St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1890-11-15

"Let me thread your needle grandma"
said Jessie, as grandma tried several times
before she could do it.
"My Door old eyes have nearly finished
their work." said grandma.
"Why do you mend the stockings"
asked Jessie. mamma doesn't want you
| to-, If you can't see.'
"Oh, | can see we'll enough for that,
dear. 1t is not fine work and threading the
needle is the only part Of it that troubles
NO."
Jessie fingered for ten minutes behind
the high backed chair, and when she
tripped down stairs had left behind her
half dozen threaded needles slyly stuck
In the pin cushion at grandma's elbow.
| When she went to the sewing room NAM
ma had the saucer of berries in her hand.
Are they nice and sweet, mamma +
asked Jessie.
YES, but not half 80 sweet as the low
ing thought and the loving lutte hand
Which brought them here, dear. Come
and help me eat them"
But Jessie laughed and ran away. 1t
was baking day, aud she went to the
kitchen to see il there were any freshly
baked cookies, but Norah was not in the
kitchen aud no cookies were TO be seen.
"Ah, here are her peas half shelled,"
said Jessie. "Norah's always very busy
on Saturday. wonder if l couldn't get
these shelled before she comes back"
She did, waiting for peep through the
door at Norah's good humored face as she
saw the finished pea-shelling. But Norah
caught sight of her, and saying, Il knew
twas fairy had been here" held her as
she was about to run away and filled her
pocket with ginger snaps.
Now I'm going for my game of tennis,
she said She took her racket and went
along the shady road soon coming to a
place where two very little, very dirty,
very un-burned children wee making
mad cakes, wbich they carried to sun
shiny place to harden. Jessie's head was
full OF the spirit of surprises. "oh, what
a splendid j)ke it would be, if could put
some of my ginger-snsps there p
Watching her chance very carefully
when the little tangled heads were bend
ing over the mud, she quietly brushed
away the drying cakes and put ginger
snap in the place of each one. She sal
behind bush waiting to sec what woulc
happen, when fresh lot of cakes WERE
carried to the drying place.
"Oh y cried the gill, jumping back
ward.
"O-oo-o-o shouted tie boy, looking
eagerly down.
They look like real cakes" said the
girl.
They are real cakes - sweet J. ex
claimed the boy, very cautiously tasting
one
Yes, yes" said the girl, taking taste
"They're turned into real truly cakes
The sun must a done it y
"Course he did," said the boy.
, With plenty of little laugh and chAtte
} they ate the cakes ana then jumped up
saying, LET'S make some more-qaick.
, It would be hard telling how many way:
Jessie found that day of giving pleasan
, little surprises. Any boy or girl wh'
+ would like to find out, can easily do so BY
trying how msny unex pected suhbesm
} may be cast 10 the way of those abou
them.
But they were all such little bits o
, things, mamma said Jessie 1T be d-tm'
after telling about them and laughing 'iti
her at the story of the children and thu
mud cakes.
But, YOU see, dear child. how far thes'
little things go IN showing our love t.
r God in loving each ether. We sre rorel!
called upon to do great things suci
| chanc. come, perhaps, only once or twice
in lifetime
We wouldn't smount to much, II We
| inst sat round waiting for the big things,
, remarked Jessie, wisely.
Not much; so we had better look on
for the little Things that come every da.
and every hour. "-Intertor.
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