Mexico weekly ledger., 1884-04-17

Nj into the room.
ssHere Is a twenty-five cent piece
for you," said Mrs. Clergyman, in
lsnguid impotence; take it and go
along, please"
al want no money" the woman
replied.
"You certainly a have no bust
ness with me-"
"No, kind lady," arranging her old
black shawl; 81 would not presume
to address you on business, for l.,
prosperous lady, have known very
little business in my life. l came to
tell you something which, in your
high station, may be of little impor-
lance 10 you, but which to me will
glow in my heart 81 long as it shall
heat. Several days ago. and the
visitor wiped her eyes, ''you went out
to the fence, where your children in
their kindness had begun to play with
a little girl. She was poorly dressed,
and her sad, pale face seemed sur
prised that children Of a higher order
of life should stop her and share their
toys with her, but after repeated in
vitations from a little boy-your little
boy-she fingered with the children
that circumstances had placed above
her. That little girls father-the
strong and noble father Of the child.
died in the defence of his country,
but of course, kind lady, this makes
no difference in the eyes of cold So
ciety. While those little children
were playing, while that noble boy,
knowing no difference only that which
God in kindness made-were playing, |
you came out and said: "Come away
from that vulgar looking thing.
Haven't I taught you better than to
associate with such trash" That
noble little boy-your son-told you
not to speak so harshly; that he had
stopped the poor little girl and asked
her to join him and his sisters, but
you ordered him away and threatened
to whip him If he did not come. You
felt sorry for the little girl, when she
turned away with tears in her eyes,
called her back, and asked her if she
went to Sunday school. She told you
that she had gone, but that the boys
and girls made fun of her clothes.
You told her that clothes made no
difference, although you showed by
your actions that they did make a
difference. You told her to u along
home, and offered to give her o
nickel, which. thank God, she refus-
ed. Such a cruel rebuff almost broke
the heart of the little thing, and even
after she had gone to sleep she NUT
tered in sorrowful sentences. She
said that a beautiful lady had talked
to her about Christ and offered bel
money to leave. Madam, that little
girl was my daughter. Last night she
died. Oh, don't wiring your hands.
l did not come to reproach you. i
to say that she will bother you
no more. She was so little and so
unused to the ways of life that she
did not know of her Infringement on
your rights. l had always taught
her to be obedient, and If she had
known how wrong it was to stop and
play with your children she would not
have done SO; and If your noble lit
tie boy had known what humiliation
his kind invitation wsuld have caused,
he would not have extended it. No,
lady, l don't want any sympathy,
and if you had stood at the death-bed
Of that little girl, you would not have
thought that she needed any. On
this earth We may not be fitted to as
soeiate with some people, but in the
world to come-no, lady, do not
think that you did the little girl
. wrong, for while she was dying she
spoke of the kind lady who offered
her . nickel"