Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1864-11-04
KItty,s First shoes.

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news. 80 she run all the way Mother
she cried, all out Of breath, "the teachers
are all going to have q meeting to sew
for Us; and il we want shoes, we can 81
70 Miss LinIey's on Saturday morning /
and she will give them to usP Poor lit /
tie Kitty she had 50 few clothes, and /
these we're 30 short and 50 ragged, that |
one meeting" at least might have &c /
cupied itself with her case alone. Her /
dress hardly covered her knees, and she !
had neither shoe nor stockens, nor ever
had any in all her life A soiled sun
bonnet hung around her face and neck
"a face that was almost pretty, il was SO
bright and animated.
Sand teacher says / am 10 have
hood and q new dress, and / m going for
pair Of shoes next Saturday. fgl
Mrs. Finnigan looked up from the
pork she was frying.
"And what do ye want with shoes at
alll' she said.
Kitty had thought it would be very fine
10 wear shoes, but her mothers question
was hard 10 answer. But she said
after some thought, They'll keep ny
feet warm"
"Ocb, sursl and didnlt ye aide on the
ice barefoot all last winter, and fcouldn't
Keep ye in the house and what will ye
be wantiug your feet warm this winter
forT'
Kitty tried again. Twas thinking N ,
bare feet were not at to be round teach
er's beautiful clean dress s
"And what's to make your shoes clan
err than your feetT'a
10 dispair Kitty told the truth at last
"Biddy Maloney and Apn Maginnis
and Dora o. Mel have shoes, and nobody
but those Bardishes 20 barefoot
Faith, aud is that your reasonI Well,
| wont be hindering you; 60 and get
Your shoes, and good luck 70 you.
That night. and every nightthat week
Kitty counted the days, TO see how many
more must pass before she could 90 FOR
the shoes. At last the long-waited for
Saturday came Miss Linley had only
just finished breakfast when she saw
Kitty pass the window 70 knock 81 the
basement door. 'Shew the little girl
here" she said TO Ellen, the waiter. The
breakfast things were on the table still
when Kitty came in, and abe looked ct
them with such longihg eyes that Miss
Linley babe Ellen prepare a place for
her az the table, and she sat reading the
morning paper while Kitty drank COTE G
out Of child's silver cup, and found out
how nice butter rolls tasted Meanwhile
Ellea was clearing the table, and Kitty
thought how delightful it must be TO be
waiter like Ellen, and live in 'sueh a
handsome house.
After breakfast, Kitty remembered the
shoes, but had not the courage to say o
word till Miss Linley asked did You
come for the shoes22 Yes, please
ms'am." Ellen brought in a large box
from which Miss Linley took several pairs
Kitty hardly knew how to try them on
but, with a little help, she soon found q
pair that fitted Der, OF strong, stout leath
er shoes. Miss Linley talked 50 kindly
that at last Kitty had the courage to say
~ wish was old enough to 20 out &c
service. should like to be a servant.
you must grow older and stronger
and learn good many things first, my
child. But you know whose servant you
can be now, don't your
tNo, ma'am," said Kitty, with won.
dsring eyes.
"You know who the Lord Jesus Christ
is, don't your
~ hear about him in Sunday School p
you know that he can see you and
hear what you say He is our Master,
and good kind Master he is. You are
not too little to beshis servant
"Well, l will" said Kitty "Whai
are his ordersg
"There are great many they are
written down in the Bible | will tell
you three things, and you may come here
next Saturday and tell me how you sue
ceeded in the service. Obey your father
and mother; be kind to you brothers and
sisters and be clean. ESQ
Kitty blushed as she looked at her
dirty dress and unwashed hands, aud
thought that there was nothing very
clean about her but those new shoes
81 will 20 home and wash my face, she
said, and Miss Linley smiled to see her
promptness in. making a beginning. Sc
with her new shoes on her feet, Kitty
started for home. II was more than a
mile, bat il had not seemed long when
she came. Now her feet felt so strange
ly chat she could not take step without
thinking Of them. Once or twice she
slipped and fell, till quite ont ofpatience
with her shoes, she sat down on door
step, took them of, and carried then
home IN her hand ALI the family look
ed at them and admired them, and Kit
ty tried them on, and Susie tried then
on, then Tom strutted round the room
IN them making great noise, and finally
Patsy toddled about in them, till they
tripped him up,and his mother took them
OF as he lay kicking and SCREENING in hsi
lap, and Kitty hid them under the bee
in the next room.
'Kittyt Kitty come back and mind
the baby while / get dinner ready
Kitty waited at the open window, on the
point Otjumping out into the alley, and
running away to play in the street. when
her Masters orders occurred to her mind
"Obey mother, be kind to the children.
She turned and went back She aiS
not think much about il, this first act o
obedience TO Christ, but think the an
gels in heaven were glad, for it was he
first step in the path which leads HON,
to heaven.
Mother, she said, when the baby wa
tolerably still, couldn't this dress o
mine be washedT'
Faith, MOT she said; the color
woaid run cut Of it, and it would shrinl
up e nothing What put that into YOU
hsadTa -
KITTY made no answer. Imagination
failed to picture what the dress migb
look like if the eolors we're more gen,
than they were, and it became scantie
and shorter. 81 must wait for INV ney,
one" she thought But that eyeA;n,
she brought water from the pump at tbi
corner, and took such bath as She ba,
never taken before
Next morning, early, with clean
bright, face, smooth hair, and her nsy
shoes, she started for Sabbath Schoo
She had better success in walking, an