Kate Morgan and her soldiers . less you. The carriage came, and the Merwin familywere gone from the neighbours house. TheWestern railway train came and the Merwinfamily, and their fellow-travellers were soonout of sight of Greendale—gone from the vil-age, but not out of the warm hearts they leftbeating there, with love for them. Around a curve—and Burnt Hill was nolonger visible. Mrs. Merwin held fast herbaby, and, (I hope it was not unwomanly) shecried as she thought of the time when thathill told her she was close to her home,—andthat now it shut her aw>ay from it. Most opportunely for th
Kate Morgan and her soldiers . less you. The carriage came, and the Merwin familywere gone from the neighbours house. TheWestern railway train came and the Merwinfamily, and their fellow-travellers were soonout of sight of Greendale—gone from the vil-age, but not out of the warm hearts they leftbeating there, with love for them. Around a curve—and Burnt Hill was nolonger visible. Mrs. Merwin held fast herbaby, and, (I hope it was not unwomanly) shecried as she thought of the time when thathill told her she was close to her home,—andthat now it shut her aw>ay from it. Most opportunely for the spirit of thewhole party, at this moment Trip barked vi-gorously from Katies travelling basket, sup-posed to contain only provisions for the jour- 34 LIFE IN KANSAS. ney. Baby clapped his hands, Sydney cried hurrah! three cheers for yon, Katie! Youveoutdone us all; we forgot Trip. It was too late to veto Trips journey toKansas, and Katie rejoiced, and Trip enjoyedevidently every turn of the wheels that borethem CHAPTER V. AN ADVENTURE AT ST. LOUIS. Three weeks after tlie Kansas party leftGreendale, one Saturday morning the groupstood at a steamboat landing in the city ofSt. Louis. There had been last visits to make withfriends who lived on the way, and Mr. Mer-win had given his children one look at a fewof Gods great wonders. Sydney, Lizzie, Katie Morgan, and FrankLines had beheld the terrible front of Niao-a- o ra. Very early on the only morning that ourparty was there, they all stood to watch therising of the sun. As it came up out of theeast and shone through the mist, Katie Mor-gan very reverently said, clasping her auntsdress in her childish eagerness, 0, AuntLizzie, look! I see Gods name; it is madeout of the rainbow in the cloud, and Katie 36 LIFE IN KANSAS. tried to make other eyes see what hers re-vealed to her. Again Niagara and friends were left farbehind, and the group were awaiting the ar-rival of the steamboat that was to conveythem up the Missour
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