The Westerly echo, & Pawcatuck advertiser. [volume] (Westerly, R.I.) 1854-1858, 1855-11-22
Selected.
-.. FROM the Ladies' Wreath. .
EARNING A DOLLAR
BY HANNAH BEADBURY.

God hath given to the poor three friends
TINE, FAITH, and EsrRGY" .-
7, wss a strange Ting 70, Grace Mel
len to come in quietly from school. ia
hang up her bonnet and shawl aud put
her satchel in its place--and stranger
still for the merry, warm hearted girl to
draw up her chair in front Of the cheer
ful wood fire, without first kissing her
mother and almost sitting her baby
b. other with carrsses
True, the Oct"bpr evening wa. damp
aud chilly, and Grace had walked nrar-
ly mile--tbis would have been reason
enough for the quiet, -obcr demeanor
OF mo-t little girls, but who ever knew
Grace M-llen to b. tired or cold
DID she not wade through the drifting
winter storms, when farmer Shaw scarce.
y thought of diving his oxen over the
blockaded roads f; and shaking the snow
fakes i,om her hood aud cloak, bound
joyiully INTO the village school -raom, he,
bright face glowing with animation -
Did not the road she must pass on her
b"meward way iu the thick twilight. lie
close by the village grave yard, and in
sight Of an old b use, whose loose shin
giles an shattered easements ratrl d
mournfully in the wind, and rumor said
wci,d ghsstly forms had been Seen fit
ting through the mould Covered 'ooms
and lowering over the freless hearth
but who ever kncw the rudiy glow on
Grace Mell,n's cheek to pale with fear'
Whence came the shallow that now
rested on her face Mrs Mellcn paus-
ed in her preparations for their evening
meal as her eye fell on th soLer fac" OF
her child, and anxiously inquired if she
was i'll. .. ''f
III! No, indeed, mother why do
you ask = o.. a... .. .
You are so quiet and sober, Grace
but | dare say you are hungry aud
tired after your long walk. We will
eat our suppeIs now without waiting for
Robert "a. ....e g.. ,.
Pm not hungry, mother, and 'tis
pleasanter to wait tor Robert. You
must be tired with the days sewing :
pray sit down and rest till he comes
Mrs Mellen drew her chair to the
hearth aud kindly careSsing her favoritc
child, asked again what troubled her.
Il may as we'll tell you. mother. what
I am thinking about, and still do NOT
want YOU to feel anxious about it Mr.
Cu.hman wants our class to study chem
istry, and the beck cots one dollar.-
You know her. are only four in th'
class Jan" Nichols, Ellen Crosby, and
Sophie Whitman bought their books fhis
afternoon | did not like to trll Mr..
Cusbman tina, you coud not sfford to
buy me a book .
Can you not study with Jane Mich.
OILS | would not like you TO use Ell
len Crosby's or Sophie Whitman's, but
Jane is always so kind and oblging.'
Il know it. mother, and Jane offered
., sb.r. h.r T.. K with me this after
uoon, but you know | use Ter higs-b'a
and reading bo"k, and ! feel ashamed
to b. 80 dependent ! wouldn't mind
about studying ch mistry, but Mr. Cush-
man told u,e this morning that ] was bis
b,st pupil in arithmetic and grammar,
and says if continue 10 improve tbro'
the winter as | have done, he will ask
Esquire Bland to let me be his a'si.t-
ant, for Miss She bourne is going to be
married In the spring -.I ~
'Bs, you will enly be fourteen IN the
spring, Grac..' ..r
Il told Mr. Cushman 80, but he says
be would ,atner have young az istant,
who is willing to be told, and one VII :
has been taught J him, eli, than an Ole
er person OF fixed habit, aud different
ways Of t,sehisg.' ..uJ a.
:I'llhy and find some way 70 buy the
Grace but we'll salt no