The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1881-12-16

very pretty with all the old fashioned china
and bright silver. From the spoons, In
which Cherrie could see her own face,
funnlly broadened and twisted, her
thoughts and eyes went suddenly to
the ring upon her finger. And then her
heart seemed to jump into her throat,
Tor there was no ring to be seen. Rub
her eyes and stare as hard as she could,
her finger was still bare. For the rest
Of the morning there YVES q very unl1aT,.
Ply and frightened ittls girl in Cherries
pleasant home. She wandered about
from room to room, keeping out of sight
as much as possible, and looking furtiye-
ly In every corner where the ring might
POSSIBLY have rolled.
Once mamma stopped her in quick
passing through the Rall; not liking the
looks of her flushed cheeks. She laid
her cool hands upon them, stopping as
she did SO to kiss the soft curly head.
Mothers afraid you worked too
hard over the pie, Cherrie, dear. Run
mp to my room and battle your face be-
fore dinner.
For an instant Cherris 1Unged to throw
her arms around mammals neck and
sob out her sid story, but something
seemed to hold her tongue, and lust
then; too. Auntie Bel came out from the
parlor, and so Cherrie rushed away more
wretched than ever after her mothers
loving words.
At last dinner was ready, and Cherrie
found herself seated about halfway
down the side of the long table. There
Fas d great deal of merry chatter while
the good things with whieh the table
was crowded were being passed around;
Everybody praised grandma's chicken
pie, and said that it would not seem like
Thanksgiving without "mother's pie. :"
Then Auntie Bel told them how Cherrie
had helped to make it, and they all
looked SO kindly at her, and praised her
!gr being such o good little girl, until
poor Chefrie longed to run away and
hide her guilty facs.
Just then Uncle Edward laid down
his knife and fork quite suddenly, and
took queer-looking little object out of
his mouth.
Diamonds, as I live /" he cried,
turning it around, while all looked at
him in surprise. Rather expensive
chicken feed, I should say" he added,
lifting his eyebrows comically.
The ring was passed around the table
amid chorus of guessings as to where
it came from, and how it could possibly
have got there. When mamma caught
sight Of the pretty sparkling ring, she
knew in moment that it was her own,
and she was more mystified than ever.
| Then she remembered her little Cherrie' 8
flushed face and strange manner. She
glanced down the table, and the pale
cheeks and downcast eyes she now saw
told the whole story palmer than words.
She said nothing, however, and every
one kept wondering over the appear
ance of diamond ring in chicken pie.
All at once Cherrie sprang up, crimson
with shame and embarrassment, but
speaking out bravely;
81 can It stand it any longer" she
cried. ''It is mammals ring, and I took
it out of her box to wear it to-day, and
it must have dropped into the pie. oh,
mamma mamma p
Her voice had trembled, then been
choked with sobs, and then-she never
knew how she got there, but she found
herself in mammals arms, being kissed
and soothed as only mamma could do it.
81 am glad my little daughter had the
courage to confess her wrongs" mamma
said, passing her hand over the soft curls.
"That was the worst of it, said Cher
RE, smiling happily, now that her bur
den had rolled away" keeping it all to
myself, and knowing how naughty had
been when you thought was good.
Presently she went back to her place,
and every one vas SO pleasant and kind
that she had nice dinner after all. A
mountain seemed lifted from her heart,
and she told mamma that night, when
they had a little talk after she was snug
ly tucked in bed, that she would rather
Julia should have ali the rings in the
world than to feel again as she had done
that day.
And now you know the story of Cher
rie's chicken pie.