The Oregon daily journal., January 18, 1908, Page 17, Image 17

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f Hi stpwg ioifr to Uskct behind h$ Ui
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- Urf little feet cowtantlywnoving on th cpl'd, dtnjW i-l
' - , ' ; She ttoodiiletitlr. And hungrily watcted eachcus- ' V
-T.:?1' f fu of poured out of his and he ;
' ?, ' , "ct w, were annung some. .
'ffe -t?oe.'ttow- he id, it Urt; "rhy don't you'go
;:t wlitt!egir!r:::vy::V',; -Yi
, . -7, ,.,m Jult n. Wr Be tnswred; "only'lff io "i J '
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r:-. . wis nswrrcy; ; Only H f tO ; .,,
i r,lc tw?U coffee, iuid the'police hii left off wof- l V,
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tomir, Uklng my treafcrMt,': it.J the duld laughed :
shrill little Uuglw ;;' ; , V . t . V. . A'
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U LJ AVE Mm breikfaitf-lajd the coffco
rail. Keeper, ( . ; ,
' repUed, ti .he turned iway. ' ' ' . ' '
She had gone but half, . doieVitepi'.wh fc
to her, and In an instint ihe'Wai back Win ti
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I Wc coffee left ore? JtiT. JI' v... ' : . '
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IlCWt tVn I'lMta . - . . , ,
,)rOad bePd. I'd hav rMA k .irv- i -w-'iL ' - '
- r tuivX. mere, put
ice luivara uie Dffi Vr, .
, She wm seated
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feet near the paa f charcoal, ,pd a eteamjng Wof -coffee
oni.her lap. ( ' ... ; ,, r -
"What'e your hamer he asked. , -"''VV
.'VeiB eAid -the girf;;but matter and eter
My calls me ess. . But 1 tired of the name. . I&
Jeas here and Jets Ihere; and everybody wants toe to
go errands, and gies me smacks, kicks and pinches
!i reWrWA 1X. Wish. 1 here for T ! ever
MMlrrfiecried. -But no you're gomg away..
rlir nCVW tf iin r roull set the police
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;tny etter ttggedl etadren within ;
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''--rt5Jr?U Pfwnw not to come gln for i whle
Wbody.else. you may come on
t more; lut you must be off now . ' L T ; ,
i::t,":f-"c " the ttwted oW
. .. the street -Y 'Y, . . , x .''';: : .' .' '
'i "'f!c M rt of the bariahu tiTd wa'
y back l Ihe stall b Juit oneL 'ShelOippell''be.
IweeiJthetre
empty basketT.She seemed. eren' thinner and more
ngged than before. " '
.. ' "What'f e MM. she sipped her v
coffee. "..;':,.".-'-',': .'.. r---? . r. .'' .. .v.v
ily Christian name is Daniel"
KJTTWwP ?ery eood. aren't WMr'n-iWti"
- "I m tfraid not" he answered, uneasily. "But
- ' vv pj come erery mortunff for
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: -r X -What Is prayr ske Jessicav: i " I" '
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" l , dwic coiwr'that I uld hide' hfk Y
y . he asked. ' ; ' ' 'v;-
' ., ."No." aid he4 "run tway- : .;: V v'
y ';y . but one day the minister', children siw lw croueWnff '
fSV? i-:KI?':-::Ofc donl hare nedbrt awvr .rm .t4i.
a th,pleasure Ve gyt - t Want to find
I.i'.tndis.
fclm what to do." , u. ",i'",pr--- v';.'.'''
? Tney took Jessica to aie teittrv- tdUt- .'
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ITOIt weeks Jessica
came ever mAnHiA 4
r r wffw fUIi;: She told Daniel' th r-
fuybftewr ea old rtable. "The entrance was by
wooden ladder, through trapdoor in the floor of the "
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Ont: serening MJes 'wai: fa, w.y .
rroa her dirty, cold room, she .air 41 sr-known : .
6flwcdyrkn4twffeeikee 1
ic foW bJm until he-stopped before the Iron .
tei of a Urn rfmiv mri'jL .. l. . . .
on to the doorway. She, followed .htm until ahe stood '
a carpeted akle. 'With Mk .. ' .
- bu wwaa nae.
; Daniel disappeared f or a snoment 9r two into the res.
- Jwsicastoletaarayupiuidertlie
He toon tppeared ahv dressed in Wg gown, and
he stood spellbound. -'Ailu's eyes fettupon her. be add.
luwshlyj - .i .
Com, now; yoa must tokeTyoursell out of this!
Tii Isnl n.PWfor such ayou.T Y'
-Mother leat me. she said, "and I seen you and
WW you. If, a nice place. What do the people
r HATUyournaraerhestttd.
;( W -Jessica."- enswered. "Are . you '
the minister, air r , '
"yes," he easwered. :
"What Mtnlnisterr ah kt. .,
''Aierrant"ljerepDedL
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Tlease. sir. Whose serVant are your
"The servant of God and man," he answered.
"Jessica. I am your servant" V
Tie child ik-bA.lieiMMl bughed.' and asked? f
"Who b Codr
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"Jessica, he said. "nercVa place close under my
pulpll where ydu shall Be a good girl tud h'stfit.
nd you shall hew something about God."
Before ahe-epuld believe it for very gUdness.
Jessica found herself Inside the church racing the
gUttering organ.
the service was over, the minister cams
down from the imtui't and. tatdhir J,w r
v.ha.jed fceflnft tike mtry. ' ? t
"Child, he wid, - iriti a smile, "it is no- easy thing
' S.'Pj'S e know: that He is
. our jCbmoir' ftUjeressicar:' ' ' "
" t'ia"aiVat0r . "We liave ,
;W lli'n Heleart,nd we may ask Him for ; '
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One chfldreoPaaked ijessfca. .
V' ' the afel uimay" ask 'W this
iMtmBpl fuf what oil want M 4 & fiiYY y k
l$SjiIW pW ye ami' ,v
r , "T7 ' na. penuing net Bead, she saidi
g&l t1 y0UV, And please.
O ' PJ WrV-Danl for alltte Wrm coffee he't givenW; . -
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headed child made her way tQ the. church. But
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- j v.u niEi aid nor cone, r
J, ' ' and Daniel looked In rain for her. v .. :; ? V
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till erodfyT Daniel . wa .wonvA - u.i
found Aer t the
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vw starved. '
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