The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-12-19

"Well, you needn't go IN IL Il.
Zaidee Selden. But now I'm ny ssf,
tell you what my uncle Hore. q
about your aunt Fanny. Yes sad
He said she had a human nose. an
Jessie meant Roman; but Il 80.
the same to Zaidee. Aword apaipss Al
best friends nose was NV. 9E
could bear; and the visit which sae
have been such a happy one, enda5 Ayr
last, in a quarrel. u
why, What has happened9 ~
claimed Mrs. Selden, when zo;Sa,
rushed home long before tea-time loa1
ing wildly unhappy. A'
20 mammal" replied the little 81,
almost sobbing from excitement a.
sizes very disagreeahle; and besides Il.
knocked me down" 'us
Mrs. Selden looked very much n.
prised. Ut
1T doesn't seem possible, = said i.
II never heard of Jessie's BEHAVING In.
that. What had you done to make Il,
angry?" "a
ooh, it vas she hat made me apo,v
talking about aunt Fanny's bracelet ana
aunt Fanny's human nose!"
Mamma let her work fall in her Ian
and laughed and laughed. ~
"a human nose is the very incest n
the world" said she, at last. @But las
sic didn't knock yon down for thatPs
NOM" and Zaidee bowed her head
very low in shame. Nom; l knockeS
her down first"
Then it was all out. Zaidee had been
the one really at fault; and she had
known it all the while, though she had
tried to make herself believe it was
Jessie.
"This is very bad. / am extremely
sorry it should have happened,n said
Mrs. Selden, gazing sadly at her dear.
wretched, hayward little daughter.
and to have it happen just as tho
beautiful Christmas is coming. when
everybody ought to be glad and happy
What kind of a Christmas day IS Il
going to be for my poor little ZaideeY
80 mamma, / wish / hadn't been
naughty / wish l could take it all back.
L haven't acted so since / was q little,
little girl" said the child, throwing her.
self weeping into her mothers arms
Cant | ever, ever take it back?1
Eyes; you a ask Jessie to forgiu
YOU"
80 mamma, mamma, mammal JESSE
was bad herself! If ! ask her to forgive
me she will think she was goodl And
oh, she wasn't good! She was almosi
half as bad as Ip
Mrs. Selden said no more, but wisely
left her little daughter by herself 70
think.
At supper-time Zaidee's eyes we're
still pink from weeping; bat her face
looked serene, and the smiles were
playing about her mouth. The truth Is
she had written a letter to Jessie. II
was very neatly done in violet ink, and
she had put in the left-hand corner d
the envelope, kindness of Zaidee, 7
thinking that was the latest style,
though the person who took the letter
was Nancv, the cook. And she laughed
to think Zaidee called herself kind
The letter was short:
MY A~FFECTIoNATE FRIEND:
/ am very sorry / nockt you o first
will forgive you if you viii forgive me. Yours
respectively, 40
This was all Jessie needed to make
her happy, for she had the tenderess
little heart in ali the world. !.
She wrote in reply. II forgive you"
And in the left hand corner Of her en-.
velope were the words, kindness q
jessie" for she supposed that must %
the proper thing, and she never allow
ed Zaidee to be more fashionable than
herself if she could possibly help It,
And, indeed, there was kindness
now in the hearts of both little glris
and sincere repentance, too, for thel
foolish bad behavior. @The angel Wlti
pearly wings" had come back again; IN
unhappy little breeze" had blown over
and in "three nights and two days,
Zaidee aud Jessie were enjoying tn
merriest Christmas that ever dawne'
in Boston Town."-Wide Awake.