Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1892-06-13
FI0y's ChiIdren's Day.
by REV. r. J. CHYsTIE.

1t was a beautiful Sabbath morning
in early spring; one of those rare
April days when the earth glows with
new beauty and life. Mrs. Linwood
was putting on her gloves just before
starting for church, when the drawing
room door was thrown open and her
daughter, Floy, came dancing in. AS
our story, let me introduce her to you.
She was a little maiden Of four sum-
mers. She was q perfect blonde,
graceful in form and possessing I'M
usual attractions in ways and man
ners. Her fathers elegant home was
one perennial bloom because of her,
and both love and wealth was fully
lavished upon her, and she soon be-
came the pride of the village.
"And where has pet been?" said
Mrs. Linwood, as two dimpled hands
were covering her eyes and a rosy
mouth was nearly smothering her
with kisses.
SEI was on the lawn, mamma, look
ing at the crocus beds and talking
with Minnie Morey.''
E'With Minnie Morey! Who is she
and how were you talking with her?''
'She's a poor little girl, mamma,
just as old as I am, and she said she
couldn't go to Sunday school because
she hadn't any shoes or hat to wear,
and she looked sorry"
f'But, my dear, you should not be
talking with street girls about whom
you know nothing. Probably she was
deceiving you"
Floy's lips quivered. go mammal she
is not bad girl at all. Her mamma
died last winter when it was so cold,
and she said how she prayed and told
her to be a good girl. And she's real
pretty, too, with brown hair. Can't
we let her go to church with us, mann
map"
When the family passed out Minnie
was gone and much to Floy's dislike
she had to go without her, but it was
evident from farther conversation
that Minnie had come into Floy's
mind to stay.
To aristocratic Mrs. Linwood it was
no small wonder how Floy could take
such liking to poor children. But
this was one of her pecularities and
SO the heart of some neglected child
was more than once made happy
through the influence of little F1oy
And in this case the chance meeting
with Minnie produced the usual result
Upon investigation, Mrs Linwood
found that Minnie Morey was not only
truly destitute but was possessed of a
lovable disposition as well as being
really beautiful. And so the following
Sunday saw Minnie established in the
Sunday school. Floy seemed to con-
s1der her as belonging personally to
herself and the two were wonderfully
drawn together. Even Mrs. Linwood
soon became fully aware of Minnie's
worth and beauty. The child was
quiet and affectionate, but her past
life and associations had made her
very diffident and shyness would some
times have kept her away had not
Floy insisted on Minnie being present
whenever anything extra was going
on
In the meantime Floy found great
delight in her infant class, her Scrip
ture verses, and Bible stories about
Jesus. In her prayers Minnie was
never forgotten, and from Floy, she,
too, was learning to pray.
One Sabbath the minister announc-
ed 1t was only two weeks to Child
ren's Day and that the day would be
celebrated in an appropriate manner
with floral exercises in which the in
FAINT class wonld be brought forward
Then the teacher told the children
about the parts they were to take and
the decorations and birds, and F1oy's
blue eyes were wide with interest. 1t
was to be her first Children's Day
and Mrs. Linwood found it hard to an
swer all the eager questions she asked
that afternoon.
Floy was very happy. She was to
have a new dress and wear flowers
besides carrying a larger basket of
flowers to give the ladies for decorat-
ing the chancel. One of the flowers
that particularly interested Floy at
this time was large Gala fully bud
ded. The lilies would be perfect then
and she had been promised they