Show A Little Gills Bravo Death I I There died not long ago the little daughter I daugh-ter of a New York lawyer who approached the dark river with a composure that was as pathetic as it was unusual She was the second in the family connection to succumb suc-cumb to diphtheria A few weeks before she sickened she had known of the illness Il1ml j < death of a young cousin and play I j I mate and though not allowed at the bedside I bed-side or funeral had been much impressed I and had asked questions which showed i that the dismal features of the last rites were full of horror to her I When she was taken ill it was carefully I concealed from her that she had diphtheria i lest she should be frightened It was a malignant attack and it ran its course quickly The crisis approached and all I i hope was abandoned Her father sat by r her side watching her pale face take on a I grayer pallor that had only one meaning The little girls eyes were closed and in her fathers hand her own nerveless fingers were held A tear wrung from his agony j dropped upon them The child opened her j eyes wide Are you crying papa she said as well as she could speak am I so sick1papa am I gojng to die Tho question was earnest and the eyes searched his facejor hope but she saw G < t3 dl I UICTO was none 1or u lOng minute SOC I I watched him closely Who shall say what I that look contained Pear entreaty affection af-fection and finally renunciation afc I length with a little weary sigh she turned I away putting her face toward the wall I but leaving her hand still fast in his I Papa she said again after a brief silence and in the tone there was a touchIng touch-Ing resignation sing Byelow which I was a nursery lullaby she had never outgrown out-grown I Although choking with grief the I stricken father complied and so holding i his hand with her face still to the wall and I in her ears the crooning familiar melody the little girl quietly met her death Her I Point of View in New York Times |