St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1879-04-25

do to "touch and comfort" Miss Llzzle's
heart. Then she thought of some bright
scarlet skeins of worsted she had long
had, put away carefully in box, with
two scarlet bows that had been given
her. 81 know how to crochet slip
pers,n she said to herself, "and I'll go
right at it tomorrow, after L get my
work done, and make Miss Lizzie a
pair of slippers; but | wish had one
of her slippers to look at, so as to get
them just the right SIZE"
That very day, in the afternoon,
Martha came to see Buey; and then
Buey told her that she "stopped in the
yestibule of the church in the morning,
and heard the minister say that iii we
want to make our lives beautiful, we
must do all things in the name OF Jesus,
and so she was going to make poor.
sick Miss Lizzie Manton pair of beau
tiful, bright slippers, only it was such a
pity she hadn't a slipper to look at"
fJust the thingw exclaimed Martha.
ssYou couldn't have had better
thought, and I'll send you one OF Miss
Lizzie's slippers tomorrow; but it'll be
a poor old thing. She's got plenty OF
money, but money amt comfort; and
Miss Lizzie's just discouraged all the
time, and wears the mlserablest old
morocco slippers that ever a lady wore,
and lies on the bed all the time, think
ing of nobody but herself. And it's
small comfort folks can get thinking OF
nobody but themselves"
Martha left, expressing her delight
over Buey's "splendid idea;" and the
next day she hunted up a pair OF Miss
Lizzie's old slippers, and before night
little Buey's fingers were working bust
ly with the bright worsteds.
1t was several days before the slip
pers were finished,-bows on and all
ready. But at last Buey was in the
'Esick young lady's room )" and the
blood rushed to Miss Lizzie's checks,
and her eyes filed with tears, as she
took the slippers from the child's hand
and put them on.
"The magic slippers" said Martha
to herself, as she stood peeping in at
the door that was just ajar. 'tAs sure
as Pm living woman, they'll make
her over, for they're already working
like magic. They'll bless her through
and through they surely will"
Miss Lizzie gazed and gazed at the
slippers while her eyes kept filling with
tears.
''And you made these on purpose for
me, did you, Buey ?" she asked.
eyes, ma'am, 1 did. l felt so sorry
for you, for you told me you had no
comfort at all, but" Buey hesitated a
minute, and then added, "but the min
lister said if we want to make our
lives beautiful, we must do all things
in the name of Jesus, for Jesus sake ;
and that's the way | made the slippers"
Buey was gone, but again and again
the sick one repeated, "'In the name
of Jesus, for Jesus sake"
ats a year, Buey, since you made
those slippers for Miss Lizzie" said
Martha, ''but they amt worn out yet,
and they never will be worn ont. The
soles and all might be gone, but they'd
keep right on working, working still,
in Miss Lizzie's heart. | called 'em by
their right name, the magic slippers,
for they've worked like magic. They've
been worth more to Miss Lizzie than
all the pills and bitters she ever took !;
for she's flying around everywhere, and
doing everything she can for every
BODY"
"She does everything for me-" re-
piled Buey.
eyes, yes" said Martha, land for
everybody. And she has Il way of
talking to herself sometimes, particu-
larly at night. l often overhear her,
and what do you think she says?
"'I f zoe ,Udnt to make our Hres bedui-
FIJI, ace must do all things in the name of
Jesus, and for Jesus sake"