The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1883-07-05

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1t was not long before The ,or -, ~ 4
mad borrowed her money failed. Bns
Anne, to whom the loss seemed enors
nous, declared that she would mai.
haste and grow up, so that she m;ghs
keep school and take care of grandma
But long before she was old enongH
to take such burden upon herself Ss,.
father died, and there was some fear
that the adopted grandmother wonld
soon be homeless. 's'''S
| But God had seen the good deed done
| and it happened that Aunt Betsy ii, tb;s Z
trial-time was enabled to be the-sgnd.
genius of the stricken family.
Every few years the poor wanderer
away IN California, who was Sometimes
rich and sometimes poor, would wals
up to sense of his neglected ontV. and
send his mother considerable sums 81
money.
| These she had been enabled to save sayIeA
and on the day after the funeral aston.
ished the grief-strieken widow by ponr.
ing her hoard into her lap, aniountfRoto /,
more than five hundredsdollars.
s'You have beenl kind to me in ms
sore heart-need, she said. her swees
old face as radiant as that of an apoais
"now it pleases the Heavenly Father
that can help you in your trouble u 2
But this was not all. 1T
One day, when the money was nea,.5
" gone, another letter came. sstatino-,
that Aunt Betsy 5 son had. just secured
a valuable claim, and that as soon AS he g
got rich enough he was coming home 10 !.
take care of her, and of the little Girl
who had adopted her, 81. sf,esv
Anne laughed over the letter. s.Ha
thinks me little girl, y she said, g and i
l almost hfteeni i guess he won't want
to adopt me when he sees me.
81 don't know about tliat.''' said I
Aunt Betsy, with-@Bmileand cunning
little nod towards Anne mother.
Grandma still kept her place. Some
times matters went wen and they had Z.
plenty and again itseemed as If want !.
was ready to stare them in the face.
Aunt Betsy was still their good angel,
for when things were sat-thefr worst she
always said that they were going I'd
mend, and, sure enough, they did.
There never could be a. cloud so dark
that the cheerful old lady did not see q
sun-raY somewhere.
"Godi is a great banker, and done
you worry, niwere her always consolingI !
words. ~.. So
At last came a large. thick letter, d.
reeted to Aunt Betsy in a clear, clerklv
hand. Itwas from Allen, the son. no
longer poor Allen, and was full, of pazf
pers, which it took a lawyer to upder-t
stand and unrayel. The import was
that the boy had sent money enough tor
keep his mother from want all the days
of her life. s''' y ~
Drafts and Government bonds were
inclosed to the amount of ten thousand
dollars, which, on her death +sthe. inter-
est being sufficient for her moderate
wants -was to 60 to the little girl who
had adopted her, when her own absent
son was so thoughtless concerning her,
comfort. a tsssi t#a
This was enough to keep them all
comfortable with Bob's help; for Bob
was now stout young fellow Of twenty.
with a capacity for making noney4> en-
Anne, who also contemplated the
pleasure of earning something for her
self, could not help showingSa little tri-e
umph over the result of her childish
transaction. kHilut
II guess you are glad now, sir, that
| adopted a grandmother in place Of
kitten, or a hen, or duck, or pig. y f's
!" am,n cried Bob; e was a Jolly
idea; | am also glad that you adopted
her in place Of any little thing that
thinks and screams swfully, as we all
ready had two babies in the house. But
girls do have sensible notions once in q
whilen'--4Nrs, Mary A. DepisoN, %
YOUTHS Companion.