Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1871-08-17
had broken arm, and must suffer with /,

had broken arm, and must suffer with Il
for weeks
You think Allie had no birthday party
after all? Well, yes. When Saturday
morning came she called mother and had
u long talk with her. There were tears in
Mrs Days Eyes when she went away from
the bedside, hut her face shown with -as
sweet smile as ever bIighte1ed q mothers.
cOuntenance
Allie must have her party" /" she said to
her husband; we1l have Bridget Flanagan
come over and help Lizzie get dinner. and
George must carry invitations. Here is a
list OF the guests-there will be only five
or six"
Do you not think company will excite
her too much s'asked MIR Day. -
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 lew blue muslin
l made last week. think that if pou take
1t Josey will understand that il is not a
charity, but a little gift of friendship s-r
so Mr.. Day walked away with the dress,
but lost his road strangely, and oply
found it again after he had visit d Harris
shoe store, Mrs. Wilder's milliner shop,
and-Holme's shawlroom.
But who were invited to Althea DAYS
birthday dinners- Not by any means Julia
Lacy, the King girls, Tommy Strang, and
The rest, but Peter Henry, who had a
limb amputated year before, after the
| falling of that 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 your eyes if she came in your
way; then, of course, Willie Mills and
Josey. .-.
Prof Zimmerman, who lived next door,
and played the piano, and flute, and kew
bugle, and violin-and, for aught l know.
the cornet, harp, sack-but, and psaltery-
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 AID cry AL at once.
The dinnerg All, yesi had nearly for
cotton that 1t was such a feast as Josey.
Willie, Jane, Sallie, Mark, and Peter had
never had before The chicken pie was GER
SoAniF d oiS ds tlah h-lhe Httle dwarf was
served up in at the King of England's din
ner, in fact it could almost have held Salley
Lorey herself; and the puddings, raspber-
rIes, sugar cakes, ice cream, and Charlotte
Russo were all as delicious as mortal hands
could make them.
SrangeI 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 hunch-backed or
phan, the dIunkard's children, and the
dwarf, as they were among themselves
Il shall have party myself" said Ellen
Horton" as soon as Allies arm is wei;
and every one here must come"
when thou makest feast call the poor,
the manned, the lame and the bliId."-
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