Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 183, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1912 — PATHOS IN CHILD’S BRAVERY [ARTICLE]

PATHOS IN CHILD’S BRAVERY

Fortitude Shown by Little Sufferer In Hospital Touched Lady Henry Somerset. Lady Henry Somerset, whose labors in behalf of the children of the London slums are constant and earnest tells this affecting story of the way in which her interest in these little ones was aroused: s I was moved in that direction by the rare patience and imagination of one little hoy. His example convinced me that patience wha one of the qualities I needed most, and in seeking it I grew into that work. I was in a hospital on visiting day, while the doctors were changing a plaster cast which held the crippled boy’s limb. The operation was exceedingly painful, I was told. To my surprise, the little sufferer neither stirred nor winced, but made a curious buzzing sound with his mouth. After the doctors left I said to him: “How could you possibly stand it?” “That’s nothing," he answered. ••Why, I just made believe that a bee was stingin* me. Bees don’t hurt very much, you know. And I kept buzzin’ because I was afraid I’d forget about its being a bee if I didn’t” —Youth’s Companion.