Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1855-01-19


in the place few yards of the same mate
rial, purchased dress for little Nelly. and
sent it to her in way that the donor could
not be detected
Very bright and happy looked Mary Gray
on Friday morning as she entered the
school at an early hour. She waited only
to place her books in neat order in her desk
ere she approached Miss---and whs
pered in a voice that laughed in spite other
efforts to make it low and delercnIial, "afler
this week sister Nelly is coming TO school
every day, and oh, Fam so gladl"
THAT is very good news" replied the
teacher kindly, NELLY is fond Of her books,
and | am happy to know that she can have
an opportunity TO study her book every
day" Then she continued, u little good
naturned mischief encircling her eyes and
dimpling her sweet lips "But how can
your mother spare you both convenietly ?"
"Oh, yes, maam, yes, ma'am, she can
now. Something happened she didn't ex-
pect, aud she is as glad to have us come as
we are to do So" She hesitaed a moment
but her young heart was filed TO the brim
with Joy, and when child is happy, il is as
natural TO tell the cause, as ii is fo- a bird
to warble when the sun shines SO out of
the fulness of the heart she spoke and told
her teacher this little story.
She and her sister were the only children
of very poor widow, whose health was so
delicate that it was almost impossible to
support herself and daughters. She was
obliged to keep them out of school all win
ter, because they had no clothes to wear,
but she told them that if they could earn
enough by doing odd chores for the neigh
bors to buy each of them new dress, they
might GO in the spring Very earnestly
had the lttle girls improved their stray
chances, and very carefully boarded the
copper coins which usually repaid them
They had each enough to buy calico
dress, when Nelly was taken sick, and as
the mother had no money beforehand, hel
own treasures bad been expended in The
purchase of medicine.
30, did feel so bad when school open.
ed and Nelly could not 90, because she had
no dress" said Mary, 81 told mother ]
would not go neither, but she said | had
better for could teach sister some, and il
would be better than no schooling. stood
it for fortnight, but Nelly'S face seemed
all the time looking at me on the way to
school, and | couldn't be happy bit, so
finally thought of a way by which we could
both go, and told mother would come
one day, and the next would lend Nelly
my dress and she might come, and that's
he way we have done this week But lest
night don't you think somebody sent sister
dress Just like mine. And now she can
come too. o, if [ only knew who it was
would get down on my knees and thank
them, and so would Nelly. But we dom,
them-and o, Miss Al, we ale all
so glad now. Amt you too?
Indeed am, was the emphatic answer.
And when, on the following Monday little
Nelly, in a new pink dress, entered the
school room, her face radiant rs rose in
sunshine, and approaching the teachers ta-
BILE exclaimed in tones as musical as those
of a freed fountain. 81 am coming to school
every day, and O, am so gladl" Miss
M---fet as she had never done before,
that il is more blessed TO give than receive.
No millionaire when he saw bis name in
public prints, lauded for thousand dollar
charities, was ever SO happy as the poor
school teacher who wore her gloves half a
summer longer than she ought and thereby
saved enough to buy that little fatherless
girl calico dress.