The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1868-10-31
SATURDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 81, 1868

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<, Let her take her own pleasure with the
money" he would say. 81 dislike to sec chill
dren mean and rnrsimonious" p.t.
But Mrs Marsh took every occasion to di-
rect Jessie, although her advice was not always
followed. ''s 't
Jsesssiise. was still holding the dollar in her
hand as tho mother re,entcred the room.
%Scc what Uncle Mark gave. .me--to buy
spgarrplans with she said, " and radiant smile
illumined Jcssie's face ~,agr. ,..s.,,
..'a';And only yesterday you were wishing for
a dollar" her mother replied --
The smile faded little at that Jessie had
been listening to poor womau's story the day
before. Mrs. Marsh had given her some sew
ing, as she was very anxious to earn money
enough to pay her rent. Counting up what
she was likely to get from one and another,
left her still dollar nr two short Ordinarily
Mrs. Marsh would have ovcrpaid her, but now
she had u mind to put Jessic's generosity to
the test. The little girl had been quite
thonghtf. for some time after Mrs. Adams
departure, and at last had said:
"Oh, mamma wish l had dollar;
would givo it to Mrs. Adams How hard it
must be to earn money enough to take care Of
herself aud those three little children y
"Ies,' her mother answered gravely ave
ought to be thankful that God has placed us
above want" #
Jessie went to her bank 1t never had u
very large surplus on hand. Twenty cents,
that was not dollar. So she gave lit
tie sigh: .s;'ee.s s. ts aut
This was what her mothers words recalled
She looked rather sober over it to1 several mo-
inents.
GA dollar is good deal for a little girl to
give away" she said slowly, us the result of
her; Thoughts.
's1t did not seem SO yesterday 1t is often
easy to bc charitable with that which we do
not possess: h.A ~ I; ~
'One can't give when one hasn't anything y
and the absnrdits made tllcr Smica little
And it is unfortunate not to have the heart
and the money at the same time. y
eclioof
tirpet and huff, ana her good warm cloak
She had never suffered from any cold or neg.
lcct and there was n sudden rush of gratitude
in her heart, Tor it was il sweet, true and ten
der heart M ti
sGood-by. mamma and she came to kiss
her. Then she strapped her books together
hung them OH her arm, and ran down the
path.
Should she give Mrs. Adams her dollar !.
There were SO many things that she wanted
She just halted ut Warmers store window.
There WAS box Of paints that were only a
dollar-shc had made two or three Intellectual
attempts 10 save up hcr money and, get them
And there was a crying baby, with the love
liest blue eyes. Her dolly was past the crying
stagc-shcj would just goin and price this
onc-it Was such fun to have the squeaking
little thing Seventy five cents" 1t was
beauty. And there was lovely toy, in the
shape OF pretty carved cgg-cup, with an egg
in it!!z$Whenyouotouchcd a spring in the bot
tom Of it, the upper half of the egg flew off,
and the prcttiest little fairy made you a bow
That was dollar. And drawing slate, with
such u charming variety Of landscapes, castles,
birds, flowers, and nearly everything. Oh !
What beautiful things one could buy with
dollar
"Will you take this baby 2" and the shop
keeper made it cry like a real live baby, and
all the while there was such roguish look in
its eyes. S
"Not just now" Jessie said, family, and
turned away.
Oh you like this cup better and thc,l
the woman made he'fairy spring up so sud
denlystl'at Jessie jumped too. How she could
startlo the boys with it
II Won't take any of them now" Jessie
said, with sudden determination, and then went
out. She had to run to school to be there in
time. .
At recess Martha Lee displayed a beautiful
rubber ring, with Il pearl in it, 1t looked so
pretty on her white slender fingers.
sit cost just dollar she said, ''and
saved up all my pennies to buy it," Then she
let Jessie try it on The boys had made Jes-
sic several rings, but they had not the smooth