The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1892-06-11
JIMMIE'S VACATION.

ments fairly smoked. and the air
seemed almost as II 1t had come up
from furnace. Up in Central Park
the people sat about under the trees
painting even there.
The poor little pale-faced babies
gasped and moaned and suffered help
lessly. Away up in the very top Of
one OF these houses right under the
metal roof. that was so hot that birds
could not light upon it without burn
ing their feet lay little boy in a
dirty bed
.Oh. / do wish Katie would comet
he said as he rolled from side to side
OF his wretched bed. I'm so awfully
hot and thirsty. and my head hurts
So"
The little boys and girls at the cool
seaside who read this story would
not have thought that they could stay
in that place u minute but poor little
Jimmie had to stay there and all day
long he had neither mouthful OF food
nor a drop OF water Katie was his
sister. She worked in box factory
for 81. Is u week. and that was all
they had to buy food and clothes and
pay the rent 1t vast much. was iii?
Jimmy worked in the factory. too.
He was SO little he could not. earn
much. All that he did was to fill the
paste cans but it helped.
One day he ventured too near the
elevator shaft A careless boy had
left the door open. Jimmie had his
back to it. Some one came by with
some heavy bundles and the little
fellow stepped backward. Down he
went into that awful pit crashing on
to the big cage that came slowly up,
lie was lifted off unconscious and
bleeding and some one carried him
home.
That was six months ago. and all
that time poor little Jimmie had lain
in the room under the roof with no
one to talk to all day long. He had
no books no playthlngs. nothing to
keep him company except-what do
you think? You'll jump when l tell
you-rats.
You would DO frightened. wouldn't
you, II big gray rat should come up
on your bed beside you? would. l
am sure, but Jimmie wasn't
But even Jumbo did not appear this
day. and Jimmie was all alone. Oh.
what long day it was and how the
poor little hurt back panied him, and
how he did long for drink or a
breath OF air.
Il just wish could sec the Park
again" he said sorrowfully. 'Tll
ask Katie to bring me leaf some
day. or bit OF grass. I'd like to
hold 1t in my hand"
One day during a former hot spell
somebody had tapped on Jimmie's
door"
Como in." he called but wasn't
he surprised when. instead OF Mrs.
Dobbs the good soul who lived across
the way and came to look at Jimmie
sometimes. young lady appeared
Mrs. Dobbs was fat and had red
face and big brawny hands. Her
dress was made mostly of coffee sack
ing and wasn't over-clean. and her
voice was like the creaking OF cart
wheel But the young lady-how
Jimmie did stare at her! She had the
sweetest pink and white face. with
yellow curls all about it. Her dress
was all white. SO soft that it made
Jimmie think OF snow-drift And
snow-drifts are pleasant things to
think OF on hot days.
She had shiny things in her ears
and on her fingers. Jimmie said when.
that night he told Katie all about it.
I've brought you something, she
said and she lifted the something"
out OF a basket What do you think
1t was? A bouquet! l wish every boy
and girl who saves pennies for the
flower mission could have seen
Jimmie's eyes.
There were roses and pinks and
fragrant geranium leaves and cool
ferns.
BE they really fur me- mum?"
said Jimmie, as he held out his little
thin hands.
Yes. dear Do you like them"
Did he like them? In all his life he
had never felt such perfect happiness
As when the cool, fragant blossoms
touched his hot cheek and he was
sNAo ehOy WCTO uio- hdeio iAOU v"
ter up all the stairs to put them in. but
they wiited in day or two in spite OF
hcr care. He was thinking OF the
flowers on this roasting day. Only to
look at them, he thought would sat-
isfy him.
At last IL was o'clock. Jimmie
heard the bells and whistles, and be-
gan to count the minutes until Katie
would come. Finally. he heard her
step. How eagerly she came! Some
thing must have happened! In min
ute she opened the door. , ran to the
table dropped something In q dish
and brought it to Jimmie 1t was
piece OF ice! Jimmie caught it eager
iy and carried 1t to his burning mouth.
Il picked It up just by the door. )"
she said. 1T had dropped from an
Ice wagon"
The piece Of Ice refreshed Jimmie
wonderfully; he was feeling almost
happy over that when Katie an