South-eastern Independent. (McConnelsville, Ohio) 1871-1871, 1871-08-18


had a broken arm, and NUS suffer with y
You think Allie had no birth-6tsT party
after all? Wen, yes. When Sal, ,Trday
morning e4me she called mother and h ID
a long talk with her. There were tears in
Mrs. Days eyes when she went away from
the bedside, bit her face shown with as
sweet a smile as ever frightened mothers
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allie must have her party" she said to
her husband; wen have Bridget Flanagan
come over and help Lizzie get dinner, and
George must carry invitations. Here IS
list Of the guests-there will be only nYe
or six" --rr l., .-qf~7 rrr
do you not think company will excite
her too much ~ asked Mr.. Day.
81 believe not, said the mother; and
her heart is especially set upon having
Josephine Mills here. Now that poor
/ girl has but one Dress, and Allie asks if
she may not send her the new blue muslin
l made last week l think that If you take
it Josey will understand that it is not
charity, but little gift of friendship"
So Mr. Day walked away with the Dress,
but lost his road strangely. and only
found it again after he had visited Harris
shoe store, Mrs. Wilder's milliner shop,
But who were invited to Althea Days
birthday dinner? Not by any means Julia
Lacy, the King girls, Tommy Strang, and
the rest, but Peter Henry, who had
limb amputated year before, after the
falling of thst piece of timber at Widow
Lakes barn raising; Mark Livermore,
who sawed wood faithfully from morning
till night, to give his old grandmother an
easy life and plenty to eat; Sallie Lorey,
who was such dwarf you could have
stood her under your arms-any one OF
you over twelve years old; and Jane Rice,
who was so hunch backed, you would
want to shut yUur eyes ii she came In your
way; then, of course, Willie Mills and
JOsey. -s--1-~1
Prof Zimmerman, who lived next door,
and played the piano, and flute, and key
bugle, and violin-and, for aught I know,
the cornet, harp, sack-but, and psalteFy-
came in and made every wall of the house
reverberate with his melodies. Miss Nor
ten, who Just dropped in to see how Allie
was, threw off her bonnet and made her
self charming, telling all manner of fairy
stories and singing songs that made the
children laugh and cry all at once.
The dinner? All, yes had nearly for
COTTON that. 1t was such feast as Josey,
Willie, Jane, Sallie, Mark, and Peter had
never had before The chicken pie was GER
tainiY as big as that the little dwarf was
served up in at the King of England's DIP
ner, in fact it could almost have held Salley
LoTey herself; and the puddings, rsspber-
ries, sugar cakes, ice cream, and Charlotte
Russo were all as delicious as mortal hands
could make them.
Strangel Before night every one of the
twelve whom Allie had thought of asking,
came in to inquire about her broken arm,
and once in they stayed, and staying, were
as merry and kind and altogether friendly
to the wood-sawyer, the huneh- backed or
phan, the drunkard's children, and the
dwarf, as they were among themselves.
Il shall have party myself" said Ellen
Horton as soon as Allies arm is well;
and every one here must come"
"When thou makest feast call the poor,
the MANNED, the lame and the bind
Home and Health.