The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1921-01-08
THE CATHOLIC BULLETIN, JANUARY s. 1921

| A startled cry caused him to turn,
and then he saw sopething that made
his heart jump. In the path OF An on |
coming trolley stood a little girl of |
about two years. In a fash Tom let
fall his papers, and dashed from the
sidewalk. Rushing to the spot where
the child stood as though riveted, he
seized the little one in his arms. But
the car was almost upon them, and
then, in dazed way, he knew he was
throwing her to one side. Then it
seemed as though something heavy
pressed down upon him. Everything
became dark and he knew no more.
When Tom opened his eyes he was
bewildered for a few minutes. The
strange room and the strange faces at
1.-THE bedside made him wonder what had
happened. A man with strangely
familiar face bent over and patted his
head which somehow felt tightly
bound. Tom attempted to lift his right
hand, but found he was powerless to
move it.. Then in a flash came the re-
collection Of what had happened. He
made an attempt to sit, but the man
| gently forced him back.
| Must be quiet for awhile, sonny"
Il "The little kids it all right?" he
asked weakly.
, Good as new" smiled the man,
land you're a real brick-a hero, and
don't you forget it,"
Tom began to wonder in a dazed
way where he had seen that man be.
fore. Something about his face and
manner seemed to impart a sense OF
security and comfort.
Just then to his establishment who
! should suddenly appear at the foot
of the bed but Lizzie. Her face bore
traces of tears but a joyous smile
" parted her lips as she hurried forward
on her crutch. A kind-faced woman
had come in with her, and she and the
smiling man looked on with moist eyes
!, as brother and sister greeted each 9th
er affectionately.
u After the ELUSIVE greetings were
over and Tom had been assured tina
the. doctor said he wasn't badly hur
z and would soon be well. Lizzie whis
= pered:
y tom; don't you know who the maj
is?' And the man oVerhearing, said
. kindly, II don't believe Tom knows al
old friend. Take another look
I "Why, Lizzie, if it isn't the nice fel
Ter that Civ me all that money-wa
that your little kid yanked off tn
9 Itrack?''
u Mrs. Lane had quietly left the room
and now she came in carrying a sweet
g blue-eyed little girl in her arms.
II Baby wants to kiss Tom and than
! him for saving her life," she said. Sh
- bent over and Margaret gave he
% rescuer a resounding kiss on tn
cheek. "
y TON - nice boy like Ton
'e MAMA" she announced. Then Mr.
Lane tenderly embraced the boy an
. said many kind, beautiful things
~ Tom and Lizzie, too. And that Nigh
Lizzie slept in a pretty little room j
. the Lane home, and it all seemed lik
g fairyland, or, it would have SCENE
that way had it not been that Tom wa
u injured. Still, she knew that Mr.
~ Lane was sitting up with him ths
q night and taking the best care pc
t. sible of the good, brave boy. And Sc
4 eral times she stole in softly to see
10 Lizzie was comfortable, and tucked til
~ blankets around her, and Lizzie, as sh
went off to sleep, almost imagined thu
q. her own dear, kind mother was bac
III again.
al Well, Tom and Lizzie kept on sta,
ing at the Lanes and finally it was a
arranged that they would make the
home with these new friends. Mr.. an
!, Mrs. Lane were happy to befrien
o. them and brighten their existene
. especially since they learned that the
We're Catholics like themselves.
So now Tom goes to college instea
le OF, selling evening papers and Eliz
/! beth is rapidly regaining health an
o. strength under the care of a skillf,
d surgeon. And the Lane household
one Of the happiest on EARTH y.
,e The 7IdfnDs.