The Mineral argus., 1884-12-25


Well, you needn't go up in tho
AaIdee Selden. But now I'm come
tell you what my uncle Horace So;
about your aunt Fanny. Yes. 7 om
lie said she had q human nose.n
jessie meant Roman; but it was OIL
the same to Zaidee. Aword against ber
best friends nose was more than sLa
could bear; and the visit which MIGHT
have been such a happy one, ended, At
last, in a quarrel.
Why, What has happened?" ex.
claimed Mrs. Selden, when Zaidea
rushed home long before tea-time, look.
ing wildly unhappy.
20 mammal" replied the little girl
almost sobbing from excitement, "Jes.
sizes very disagreeahle; and besides, she
knocked me down"
Mrs. Selden looked very much sur
prised.
ut doesn't seem possible, " said she.
II lever heard of Jessie's behaving like
that. What had you done to make her
angry?"
"Oh, it was she that made me angry.
talking about aunt Fanny's bracelet, and
aunt Fanny's human nosei"
Mamma let her work fall in her lap,
and laughed and laughed.
"a human nose is the very incest in
the world" said she, at last. "But Jes.
sic didn't knock yon down for that"
Nom" and Zaidee bowed her head
very low in shame. Nom; / knocked
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. 1 am extremely
sorry it should have happened" said
Mrs. Selden, gazing sadly at her dear,
wretched, hayward little daughter.
"And to have it happen just as the
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 ZaideeT'
80 mamma, 1 wish / hadn't been
naughty l wish I could take it all back.
l L haven't acted so since l was a little,
3 little girlp said the child, throwing her.
? self weeping into her mothers arms.
Cant l ever, ever take it back"
!. eyes; you a ask Jessie to forgive
you"
80 mamma, mamma, mamma! jessie
{ was bad herselfl If l ask her to forgive
| me she will think she was goodi And
oh, she wasn't good She was almost
u half as bad as Il"
Mrs. Selden said no more, but wisely
left her little daughter by herself 20
Z think.
!, At supper-time Zaidee's eyes were
u still pink from weeping; but her face
:, looked serene, and the smiles were
PLAYING abouther mouth. The truth is
/, She had written q letter to Jessie. II
was very neatly done in violet ink, and
she had put in the left-hand corner o.
the envelope, kindness of Zaidee,
thinking that was the latest style,
n though the person who took the letter
lie was Nancy, the cook. And she laughed
/ to think Zaidee called herself kind!
The letter was short:
- Ny AFFECTIoNATE FRIEND:
re / am very sorry l nockt you down hrst
viii forgive you if you will forgive me. Your
=" respectively, I'D.
N This was all Jessie needed to max,
y her happy, for she had the tenderes
" little heart in all the world.
She wrote in reply. II forgive you.
d And in the left hand corner of her en-
e velope we're the words, Kindness o
K Jessie" for she supposed that must b
the proper thing, and she never allow
IN ed Zaidee to be more fashionable tina
4, herself if she could possibly help it.
And, indeed, there was kindness
now in the hearts OF both little girls
nt and sincere repentance, too, for thei
10 foolish bad behavior. "The angel wit
pearly wings" had come back again III
'u unhappy little "breeze" had blown ovel
TO and in "three nights and two days
Zaidee aud jessie were enjoying I'll
merriest Christmas that ever dawnc
in Boston Town. Wide Awake.
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