Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1873-04-25

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length Grace dropped paper of sugar
plums into the little rcd hand of the eldest
and with pleasant goodbye" the youn,
ladies passed on, and were soon relating
their success to the rest OF the society /
was Wonderful to see the interest will
winch those gay young girls commenced
the work of fitting up those motherles
little ones. Two complete suits were mad
for each, bright plaid dresses for Sunda,
wear, and dark delaines for everyday
They made warm flannel underclothcs
and purchased bright scarlet stockings
and warm, thick shoes for each They
made thick, heavy sacques for them, OF
Madams sewing-machine, and expended
the last money left in their treasury fol
some little hats and gloves. They were
so enthusiastic over their work, and had
been so careful not to let it interfere in the
least with their studies, that Madam was
greatly pleased, and said she would like
to add her mite, to make the gift complete
SO that very day she brought in a dress
pattern OF black alapaca, n thick, warm
shawl, and q close, old lady's bonnet,
which would be very nice, indeed, for
| granny to wear TO church The girls were
so delighted they could scarcely
refrain from literally devouring
Madam with kisses. AT last the
work was finished, and the gar.
ments laid one by one, neatly folded, into
an old trunk, the girls adding, at the last
moment pound of tea, and candy
enough to keep the little girls sweet ail
winter, The trunk was closed, the KEY
turned in the lock and left there, and then
| 1t was sent by trusty man with instruc-
tions to take it into the house, and if
| Granny asked where it came from, to tell
| her 1.-THE Lord sent it," She was not at
home, however, and the little girls were at
some neighbor's house. but the door was
rot locked, so the trunk was set inside,
and when Granny came home, there it
was, with neat little card upon the top,
| upon which was written, For Granny
| Tweed" The next day was the Sabbath
Madame Gain and her pupils were
| at length seated in their accustomed place,
| and every fair young head had bowed it.
self for moment in prayer-a good old
rule which could not be broken with i'm
! punlty then; the next moment, at least
nifty pairs of bright eyes were turned, not
on the minister, but upon the little corner
in the gallery where sat Granny Tweed in
her new bonnet and shawl, wondering,
awe-stricken look upon her her care worn,
wrnkled face, down which, one by one,
great tears rolled, and fell unheeded upon
her toil-worn hands. The two little girls
were not crying-no, indeed. Their
little faces were shining with the un-
wonted scrubbing they had received, and
fairly rddtdnt with delight, as they smooth
ed down the folds of their pretty plaid
dresses, or gazed admiringly at each
others hats, or swung their feet back and
forth so they could see their brilliant red
stockings as well as the neatly laced shoes.
They pulled off their gloves just for the
fun of putting them on again, and finally
happy thought struck the youngest,
'perh0ps there lcdS q pocket in tie dress"
She commenced an active search, and sure
enough there was one. She plunged her
hand into its hidden depths, and the next
moment shrill little voice ran through
the church, "Oh, my" as she pulled out a
cunning little handkerchief with lace all
around it, and, with it, half dozen lem
on-drops which ratified over the floor with
great noise.
Granny pounced upon the child and
gave her good shake, upon which an ex-
preston of the deepest solemnity fell upon
the happy little face, and the eldest didn't
venture to try her pocket for fear of con-
sequences If she should happen to find
something as nice. Never before did
Madam GaZin's pupils behave 50 badly in
church as they did that particular morn
ing. If they tried ever so hard to fix their
attention on the minister, their eyes would
wander away to that happy group in the
gallery, and when that shrill "Oh, myr
rang through the church, there was more
than one irrepressible giggle smothered in
dainty lace-edged handkerchiefs. A
grieved, rebuking glance from Madam
hushed them at once, and altogether they
got along with it much better than could
be expected.
The next day Grace Kimball and Flor
ence Percy obtained permission to call on
Granny Tweed.
The old lady received them very kindly,
wiped off some chairs for them to sit on,
and soon they were chatting away to-
gether very sociably.
"By the way, Granny" said Grace,
chow nice you all looked yesterday in
church! We couldn't keep our eyes away
from you, and Madam had to scold us well
for not paying better attention to the ser
mon"
"Well, I'm afeared I didn't get much
good o. the sermon. was just saying
'Ihank the Lord! thank the Lordr over and
over again, all the time. You see miss,
I've been having ii powerful bad time of
it this fall, had the rheumatis', so couldn't
do much, and was 'mazin' feared should
with the little dears. And one day lust
says to myself, Now the the Lord hla0,os,
but He's got 50 muGh. to tend to no won
der if He forgets Granny sometimes, so
I'll just tell Him about it, to remind
Him like and so | did. | Just said, |
oh, Lord, / can't stand it to work like |
| used to, and now please take care of
the old woman, and the little ones, and
help us through this awful winter You
see, miss, / don't just know how to pray
like fine folks, but | guess He Under |
stands it just as well, and somehow felt |
as light as feather after bad told Him |
all our troubles, But yesterday" here the |
old lady's voice was choked with a sob, Il |
went over to see if Miss Gray hadn't some |
knitting for me to to do / was all out o. |
tea, and hadn't cent o. money, but Miss
Gray wasn't at home, and / came |
back so discouraged | could hardly drag |
my poor old body home.
"When l got here, there was that trunk |
a settin' right where it is now, and the |
children didn't know nothin about it, but |
it said For Granny Tweed on the top,
so l knew it was for me, And oh / k1,0lo |
the LOrd sent %, for nobody else cares for
Granny Tweed" Wiping her eyes with a |
corner OF her clean check apron, she open
ed the trunk and began to show her trea-
sures. The girls had wiped their eyes
many times during Granny's little speech,
and had manifested so much sympathy |
and interest in it all, that the old iadyis |
heart quite warmed toward them How
her dim old eyes sparkled as she displayed |
.he shining folds of the alpaca; and when
.he girls offered to come over the next
and help her make it, she could
hardly believe they were in earnest, and