Show sfa I 1 u W the bell were binin Ri nin j save my child my god save my child A lady dressed in traveling attire gathered herself up from the middle of the road where she had been flung and sobbing and wringing her hands staggered ered painfully after a cab which was dashing through the street crowded with Christ christina mail shoppers aid and jingling equipages behind a pow erful maddened horse the effort was beyond her strength apparently for the lady suddenly collapsed but willing milling hands carried her into a near by surgeon surgeons s office in the cab was a little girl about tour four years of age she did not scream but clung desperately to the cLash dashboard board against which she had been thrown her large blue eyes gleaming wildly around for help sud denly a man sprang out from the crowd of palsied spectators and at tempted to seize the dragging reins but the horse swerved to one side without abating bis his speed and drove the wheel against a lamp post the impact of which cast the child out into a heap of mud and slush which the street sweepers had accumulated alongside ang side the pavement where she lay motionless the horse fright ened still more by the tall fall of the child who had struck against his nose in her flight bounded forward again and the heavy wheel was upon the point of rolling over the little girl s head when with a shriek a oung girl sprang before the mad bened animal caught the bit it and with a strength sometimes given by despair to the weakest bore the a arse back the momentary delay was sufficient to save the child but the young gir s strength suddenly tailed failed her and bruised by the front hoots hoofs ot of the frantic beast which by a violent plunge shook here off she tell fell with a broken arm and lay un conscious beside the child she bad saved braved both the rescued and the rescuer were quickly carried to the office of the same surgeon where the other occupant of the carriage after having been teen revived was still weeping and wringing her hands restoratives quickly applied soon brought the lit tie girl back to consciousness and a careful examination disclosed the fact that not only were no bones broken but that its tender body was Ic car arcely cely bruised not a scratch i barred the perfection of its delicate pink skin and the mother hung over it in hysterical rapture its rescuer however was in worse plight for it was only by prolonged skilful work that she was finally re s ored to sensibility she had been removed to a private room rooms where the doctor had been exercising his skill to bring her back to consciousness and was just completing the banaag ing of her broken arm when the lady gushed in crying let me see the savior of my pre cious child I 1 want to tell her how uch she has done for me and pour out my thanks to her in vain the doctor sought to soothe her for the sake of the patient who was as in a weak and highly nervous condition ondi tion but she would not be calm I 1 must talk to her she insisted leave us doctor for a few minutes what I 1 have to say will do her good f L she clung desperately to the dash board you do not know what she has done for me the savior of my child Is my iny sister I 1 tell you the doctor bowed and retired now inow my dear young lady thanks are too weak to express what I 1 feel what can I 1 do for youa you what is there in this world that a deeply grateful mother can do to express her graft would you like to come and live with me and take charge of the sweet child you saved from death the girl tried to hide her face away irom arom the ladys eloquent gaze madam you do not know what tou ask she said if you knew all you N spurn me from you no that I 1 could never do sa d tae lady you have rendered me too po I 1 agh 9 h a service your deed was too leroice no matter what you may 1 ive e done don the fault is condoned by your act to lay down one ones s life for another is the su supreme P reme sacrifice and though you were not sacrificed the intent was there my dear young lady madam when I 1 dashed before the he maddened horse the thought of sav in ing g your child s life was not the thought I 1 bad had in mind 1 I 1 I wanted to die and hoped the animal would be the instrument to relieve me ot of a burden what and aou ou so young come loll 1011 me and the lady put her arm around the neck of the invalid who burst into tears I 1 was betrayed madam by one whom I 1 loved and who I 1 thought loved me he deserted me in my w necessity and I 1 had just come from a hospital when the opportunity I 1 sought presented itself wretched monster have you not thought of obtaining redress 7 it would be useless to try madam he stands too high in the social scale I 1 would not be believed J T 0 the doctor shook his head yes child I 1 will believe you tell me his name and perhaps I 1 may be your savior oh madam it if you could bet be ex claimed the girt girl with sparkling eyes I 1 do not hate richard talbot and richard talbot echoed the woman rising to her feet and grasping her tier head as if dazed then standing over the sick girl with uplifted hand dg is if about to strike she almost shrieked eked woman you he ile ah ali you know him said the girl calmly perhaps you too hare have been subjected to his deadly influence no no gasped the woman Us impossible I 1 tell vout vou richard tal tat hot bot Is the very soul of honor pardon my w words but your charge against him struck me like a heavy blow richard talbot could not have been your betrayer read these letters madam and mud tell me it if you can who the man Is said the girl bitterly drawing a small soiled packed from her bosom I 1 told you I 1 would not be believed the lady seized them and devoured their contents then taking a letter from her pocket carefully compared the writing my god it is true she muttered in a few hours more I 1 would have been in his tolls trusting to his honor I 1 too would have been be brayed suddenly striking her forehead she burst out my farewell letter to my hus husband bandl I 1 must get it before he finds itt it stooping she kissed hissed the girl on the lips my sis ter you have saved more than my daughter daughters s life this day be at peace you shall be my care to your dying day I 1 leave you for a time but 1 I shall soon return and take you to a home where you will never know aught but loving kindness af after ter a