Northern tribune. [volume] (Cheboygan, Mich.) 1875-1885, 1881-07-30

"There'll be Jennie, she's one, and
Mamie and Lulu, they're twO-nO four.
Oh, mamma, it mOrtifies me that l can't
count three. And Kittie, and Flo and
Grace. Mamma, are you in real truly
earnest?"
"Yes, dear; you can take your choice
between birthday presents and tea
party"
"Oh. I've chose the party the moment
YOU mentioned bout 1t. But am to do
ali nv own wiling? All my own self?"
The family were gathered in the room
for worship, and mamma only had time
to nod eyes," before books were given
out and the reading was begun. Pinkie
sat still as a mouse, thinking who tOin-
vite to her party, until papa, on whose
lap she sat, read in his turn. "Then said
he also to him that babe them: When
thou makest dinner or supper, call not
thy friends, nor thy brethren, nor thy
kinsmen, nor thy rich neighbOrs; lest
they also bid thee again, and a recon-
pense be made thee; but when thou
makest feast call the poor, the manned,
the lame, and the blind"
| Pinkie was very attentive all the res
of the time. AS they rose from their
knees she whispered eagerly to her
he ga answered. IS "ihe Lord Jesus, darling"
she said, musingly, 81 s'pOsed it must
have been. Nobody else would have
thought of it, would theyw and, without
waiting for an answer, off she ran.
The girls were all very loving in school
that day. Jennie Davis, in the strictest
confidence you'll never tell;
80 lOngas you live, never, had told half
the girls and they told the other half.
Pinkie May was going to have tea-party
tomorrow and her mother said she
could invite just whom she pleased. HUI
man nature is small girls is strikingly
like the same thing in big people. Pinkia
was overwhelmed with offers of jujube
paste, licOrice root, popcorn, and, from
a few choice spirits, chewing-gum; to
say nothing of slate pencils that were
shOwered on her when she couldn't find
her own. But she bore her popularity
with good deal of dignity. "A girl nine
years old mustn't act like pack of
children any more" she told Jennie
Davis, who admired and agreed.
Tomorrow came, bringing with it
many kisses and good wishes for Miss
Nine-year-old from big sister Maggie
down to brother Jack.
"What time does the party begin?"
asked papa at the breakfast table.
give O'clock" said mamma.
"WhO have you invited, Pinkie?"
Mamma, please don't ask till you see
'em come in. You know you promised.
And I haven't 'vited them yet" aud she
hurried off to escape from that provoking
Jack, who marched slowly after her,
singing, "Oh, Pink and Blue I'm coming
tor which Pinkie said was not poetry.
"Cause blue and too dJn't end with the
same letter"
Three o'clock cave and no Pinkie.
Half-past three! four! Half-past four!
Mamma looked gave, and COrnelia put
on her hat aid went around to the
Davises' to see If the child hadn't forgot
ten the time, talking over the party with
Jennie. Back she came in great excite
ment.
"She hasn't been there at all, mother.
Jennie says she hasn't invited her or any
of the girls. Where do you suppose she
is?"
Mamma was very anxious, and sister
Maggie. who had just come in with
bundle that looked like books, was offer
ing to 20 out and make more thorough
search, when the dOOr-bell rang. A
piercing shrek was heard from Katy as
she opened the door, and then Pinkie's
voice rang out. loud and clear: "COme
in! come right in the parlOr! It's just
azactly five O'clock. | guess the party''s
most ready. Come right straight inP'
And in they came, Pinkie at their head,
serenely triumphant. Maggie echoed
Katy's shrek, The parlOr was full OF
them. Not pair of shoes among them,
though some of them had made an at
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black and white. two little Italians who
had been singing in the street. All the
children from Dodd's alley and Green
court. Their clothes in tatters, their
poor little faces wan and thin. There
were two little lame boys; and clinging
close to Pinkies hand, pale, half-fright-
ened blind child.
Goodness screamed Jamie. Whose
are they? Where did they come frOm"
'NIOst everywhere said Pinkie.
"They don't b'lOng to hardly any one,
'cept God. And I've brought them tomy
partyp
Mamma laid her hand on Maggie's
lips, and frOwned silence at COrnelia and
John. "Why didn't you ask me, my
dearp" she said gently.
''You said just who l chOOsed," said
Pinkie, somewhat aggrieved. "And the
Lord Jesus told me to out of the bible.
Yes he did, COrnelial And mamma, I've
been all around and round, and isn't the
party yet readyp'
"She's too good to live," said Katy.
"Yis, darlint, it's ready, just as soon as l
lock up the silver spoons"
BY this time mamma and the others
had recovered their presence of mind, and
Pinkie's guests were made most welcome.
The very dirtiest had their faces and
hands washed. and then they were all
marched into the-dining-room and sat