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Show The Child's Mistake. Slio wnlkcd before. I couldn't see her fnce. But, ns alio walked along, with her went Brnco. Honentli lier bonnet glistened auburn hnlr. I followed ns you'd follow If you were . A Spring day Idler ns nlmlcBs ns a wind From wind king's prison nowly uncon-lined. uncon-lined. I did not wish to spenk to her nt nil Still It was good to watch tho sun rays fall Upon that hnlr nnd thcro remain, content In sonso of kinship, nt their merriment. A man nnd child enmo up tho other way. Tho mnn looked sad on such n sunny dnyl IIo wna In mournlnK, and tho little child (Oh, how can youth and crape ho reconciled!) recon-ciled!) A fflrl of four, perhaps; the pretty mite Woro cheerless black Instead of plnk-and-white. They fneed mo, mo nnd her who wnlked before. Some twenty steps awny from her, no more. When middonly tho two perceived her, nnd T snw tho oliild let ko U'h father's hnnd Hun forward, chubby arms extended, .eyes As glad ns angels viewing Paradise! Thon, running bo, the child glanced onco again At' her who walked boforo mo. Thon camo pnln . , . Wlier Joy hnd beoni. nnd, with' a llttlo : moan. This child turned to Its father, left rilono. Meanwhile tho woman, unconcerned, bo- rono, Had. paused the two, whom she had hardly seen. Tho child said to Us father, doubly sail: 'l thought 'twns mamma back from heaven, dud." Chicago Amorlcan. |