St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-07-28

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And after that feel what Il hlcp
less, useless, wreck am, sitting here all
day while yoI work for me. Little sun
beam, if had the power, you'd never
soil those pretty fingers with hard work,
and sometimes almost doubt Gods jus
justice is sure"
"Dm'l talk about my work, dear
"randpa. When my father AMI mother
died You brought mc here AMI stnt me
to echo"I, whrn you had n"lhin% but
YOUR lili,' pension 10 live on. Work
I'll work my lin2"rs 10 the bone for you.
And hrw I'm conn out 10 buy Il little
tea, amI make You Il nee strong cap
and you'll like it,"
Sine fitted out, Ike the sunbeam after
which he called hrr, and he WAS left
alone. The old man bowel his head,
and the lcrrs tricl,lrl through his wrink
lcd FINGERS. Jared Wentworth had been
soldier Of the republic, and hr fought
behind scott To ih. YatcS of Mexico,
where, in the last battle, hc was crippled
Z lbl IllN III t.lllt H'llIlt. illltl Sllbl llI Ill
ter his only daughter dying, lett little
MiIly tu his care. Since then she had
earned ,hr name lac had Given her, Little
Sunbeam, Tor She was indeed the sun
Shine OF I, home The old man idolized
her, and ~hr deserved nolhin. less at his
hands. for She made the little dingy
brown house bright 10y her presence.
Labor for linn was pleasant, and her
cheerful voice singing some sweet song
was his morning music She loved him
trndrrly, and ii was u pleasure and not
Il toll 10 do I,i- work. They were very
poor but mutual content made their poor
fare equal 10 lIr costly viand- OF the
rich
The yirl was Of a domestic nature,
and her ready hands iound work to do
which hr had never dreamed Of When
the ynuny wintcr-yrccus were coming up.
size took her basket and went 10 the
place where they grew, and made the
little bunchrs which -hc sid on the car~.
This dill not last Ion., but 10y means of
1t She picked up Lcrr and there few pen
nir-, which Wee "A great help To them,
Strengthened u they often were for mon
"y, Nothing gave her .rratcr pleasure
than tu sec tI.r brave oII face brighten
when >he returned successful from the
train and when ,hr had bad luck, and
no one would buy. a. sometimes hnpp,n-
cd, hl would say:
".ill the LUX can't culnt To IL, Lit
tie SUNBEAM: if not to-day. why, then,
to-mrrr1w. Ii i all the -amr: - cheer
up
And when the winter Greens were
Zone Shc had other means to yet money.
She picked berries and sold them in the
VILLAGE, or cl,r sent them 10y Jim Mat
thcm~. who WA th, brakeman on the
Central. TO sell tor her IN the .rct city
4 few miles away. Every one knew and
respected Little Sunbeam, and her coed
TRENDS were continuity making her
presents "i some little drIlr;"'y i"r Grand
tintr' wl"'h r''' was not able 10 h"y.
lhry burned '"'l III lhe winter h'-
CaiHt ''''r' was II" one 10 Ih'P wool
I"F '"'iii' ana l an 't'''" '"' u'''''''''
al"t- Inc l'' "I"ll'' more 'o"l from
the engine thAh was r''iiy necessary,
but 1t was always When they saw MlIIy
with her lItile WAGON @I'anln@ coal 10y
Inc sldc OF tI' 't''h- An" l'E'tntr'
the good hc'rttd nero WI" was wood
saver III "rh'tH l" 'I'' Vi'"-'' sawed
tie little w'"h tII'y used i"r mile or
nothIn@, under Tie shallow prcten-' that
he co"'" ""' ''''hN o' cI'1fS'"5 more
',''''i '"'"'J NV '''''I - '''',' '''''' \ -
NY '''' ""S' I'','''>' ,'''' "I''' nc i'ioS-
sac comes "h'''' ';"'' you 10 '''' nap
py land, ili- &''d dr'" shalt To- written
III liNi"% characters nt'lca." my '';'ih''
ana hH,h' '"' .""' W'''''h It's DARK ''hc-
l'''' sumo winter ''''',' many '""''''r 'l
'AF ?'''tr' l''''''9''' ',''' '','''' .,
l"''' ''r"''S''' ''''''' "''N |" 'i.' VII
la@'' "7 h' ''''' Ir"''''S''', ana :H'''y WAS
'lc llr't l" meet ','"i 1T INC 'r''''' ana lie
would have ""n"il h'r ware "%i''ii III Il
fabulous prlr', II Hhr would have allow
cd IT. And when she refused and SaId
hc had pad To" much already, h" took
her basket on ihe tram himself anu m2de
everybody buy AMI pay round prices too.
And when th' llH' bunch was gone lie
>lyIy Sh2pc' IL SILVER hali-d'IIar among
the chang" hr had received, and put /.
INTO her hand unronntcd
81 owe you some, she SAID. " on
cave me tw" dollars when you wrr" here
before
"What il | did Don't b" II little
humbu@, Milly. meant 10 give it to
YOU"
but | want to pay you back"
"Neycr take back ANYTHING | Give.