A Railway Incident

.V July sun was pouring its fervld raya over Kansas City as I boaxded the cans, bound for Calorado where I hoped to spond a íew weeks among the mountalns and valleys of tliat justly famous regiou. The train was oue oí those long ones, wbich may be seen upon any of tle graat transcontinen-tal lines. and tbe coaches were well filled with passeagers. Across the aislo at my left a drumaier loaned back in lus chair and was lazlly readiug the daily paper. In the ehairs in front oí me sat a woman and a little bü.v. SJie was plainly drrssed, but in sueh perfect taste tliat yon instiucüvely i-ecognized a gentle and reüned nature. By her aquilino features, dark hair and blue eyes, I knew at once tliat she was of tlie Celtic ï-ace. The l'Oy at her sido was perhaps six years of age. He liad the blue eyes of his mother, but they were largar and were bright wlth what I tiiougtit must be the flres at fevor. Ho turned uneasilv in his cliair and the drammer glanced up. The paie-, pain-stampeii childiah faca touched the bigearted man. He threw asido his paper, openei a grip and took from it some mits. candics and toys, and gave them to the woman saying, 'Tve a little eliap at home about his ïize." She took the proffeíed daintles, tlranked hiin and gave some of t-hena to (lio siek child. Bu't he was too weary to play and did not eaie fot cite gweets. Again he seemed resting aneasily. I leaned forward and juvssing the spring button a't lts side aúrusted tlie ?hair, and soon had tJie satisfactton of seoin.? lam last asleep. Then fhe mother told me tlmt they were leavlag thelr home iu Ohio to (iiu her husband whn was employed iu a large fa.ctory in Colorado Springs. Tho chüd was 111, and tlicy boped the cleaT, ptire mouiuain air would foring tíim back to bealfh. Here he moved .'.rain iu his sleo-p and she, feariug to distinto him. was silerrt. The traía sped on across the 1-evol Kansas farm, ast many a field of waving gram, for the harrest was Just cimiïng on. - jast m,mv a white farraliouse with its well stocked barnyai'd, where turkeys stnitted and Qoisy geese acreanied Iu the even in,; air. The tiivd farm boy, coming lióme fom the fields, pansed and gazed af6r tile flying train. The setting suu lione in goldeu gloi-y upon the gentle cenes of the prairie, and cast many a hinmiering ray upon 'the wide, wide fld.s. As night c-ame on the passengers repared to make-themse-lves as comortable as possifole for 1ho ijigM. Xot did they forget the ■woman and íer slek chlld. Everyone seeuied .nxious to do so'iic liLilo Mndness. The weary hours of niglit dragged Jo-vrty on. I peered out ot' tüe wíadow and saw tli.it we had left tjie fertlle regious, uid had on-tered a dreary waste whose only vegeta tiou was short buffalo grass, sage brash and the liardy cactus f the plain. The midniglit castboimd express rushed past us. with its soleinn mgjestlc mar and slowly tolling bell. Once the train stopped and the dcad Stillness was oppressive. Mornlng dawned ;it last and one by me the passengere awolïe, but the slek ohilrl slepton. The 'braUeman enterad the car and eaCed out: "Colorado Springs!" ÏUe sonnd of hls voice had acaree died way befaré the fathei of thü slek child was on board and after greefing the mother he inquired anxiously aiftfr the boy. "Oh, he rcsted nicely," she sald, "and I did not want to clistui-b him. he needs sleep so niuch," and her mother eyes restod lovingly on the placid eoimten.-nii-e of the sleeping boy. Gently. to arouse him she took the tliin, delicate littlo hand tenderly in her own. Then the blood left her ta.e. She .cave a ory of anguish and feil back fainting. The hand was eold - the chi'.d was Ann Ar'oor, ilich.