Mower County transcript., 1871-12-21


So, leav. their joys unbroken,
Disturb not their happy play.
May SORROW come to the golden heads
For many long, bright day!
fInrry's Prescription for his Uncle.
Little Chilly lived in an old German
city. She was poor, blind little Or
phnn-so poor that often she and leI
grandfather had to go ont into the
street and beg. Chilly was restless
little soul, and as there was nobody at
home to take care of her, when Max
Miller went out, he always took her
with him, tor he said there was "no
telling where Chilly would shiver to If
lett alone, and she was all he had to
keep livin' for
Grandfather! said Chilly, one
morning, us they started out for long
walk
"Wel!, my child, what is it 2:
Are we the poorest folks in all the
worll!'
"No, indeed" said Max Miller.
1--WE are rich Chilly. Sometimes 1
think We have too much.'
II wonder whcn," said Chilly. 81
never HAY" enough of anything.
haven't clothes enough, nor shoes
enough, aud l never had as much can
dy to eat as 1 wanted, never in the
world. | wish I could. And then,
grandfather, we arc beggars, too !!
Folks don't like beggars. I wonder if
God loves beagars2"
"Why, Chilly, child! What makes
vc,, to1 prt Ia 1ool,uo oGko,
all, you've got it just right. God does
love begSnrs, because you see, dear
"No, don't see, grandfather, and l
wish you wouldn't always keep saying
so.'
We'll, then, you feel, don't you {?
that God does love beggars, else he
wouldn't tell us all to keep on asking
for everything We want, md telling
how we want just the same things, over
and over again, every day and every
night, voll ,ec.'
:Oh! you mean saying our prayers
gr lndfather; is that beg sging?'
"Of course that's begging, little one.
We know the things we want don't be-
long to us amy way, and the only way
to get them is to knock and ask y
Chilly's small feet trod the earth
little more firmly just then, with the
feeling that after all every one else was
begyar, and that she belonged to
somebody, somewhere but her slippers
were SO old and 50 large, and her feet
shook about in them so, that she went
back to tn old shuf1ing walk, half
dragged along by Max Miller. The
old man and the little girl we're far
away from the town by MONDAY, and
the wind being high and cold, Chilly's
ear began to ache. A large handker-
chief seemed just waiting in one
Of Grandfather Miller's pock-
cts, to get itself wrap
ped about her face and ears, and then
they turned toward the town. The
basket they had carried out empty had
been filled for them, and the contents
had run over into bundle. Chilly's
ear gave her So much pain that she be-
gan to cry and toss her little arms
about, and Max Miller was wondering
how iii the word he should ever get her
home again, when up came carriage,
and right ut their side it was stopped,
and Il voice that Chilly said was call
full Of organs,' called, "Get in, get
y
and ] am going right your way"
dencH, sir, - said Max, for this grand
child Of mine is most crazy with ear
ache
Earache, is it2 Well, that is bad
I had it once. Eli see if we can't make
it trel better by and by"
''Was you blind, too?" asked Chilly,
sand b.ggar? Cause if you was,
nobody loved you but God, kno,0.'
Tic kind old doctor who had taken
them up from the highway, looked
kennly into Chilly's little face as she
spoke, but said nothing in reply to her
unnstion. He began to write on slip
Of paper When he had finished, he
gave it with piece of money to Max
Miller, saying: "You can get that at
any drug store, and use it for the
child"
With many thanks the old man got
down from the doctors carriage at the
very door of the store: and, lifting the
little girl out, the two went to get the
medicine.
Harry Zunder, little boy not much
older than Chilly, was waiting there
but Chilly couldn't see him, so she be-
gan to talk to her grandfather Just as
though they two were all alone in their
bit OF IL house.
There - said she, "that was nice
How good it does feel to have folks
kind, and see you want sometime
without having to ask for it O grand
father! don't like to beg. I hate il
SO. Don't you believe that somewhere
in some big town, way off, but reall y
right. in this world, there is some awfu
rlcn III an, that if he knew Just how
had scarlet fever, and got blind after
wards, and how good, and old, and
feeble, and poor you are, would give us
money enough SOS we could know one
day that we was going to have some
dinner tomorrow 'thout going and
knockin' at ever so many doors to get
it
Now, Harry Zunder had heard every
word little Chilly said, for it was all
out so quick that Grandfather Miller
had no time to arrest her words. And
as soon as tho druggist had measured
and weighed, and poured out and pour
'l in and examined carefully the lit
tie tags on the necks of the bottles,
and given the bottles to him, off he
ran to his home, and told every word
of it to his uncle, who was at bis ia
th"r's house on visit, and for whom
Harry had gotten the medicine.
"Now, uncIc,' said Harry, "arent
you pretty richl If were you, I'd go
and DO it. I'll help you, anyhow, with
my bank. Here it is ~
Queer prescription you've brought
me, boy Maybe I'll take it though, -
said llarrys uncle; aud thinking he
meant the medicines in the bottles.
fetched two tumblers and two spoons.
l}'1t his uncle did not use them. much
to his surprise.
The next day he said to Harry, 'sNow
show me where to find your little blind
gnl.'
~ don't exactly Fnow," said Harry,
where she does live, but guess we'll
find the place." and off they started
On the way they met she doctor who
had given Max Miller and Chilly place
in his carriage the day before. He
told thom whorc to find them, and, s,s
prcting that the rich man meant kind
ness toward the helpless man and the
child, the thoughtful doctor added
"Thcle's IL chance. to make somebody
happy there