Show A SONG STOHY Two Wltlo frhndlew children I HUT waif Ib i truggllng hUd to oorn 81 0 0 timid 1It1i nnldeo wllb Iotidor o go Id o n h d olb would lovu to hoO LlIn 01 = Ido ond clolho In wunt 1lh ent lint Ntillla had nomothi xi caress gor 0 Under loving liand to mnooth her t 1 curls Her homo was n carrot In n ndon Blum and her mother hud died oftM i ago when Nelllo was n tlnv iiim eyed bnbby And now her only frloni i roguish little wlS Will Irish lad who with to 0 dk oy ad lughlo foo Woo her hmn tlvm n b1 mor r mo bloakNoveSber l7 Kmo nS Btert I n ° 3Jm < 1 T ntnlr upsl her la Ir flowers and Mlko had flturdllycornototlin Irvscno scattering tlio offenders left and right ICve with Ino r flourlsli thnt mOomhlo of hl muddy ty broSmT Mlko Ihenrt n < brna 00 hr In N Ian no knight of old h1 ovSrtore loyal devotion or n trutr lady lava than this curly headed llttlo thn hda IIto crossing BwcLlxrr who In his turn tho Bl tnr nwoct rvgardod owot faced Io l 11t0 110wor girl o Ilcthng to fair and nUo 10 an I 1 tho rough workaday world And t bc with tdr chialr wo cc qlnt and wlnlmo and which olten coka olUd cmmcnl lrn to ThC wero always together In their lol our hours Insuniincr tluiolhollttlocom rndcs might b seen wandering side by Bldo In tbe publlo parka or Boated quietly In sorno out of tho way nook tho dark curls nnd the frpldcn head nestled close to I Ecther whllo Nelllo told wondroin stories I to her eager llttlo friend or King to him In I her set childish treble fragments of the 1 hymm itho had lore at tho mUslon school tb miion Mlko nover tired of listening o would 1 Wln IU1 ° Baln for ju1 ono oro I lita dark eyea growing wide and railuuit mor as r NeUlo ag of tho streets of cold and of I tho Joys which nwalteil tho children In 1 tho kingdom called bolo ohUdn I How can we get the Nclllcf hoI ho-I questioned eagerly ono day Do you know t thownyf Nelllo shook her head u llttlo sadly Wo cnntDnd out tho wiiyuntll wo dlo Mlko doa Then an angel with a olde cwn cU cmo nnd tko ou hand and how u tho way Mlkaa saucy face grew mv I wish wo cul nnd < Nelloon g me ho whispered You could Blng thoro Ntlllo without pollocmcn telllni u t move on couldnt your Then imx lonslyati u new thought oecumtl Thcro wont the bo no policemen thiTo Nelllo will Another shako of tho golden hfAd Of course not Mllto Therell bo no needofthcm Everybodys good nnd happy up there Oh Mlko think ot III clapping her thin llttlo hands In an ecstasy of de light flowers all ngrowin and nblowln roses and IHIes that nover fade I oh dotant U all Bccm too fond to INI truer MILo watohol his llttlo Colorados ehln Ing cyceand radiant faro and folt a Btranpxi Inkng at hi hmrl 1 ho noto how fragile the Ito lon had Ixramo and liaird tho nhort quick cough which cairio fruui tho < ilo lips over and anon WM I Nelllo going to dlo and Irtavo hlmf ho wondered won-dered vaguely Ah how dreary llfo would b Ithoul hel A quIc oh In ibla tht and ho hrh1 110 ul rugh bnd Ilutely lr bl cyc All that night Kelllus llttlo wan loc I haunted him banishing sleep from blAt < 7CS bl-At length as ho lay towing on tho heap of straw which formed his b 1 brilliant Idea entered his curly head Nellie Nel-lie must g to tho wn llo had heard of wonderful cu which a change of air had wrought Tluro was Tim tho lame boy at tho end of tho court why ho had not been like tho Imo child Inc that threo walks lslt t 1gow And oMJoo the shoemaker was never tlml of telling how tbo frh pur otr h molo 0 ne ma of hm Yes Nellie must certainly g t tho sra and he Mike ouR find th money Tills Guttled ho fell asleep Karly and late tho little fellow tolled carefully hoarding every halfpenny ho could save running errands sleeping cruiulngscilllng papers counting no labor too much which brought un addition to his treasured hoard Mmnwhllo tho bright summer days tT mcdtud Into autumn tho cunshlno faded to plvo plico to chilling winds and damp rnMs All this did not tend to Improve Nellies cough A bright spot of vivid col o b1 on tho vblt fn nd tho Lluo e shone with unnatural eyes wl unntu1 brilliancy Mike noted tho change with great eatls clg faction g Your getting such a rosy fate Kelll ho exclaimed gladly And you shlno like two big star Therell In no o of ot lainpu soon ho addod with truo IrUh pollantTy Ncllia emlleil tho sweet jiattent emllo which Mlko love so dory Hho would not pnln him hy telling of tlio Glocplctts lilKhUandtorturlngcoughofthOktninge chilly feeling at hor heart and tho weary aching of her wanted lmb wo With that divine unncltlshncca which characterizes wmo natures she bravely tl t hldo from him tho true aUite of oflr and would still trjtJTtoll night afte night In faint wiaJJuinen the story they both Uned B ell One cold winter night when the snow wai eoftly falling covering tho muddy alrects Mlth alur whito manU Mile crept I to tho old familia rm t hear yet onoo again tho old wcl Clear nnd bright were Nclllon bluo cye Kid eotly her low ole roeo and Iel q sho told In tender accents of the fadeless Uuwura and tho < luwr golden thivshhold where children wire ulwajs at play And eagerly Mlko ll ten l taking the llttlo chilled hamb In both hli ewnbut soon It coir began to falter her face grew wan 1 p tho golden head drooped wearily wea-rily and ore the bright eyea a thick mUt ccmed t fall Mlko grew frightened Nellie Ndllel b cried htlcl ly Are you lilt oh Ntlllc mo own darlln 1Un fpeak t mol ITo Uolnrund I-To old or 010 Oekr fa on In 11011 Kl mo blke shewhlBpered faintly tud with that ono K on Ibo tbUbo gold croMno1 forehoM 11w d o b b bo cm b Tbrt luda to Uio UnsdoiJUlied lod t to k o boon bo-on |