The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1917-07-14

TIE Association OF Churches viii
look after Barbara, altho il will
have trouble finding home for a
child OF TO- sammy Will have 70
be taken 20 The detention house TOR
observation. I am sure his lungs are
affected and shall report the case at
once" The district nurse closed her
bag with a positive snap, and Bar
bara, the child OF -" crnuched
low under the pile OF rags that had
answered as bed until the last
creaky stair had ceased TO moan un-
der the nurses weight Then Bar-
hara crept cautiously into her moth
er's room.
II vas true She and Sammy were
all alone. but the pain OF the mo-
nIent was completely forgotten in
the horror OF what was 20 come A.
long as she could remember her
mother had said we haven't much,
hut It's our own. as your father used
70 say. on Wen share en- SHIRE
alike" Now as she rested so still
the district nurse vas reporting
Sammys cough and they would
tNilfF ~ AiAF tAlAiA
"Theys Just us two left. en- they
shan't lake him" Barbara promised
aercely. and giving her mother
body a hasty cares. she hurried ~
wake SAMMY Keep real still
honey" she pleaded. hlstllng hin
into his clothes. We're goin on !
nice long ride on the trolley car
inst SAMMY and sister"
Mower go wiv sammy" he
small boy insisted. and Il was with
difficulty thar Barbara persuaded
him not 70 wait,
Armed With what provisions sh'
/ could got into a ghOe box. the pen
MES from her own bank and thu
/ meager contents II her dead moth
er's purse, Barbara led Sammy reso
lutely down the four flghts az rick
ely stairs. out into The desertes
street. toward the changing TROLLEY
| car
"tet's find g'ecn till far way.
Sammy pleaded, remembering .
song 81 his mothers. and rs Bar
she promised they would
Their supply ~ cash was sufficien
10 pay their faro well beyond tn
clty's limits. but 10 the girls dismal
they were set down In a particu
larry level stretch OF country
Amt no geen hill" Sammy whim
pered. and Barbara coaxed him un
deS. clump OF trees 10 eat a par
! OF their lunch. saying, "Oh. no. dear
Don't YOU remember mothers song
There Is a green hill far away.
without a city wall"
There's a big factory over Their
en- trolley tracks Wen walk. on
after while wei come TO tn
green hill"
Thus assured. Sammy consente'
70 trudge hopefully along the road
Ia, night was beginning TO cree
upon them, and the road still
stretched straight on. So Barbari
gathered UP her weary little brothe
and carried him to the shelter o
some bushes. where she rocked hin
in her arms until he closed his eyes
The enormity OF what she had VT
dertaken weighed heavily upon Bal
bsra. She pictured her dead mothe
and a hundred tender memorie
crowded into tho child's thoughts
filing her with wild desire TO z
back. She raised herself with
sudden resolution. but at that mr.
ment Sammy coughed, and agai
barbara could hear the distric
nurses "rll report the case AZ once.
"f1l take care o. him myself. sh
whispered with trembling lips. an
then Barbara cried softly for he
mother.
A deep croaking noise almost .
her elbow made Barbara start up !
fright. How dark II was. A col
slant whirring sound filed the air
from afar came plaintive call o
of some one In distress Even n
birds cried with fear. and some
where In tho distance n bell ran
ominously. once "A dog barked an
the child was sure she could III
tlngulsh footsteps In tho grass, 10
heart beat wildly. but she dared No
move.
Besides the physical fatigue OF m
day, the anguish OF loslns hex To-
IT and the anxiety over her brothe
had served 20 exhaust Barbara
Now she lay, hardly daring
breathe: the noises that had $
frightened her gradually changes
The whippoorwill's song grew los
. fearsome. tho cali OF the birds b.
came q sleepy good night an
there was something soothing eve
} IN the crickets' endless chirp. ia
, bara, too, fell asleep.
The bright rays OF the sun weI