The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1892-06-18

MY precious girlr Mr.. Hagermanr
cried, it shall not be for long. You'll
have a piano as soon as l can get it
though / am compelled to work day
and night for the money
| "a short time after that Mr.. Hager
mann was accidentally killed, and thus
Julia lost kind and loving father. This
was the first great sorrow of her life
But though the family was deprived OF
the principal bread-winner and found ii
very difficult to make both ends meet,
Julia still chung to the hope of owning
piano and becoming a musician. She
attended school, and worked hard be-
fore and after school hours to help her
mother support the family. When she
was sixteen years of age their circum-
tances improved somewhat, for two OF
the boys We're then working, and Julia
and her mother were plentifully sup
piled with sewing, for which they were
well paid Thus they managed to save
money to buy piano, but when once
more ready to make the purchase were
again prevented. 1t had become neces.
sary for Mrs. Hagerrnann's mother to
live with them, and she was such a
nervous old lady that the children con-
stantly annoyed her by their boisterous
WAYS; therefore the doctor advised Mrs
Hagermann to take her to an old la
dies home. The one he recommended
was an excellent institution, but GER
tain sum of money must be paid before
she could enter. The grandmother
,.lo e-1, l.,
Julia's piano money was again sacri-
feed for another's good.
THE following year Mrs. Hagermann
married man who proved to be iutem-
perate and brutal. No one but the fam
lily will ever know the suffering he
caused them until they were relieved of
his presence by death. About this time
Julia graduated and received an APP
pointment as teacher in a school near
home. Now, she thought, she would
surely realize her fondest hopes; but as
fast as she saved money it was needed
for something in the family. Finally
diphtheria entered the home and took
away the three boys, leaving of the
children only Julia and little girl four
years old. The expense and sorrow
this occasioncd you can imagine; | shall
not attempt to describe it. Then came
the saddcst afliction of all. The trouble
which she passed had caused
such strain on Mrs. Hagermann's
mind that she went hopelessly insane.
OF course she had to be removed to an
asyluE;. and Julia became a mother to
little Elsie. Then | gave up all hope
of becoming musician, she said to
me with tears that would not be kept
back. 'ill l can do is to live for Elsie
and my poor mother
'sThe mother is dead, and the little
sister is grown up row and hopes to be
able at least partly to repay Julia for
her devotion; but She cannot give her
back the buoyancy Of youth or the
healthy body and nerves that accom-
panied it. How do You think class
ought to treat g teacher who has ex-
1ericnced SO much trouble?''
with Kindness, of course" said one
If the girls, quickly.
Even though she is cross some
lines, and cannot smile because she is
Unable to forget how her poor mother
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"Why, yes, they ought to make al
owance for her" said Annie JennirFs.
Even though she dresses sha'. oily
nd wears her hair in an unbecoming
tyle?" still further questioned Miss
'lare. -
On! you cant = you surely cart
mean Miss Miggs?" cried Josie Thayer.
''Of course not" said Eta Wright,
decidedly; this lady was named Hager-
nann.''
but, my dear" returned Miss Clare,
you remember her mother married
gain. The second husband was
AIMED Aliggs. That was another OF
ulia's sacrifices. She took the name
iIiggs' to please her mother, though
be dislil1ed it very much
Then it was cur Miss Miggs, after
H." exclaimed Edith Lyle. 80 girls!
ow shanefully we have treated herr"
And we have been SO annoying to-
ay,a" said Elite, penitently.
st is useless to spend time in vain re-
ret over the past, my dears. We can
lly make up for mistakes by doing
etter in the future. When you are
rain tempted to judge a person, re-
ember that there may be circunstan-
IS which excuse the faults tn at you
e SO quick to notice
Meanwhile Miss Aliggs sat alone in /
IT room grieving over her failures IN
hool work. 1t had been an exceed
gly trying day. and she had lost her
mper q number Of times. How could
e control those large scholars and
in respect from the little ones? r
1rthermore, how could she bear to
I'VE gentle Elsie come and witness her
patience and lack of success? These b
lestions still remained unsettled /;
hen she started YEARLY to school the j
lowing day.
But during the first session it seemed fl
her that she had somehow solved o
G problems after all. The Girls had II