A GEM IN TRIBUTE

Those who deem it a sin to print obituary verse will forgive us for reproducing from the Salem Pioneer-Register this gem in memory of a little child.

Only a baby's grave­

A foot or two at the most

Of tear-dewed sod;

But a loving God

Knows what the little grave cost.

Only a baby's life,­

Brief as a perfumed kiss,

So fleet it goes;

But our Father knows

We are nearer to Him for this.