Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1871-12-20
Harry's Prescription for his Uncle.

Little Chilly lived in an old German
city. She was poor, blind little or
phan-so poor that often she and her
street and beg. Chilly was a restless
little soul, and as there was nobody at
home 10 take care of her, when Max
Miller went out, he always took her
with him, tor he said there was ono
telling where Chilly would SILVER to If
left alone, and she was all he had to
keep Twin for
Grandfather " said Chilly. one
morning, as they started out for long
walk.
'Well, my child, what is it?'
'<Are we the poorest folks in all the
world?"
ono, indeed,'' said Max Miller.
GIVE are rich Chilly. Sometimes [
think we have too much
q wonder a0ben," said Chilly. 81
never have enough of anything. I
haven't clothes enough, nor shoes
enough, and [ never had as much can
dy to eat as I wanted, never in the
world I wish / could. And then,
grandfather, we are beggars, too
Folks don't like beggars. wonder if
God loves beggars?"
''Why, Chilly, child What makes
you talk 500 But, I do declare, after
all, you've got it just right God does
love beggars, because you see, dear
ono, I don't see, grandfather, and
wish you wouldn't always keep saying
SOD
g Well, 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, and telling
how we want just the same things, over
and over again, every day and every
night, you see. +"
COIL you mean saying our prayers,
grandfather; is that begging 2"
"Of course that's begging, little one.
We know the things we want don't be-
long to Us any way, and the only way
to get them is to knock and ask.
Chilly's small feet trod the earth
little more firmly just then, with the
feeling that after all every one else was
a beggar, and that she belonged to
somebody, somewhere but her slippers
were so old and so large, and her feet
shook about in them so, that she went
back to the old shutting walk, half
dragged along by Max Miller The
old man and the little girl were far
away from the town by MONDAY, and
the wind being high and cold, Chillys
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
basket they had carried out empty had
been filed for them, and the contents
had run over into a 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 IN the word he should ever get her
home again, when up came a carriage,
and right at their side it was stopped,
and voice that Chilly said was F'all
full of organs" called, "Get in, get
IN. There's plenty Of room for you,
and I am going right your way"
Well, now, that sounds like progi-
dence, sir, y said Max, q for this grand
child of mine is most crazy with ear
ache. :
Earache, is it? Well, that IS bad
had it once. I'll see if we can't make
1t feel better by and by"
Was you blind, too 2" asked Chilly,
g and beggar? Cause if you was,
nobody loved you but God, E7aoaO."
The kind old doctor who had taken
them up from the highway, looked
keenly into Chilly's little face as she
spoke, but said nothing in reply to her
question. He began to write on a slip
Of AHhn1, ho
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 a house
There y said she, F'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 it
so. Don't you believe that somewhere
in some big town, way off, but really
right in this world, there is some awfnl
rich man, that if he knew lust 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 2"
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 the druggist had measured
and weighed, and poured out and pour
ed IN, and examined carefully the lit
tle tags on the necks of the bottles,
and given the bottles to him, off he
ran to his home, and told every word {
q 1t to his uncle, vino was at bis fa-
Tiers house on visit, and for whom
Harry had gotten the medicine.
Nov, uncle" said Harry. "aren't I
you pletty rich If were YOU. I'd 90
and do it. I'll help you, ANYHOW with
my bank. Here it is -
queer prescription vou,ve bronobt
me, boy. Maybe I'll take it tbonG6 ;,
said Harry's uncle; and thinking he
meant the medicines in the bottles,