The Trinity times., 1855-04-14
| From Chambers journal.
The Sewing Girl.

Annie Linton was the best sewer in Mrs
Rows school and the mistress declared, on
inspecting the first shirt she had made for
her father, THAT the Duke Of Buccleuch
himself nigh wear ii This wra l'sh praise
for little Annie, who was only eleven years of
age, and she never forgot il. Her work was
the neatest and cieanest ever seen. She did
il 50 quickly, her mother cou.d not keep pace
with her daily demand for something to
sew.
i wish Annie would take TO her book,
said Mrs Linton to her hu band. But il was
quite clear that Annie would never take TO
her book she lad little reading and less
spelling; and yet she could mark with cot.
ton) all the letters Of The alphabet, Is if she
Was very miracle Of learning.
Something to sewf eagerly demanded
Annie.
VIII any moving come to this sewing 2
euquired her father, with a very natural at
tcupt at a pan.
Those who do not sew shall not reap,
said httle Annie cleverly, taking up her ia
TIERS meaning and her work k-bag at the
same time, as she whsked pas. him III fear VI
bong too late for school.
Three weeks after: Amie's learning to BE-
scholar, said Mrs. Linton, no more de-
mauds for sewing.' That afternoon Annie
came bounding INTO the house from school,
sat upon her fathers knee, opened her work
bag, which hung over her srn, and putting
screwed up paper into his hand, said, there's
the moving
Her father undid the paper and found four
halt croWns Annie, questioned her father, +,
where dad this come lrom'
From the sewing, answered Annie laugh
ing deiighledly at his surprise, as She escaped
from his knee, and ran out Of the room
to delay little longer the solution Of the
riddle.
WIFE said John Linton g it is impossible
that Anne could earn all this by the sort Of
chlld's play girls call work. and whom did
she earn it from I'm afraid there's some
thing wrong And, to tell truth, Annie
/ Linton was practising little disguise nor
| had She given her father all the money she
had earned The sum originally was twelve
! shllhngs. This was all designed for her ia
! ther alone, but prior claim had come IN the
way. 1t was cold winter weather, and the
/ children of the school brought their forms IN
a sort Of square, around Mrs. Roy's fire.
Annie, who was iayorlte OF the mistress,
always occupied q warm corner close to her
own big char. On the day IA question, Mrs.
1 Roy happened 10 be out OF the rOOm-
IN change seats with you, Jessie Wilson, il
you're cold, said Anne, addressing inue
glr, a very book worm, who, clad ia thread
bare printed cotton gown. Bat slIyerng over
her lesson.
Jessie, thus invited, came a little nearer.
ou should put on a woOllen lr' OK hike
mine, ana warm yourself well at your moth
ers fire before you come 10 school these VIM
ter days, SAID Annie, scruunzng the power
" s.rcken appearance Of the glrl.
Mother says, replied Jessie, that she'd
rather do without fire than my schooling, dnd
she can't pay tor BOTH
Has your mother no Ere at home this cold
weatherf cnqulred Anne, in amazement
No, said jesse. wish dared bring
| her with me hcre-its = warmer than at home.
And know mother ls Ill, though she wont
tel me-
SIT there said Annie, placing Jessie in
her warm corner, and don't 20 cut Of school
without me-
That afternoon the two giiis went hand in
! hand 10 Jessie5 door.
lave you plenty 10 eat, if you've no fref
asked Anne.
This is The first day mother has beeu fore