Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1889-07-03
SOMETHING FOR TIE LITTLE
FOLKS


] snouid Just IKE 10 kioN itaa s5N Anos
about any way. I think if / sss only d-h-
errnan. daughter. / ~eald not be the first 10
express my opinion
There. Peony, you have said quite
enough, but please eoutinae speaking long
enough to inform a., oy shat means your
father would support bis family, il there
we're no fishermen; Daisy'- father does the
rsttiaz while YOUR father re,zils the same
MY father owns the market. II you
please answered P-9ny, her face as red as
the haaghty do<er from which she vas
named.
We have rizh, to look for better msh
ners in you Peony than plcking Daisy up
jas, because she EXPRESSED her mihd With
rrzarI to our next h3liiay.'
Certainly of coarse We have why
yes came from Ne aris all the sirl. At once
Her opinion Is ~orth dozea Of yours
continued Nellie and all the girls thlnk so
too.
My tongue /. NY osn. I believe, " said
peeny. and guess it viii take more than a
command from y0u Mis-. lie Iianiy, 20
hold il Ia check.
i dare sa}. .sii Nellie, but mark me-
Peoay you viii BE- sorry for your scornfui
w0rl. 10 Daisy, / Am cure Of Il. They were
only the result OF snyy-bec4u.e she Is al
ways above you n the class You know as
cell a. 10 shat Daisy IS not 70 blame for
What ter father .ee-,here she goes
home ani crying too"
The little company dispersed at once and in
silence As they came 10 no cOnclu'ion
aith regard to their holiday each thought IN
her own mind. what she should DO when the
lay came.
The Jay finally came. Daisys father
consented 10 take her with him She en-
10, ed gong out with him and by 80 doing
she hal become quite at home with the oars
They were Just returning with what Usher
MEN call a good catch. As they neared the
shore piercing cry came over the water
from not far away-'Be sure some poor
mortal Is in trouble and girls voice too,
God ave her til We can reach her Here
laughter hold her steady while | get out the
other oars The fisherman healed hi. boat
toward the sound and then, not far away
vas young girl struggling TO retain her
hold upon boat already capsized. But
vhile he looked her strength gave way
and she sank beneath the waves
Hurry, father said Daisy, ave must
reach the .pst in time to save her when she
comes up God helping me will daughter
there steady now-hold the oars as frm-
ly as though they were the keys 10 your
soul back one st-oke"-the form appeared
the strong arms of the fisherman were II
tended To grasp It and with a s~ir- sosh-the
form of Young girl was drawn over the
side of boat, and laid upon the canvas,-bu'
whether dead or aliye-whO could tell
For the shore daughter and without once
looking At the White face before her-Daisy
firmly worked the oars while her father tried
10 restore the form before hint hud -
and the boat ierkei and halted. Daisy took
care Of the boat while her father stepped on
shore bearing the young girl in his arms al
teuderly as though she were his own
Somebody's lamb. said he as he sal
down upon the sand and Dire"
her to his shoulder 'sOHe bodys lamb,
and be took small flask from the pocket a
hi4 side and forced some of the contents int
the mouth of, as lie feared, the dead girl
Ste swallowed. .trangled, and opened hei
eyes At this moment. Daisy, who had beer
securing the boat, came up to where hei
father sat. and for the first time looked upor
the face of her whom they had rescued from
vatery grave. She stared almost wildly
for an instant: then hung herself down be
.ide her ard .aid "Peony. why father, it il
Peony Chaply. just here Peony rested he
the most beautiful face ever beheld." |
WAS the face of the fishermans daughter
DAISY.
Prony vas At once taken to her HON,
which vas 10 that part of the city quite near
aud though .he was carried in the arms o
the fisherman. she held one of Daisy's ha7 d
all the way, held it it firmly too, so firmly
that tn. hard almost ached from the cost
| pressure upon IT.
! The words that passed between the fisher
man and reonys father need not be told. |
/ seems that Peuny had persuaded her father Il
/ let her 20 ont in the boat just little way
/ bat before she realized it she had gone GU
18th the tide until she became frightened
/ Aud Nhen the little boat began 10 toss sh,
had ct he strength to steady It. She stoo,
erect and -hrlekrl with all her strength thei
fell against the side of the boat which cap
sized. throving her TOTO the wafer where III,
must h,v, 5rpwued had not Daisy AMI he
father ben close At hand
The H. X day Dsis, : father was offered ~
! equal share IN the market AMI Daisy receive,
e note over which she shed many tears
pvous wa- 80 sorry for her bitter words a.,
only uanttd to bee forgiven. Daisy fire, IL
forgavc hsr and the two girls became fas
friends iyony gradually grew out of h.
own ways 4ai became more Ike her sun
light a she often called Daisy
NoiDc Handy said. when she heard wha
( had happened Il told Peony she would b,
sorry for her words 10 DAISY" then asld,
/ as If any one ever >ps Ne such a ris withOu
being sorry for IT -naeed, never.