Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1891-01-21
Nellic's CIT.

The following story was read To great
Sabbath school missionary neetingin Bur-
lington, n. j., by young girl, whose
clear, sweet voice and impressive manner
of fdelivery thrilled every heart. Its, in
way. humcraus ory, but it contains
beautiful moral:
"Did you ever walf any thing awful
bad, and then have il come? Then you
know how felt when that package came
from my auntie in New York, ard |
opened il and found a pair oi real silk
mitts. Jack said they were .splen-dor-lf-
ic,' ard Jacks my brother, and he knows.
81 had wanted some for ever so long
but | didntsay much about it, cause when
YOU live in little cuddled-up house, and
your papa has to buy bread and shoes
for so many the money flies away before
it IS around to what little girls want.
Il don't know how aunle found it out,
unless Santa Claus told her. and it wasn't
near Christmas time, either. They were
such pretty brown mitts! lilly Jones
said lhey were juls the color ofmy hands.
bat ,lidnt care for that. Little hands
will gel brown when they weed The gar
den ami d. so many things. L Ilooked al
them most hundred times in two days
| guess, and then it came Sunday
Wasn't glad. put them on. and walk
ed 10 Church, just 50. Jack says hold
my paws like scared rabbit, but !
didn't ever see rabbit with miits on.
at isn't right TO think too much about
what you wear when YOU 90 to Sunday
school, and by and by didn't, for we had
such good Sunday scool ! forgot every
thing else.
"a missionary man told all the folks
about some poor little children away oft !;
how the fire had burned down their
school-house. aud they hadn't any nIc
houses or clothes or any thing, but they
were trying 50 hard To get along aud l.
learn! And he said what was given 10
those little ones was just the same as Civ
Ell to Jesus. Think Of that just the
same as given to The dear Christ child. !
supposed everybody would give. Why,
some of the folks are worth as much A.
zen or a hundred dollars, aud yet that
basket stayed 'most empty.
II did wish | was rich. aud ali al one,
| remembered the poor widow in the BIZ
bic. Ia read it that very morning.
she had given her two milts, every living
mitt she had; it said so. So slipped
mine off aud dropped them into the ba'-
ket, and was glad, if my throat did all
choke up. But pretty soon, when The
asket was carried up, the gentleman
picked them right out'
"'Has any little girl lost her gloves 2
"Noboby said anything, and he asked
again:
odd any little girl drop her gloves IN
the basket by misiake?
1T was awful still in that room, and !
thought he was looking right at me; 50 |
had to say something.
"'It wasn't a mistake told him. 4
wanted to help and hadn't any money;
but | knew how the poor woman in The
Bible gave her TWO mitts, and So
Then those folks just shouted, they
did, and felt as il Id like to drop right
down through he floor.
IL knew hal made some dreadful
blunder, but couldn't see what, for if
mites don't spell miits' wba does it
spell? Course cried, bul my teacher
put her arm right arou,d me and whis-
percd: Never mind. little Nellie; and
she siopd up and said, with her voice all
trembling:
"'Dear friends, this little girl ha, given
her greatest treasure. Have we o der
ones done as much ?
"Some way, the money just poured in
TO the basket aiter thar, aud the mission
AIRY looked gIadder aud gIadder They
brought my mitts back to me, and my
teacher -aid she would show me how to
get some money TO give.
but. 0 how full thai basket was
And when that gentleman counted It, his
eyes grew all wet, and h. -aid softly,
though / didn't know what he meant,
And little child shalt lead them. -
Lutheran Missionary journal.
"Your duties must be somewhat monot-
onous, said lady to mailing clerk.