Nancy's mother . Nancys Mother By JEAN CARTER COCHRAN Author o£Tkc Rainbo-ve in the Rain, Her Carcasaonne andThe Friendly Stara Copyrighted 1915By Jean Carter Cochran Recorder Press Plainfield, N. J. To Nancys Father The Little Cherubs whispered, What strange new soul Is thisWho Cometh with a robe besmirched Unto the place of Bliss?Then spake the Eldest Angel, The robe he wears is fair—The groping fingers of the poor Have held and blessed him there. The Little Cherubs whispered, Who comes to be our guestWith dust upon his garments hem And stains upon his breast?Then spake the Eldest Angel, Mos
Nancy's mother . Nancys Mother By JEAN CARTER COCHRAN Author o£Tkc Rainbo-ve in the Rain, Her Carcasaonne andThe Friendly Stara Copyrighted 1915By Jean Carter Cochran Recorder Press Plainfield, N. J. To Nancys Father The Little Cherubs whispered, What strange new soul Is thisWho Cometh with a robe besmirched Unto the place of Bliss?Then spake the Eldest Angel, The robe he wears is fair—The groping fingers of the poor Have held and blessed him there. The Little Cherubs whispered, Who comes to be our guestWith dust upon his garments hem And stains upon his breast?Then spake the Eldest Angel, Most lovely is the stain—The tears of those he comforted Who may not weep again. (t ( The dust upon his garments hem. My lips shall bow to it;The stains upon the breast of him Are gems quite little foolish Cherubs, What truth is this ye miss?There comes no saint to Paradise Who does not come like this. —Quoted. n CHAPTER I. Jitnmie, The Soldier! ILLY is practicing scales; he goesdum, dum, dum, until I ammost crazy—I wish he wasntsuch a conscienceful person,—Ithink thats what you call it; I want him toplay with me and I suppose he will go onthis way for a whole half hour. As for Jimmy, he is no good at all sincehis head was hurt, and he had a patch puton it; he keeps pretending hes a soldier allday long, just because they said he was sobrave. Hes in the compound now, march-ing up and down, singing, When I grow up Im going to beA captain of the Infantry. When I beg to join in, he says, Girls cantbe soldiers; they cant even vote. Id liketo know if little boys can, either,—why doboys put on such airs? Dear little Gwen is fast asleep and mymother is going to a feast at the Tai Tais(officials wife). She said, It is no placefor little girls, when I begged to go» Itseems too bad that all the really nice things like candy and Chinese Feasts are bad forchildren,—its not fair. So you see theres not much fonancysmother00coch
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