw her she was round
and plump and straight as any one.
She won the heart of this particular
missionary by coming directly to her,
cuddling up in her arms and going
to sleep. Chinese babies are not law
iSh in their careSses, so this was very
unusual thing for Chinese baby to
| do. This was soon after she had
coale to her new home in TAPPING.
Almost a year later, this busy mis-
sionary again went into this home,
and, Oh, what change she found |.
The little round, plump body had
| grown very thin-a little old, worn
face, with poor, sad eyes that told
their own story of abuse and neglect,
and q body all crippled and bent
and covered with sores made that
| miSSionary'S heart ache and yearn for