Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1921-06-02
CHAPTER SIX.
In which Hiram elenklnsop Has a

In Which Hiram Blenkinsop Has a
y Number of Adventures.
The Shepherd of the Birds had
caught the plague of influenza in
March and nearly lost his life with it.
Judge Crooker and Mr. and Mrs. Sin
gIeton and their daughter and Father
O'NeA and Mrs. Ames and Hiram
Blenkinsop had taken turns in the
nursing Of the boy. He had come out
If 1t with impaired vitality. 80
The rubber tree used to speak to him
Nn those days Of his depression and
say. I'll VIII be summer soon."
- "Oh, dearl But the days pass so
slowly" Bob would answer with a
sigh.s
Then ihc round nickel clock would
say cheerfully, II hurry them along as
fast as ever ] can"
Seems as if old Time was losing
the use Of his legs" said the Shep-
herd. II wouldn't wonder If some one
had run over him with an automobile"
F~>SSEverybody is trying to kill Time
these days. licked the clock with
merry chuckle.
Bob looked at the clock and laughed.
you've got some sense" he declared.
"Nonsense" the clock answered.
you can talk pretty well," said the
boy.
II can run, too. If 1 couldn't, no
body would look at me-"
"The more / look at you the more I
think of Pauline. It's long time since
she went away" said the SheDherd.
"We must all pray for her."
"Not !" said the little pine bureau.
do you see that long scratch on my
side? She did 1t with hatpin when
belonged to her mother, and she used
to keep her dolls in my lower drawer" /"
Mr.. Bloggs assumed look of great
alertness, as II he spied the enemy.
whats the use of worryingT he
quoted.
"You'd better lie down and cover
yourselfeup or you'll never live to see
her or the summer either" the clock
warned the Shepherd.
Then Bob would lie down quickly
and draw the clothes over his shoul.
ders and sing Of the Good King Wen.
ceslas and The First Noel, which Miss
Betsy Singleton had taught him al
Christmas time.
All this Is important as showins
how poor lad, Of lively Imagination
was wont to spend his lonely hours
He needed company and knew how
to find it.
Christmas day, Judge Crooker hat
presented him with a beautiful copy
Of Raphaers Madonna and Child.
its the greatest theme and tn.
greatest picture this poor world O
ours can boast Of" said the Judge. &c
want you to study the look In tina
mothers face, not that it is unusual
! have seen the like of II a hundred
times. Almost every young mothel
with a child in herr arms has tina
look or ought to have 1.-THE mos
beautiful and mysterious thing in tn,
world. The light Of that old sta
which led the wise men is in it,
sometimes think. Study 1t and yo-
may hear voices in the sky as did tn
shepherds of old"
So the boy acquired the companion
ship of those divine faces that looke
down at him from the wall near hi
bed and had something to say to hin
every day.
Also, another friend-a very humbl
one-had begun to share his conf
dence. He was the little yellow dog
Christmas. He had come with hi
master, one evening in March, t
spend night with the sick Shepherd
Christmas had lain on the foot of tn
bed and felt the loving caress Of tn
boy. The heart of the world, tha
loves above all things the touch G
indy hand, was In this littl
ere. ture. Often, when Hiram wa
walking out in the bitter Wind