The Lincoln County herald., 1873-03-19
DALSYS WISH

bius u the Ky - IL ben, % fsllo.ing
O. 90, ih. un.Ipt...ed desire.
"whs, !. it, Per- ..ieI {. .he.-y
voice, snd a trigt. faced lady esus
scro,. the room.
%, Aun'y. ! ,hould lit. to te a.
.nc.I I"
IAN srrs.T' ',ftiy .'rotisz ,hs
golden head We'll. d.dn'i bear tn:ls
Ben ny YOU we're b. good angel 'h'.
morning, rhen yo1 reminded biz th,; be
h,d not ti.ed rrsnIn, ner aid good.
bye to Bridget"
Il mean . real angel"
And uncl. Ben meant . real angel
TOO" .u.vere3 ,ant Edith, .mi,iay :
plessnily.
no, no, spn, Hdi,b." with gesture
of imp,'ience a, 90, being unier.'ooi
mean real angel op 10 heaven. -ith
ving.. ami white robe. and gold harp
snd"-.he broke Of here, va. ellen,
moment, then .7iIsn'y asked, "Wha:
.l.e do angel. DO besile .ips and play On
h,rp,?'
II iru., mach. hope ,hr, Is b1,
the Ies,. Of their b'e.seI s0rk"
"Bl. shat s.ksd D..y eagerly.
A1n, Edith ti..ed the csrnc., face
np'urrtd to Ler.. Come 81, down.
desry. and We viii TAX abou, il, nor"
Iftin. the ch.!d TO Der knee, "car my
little girl tell p.e Why she ~ishs. to be
on angel up in Leassa.'"
"i-don' on't-knor, Lssi,stiny'y, s1r
prsed st xha, seemed to her strange
question, then frightening, "oniy j;
would be % besu'fai there"
VERY beautiful, no doubt, bu. vo1.l
i. no, be better to stay and make i
beautiful here, too' We need snge.
on earth much more than they can il
heaven"
"Bu, We can't be- sngc'. here, you
know We have 10 die and te carried Of
Ike mamma" saii Daisy, her s~eet eye,
filing With lear. at the though, Of the
dear mamua.
Aunt Edth'. eyes filled 10 sympathy.
She pressed the little figure c!oser and
answered cheerfully, "I'1. We can do
angels work, darling, and tia, !. Just az
veil nay, bci,erl'
"What?' and the childs face wore a
look of earnestne.. rarely seen On older
faces.
If you were an angel in heaven, and
looked down upon earth and raw hun
dreds Of POOR htile children without
father, mother. home or friends, who
didn't have clothes enough to keep them
warm nor food enough to keep them
from being hungry, what would you wish
10 do for ,hcm?'
"Oh, would bring them" - sudden
thought brought her to a stop. In a
moment she went On sadly, "They don't
have anything to eat in heaven, Jessie
says. aud the white robes wouldn't be
warm enough, and oh, dear" with an
ou.burst Of tears, 81 couldn't do any
thing!" This thought was too much for
'he child's gentlo heart, aud she fell to
sobbius Utterly.
"rherc, there, darling! !" said aunt
Edith, sooo'hins!y, brushing the tears
from her own eyes, meanwhile. "You
can do something now. if you could not
II. IN angel. Listen u minute aud III
tell you what VIC will do this very after.
neon"
But Daisy could not listen just yet,
Ike her grown up sisters, she must have
her cry out-afer few minutes, how
ever, sic wss ab!o to lift up her head.
Then while she dried the little face with
her soct handkerchief nnd her own kind
kisses, aunt Edith told Of u sewing sOci-
ety that was 10 meet that afternoon
where tho ladies' wcro to make clothes
for the poor children, "and you shall 60,
sweetheart, aud hep" she concluded.
"What Gun do? l cant sew much,
though did hem papa's handkerchief. "
"Yes, aSd very nicely too. We can
find something for you l am sure.
There will DO needles to thread and
spools to pick up-you know how spools
always will drop!' and aunt Edith made
l.,le laugh which brought an answer.
ing smile on Dai.y's sad face.
Daisy vent to the sewing society,
threaded aeedles, picked up spools and
beside chat had pretty pink aud white
apron to hem, md ,ke buby who wore i,