, 1888-11-18
PATTY'S MUSIC BOX

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been having a very dull time. Right after
breakfast she had helped mamma do the
dishes, had made her bed (for she was an
industrious e-giF4-RHd- she had
dressed and undressed Arabilla until she
was tired even of her. Now, however,
she was very much excited, for when DIR.
Gray came in front of her house on his
way to see poor, sick Mrs. James, he saw
Patty in the window and called to her:
ASK your mamma if you can go down
and spend the day with Amy, for she has
a sore throat, and if you can, III stop for
you when | come back, he said. Mamma
was willing, and now Patty was getting
ready to go.
While Mrs. Hendricll was trying TO see
If Patty's face was clean, that damsel was
dressing Arabella and talking as fast as
her tongue would run:
Mamma, do you suppose Mrs. Gray
will lot Amy have the lovely little puppy
In the house? Do you believe we'll have
jam tarts for support lave l got to como
home before dark?'
Finally mamma said: why. Patty
Hendrick, you must stop, or you will
drive me crazy, and can't get you ready
to go at all"
All this happened a good many years
ago, and little girls nowadays would think
that Patty looked funny if they had seen
1T Nltn ole NdS TeduY 10 start. one
had on bright red stockings and a red
and brown plaid dress. Her hair had been
done up on corn cobs the night before to
make it curl, and her face was almost as
rosy as her stockings. Then she put on n
thick brown coat, a white fur cape and
hood. and red mittens, and she was all
fixed when the doctor came.
On the way down to the village Patty
and the doctor met n gray haired. cross
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horse. Patty nodded happily, and the
gentleman nodded back, while DR.. Gray
said;
How did you happen TO know Mr..
Simms? l didn't suppose that he liked
little girls very much"
81 don't believe he does, for he always
looks so cross. One day last summer /
went to the postoffice with papa, and Mr..
Simms came out with a lot of papers in
his hands. After he got upon his horses
back he dropped some and looked very
cross about it. l went and picked them
up and gave them to him, and now he
always says, How'd do, PattyT to me-"
After she had finished, Patty blushed,
for that was a long speech for a little girl
who had been taught that children
should be seen and not heard" but the
doctor was SO kind that no one was afraid
of him.
DOOl IltI IGdCLtu lue HOUSE, anu AMY
was in the window watching for them,
and oh how glad she was to see Patty,
for a sore throat is not very good company
on a stormy day.
h little girls went upstairs into Mrs.
Gray's room, and there was the puppy
doing away in front of the fire, and on
one of the chairs was Amy's doll, Violet.
Now Violet had a wax head and Arabella
had n china one, but they were as good
friends as their mamma for all that.
First the girls had q romp with the puppy,
and then they put Violet and Arabella to
bed, and then Amy said:
why the very ideal 1 forgot to show
| you what Uncle Charlie sent me on my
birthday" and off she trotted. In a min
ute she came back with n little round blue
box with a handle on top. She turned
the handlea and the box played a lively
tune Patty was SO astonished that she
could hardly speak, for she had never seen
q music box before. Amy played tune
after tune and then she let Patty play.
The" nd their supper up in Mrs. Gray's
TooNI on a dolls table and from dolls
dishes, but although they had the cutest
little jam tarts you ever saw, still Patty
was so taken up with the music box that
the tarts didn't taste as good as she had
expected.
While Sam was hitching up the horse
to take Patty home she played a fast tune,
and such was her excitement that she
almost forgot to put Arabella's cloak on.
When she got home Patty told her papa
and mamma all about it, and said that she
did wish she could have one, and that
night she dreamed that she saw little m
gels, all playing on music boxes instead
of on harps.
Weeks went by, but Patty did not for
get, and l am afraid that she leased her
her mamma e great deal. Finally Mrs.
Hendrick told her that for every stocking
she darned nicely she should nave n
penny and also a penny for every six eggs
she found.
When the first of summer came Patty
had nearly enough to buy the longed for
music box. One bright, warm Sunday
Patty went to Sunday school and the les.
son was about giving. After it was over
the teacher, Miss Lucy Sessions. told the
little girls how the minister had told the
people in church that morning about the
prairie fires out in Michigan, and how a
great many people were left without home
or clothes or money.
Just think of it, children" Miss Lucy
said, there are little boys and girls who
haven't any clothes or anything to eat
and no place to &c, and some of them
have lost their papas and mammas.
Aren't you sorry for them2' The children
all said they were. Then Miss Lucy said:
You still nave your homes and parents,
and don't you think that you could give
them some of the pennies that you nave
to buy candy within You think of it, and
If you decide that you can, bring them
next Sunday"
All the way home Patty was very quiet,
and it seemed as if there was a lump in
her throat. She was very sorry for those
children out in Michigan, and she thought
it must be dreadful not to have any shoes,
or supper, or anything; but the only
money she had was that she had been
saving for the music box, and OIL she
couldn't give that up, it had taken so
long to get il.
Thoughts of those poor children in
Michigan tortured her all the week, and
e she started for the Sunday school
the next time there was something heavy