moments private conversation with the doctor the woman called a cab and drove furiously away with her little girl who had already forgotten the accident several hours bours afterward a cab drove huff hurriedly gedly up to the doctors doctor a door and from it the same woman rushed hysterically into the office the doctor I 1 want the doctor will ho never come comee he is keeping me away from my husband the assist ant vainly endeavored to pacify her she strode back and forth frantically wringing her bands hands and sobbing the he doctor at last returned but before entering his private room he paused upon the threshold coldly surveying the occupant turning in her ceaseless round she saw him and rushing up to him tell fell on her knees before him my husband doctor my h husband Lus bandl take me to him his honor Is at stake take me to him I 1 say after compelling the frenzied woman to drink a soothing compound the doctor placed her in a chair and took a seat before her he said noth I lg ig g until he perceived that his cine clue was taking effect madam your husband husbands s honor was in poor hands a few hours ago rich ard talbot Is not a proper guardian for or the honor of any man or woman listen madam shortly after leaving your home this morning with your daughter forever as you thought a man was found near neat it in a collapsed condition he was incoherent in his talk and held clutched in Us his hand this letter the doctor held out a letter which the woman seized and tore into fragments no no it is not my letter I 1 eid id not write it it was some demon within me that poor girl in the room yonder opened my eyes to my folly and my sin and I 1 hastened to repair the wrong by destroying the letter before my husband could obtain it but I 1 was too late you would not let me see him doctor a little litt 1 a ff while ago but I 1 want you to take me to him now I 1 want mant to kneel at his feet and sue tor for pardon but the doctor shook his head do not tell me he Is dead doctor it cannot be let me die too and she grasped at her bosom tearing off ler finery in her desperate clutch at her throat a t W with i a s strong t ron g hand han d th the e dor adi doctor to r restrained e stra in e h her e r a and nd f forced ed down another soothing mixture madam said he when she bad had become calmer your husband Is delirious it required strong measures to prevent his killing himself he ile is still violent and may not recover his senses before morning ilia constant cry Is charlotte char lotte mingled with pitiful demanda demands or baby take me to him doctor I 1 can c ire him 1 I am the only one do you not understand 7 I 1 am his charlotte he wants me and I 1 must go to mull him she arose and went out the doctor following he ile placed her in the cab and together they drove to 0 o the hospital it was a pitiful sight the doctor holding a lady with a strong restrain ing hand to prevent her throwing herself upon the form of a man who lav av grasping at hia his throat and crying charlotte charlotte Charlot tet come bach to me charlotte you have killed me my heart Is broken and I 1 loved you 16 bo so you did not mean what you wrote did you charlotte how cold everything Is you said I 1 never loved you but you were eo so queenly tal fal that I 1 was afraid to let you see my heart it Is bursting with love for you charlotte come my wife and he opened wide his eyes into the woman tearing herself away from all restraint cast herself and winding her arms around his reck peck laid her cheek close to his under the hypnotic influence of her presence the ravings ceased and finally slumber came the wife refused to be taken away from her husband s arms and so they were left alone one in the c crisp early morn the bells of an adjoining church rang out their merry christmas peals and awoke the patient who sat up and looked ground where am I 1 ia he asked rubbing is dazed eyes the bells the christmas bells I 1 have had a hide ois is dream ah ali charlotte he ile laid his hand caressingly upon that bowed nead and whispered charlotte have ou come back to me mea am I 1 dream ing no husband not now edward husband I 1 am not worthy to call you 84 so 0 come here to my heart charlotte my wife and he clasped her close to his breast but where am I 1 I 1 hear the christmas bells I 1 thought never to hear bear them again what has happened charlotte 7 4 edward my husband you have been ill and you have been dreaming but not now dear deir it Is real that I 1 am by your side and the christmas bells are real listen they are tell ing you how much I 1 love you with their arms around each other they listened to the bells which spoke to them in a language that could not be misunderstood edward dalling xe recovered covered finally but his was a desperate chance and left him feeble tor for many months he ile never knew know post whether the letter he found on hs his cifes table annoix a ig that she did not love him anu that she was about to depart to a foreign land to and happiness with richard talbot v as a dream or a reality his wife s constant tend tenderness erless and unwavering devotion fenall finally blotted it from hia his mind on every christmas morning they never fall to sit in silence with clasped hands listening to the bella bells 1 lip T 14 listell they are telling you hov how much I 1 love you hose music dissipated the mists be fore ore their hearts and brought their souls together never to be separated by any misunderstanding EARLY CHRISTMAS MUSIC both in germany and in Engla in aden olden times the custom prevailed imong among young choristers of going through the streets in bands early on christmas morning and singing christmas hymns and carols tor for alms before the houses of the rich A familiar a picture Is that of martin luther when a boy singing in the streets at christmas dawn several ot of he the most familiar german christmas imons were harmonized early in the seventeenth century by jacob loua rious to melodies composed about the middle of the sixteenth century by luther one of the greatest masters of german music johann sebastian bach when a pupil at the choir and grammar school of st michaels in luneberg walked the streets early christmas morning singing these these waits as they were called in eng and land with his fellow choristers col acting money and a share of all dain dalit ties leg provided i |