Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1881 — Cross Looks. [ARTICLE]

Cross Looks.

“What are you doing, dear Esther and Ruth, close to the river’s brink?” “It is mamma’s birthday,” said Esther. "I have come with my basket to gather wnter-liilies.” “So have I,” said Rti’h. “I will climb the high rock and reach them with my arm.” “Nonsense, Ruth! The rock is too steep, and your arm is too short for such a task. You will fall over. Run back, darling, and gel some wild flowers from under the trees; mamma will like them.” “No, no!” said Ruth, who wished her own way. She shook her head and looked down into the water with a frowm “What cross' little girl is that?” she cried. "Why Ruth, it is your own shadow.” Then Ruth got up and ran away. "I won’t have such a cross shadow,” she said. ' - “Then you must not feel cross, iny darling. Your soul will be sure to east a shadow on your face,—Sunbeam.