Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1887 — A Very Sad Little Story. [ARTICLE]

A Very Sad Little Story.

Bhe was the wife of a laboring man, a good woman who struggled hard to keep her bouse neat and her children well dressed, but she had a violent temper. It was Saturday, and the two little children, Ben and Alice, were ready for an excursion. Ben wore a white suit, which his mamma had made for him, and of which she was very proud. Just as Ben was leaving home the mother discovered a black spot on the dazzling white suit. “What’s that?” she asked, sharply. “Only a dease spot, mamma, only a little dease spot.” “I’ll make a grease spot out of you,” she exclaimed angrily, trying to strike him. Little Ben dodged, but ran his head against the sharp edge of a bureau. When she picked him up he was unconscious. The physician found the child delirious,and pronounced the case brainfever. It, was quick in its work, and Ben was soon still and cold. In a darkened room sat the mother by the side of the little coffin. Alice stole in quietly and tugged at her dress. “Mamma, darling, is Bennie a dease spot now?”