The Eye Of A Child

Wbo can explaiu or fathorn the wondrous instinct of the child? Lying iu the arm3 of its nurse, in its carriageor elsewhere. its large, round, wondering eyes roam over a sea of faces till suddenly its features break into a sweet smile, a baby laugh dances in its eyes, perhaps the tiny hands are extended, and the little body gives a bound as though it would throw itself through space. What has happened? It has recognized a friend, nothiug more and no less. It makes uo mistake. Wiser, perchance, in that moment of iuexperieuced helplessuess than it will be years afterward, wheu the world and its inmates have been studied in the light of iustruction and experience, its love offering is seldom if ever mistakenly preseuted. By what power is this child love directed' By what. subtle influeuce does it see and kuow what in after years it inay strive in vain to disoeru? -