The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-06-06

She knit bright little stocking and missers,
and kept store Of sugsr-plnms 70 vhisa
Anne had free access.
Her granddaughter little rocking och air
sst On ths othsr side Of he araolscs; 80
close was the compsnionship that Bob called
them sour graud-mothers."
It vas not long before the son who had
borrowed her money failed. But Aune. 30
when the loss sesn1ed enormous, declared
that she would mske haste and grow up, 80
tsst she might keep school and take care Of
g1sndms
But long before sh5 vas old enough
to take such burden upon herself, her
father died, and there was some fesr that
the adopted grandnother would soon be
homeless
But Goo hsd seen the good deed done. and
i happened Ehst Aunt Bs.sy in this trial
time wss enabled 10 be the good genius Of
the stricken family.
Every few yesrs the poor wsnderer away
in California, who was sometimes rich and
sometimes poor, wOsld waEe.up il sense OF
his neglected duty, and send has mother con-
Siderable sums money.
These she had been enabled 60 save, and
on tie day after the funeral astonished the
gfief-strickon widow By pouring Ter hoard
into her lap, amounting to mora thst We hun
dred dollars.
"YOu have been Kind to me in my sore
heart need, 4" she said, her sweet old lace
ss radisnt IS that of an angel; 'snow ii
plesses the Heavenly Father that / can
help you N your trouble.p Bus this is not
all.
One day, when the money was nearly
gone, smother letter came, stating that
Aunt Betsys son had Just secured q val
10 .aftsr. ri floF
rich enough he was coming home TO take esre
Of her, and the little girl who had adopted
her.
Anne laughed over the letter. 'He thinks
me 8 little girl, she said, sand / am almost
fifteen; guess he won't want TO adopt me
when be sees me"
81 don't know about that" said Aunt Bet
sy, with q smile and cunning little nod to
wards Anne's mother.
Grandma still kept her place. Sometimes
matters went we'll and they bad plenty. and
sgsin it seemed ~ If want was resdy to stare
them IN the face Aunt Betsy wss still ia Or
good sngel, for when things were at their
worst ste always said that they were going
to mend, and sure enough, they did.
There never could be cloud SO dark that
the cheerful old lady did not ses sun-rsy
somewhere.
''God Is great banker, snd don't you
worry" we're her always consoling words.
At last came large, thick letter directed
TO Aunt Betsy in q clear. elerkly hand. II
wss from Allen, the son, no longer poor
Allen. ana was full Of papers, which it took
lawyer to understand and 1nravel. The
import was that the boy hsd sent money
enough to keep his mother from want al the
days of her life.
Drafts and government bonds were en-
closed 70 the amount Of $1,000, which, on
her death-the interest being sufficient for
her moderate wants-was 20 go so the little
girl who had adopted her, when her own
absent son wss so thoughtless concerning
her comfort.
This wss enough to keep them al Oem-
Portable, with Bobs help; for Bob was now
q stout young fellow of twenty, With q Ca
pacitv for making money.
Anne, who ALEC contemplated She pleasure
Of earning something for herself, could not
help showing little triumph over the re-
suit of her childish transaction.
al guess your glad now, sir, that adopted
a grandmother in place Of a kitten, or a hen,
or duck, or pig"
81 am" cried Bob; st was Jolly idea; l
am slso glad that you adopted her In place
OF any little thing that thinks and screams
swfully, IS we already had two babies in
the house. But girls do have sensible no
tons once in q whileP'