The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1871-12-16

best adVantaeo should .haxey twice tel
I NEXT Ch1astmas! Those were HIS verS
wGrd, inlna, !, and, Oh, ,Roody! WIN
heaN OF nice things, ,Ell. have then
when I've got twenty dollars to do q,
Pr please Wft1i =, and she clapped hel
hands and sspsabg ~, qaiteF l6ftettinp
her present gain in the light of tile -ex'
ultfng prospective. sia
"Not quite 90 boisterous, Minnie, Id
the rats will get possession of your pre-.
cious gill;" remarked Mrs. Letterby, ae
the shining coin rolled across the carpet
| and under a wardrobe in q far corner
Of the room. She sprang after and re-
covering 1t, again seated heEself. ssBut
you are building castles In Spain,
Minnie. How can yoo guess who shall
fall heiress to the coveted twenty, q
gaining It depends upon the use yos
use Of spending it upon that beautiful
carriage At Miller's ?'' 'si.,' hs e :.
/ s,tsWhy, Im sure there smoothing would
please me more than having that car.
rfage, mamma and you know, when i
asked papa to give It. to me, he only
shook his head, in that pfovoking way
Of his, and sRfd sten dollars was not. to
be picked up In every pig track, a. II
I didn't knew kkaE, ~ and she hHidled
her bright head with pretty assamp-
tion Of wise dignity @e's1 .NN
ssThefe's sometli hing fear my little
girl does not know, and that it will
take some hard lessons to teach her. !" i!
2 seWhat's that, nnAnx1na ?'' 4. i'r,s@ 70:
i essVHhy, that we do not come into this
world for the solo purpose Of gratifying
our own selfish Wishes" -
81 don't qdfts understand, - she RS
piled, looking up with.a perplexed face.
tYou know what selflshness means,
Minnie % i-7'sl .'-a1'fe't' 13i
-. Minnie blushed and looked down
upon her clasped fingers without imne-
diately replying 81 know, mamma,',
she said presently, with winning frank,
ness I'm her Mfted face, tsthat one day,
Last summer, when uncle Ross brought
me two beautiful rosy checked peaches,
md told me 7 could eat one, and give
Georgie the other, II I wished, when
when-I ate them both myself, he said
was q selfish little puss, and the next
peaches should be Georgie's; and when
I asked him what selfish meant, hej
said, pleasing ourselves and not caring
whether any one else was pleased or
not
"Then, Minnie, dao do 70 you { think .seiash,
and sdispoeing q anything to the best
mean the same thing?'' 9
Is ssHow funny youldO talk, mamma
I'm sure y don't know What does|
sdisposing Of anything to the best adj
vantage, mean, anyhow, mamma ?' Il
ssDistributing or laying It out In such
q way that most good will come of it,
"I'm sure" Minnie answered, after
q short silence, q slight frown upon her
brow, ssthat carriage will do me more
good than anything in the world"
s1ssBut there Is another world, }" replied
her kind mamma, glanc1ng compass
at the disturbed, irresolute
face, stwhere, think, my Minnie |
would be hsppy to think she had some
good In stOre.0',@ ai >. ..i,,s s5n Al a.
uWhene, mamma ?'' her face bright
ening with childish interest and Curl
osity. - - |
asHave you never heard, or. read,
of treasures in Heaven p"
ooh yes, mamma, in our last Sum
day school lesson.-Nfiss Alice made it'll
all so plain, and this very verse came
to me e:ltIay9 not up for yourselvesl
treasure upon p earth, ~ Here she paused,
with. = short, quick - catching Of, her
breath, and regarded her, mammawith 4
wide, clear, blue eyes in which q new
ma, - she queried IN half whispering
tones, edo you really think buying
that carriage would b laying up for
treasure uponaearth' 'f'' 9..iee,i
The shadow Of a, smile Hitted over
her mothers face, but she answered in
q voice rs serious as the question de-
nanded: at would, in a small way,
most assuredly, Minnie; for wherein
could your purchase advantage auy
one but yourself, and you certainly do
not expect to take it to Heaven with
You ?'' A'"t it. .s"fs 7'a r':6S
tsI do wish," she presently added, a
ring Of irritation in her tones-ssI do
wish l. knew how to spend my ten
dollars to the best advantage ,I'll lust