The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1881-03-05

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Dinah followed the look. 1.-The ca
nary bird?" she said. "No. He wa.
brung from York. It's the Doctor.
little gals. Her grant Their gin it tt
her Christmas. Ispose he thought she
c'u'd take keer ont. Massey! She's al
highty-tighty. She'd fergit her owr
head eff twasn't fastened on-let it mos
starve, time an ag'in. she did. The
Doctor, he took t way from her fin'lly,
an he's seen tot hisself sence."
"Well, when our canary comes ]
guess he shan't want for anything -
said JEANNE. her eyes shining. "We're
going to have one.''
"You be?''
Eyes. Miss Day raises 'em an She S
keeping one for us, and Allie and have
most saved up money enough to buy
him.
Do tellr'
Yes. We've earned it doing things
when we could get time out of the fac
tory. Mr.. Meeker, at the market,
bought all the dandelion we could cut
when it first came, and all the mayfiow-
ers, and we weed in his strawberry
beds. Mother won't know anything
about it till we bring home the canary
bird and surprise her."
" You don'tsa Wal, you'll set store
on him. Got cage to put him imp
80, yes. That's what begun it. A
lady gave mother beautiful cage and
then Allie and thought it up what we
could do. But here stand talking and
l ought to be hurrying home to moth
err" and JEANNE started off on a run
as fast as her nimble feet could carry
her.
1t was very little good that the Doc
tors prescription could do. His sur
misses were right, and Mrs. Green had
to suffer many days before his lancet at
last brought relief.
"Well, now," she said, with
look, when his directions had
been given and he was about to go,
:. this is a great disappointment to me,
that / can't 60 right to work again.
don't see how can lose any more time"
Haste makes waste you know,
Sallie," said the doctor. You would
lose more time in using your finger too
soon than in waiting patiently"
But she hesitated. sWell. then.
Doctor, if you will be SC good, 1 shall
have to ask favor of you, and tell you
! little trouble I'm in"
''Let's hear what it is" he said, sit
ing down again.
Well, it's the rent-agent, Sam
Grind. He's a dreadful hard man to
ret along with. Seems if he's so over
bearing an hash. l owe dollar and
half on last month, and now here is
his month going on, too. There amt
day but he comes round talking ugly
md threat'ning.''
JEANNE and Alice came and stood by
heir mothers side, with panied faces.
"Why, l could have paid it easy
'nough," she continued, eff it hadn't
'een for this finger-bein' idle with it
o long; an Pm sure he knew it, too.
3ut they say he'd be glad to get me out
i these rooms and have in those cousins
i his-Haines' folks, that come while
just now, it happens so bad
hat 1 haven't a little money laid up;
Or n took all we'd put by, Susie and |
ne, to fit her out good and respectable |
'hen she went away, and there hasn't |
cen time yit to git started into savin'
gin. The children here" continued
lrs. Green, looking at them kindly,
don't get paid much at the factory, |
IS only light work they can do. But
ow, Doctor, l thought if you'd be will
e to speak word for me to Mr..
+rind. maybe it'd kinder shame him
ut o. bein' so hateful to me. do
read his comm round and talkin'
'orse'n pizen- Why says he, this
lornin' she glanced at her children.
Well, faint no matter what he said"
Re concluded abruptly. faint worth
,llin'."
"rll see him." said the Doctor.
mo; wait. Doctor! Mother, don'tr'
sciaimed the little girls anxiously.
hey had not uttered word while their
other had been speaking, but had
stoned, their hearts in their faces, and
eir looks had taken counsel together.
hey went quickly out of the room for
and came back each with a
nall box in her hand, which was eager
emptied of its contents-small silver ,
eces and a quantity Of pennies Into
cir mothers lap.
There's dollar and half, mother,n
id JEANNE. ssIt's Allies and mine:
ID you take it and pay the rent"
{" Why-what?' asked the widow,
,ndering. K
" We've earned it," Alice said, earn
tIy. "doing things ont of the factory
urs when we could"
We've been saving it up ever so
1g," added JEANNE; "ever since you
d your cage"
'We was going to buy you canary
ID with it, to put into the cage. Miss :
ly's been keeping one for u.s.
:. But we want you to give this money =
Mr.. Grind. We don't want him COM
here to say ugly things to you,"
d JEANNE. flushing, her eyes filing Q
tn indignant tears. U
. And we don't want you to beg 8
,ther of. Doctor" earnestly contin. 2
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