Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1875-10-13
Che family Girtle.
A St0ry for the Little Folks.
OPPORTUNITIES.

~ nat are you ltlhlii3 I'D Wv Slll>.
asked Miss Wade, rs she paused by Il group
of her pupils.
Alice was wishing she was rich, So
She mi.h, do lots of GOOD. replied BeSsi
Desmond; :" and | said | wished my f,
Their lad as much money rs old Mr. Wilk-
ins, fer if he had know he would let III,
have lots t" give aw y 70 poor people"
" How many of you think, asked Nil
Wa te, us She took off her bonnet, "that
doing 90 "a simply means giving money.
and clothes. and food, to the necdy?'
The little girls looked doubtfully ut raci
other, and one after an Their held up their
hands.
Nov. my dear little friends" the
teacher went on. " that is only Il small
par, of what doing good means. Yer.
often You can do more good by giving
sympathy, consideration. and affection.
which no money can buy, than by offering
Ill the dollars that ever We're coined. 1t isn't
impossible that Bessie, who WAS envyin9
Mr.. wilkins wealth just now. may some
time be- able to do him 4 favor that all hi
mere riches could not have gotten for him
What YOU want. glrl>, isn't money
but opportunities; and they are very
pose, when YOU yet home this afternoon.
Bessie, that your mother wants a spool of
bread, and YOU are absorbed in that new
book you were showing me yesterday. If
vou shut the book and run cherriullv to
the neages, store fr the thread, You will
be Going net only good deed but a gen
erou, one: for You will have sacrificed
Your own pleasure for the sake of being
u, iu to your II other. Now. children, do
,oi al ur,lrrstand that doing good doesn't
merely mean giving money to the
pool
he girls smiled brightly, and answered
in the Affirmative.
"Wrh, ihcn," continued Miss Wade,
this is Friday. Next Friday You shall
good vou have had during the week. VIII
you?"
TIE ril> promised. the bell rang. and
school came to order
/ Bessie Desmond WAS a bright. light
!l,art,d girl. generally ready to do f,vor>
vllcn >,.t h.i ptnc,l to think of it; bu she
was always - full of plans and schemes of
her own that tie golden opportunite, foi
! helping Others often slipped away before
She needed them.
Whrn she went home from school that
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Wv 49,, some ch,nce II
pleasing or helping somebody should e>-
cape her attention. A. She passed under
the window of :, po /, halliumblrd-don n
use. She heard II thin, Iuerul"n> voic,
~av: "Oh. how | wish | coulI have some
vio.e'> once more. | long to 9" out in .
tl, iri,i~. hul | never shall AZ sin never
~ IL, and AFTER , lone. weary SIGH. ali
" < Silence.
r., i. h,..,r1 tl,,. wnrI. Distinctly. blf
III, ,l,l ,,r Mink n,n,.l, :hor, ,},,.m iii y,
,..d .~,,.,,n,. .,i-t NICE IErn She, sud
,l,,h- r,,,.u,j.r.,I tl;.,: in thrr o.,r.l,l. II
I,,n,.. w.. vLn,. bel -, -v,,.t->rci,t,u
,l.l,lL,. I,n.ii-h ,i,I,.,,. Sin. would run,
h,,n,. IA bunch. and hurry back to th.lt
;,ri,,rn- lunLi,., ln,l,.. t,c.irIr r,r.:,.u tine
,,,i,r h,lonrrI 70 an invalid. She. Iu}1
her mother what she, wanted t. do. OBJ
tanned PERMISSION. and. WI. a graceful
basket of flowers. Sc forth on h,1 c;r,rita-
III. crr;nd When She rappcd the SAINT.
weak voice inv,l...' her to enter. She on
.,,.d th.. Jn,r ,,.utiv and To- = yuun~
cir) who s,t in = chair nro,.peL m Tx
+ willows ,,iI.
..- w.. ro;rr Inv miss heard vou
vis, for SOM. 2jni,ts: sol th,urht I wiuld
hriu,, van some from oar uar,lrn'
/ :. Oh, ,L,, Won thank vou." the iny,-
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", 81 ,r;i ..;i h.'t t,,r n,,,l :,
was T., mnl,c-,.:,,.h.r md had to- 90 nu1
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Rnt and SIN. h,J not always been i'll A
f,.w ,nnnthS h.fnre .hn h,i h,d = sever.
vnr, ,,..,L .,nL from which she Ind never
seemed ,n rallv
i'm MOI mich sick Won see remarked
Bcssie's new friend; F" ONLY so weak; and
I don't oct anv stronger. The dorter SAWS
that if cnuli 90 to the mountain, for :,
couple of months that | should oct well :;
| but YOU know we are So poor that that Is
jmpn>s ibie.n
At last Bessie said she must 90. but
agreed to come IN for Il little while every
,ay after school. Well pleased with her
first opportunity of doing good she hurried
TO her mother, ,old her all abot:t Ellen
Burt an. El.en's mother,and had made her
promise. 40 90 and see them.
Bcs>i, next opportunity was to hold Il
klein of ilk for her mother TO wind; ana
h n ,i.e hunted up the evening paper for
her f.. her
The next d,v she found 4 dozen chances
for .olnr Il little act of Kindness. besides
gong TO see Ellen, who was anxiouslv ex
mcliuu her. Illus i, was every daV till
FRIDAY came. She was a little late in
starting for school; so she thought she,