The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1874-12-24
WHOLE NUMBER S53.

| present when he had exhibited the toy
a. his special property.
| Mrs. Harvey tried TO demonstrate
| against this outburst, but her gentle
| voice was quite drowned in the louder
| tones of Willie Ellis and BERTHE Snyder,
| who cried:
Now he'll lie about not wanting il
| for himself, just as he did about break
| ing your knifei'
Perhaps he meant to give it to me ~
sncered Berthe, and then he and Jack
| laughed rudely.
silence, boys" said Mr.. Harvey,
sternly. His voice drew The general at.
tention from Rannie, who took advantage
| of the moment to slip out of the house.
When the uproaI had subsidized it was
time for the little guests to leave, and
Jack was not sorry when the door had
shut behind them ali. He was thor
oughly out of humor. He avoided his
mother and ran to the nursery. at was
just like that stupid Rannie Mountr he
grumbled to himself; Just like him TO
try and take away my incest present
after he had broken my knifer' and
Jack took the locomotive from the table
and wound it up. But, somehow, it did
not please him as before. There had
Rannie's eye when he was refused the
toy, and Jack had seen and remem-
bered it,
Presently softer feelings began to work
in his heart. He thought how quickly
Rannie had given up instead of fighting
about the matter, as ruder boy might
have lone. How shabby his clothes had
looked, too, and then Jack began to won
der if Christmas had brought Rannie
any toy at all.
Mrs. Harvey was determined to leave
Jack TO himself till his own conscience
convinced him he had not shown Rannie
the peace and goodwill he had promised
And by and by conscience did tell him
so, and, what's more, it whispered: y ou
cc1ld make Rannie's Christmas beautiful
and nappy if you would give up that To-
como i've to him."
1t -irst Jack thought conscience asked
really too much of him. He had invited
Rannie - his Christmas party against
his will, and now he must reward him
for coming and that at the cost of his
prettiest plaything But Mrs. Harvey
knew where he was going as she saw him
run downstairs in his cap and overcoat,
and out into the winter twilight, with u
bundle under his arm. Jack returned
SUM NltHout tHdt Duuult, ana Win Il
sweet, happy light in his face.
"Oh, mammal" he cried, Rannie was
so glad, and it wasn't for himself he
wanted it, but for "A little crippled broth
er, who never goes anywhere, and who
never had Christmas toy before! Mrs
Mount was so pleased she cried. | wound
up the locomotive for him half dozen
times, then Rannie half "A dozen more
We thought he couldn't see enough of it.
Yes, and, mamma" added Jack, gravely,
Rahnie didn't break my knife after all.
1t was the sick boy did it, lie told me
so himself, and, only think, he pulled a
little box from under his pillow and
showed me some pennies in it he was
saving to buy me a new blade. OF course
| made him promise to keep them for
himself
You are not sorry that you gave up
the locomotive, are you, dear jack"
asked Mrs. Harvey, tenderly.
No, indeed" Jack answered stoutly
wouldn't have believed it, but feel
better than when | had it"
And you have also the sweet satisfac-
ton, said Mrs. Harvey, of having made
others Christmas as beautiful and happy
as yours. You'yg F0lks' Rurdl