The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-01-17
"My daughterPl Why, Miss Morgan,

you ought not to call Mr.. Canline's
daughter grown young woman when
| married him-nai11e,' said Mrs. Can
line, testify. "Dear mel she wassen-
gagged to that stupid young. lockwood
when |, FIRST met her poor pa. MY
daughter'' fiaaf
Il should have said your step-daugh-
ter, Mrs. Canline,'" said Miss Morgan.
'But, really, you'd feel sorfystos see
how hard it is for her to make both
ends meet" - 47aa1 sa5 81 ss.-5 IS
"Well, of course, I'm sorry" said
Mrs. Canine. "But, as YOU make
your bed, so you must lie. She offended
her pa and he left her nothing, and me
all. l couldn't help that. And I've
/ my dear boy at college just that age
that he needs so much money. I told
him / should send him a present that
was worth while this. Christmas. He
can't come homeLit's too far, you
know. And shall give him five hum
dred dollars. OF course his expenses
are all attended to, but he must have
| little swing There it is all one note.
shall register it this afternoon
'Five hundred dollarsr' said Miss
Morgan; exactly the amount of the
mortgage the Rockwood's house is to
be sold for.n a4aaa et
'"Are they really going to lose their.
house?n said the step-mother. s'What
thriftlessness. 'Well, shall send the
children little Christmas present all
the same. I shall send them five dol
lars, for havea silly way of being
generous to the undeserKing."
Miss Morgan bent over her work. .s.
ssYou that have all her fathers for
tune" she thought who came be-
tween parent and child so that he dis
inherited her. O! for shame! for
shamer' .........,...-ze...,.'. e 3s "
She stitched away, the needle flying
through the velvet. Il She fitted the
broad shoulders and well laced waist.
She gathered, the. lace into graceful
falls, and she thought of Mrs. Rock
wood all the while.
/ It was about four o'clock in the after
noon that Mrs. Canine drew her. desk
toward her, and took out two sheets of
paper. On one she wrote:
! Ny DARLING Son: Here is your Christmas
box / send it with my best love and wishes.
Study hard and make me vefyproud of you.
/ Your MAMMA.
The other sheet held these words:
MY DEAR GEoRGINA: Inclesed you viii
| find a Christmas gift for the children. Spend
| it carefully. add this warning because you
really are not economical and prudent by ma
ture, you know. Make the best use of it. 1t
is really quite little sum whenyon think Of
mother. JANE CANINE.
These two notes lay on the table.
Upon the first five hundred dollar note;
on the last, humble five dollar bill
and Mrs Canine had carefully directed
two envelopes. When opening her PEN
knife hur!iedly, she cut a great cash
across her thumb.
i "Come and help me. Miss Morgan, y
she said. please put those notes into
the envelopes with the money. That
for Louis must be sent tonight. | can
register them as I come from the doc
tor S; for the thumb must be seen to. j
hate scars on my hands.
Miss Morgan ran to the desk, bent
over it, and in moment had sealed
the notes.
Then the lady, slipping them into her
!. pocket, hurried to. the doctors, and
was just IN time to register her letters
at the station on the way home.
| A fewuays after Mrs. Canine was in
4 receipt Of two notes, one from her son,
which ran thus. s.., @.. -
DEAR M4MMA: Unless you have the queer
est possible idea of my wants you must have
made mistake. Did you send me five dol
lars2 Yours, in astonishment,
LOUIS ,CANEINB.s,
The other began:
DEAR KIND MAMMA: What aload you have
taken of my heart. That five hundred dol
lars has saved our home, and poor Edwards
reason. / I~befieve. Five hundred thousand
n eo0a Roc
Mrs. Canine, having read these let
/ She saw that the money she intended
for Louis must Have gone to Georgina,
and Uice Uer$a, but it was too late to
help it now. She supposed that the
pain of her wounded finger had made
Il her stupid. 1t was done as we do most
], stupid things-in a hurry. Of course
she should send five other hundreds to
Louis. As for Georgina, she could not
be made TO- give up her prize at this
date And Mrs. Canine resolved to
i play tie generous and affectionate par
ent.
She went about week or so Boosting
4. that she had paid off the mortgage or
: poor Georgina's house; and as Georg
ina was too grateful to hide the fact
Mrs. Canine gained a good deal O.
credit for kind feeling to her step
daughter amongst their mutual friends
Many people were surprised; none
more so than little Miss Morgan.
II am SO glads'' she often said to hel
} thimble. II did feel so guilty. !.
! really thought Z changed the money IL
those envelopes. WANTED to do it so
!. I rejoice that Mrs. Canine did it her
self / do feel gratifed she did. -
Mary Kyle Dallas.