The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-01-03
FANNIES LETTER,
And the Interesting Story Connected
With It.

With 1t.
(CoDyriGht, 1891, by the United PressA
Dollsl Dolls! Dolls! At an enormous
sacrifice! For few days onlyl Real hair
and movable eyes! Five cents!!! Blank &
Son, Bigtown, H.
Fannie clutched the paper tightly, and her
light blue eyes grew dark as she spelled out
this astonishing bargain.
70, Bennie," she said breathlessly ''lf I
could only have one. Let's 90 in and ask
Amy" and holding fast to the piece of old
newspaper which she had found in the road
Fannie hurried her little brother into the
cottage to hear what Amy would say.
NOW FANNIE had no pretty toys like most
OF the little girls who read this. In fact she
had never owned a dollie in her life. She
lived IN little cabin at Harvey's Mines
Station, and her father worked 10 Harvev7s
mines. Her mother had died when Ben was
wee baby and Amy, then a sturdy girl Of
Is years, had managed the household affairs
and brought up" the six younger children
with such success that, contrary to the
neighbors' predictions at the time of their
mothers death, no healthier children
could be found at the station. But Amy's
short life had been so hedged in by her
duties as housekeeper that to her the word
bargain" meant nothing but so many DO
tatoes for so much corn meal, and so it
came about that Faunie's eager REQUEST for
cents based on the merits OF Messrs. Blank
& Sons advertisement was refused.
1--WE cannot spend so much money on
nonsense" Amy had explained at would
cost 2 cSats more to write to them for it.
and Lord knows how much to get it here by
express"
Fannie had concluded long ago that
everything desirable was "nonsense.n 80
she did not whimper and cry over the re-
tusal, but just folded the paper up and put
1t in her pocket, and busted herself 10 get
ting Ben's little hands clean enough for him
to come to the supper table But all
through the evening, and tar into the
night, dolls with real hair and movable
eyes" were continually In her thoughts, and
before she went to sleep Fannie had plan
laid out in her little head to bring one of
those enchanting dolhes into their little
household.
The next morninG when Ben had been
fed and dressed and handed over to her
care, Fannie and be started briskly down
the road.
"I'll try Miss Grimshaws, Ben" said Fan
ME, land if you're a good boy and SIT still,
you shall make its eyes go shut when get
it."
Ben nodded his little round head and
trudged on in silent expectation
at will take a week to get here and we
shall have to wait for it. but you shall
surely hold it when get it"
"Wish it was a rock boss ;" said Ben.
Fannie sighed rocking horses were very
dear she was sure, but still she would ask
Miss Grimshawe, who had lived in the city
and knew all about such things, and maybe
some day she would have money enough to
buV horse for Ben
Miss Grimshawe stood in the doorway of
her neat cottage as the children entered the
gate. Miss Grimshawe did not like chill
dren. You could see that by the smooth,
psbbly walk no TO her front door. If she
had liked them they would have trooped in
and rumpled that walk up in short order.
But Miss Grimshewe did not object to
Fannie. Fannie was quiet child, and be-
sides was good. strong girl, ami would do
a dollars worth of work for a few cents,
so Miss Grlmshawe rather encouraged Fan
lie and bade her a pleasant good morning
II want to earn z cents,' said Fannie
eagerly. Cant do something for you for
it, l had to bring Beu with me cause l
didn't want tnen to know it at home, but
he will be good, and the windows are pretty
dirty, Miss GrlmShAwe.
Now, Miss Grimshawe knew the windows
were pretty di ty," aud that if she hired q
ceats, 80 after duly impressing the fact
upon Fannie that 7 cents was q good deal Of
money, aud she must be careful to do moth
ing wrong with it, Ben was left on the steps
with kitten to play with while Fannie
cleaned and polished the ten windows which
the little house contained.
"How much are rocking horses? she
asked as she wiped out the pail and hung
her clothes to dry when the work was
done.
"Lor, child, they're $l0 l guess, replied
Miss 4rimshawo, and Fannie was glad that
Ben did not hear that dreadfully disheart-
ening sum.
Fanuie was half afraid all the long after
noon and evening that Bonnie would tell
some Of the family about her little treasure
Eve1 though she had it wrapped IN two
papers and had it lied in her handkerchief
She feared to move lest the money
should chink and betray its presence. But
the evening passed and the morning came
and found it still fast in Faunie's pocket
The next afternoon the postmaster at the
q alton found a much soiled envelope with
the stamp on the wrong corner, and this
address printed on it in large, irregular
"MR. BLANK & SON.
BIGTOWN, ILLYNOS,"
and ~ he had looked into the envelope he
would have found a bright 5-cent piece
screwed up in paper, and the following
letter:
"Plees Mr.. Blank, send me one of them
omen and shut eye dollies. How much Is
rock bosses, plees send it by Tom Hays. Hes
a brakeman on the road and knows me, the
exnressman costs too much, plees hurry up
7 never had a dolly and want it dreadful
FANNIE DEAN.
"Haruey's Mines Station"
Rut while Fannie had boon busy concoct-
inc and perfecting her little plan, Messrs::
blank 81 Son had been having very hard
time. The cent dolies were the last straw.
The Blanks had carried too many bargains,
and by the time FanDies letter reached Big
town they had made money enough 10 IAN
VTos ratnrned to the postofice by the carrier
rvho tried TO deliver 1t marked removed"
VIZ =. nsidn TO be sent to the dead let