The Ashland union. [volume] (Ashland, Ashland County, Ohio) 1854-1868, 1855-03-07

l. 1he, discovery was one which coule
not but interest a heart 80 truly benev.
lolent as was that which putsated in the
bosom of the teacher of that little. vii
i lage school. She ascert aimed the resi-
dencee of their mother, and though sorely
shortened by narrow purse, the same
night, having found at the only store in
the place a few yards of the same mate
rial, purchased dress for little Nellie
and. sent it to her in such way that the
donor could not easily be detected.
! - Very bright and happy looked Mary
Gay on Friday morning, as she entered
the school room at an early hour. She
waited only to place her books In neat
| order on her desk ere she, approached
Miss NJ, and whispered ina voice that
laughed in spite of all her efforts to
make it low and deferential-" After
this week Nellie is coming to school
every day, and ! am SO glad. = -;
| g This is very good news" replied
the teacher, kindly /" g Nellie is fond
Of her books, i see, and ] am happy to
know that, she oan have an opportunity
| TO study her books every day" Then
she continued, little good natured
mischief eneircling her eyes and dimp-
ling her sweet lips But can mother
spare you ?" - - z-
-" Oh yes ma ma, she can now. Some
thing happened that she did not expect
and she is SO glad to have US come as
We are to dosso.''' She hesitated mo-
ment, but her young heart was filled to
the brim with 10y, and when a child is
happy it is as atural to tell the cause,
as it is for a bird to warblo when the
sun shines. SO, out of, the sfullness of
the heart she spoke, and told her teach
er this little story. f--s;,-s., -,
She and her sister were the only
children of a very poor widow, whose
health was SO delicate that it was almost
impossible to support herself and little
daughters. She was obliged to keep
them out of school ali winter, because
they had no clothes to wear but she told
them that if they could earn enough by
DUNG odd chores for the ueighbors to
buy each of them a dress, they might go
in the spring. Very earnestly had the
little 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 Nellie was taken sick, aud as the
mother had no money beforehand, her
own little,treasure bad to be expended
for the purchase of medicine. s-.e.
/" Oh, 1 did feel SO bad when school
opened and Nellie could not go, because
she had nezdress-.zsI@teld~ mother I
would not go. either, but she said | had
better, for /, could teach Der some, and
that wouIdibe better than no schooling.
/. stood it for a fortnight, but, -Nellie's
little face seemed all the time looking at
me on the way to school, and I-couldn't
be happy bit; 50 L finally thought of
a way by which we could both 60, and
1 told mother I would come one day,
and the next would lend Nellie my
dress, and she might come, and that is
The way We have done this week.
But last night, don't you think some
body sent sister dress jnst like. mine,
and now she can come too. Oh, if
only knew who it was, woeld get down
on my knees and thank them, and so
would Nellie But we don't know, and
SO we'ye done all we could for them
we've prayed for them, and oh. Miss. N,
we are SO glad, Amt you too 2"
Indeed I am, was the emphatic
answer. And when, on the following
Monday, little, Nellie, in the new pink
dress, entered. the school room her face
radiant as rose in sunshine, and ap-
preaching the teachers table, exclsimed
in tones as musical as those of freed
fountain, I am coming to school every
day, and oh, I am 50 glad. ~ Miss M,
felt as she had never. done before that
it is indeed more blessed to give than to
receive, and no millionaire, when he saw
his name in the public prints lauded for
his thousand dollar charities, was ever
so happy as was the poor school teacher
who wore her gloves half simmer lon
ger than she ought to, and thereby saved
enongh to buy that little fartherless
girl calico dress. & BE