Mower County transcript., 1871-12-14
FOR TIE BOYS AND GIRLS.
rnuslmOthrr DuttOn's Birthday.

by 5. j. ID.
Somehow it did seem that the Eng.
lish Sparruws had deal more to say
than common, when little Clara ran out
this morning. And where do you think
she was going9 Only just over the
way, to Grandmother Dntton's house,
because this was the old lady's birth.
day, and il had come in the bright all.
tumn, too. The sparrows twitteretl
and twittsred, for they thought she had
something for them, just as you or !
would have thought had we been Eng
girl rln ont bareheaded with basket
on her arm.
Down the street, from the opposite
direction, came Molly, another little
granddaughter, on her way to Grand
mother buttons, aud she was carrying
IL lurge paper horn on her arm. Look
ut the picture. The two little girls
meet at the door, You see. Molly can
Just reach up and make the knockel
"go." She has her hand on it this
minute, and meanwhile Clara take 4
good peep into the paper horn. We
can peep, too, but we can't tell lust
what shape the goodies are, nor whetll-
er they are made of flour and butter
and milk, or of sugar Never mind, we
know they are nice, or Molly would not
have brought them to grandmother.
With what fond, motherly look Molly
peeps in with Clara to see her treas
,lres ! And we'll she may, for she has
bought them every one with the pen
nies she had land up in Ter little saw
ings-bank. Now, the dear grand
mother had seen Clara come out from
the opposite house, but she could not
see what was going on at her own door,
and she could not think why John, the
man whose duty it was to open the door,
did not do it and let the girl in; so she
went down herself and opened the great
street-door at which stood the two little
dots of girls.
Just at first Clara and Molly did not
know what to say. They had expected
to see Johns big powdered head tow
ering up, and, in place of it, there stood
Grandma Dutton, with all her pretty
silver curls loosed about her smiling
face.
''We've come," began Clara, "tause
'tis new birthday to you, granma, .
continued Molly. "Anl we've got
desc tings," finished Clara, holding up
her little basket, while at the same min
ute Molly held her grand horn up Sc
high that it got top-heavy and began to
tumble; but Grandmother Dutton e
silk apron sprang out in time, and in a
minute the horn was empty, but the
apron was pretty full.
"Come in, come in, my grandchildren.
I've the two from Germany upstairs
this minute; they came last night, and
now have you all" So she stopped
and she was such little grandmoth-
er that she didn't have to bend very far
and kissed the wee children who had
come mp to do her honor Then she
u,hered Molly and Clara into the room
where the two little cousins from Ger
many were having a tea-party, and the
picture shows just the way they appear
ell when the door opened the the little
Penns, lvania cousins saw them for the
first time, The one listening with her
arms tol1ed about the dolly with cap
on, is Dertila: the one talking, who has
the 'lolly withouta Cup on, is Gertrude;
and the stiff lady in the big chair is
Ma lam Berlin, 50 named because she
once lived in city of that name, and
had her home in wonderful toy. shop
She never eats anything when she is at
tea-parties, and for that reason she gets
a good many invitations. Bertha and
Gertrude can eat all the goodies, and
have company too; so they are quite
fond of Madam Berlin, and admire her
tine, stiff manners very much.
Iwish we could have gone in about
the time Bertha and Molly began to get
acquainted, and Clara and Gertrude to
exchange shy glances, for then We
might have seen how fast the goodies
that were in the basket and the horn,
and that were brought to grandmother,
went in behind eight red little lips, and
were never heard of any more.
Dear me! The door is shut. John
came bustling up and fastened it, and
we are shut out. Never mind. The
children inside are happy, the spar
rows on the street are twittering gaily,
ulld We will run away and see what we
can find next.-Hcurth and Home.