Show E r Ike Least st oi f l il se sey i VV By y l I L I I I a wn I old 01 a pe n the he wesl s ie oli u of ehl playing ono after afternoon Ner noon lii 1 December jV A new fallen falen i snow snoW banked bl cd root and nd fenc post and arid hid hid tho heaped d up up refuse and l l tho squalor squa or of t r surroundings s n ll d Tho youngsters ts were wore hard hard at work worl or oran an In dl l l i I W and t c rolled r the great baIs balls with w u much nu shouting aUl Tho h late afternoon u sun emerging tio Ilo clouds clo fell l full fil on ou tho snow w giant and ld Ih the col from tho through l li Col Collar ol lar old l l ud e rested on the matted hair I ih b of a ii iia a I Ing In to climb up on a iL wobbling w chair 11 Hip tho wh low but hul iris rs th sidd l gleam of light struck b l pie II e loosed Io si d her hol Hold and all lifted leI wol er lugI toward tO tho It was 9 the tho first trl the tle had hal j en window d through lat dingy y sunken It I was a n wan pinched llo face fa e un under der dOl tho matted mated hair IL e might havo Juno boon heln pretty s for or tho disfigured l It and a peculiar Il t look about abo t one on eyeball y baI stav staved ed od at tho light Ight for f l a IL moment then feeling fi the tho Warmth out li tJ in It i A second child apparently l Is some mo years lay upon a heap of straw ami i H old quilts on the a few fow foot f c away At traded also ithel sunshine hr o sh n l ll l o her toh tont her hOl longingly but nt the tho ray r fell fel short disappointed of or lot uld sho sunk sank A was snoring on tho ono one bed tho place contained ed Across the tho robin rOO n beside u window a Ii woman sat up mending an old There horo was w s no noIre 10 fre Ire nothing to eat cat in and hut but lUo furniture Tho laughter Im of tho children clI outside rang shrilly through the cellar Tho ho ono forgot and eagerly then n hol cf ef ort Cort to chair She Sho was so weak eak and Ill emaciated It seemed see fot a moment romont that th Sho could c hl not draw raw her hO olf up but at length she Bhe succeeded tl and standing oh tip tp toe tried tiled to t peer peel out at tho children Her head just jUHt ailed to 1 tho top lop oft c sill si Sho and Ind looked piteously at at the old older older er child The he other who hind had been watching her shook her h l head W tul ully then thon raised her painfully p Hor once more and it looked Ibo pie te room She Sho spied a small sma starch stul h box b x i In a I corner cornor ind whispered to the child to get It and put It on tho chair After many mani trials rials the Ito one succeeded In got get Ing n it on the tho chair and in her h r rown own small feet reet on top of it i Then he told the tho other child what she aho paw pawn faw In n whispers whisper with many furtive glances glan eR toward tho silent woman WOI n Presently the tho woman got up and tho baby startled by hy the tho movement lost ner ne and feel heavily to tho floor ie woman whirled ar Ith in I oath Siros ye right J I told ye yeto to off of them chairs She Sho made lado no to pick her up tp or 01 to see how bad badly ly Iy she was The child lay stunned for an in instant stant then gathered herself up wil a I terrified whimper and nl crept over o er to head hoa other child This seemed to the tho anger wo woman 10 man still further Leave Leavo off her will wl ye e she sho saW said to tho older child She but a n nuisance no how Its Is bad baa enough to havo one flat lat on her back with a bad hip without an un another other brat to eat cat yo o out o t of or house and hOle The Tho girl did not an er but watched her she came care toward tad them Tie woman passed thom them by oy without further furher notice and ard opening opening a corner corn or orI cupboard took down a n whisky bottle an old teacup arid ard a half oat loaf of stale stalo I bread Sho proceeded to eat cat the tho great er parti of n in tho raw whisky she had drained i the UI tt slie illo tossed t tho remaining crusts to th children cl put Ih on n tho had h d and went i h sunshine faded fade from the tho hai window w and ald the tho shadows were gath ali In Tho o baby cud c d low against bo y for all h was fast fast but the lay wih open o m lite ft th i jot Q the tho y Igl lo on tho bcd he lo vei tl scene sceneth th ls he ho wol from Il l slumber S hn OI to 10 tho vJ IL at i th luor ly Iy and tho g hUd In Ur tely threw It pot baby baly hol 1 Again tho knock lo o k sounded This th o U ulan man to II fo col and Started lit Il i t for fu tho thu door dool or hi ho hC stumbled l L over CI tho s pallet and au l foil fl 1 lii to Hoell Getting to t Ills feet 11 a Rain ho kicked out blindly at ut the offending lT object and ali struck l tho th buby knocking it Ilg wall l with Ih k nin thud Tho Tio produced a L Insist Insistent ent knocking there he hE demanded rough r J tho tle door o l od an an o I I of the cout court stopped stepped In Ino into lulo the tho room roomY You Y u oster 1 Yos Y s what do yo o want mo I havo wo a w rot your our arost fOl abusing your children n Mil Ph mn t 11 i i C u u u iiii i tU u u ns ua not make out ut the tho In Iak writing the tHo The l 01 ec I struck its flame ft IC took m tn tho awful l of Off tho thc and tho bleeding unconscious baby form ut one pitying glance Jle Ho stooped and tenderly pitying lifted the thc child examined her carefully by the tho dim candle cindle the tho man brought at nt order killed this time thio but T guess I t git hero any tn soon sool but lo of the Juvenile court Is swift swit in the of neglected child ren for fo too often oren the tho need is desper ate When hen Hio next plays d sun went down tho ho older ollo child lay 11 on a clean little white bed hel at tho th Orphanage warmed fed fod and cared mel for as she sho had never been in ln all ni her hC tragic lite Ito ICo and I d with wih tho blessed hope In Ii r her childish heart that t at somo day d oho ahe might bo hll able abl to walt a little Beside hOI her stood the tho baby Imby sister speechless with ana l nL wonder over or her new ne 10 gingham gln frock the tho brown blown shoes outworn by hy some more molO fortunate fortunato child and most nio t marvelous of all a tiny doll ai all y dressed which she sho clasped close cluse as lost lest It should be bo d away The Tho yellow hall hair lay In moist I curls around her hin Wet solemn mema face faco which scarce know knew how ho to smile oven in Its jo joho The ho matron t t turned away aa from tho lall with tears In her hor eyes an 1 fot l tho ladles board who hall been blen helping her into an adjoin ing room IH It I It pitiful Dr says s the sight of OC that eyo e e is gono and but for Cor It she sho is a beautiful child That awful woman dropped dl alcohol in hoi hOl oye rf the lI et liS s hu t The ho Is the result of ot L kick the doctor And HAnel yet el one of the tors tell us Is no poverty or r suffering In Salt J City CI I wonder how people would believe mo me If f I told thom them the exact facts in this case The other othel shrugged her shoulders 4 Probably only your personal friend put If people could realize the tho pitiful cases casos that comb corno to us there is not a n man or 05 woman wo we know who would us UR gladly Tho average hu man heart hoart had bad or even hopelessly selfish merely thoughtless thank I God |