The Arizona sentinel., 1888-03-31
J: W. DORRINGTON, Proprietor.
NUMBER IS.

a good time to mend it." said Aunt Carrie. "Here is a needle and some yarn"
 T never did like to mend" said Mamie.
 There are great many things in the world harder than mending." said Aunt Carrie. But they have to be done, and it is so much nicer to do them pleasantly, don't you think so3''
 If could have fixed things they shouldn't have been hard," said Mamie.
 She did not, however. refuse to take the needle and thread which Aunt Carrie offered her. But am afraid the darn in her mitten must have looked like the knot in her forehead.
 q know Susie'll be here before it is done" she said. But Susie did not come until the hole was mended and the needle put away.
 "Why have you Kept me waiting so longP" asked Mamie, when at length she came in.
 70, Pm sorry," said Susie, with smile. 'but mamma wanted me to help little with the baby. Doesn't the sun shine bright and isn't it & nice day? saw blue jay as I came along, and he twittered just as if he wanted to say: Isn't this beauti. ful day for little girls and birdsP'
 It would have done you good to look from Nannie's face to Susie's- She had surely brought in . good share of the sunshine with her in her bright little face. and the blue jays twitter could not have been merrier than her voice.
 And dimples! Her dimples were all in place, just where God meant they should be when He made little faces to be the dearest and sweetest things in our homes. Blue eyes. cheeks, lips and all went to make up the smile. You could feel pretty sure that mamma and baby at home had been left happy after the help of such a cheery little lassie.
 '.I hate to wear old shoes and old mittens," said Mamie, still keeping up the grumble as she went out of doors. for all the clear. frosty air was so crisp that Susie could not help skipping along like fairy.
 "Old shoes? You don call those old, hopeP" said Susie, laughing. ''Just look at mine they're twice as bad as yours. And look" she said. taking one little hand out from between the buttons of her jacket, Il lost one of my mittens last winter and mamma hasn't been able to get me another pair yet so have to keep my hand covered up. But. don't you see. ] never have the trouble of taking my mitten off when I put on my skates, so there's some good in it.
 Yes, good in every thing for such as Susie. Even Nannie's frOWns had melted away before her lively chat and she forgot what a badly-used lit tie girl she was long before they reached the skating-ground-
 And then every body who came near Susie felt the influence of her sunny face and her loving, kindly ways.
 Which of these little girls would you wish to be like?
 Dear little children. if you have been in the habit of scowling and complaining, bringing cloud over the sunshine of your home and a burden on the spirit of your mother, or others who give you tender care, stop and think if you can not do bet | ter.
 Turn about at once and try cheery word. bright smile or loving effort to do kind things for others. Try ii all the sunshine you make for them does not shine back on your own hearts and beam out on your dear lit tie faces, making them things oi beauty and sweetness for any one to look on.-Sydney DGyre. in M r O6- serUer.