The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1862-06-12

brown mcrino, but / an determined she
shall lobE the prettiest Of them all So
| began TO work after school, doing all
kinds oflittle jobs for anybody who
would hire me, and ] never spent any
thing for candy or marbles, you know,
SO that all the boys began TO call me a
miser. But I didn't mind that, because
thought my pleasure was coming BY
and By. The money came very slowly,
Madgc, and often thought I'd never
have enough. But when Aunt gave
me money to buy mlttens, l Just went
without and kept mv hands in my
pockets. Then ! got considerable at
Christmas, you know, and I sold the
top that Lutte gave .nc, and altogether
yesterday found Thad just enough to
buy what l wanted So Mr.. Green,
who is always SO kind to me from my
lessons this morning, and I walked all
the way to B, because thought !
could Get nicer th,rgs there, and Mad-e
bought yon the sNe-fest green sill,
It made me think Of the woods in spring
and | thought when YOU had it on. with
your sweet, white face, YOU would lool;
just like a lily coming up out Of a bed
Of moss
"Dear little Jan,,e :: cried Maa.e
!, "did yon do all that for me : am So
sorry. You know never care what
wear
EYES. | know it, said Jamie, "and
you're always lovely TO M. I supnosc
it is because MIR. Green says you alwav>
wear the jewels which ire Of erca, price
IN the Sgllt 81 God. I havn't loub!
Maage, but''he angels th,i!. You're The
prci'iest eirl il he world, but some va,
| know it's inolish--I wanted to nave
the bows think SO too
7 "Well. when came hack, just rs
got to the hal! door with my bundle
feeling 50 proud that | had earned it 81
myself, out came Uncle, looking yer,
red, and storminr about some money
about twenty de!lars, I thinh-that II,
said he Ii ii left in his desk. and f rr,,
TO look up last night Nobody knew
anything about it, and | was just going
on up toes up to my .oon.. when he
called very suddenly: "What have yo,
IN that bundle, SIR a dress f,l
Malge..' \ dress for Mad.er sai,, he
louder yet; 'let me see it, So opened
it, irving to tel. him that ! earned it all
my elf, but as soon rs lie saw the pretty
silk he caught hold Of ny arm SO al
most screamed and said. 'Yen earned
money TO s,sy such dress rs that? You
are telli,ig"me falselood. Confess
now that you took my money! Then
out came Aunt Gould, ana Belle, and
Lntie, and they held up their hands, AMI
looked so shocked, aud would not be.
lievc word l said. Then Uncle SEEM
cd to try to be kind, and told me tha,
if confessed and asked his pardon, he
would try to forgive it. But could't tell
a lie, and only said, over and over, that
didn't, couldn't do such thing, till he
called f.:e' a hardened, obstinate bov,
and dt1fered Me nr TO my room. And
as for the dress, Madge, that I've been
thinking about more than s;v s,onths, :
Jamie conghed violen,ly.-"I heard
Aunt Gould Say it wouldn't be quite a
loss, for with yard or two more il
would make dress for Lutte"
/ Madge tried to comfort him, but
broke down. IL
"Never mind,' said he. ut last, pat
ting her tear stained cheek. .'sr am de-
termincd you shall have something nice
after all. Tomorrow is the skating
match, you know. and l am sure of the
second prize, at least, and whatever
get shall be given to darling Madge.'
"Yon'll be sure to get it," cried
Madge with eager sympathy. "You've
skated ever since you could walk and
she remembered with a glow of pride
that 40 one had ever yet caught Jamie
in atAce, and often when yoa thought
him playing, he'd be writing his name
with this rather clumsp steel pen, on the
great white page Of ice, as handsomely
rs on lcafofhis writing book.
| Eyes, y"u'll be sure Of the prize.
jamie" she said, cxnlting!y, "ana
know It will all come right with Uncle,
too. I'm going to tell him all about it
now.".s
But to her great grief, angry Uncle
Gould would not hear aword. "No,
child" he said, mo one could make me
believe that boy s. withoat marbles
and candies half year to buy his sister
a dress. And II he did he never cou,a