Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1885-11-26

There were at least a dozen children
employed in the factory, poor, neglect
ed little things, with pinched faces ant
hungry eyes. They worked early ant
late, and lived in a row of tumble
down tenements on the outskirts Of tn,
village. Very early on Wednesday
morning, long before the factory wits
tie had sounded, Miss White nigh
have been seen trudging along the roat
in the direction of those wretchet
homes. Before she returned home, al
the factory children in the row hat
been invited to take dinner with her OF
Thursday.
What busy life she had! Preparing
dinner for dozen remarkably hungry
youngsters was to her formidable un
dertaking. But her heart was in i
and she worked as she never had
worked before. The cat looked on in
establishment; his hair fairly stood on
end most of that day. Before the shades
of night had fallen, the kitchen table
really groaned with its unusual burden,
but it was happy groan. There was
the largest blue platter piled up, mount
ain high, with frosted doughnuts; there
were half dozen delicious pies, pump.
kin, apple and mince; there were Gran.
berry tarts by the wholesale, and loaves
of bread enough to supply whole
army; and in the foreground among
the other goodies, were two monstrous
geese-the flowers of her fock-all
dressed and ready for the oven. Yes,
Miss White, in her zeal to do good, had
even gone so far as to sacrifice a couple
of her feathery treasures.
She was too tired to go to church on
Thursday morning, but there was more
of thanksgiving in her heart than there
had been all the years before when she
had never failed to be present at the
regular service.
OF course, the children all came al
the appointed time. And, oh! how
they did eat! "The geese, the pies and
the doughnuts vanished in jiffy,
Miss White said, and every one won
dered what jiffy could be, but nobody
asked, so those who did not consult
Webster's unabridged have kept or
wondering to this day.
After the dinner had been disposed
of, the merry diners-out were invited
into the parlor, where Miss White re-
newed her youth, recalling the games
of long ago, and joining in them heart
lily with the children. She even so fal
forgot her dignity as to take the par
of "old Nanny Tipsytoe," and act
ually ran through the rooms, followed
by her noisy guests. While they wert
in the midst of "Puss in the Corner,
in came the village pastor, who, hear
ing the hubbub, had rushed in to SCI
what was the matter, shouting as hi
came:
Has the sun or the moon tumbled into thu
Or what is the matter?-pray tell unto me-
But he showed his approval of thu
sport by joining in the merry games
So they frolicked and laughed until thu
dinner was well digested, and then the.
were ready to do full justice to thu
fruit and nuts which appeared on tn
scene.
When, before nightfall, the children
babe their kind hostess Goodbye"
was with the cheering assurance tina
they had never before in all their live
had such perfectly splendid time.
The next day Miss White examined
her china critically, but failed to dis
cover a single nick. However, she di,
have a game of "spot on the carpet
all by herself. But she seemed to flint
pleasure in that, for as she scrubbe,
she sang, and the. song told the stor,
of that sweet peace and happines
which is sure to follow each effort W
make to do good to those around us
She seemed to hear echoed the word
she had read so often with indifference
but which now were specially sic
nifcant;. "Inasmuch as We have don
it unto one of the least of these, y
have done it unto ME. '-Chicago IN
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