Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1867-04-12

lsrsas 80 ~ ayailed? st,s 8F-ifs sspf sfa-'ss :
When All the atoms are gathered up. Ia. !,
and weighed,
What II miracle changes the cup
or the sinner who sinnedr and the sinner
who prayedfa So &RAE
Was Tt Mean or Not?
Eta, / want dollar from YOU"
Thus spoke Julia Anderson to Hen
rietta Mattesoil, both of whom worked
in one OF the largecotton mills in New
~fsWhat for s,i asked Henrietta. u
1--WE want to make the superinten-
dent q present Of gold watch and
chain. He has always been very kind
to us girls, and it would be pleasant 10
make him New Years PRESENT.
do not think have dollar to
spare" replied Henrietta.
Now think this Is real mean in
you," said her companion. You earn
as much as any of US, and what you do
with your money l don't Know.
only know you don't spend it as the
rest of us do. There is that old scare
crow Of hat which you have worn for
SO many winters. presume you In
tend wearing itithis winter, don't your"
Henrietta replied, You say / am
real mean because I will not give q
dollar towards gold watch for the su-
perintendent; and then you say wear
my old hat, and insinuate l exhibit
meanness because l do not geta new
one. Which do you consider the mean
er of the two?" tt
"I don't know" said Julia, Both
are mean enough. I think IL real mean
to be so saving of your money that you
do not dress decently. You never 60
any where with the rest of us. When
the menagerie was here you said you
would like to go, but you did not; and
all the girls think it was because you
were too stingy to spend yourquarter. |"
Instead of answering my question
you have only added another to the
number of what you consider the real
mean things that have done. AS
you decline to answer L will only say /
have other uses for my money."l
Julia retortcd, Yes probably you
are going to setup for an'ofrl n1aiii, and
think ~ on will need all you can rake
and scrape to live on i'm the state Of sim
gle blessedness.n
Henrietta replied, g suppose / should
be an old maid, what then? Are old
maids meaner than those that get mar
ried? / may be an old maid for what
L know, but if ever should get mar
rfed i shalf want something with
which to commence housekeeping. Il
do not think IL would be any meaner
to have few dollars for, such a pur-
pose than TO spend 1t all IN foolish van
tiles, and then begin married life with
out aeent of moneyof my own" ~ yf
Julia answered, "Well, come, can
not stop to talk with you. Are you go-
ing to give dollar ornot 7"Vv
To this Henrietta replied, At am not.
The eSuperintendent has good watch
now, and does not need one. / have
other uses for my money"
Julia said, rather snappishly,n Well,
keep your money, then. Be stingy
and mean If you want 10. The rest of
us can buy the watch |; .andawe mean
to have our names written on paper.
You and tive or three Irish girls win
enjoy the noteriety ofnot having given
anything towards 1t. 1t would be no
wonder to me, II, when tia superinten-
dent learns you did not contribute any
thing, you would get notice to quit
the mill.n
To this thrsstHenrietta Ysplled IAN
AhC 0tld III Io NASGlldf-
ges me for any such reason as you mem
what take him TO be- If IAhave to
to leave here for this reason, I hope 1
can find work elsewhere. And Let me
say, Julia, since you have placed the
matter in this light, ] will NOT givee
dollar nor even q dime towards the
watch.u
On hearing this, Ju liz ileft her. AIR
most every girl in the. room contribu-
ted. Henrietta looked up now and
then from her work aud had diacrimf-
nation enough to perceive that her re-
fusal had created quite q sensation In
the mill. When she left at night the
girls avoided her; and she could dis
Germ Ia their looks that they had not
very pleasant feelings. She also saw
i'm the countenance or Julia Anderson
and few Others, who, by common con-
sent, were regarded leAders,a look OF
triumph, which said, 1--WE shall car
ry the day In spite of you." 3gsFsesf esis
She passed on to her boarding house
quite by herself. and falmost sorry for
the moment that she had not given q
dollar, because she was friendly to the
superintendent and ct the same time
in common with others, disliked 20 do
anything which could be called mean.
The superiptendent overheard julia
Andersen and some Others In conver-
sation. Julia was talking very rapidly.
He heard her say, told her she was
real mean not to bswilling ito give Q
ibid you say anything about her
old bonnet r. asked onerwho stood by.
".YesII did. And1 told her we all
thought that she did not go to the
menagerie, because she was too stingy
to payi quarter" basdpaa Fel ~,
2 Now that was too bad, said one Of
the girls.
= No it was not too bad. / wantsd
her to understand That we all regarded
her as real mean. Z know I should
feel 80, If | were her, and SO would any
Of us. ...s y ~
What did she say to oil this Z" ask
ed another. Wgg zHgy6 a Ig9sIsg
"Ehe said she would not even give a
dime, and that was meaner than Katy
McCornick, for she gave me fifty
cents" .-sy. sa,.ass Il y IL 4
Upon this the superintendent came
in sight iahd they scattered away. nrya
The watch was purchased and pre-
sented to the superintendent, with q
handsomly written letter containing
the names of the donors.
It was as Julia had said. All the
J girls in the room excepting Henrietta