Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-03-28
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HAUL, yOu ct.ttU"uSC6 UCF, OU(L uOnL
hurt me!' And SO of the childr N: SO
long us they can be amused and no one
Is hurt or troubled, it is oil right, is it
nOt2"
II suppose it is, since You think So"
the great brown eyes strnying away from |
my face III a doubtful mood, and the
gold coin dropping nervously from one
pink palm to the other.
But, mamma, You know jim Mark
ham, don't youa He saws wood for
papa; and to-day asked him if he
hadn't been fooled very badly, he looked
40 sorrowful, and his eyes were full of
tears. Il think have, he said looking
down the street; but it was the day
was born, the day was born, Nelly,
and s'pose I'll be u fool all my life !;
nothing but scold, scoltl, ut home, and
nothing but saw, saw. away! this last
to himself, and not seeming to mind me
at al, nor the great apple held toward
him. lam SO sorry for him, mamma,
and since I may do just what I please
with my dollar, am going to fool Jim
Mark am with it,
"And how will you manage, little
plotter -
"Why, if you wonld let me have the
tiny purple ring box that papa gave
you for your birthday-you remember,
10 you7"
eyes, remember" looking down ut
my finger, where u ring seemed holding
the simmer of thousand sunbeams;
II remember"
cit is lined so cunningly with cham
DIS skin, you knew, and is just deep
enough for the coin. ~ wrap it in,
oh. ever so many papers, and then when
he takes them off, expecting to find
nothing, and sees that dear little dol
lar, aUon't he be fooled2''
And in anticipation of the great sur.
prise the little one laughed gleefully,
and tossed dozen kisses to tue canary
waltzing to his own sweet music in the
happy April sun.
Five minutes later Nelly laid o rath-
er bulky package in James Markham's
hand, and flew like bird up the wood
house stairs, through the kitchen, the
dining room, the hall, and up ipto my
room again. dropping upon the sofa
with her hands tremble, and her
brown eyes full of strange, sweet
light.
"It Is more blessed to give than to
receive" she whispered. "Don't you
think 500 And I-oh, mamma, am
so happy, and God is so good. and the
sweet heaven you read about comes
nearer every day I"
All, ii I had known it was so near, so
very near, to her
Please, marin, it's just Jim Mark
ham, but he says as how he, must see
Miss Nelly. told him it warn't for
the likes o. him to be throublin' the
ladies, but he says. If you don't start
I'll 60 myself aspeart as you please,
the spalPeen T. ~
"Never mind, Maggie; you may
show him up. Nelly will see him here,
I guess -
"Oh, mamma, I don't want to be
thanked, and that is what be is coming
for, am sure" Nelly said, wishing
with true delicaoy to avoid any mention
of her kindness.
But had woman's curiosity to see
the lad to whom the gift, of life hal
been SO unwelcolne, and presently he
stood in the entrance bowling pleasant.
ly and lifting his hat with courtly
grace not always found outside the
ranks of poverty.
"Excuse me, but there must have
been mistake" he said, looking from
me to the child on the sofa, who sat
blushing and smiling and stroking the
plumage Of her canary.
~ found this inside your papers,
Miss Nellie; and the boy held up the
purple box from which peeped thu
bright edge of the dollar coin.
Nelly did not reply, and + said going
to him and laying my hand on his head
''There is no mistake, my good boy
my little girl wished to give you the
gold piece, and hopes you will be will
ing to keep 1t, not so much for its value
as because it will speak to you some
times when You are sorrowful- for such
times come to all-of one who cared
enough for you to give you her Christ.
mas present. You will keep it, will
you not2'
The boy did not answer. Once o,
twice his lips parted, as if words were
} struggling for utterance, but they gave
no sound, and, replacing the purple
box in his pocket, he turned and LEFT
the room as softly as q mother goe!
from her pretty sleeping babe.
Five years! It seems but yesterday
yet looking from my window I can Sc,
u little mound where five times tn,
} violets have bloomed since that happ,
April day.
This morning James Markham cam,
to me. I had not seen him since tn
day he went so softly from my room
} glancing back for one last look at m,
} darling, and in the manly youth before
me it was difficult to recognize the chilt
OF poverty and tears.
heard you were here" he said
taking the hand I offered, and looking
sadly ut the Grape I wore "heard yoi
) were here, and came to thank You TO
what your child has made me. coul,
, not say how grateful I was thot day
, for my heart was too full; and oh, t
know somebody cared for me! It CAV
3 me new life, new hope, and withal a
t ambition to be man whose hand sh
, would not feel ashamed to lay her ow
q in, in some sweet day when 1 shout
e have won for myself worthy place j
8 the world, and good and honerabl
D name. God knows best, perhaps, bu
= I can't help wishing she were here tt
l. day to see how changed am.''
y ''Who shall say she is not here2'
{ He smiled little hopeful smile, m
n saying, II will be brave, true, 400
s man for her sakc and yours" lifted m
b hand to his lips, and again was gone
+ Perhaps in the Aprils yet to be, som
of the dear little ones whom 1 love g
we'll, and for whom 1 have written thi
true story, will recall what have said
and instead of disappointing people
: will surprise and gladden. them by som
! little attention or gift they do not 81
: pect; and who can tell the RESULT
"Cast thy bread upon the waters
l and thou shalt find it after many days.
, -Chiltlrcn's Hour.
The Coffee Supply.
f., The landslide on the line of the Sa
Paulo Railroad bids fair to produce
temporary interruption of the shipmen
of coffee from Brazil. About 200, 90
; bags per month, being more than ha
of the coffee exported from Brazil, wa
transported by means of the San Paul
> Railroad to the port of Santos. Unit
the proper repairs can be made in til
:, railroad, the only means of conveyin
l coffee to the sea side will be by lon
and tedious process. It must first L
u carried on the back of miles nv ,1cy