The Yellowstone journal. [volume] (Miles City, Mont.) 1893-1901, 1893-03-04
81! E.AnING SUNSIIN !.


suu-ni.r ga Man. tsnui.s.
In ~ l5Fs3, east side tguaIn nj s}'e = te@.
Il woai,a asore afflicted ..&2 oed, ~
who Huows not the ua-...e II ns1iri"s,
Al. no. e you ;&y Ia ot i
~peiglharaun4 10 trii VOC ..e lie.
sweetest. most tranquil laaspn n r, !
wa-ar tlgy'.l sliot.t win unan:ssity.
.Blind .teuHu!'
And il iatrnt rs tgaecstah -. ThaIis1'
has 2oae forever f.o:a tie eyes. a ii
rests IN tle t,p!lr bo.r. luE on the
peaceful. soul and on the nsi.l i|iiulsrl
are tight, no doctors or ln:-icitn's s.l.
couiI cuniurr up. i.ll Jennie. ''b.iEa
Jennie" every ool.y's frigEd in Leuis
street. hasss ii eternal SUNSHINE.
4 simple lafle story j, jonni s.a ster,
that | migl,. fill full of tears. | suppusn
and much scntilnentality. Eut what
the Use Of weeping If Jennie smiles: J.
it not better to rejoice that the little
heroine has found SO much good to do i'll
the world which has so little good 10
offer her:
She was struck by lightning MANI years
aSo-at least. that is the cause her moth
er gives of her blindness. This mu,lier.
with whom Ives. is u little fighty at
~tiues. and that is one of Jennie's crosses.
but il is her untiagging industry. going
about the streets peddling soap. matches
and limcracks. which pays the rent and
brings bread to the poor tenement which.
the two call home. The bad boys often
chas. the old woman. taking advantage
OF her feeble mind. and iarass -.er
greatly. There Is no crueler beast III
the lnn.les OF Asia than the bad boy.
and he has not the beasts excuse for
cruelty
After .lcn;ir had been blind some time
the ~,llsii-ur.ng disease attacked her face.
1t ate .w,:y her month II nose ana
compelled her to wear ii thick veil when
ever she went out to the church or sun
day school Doctors said 1t was a cl.i-
Ger and attempts we:. made by kim.
friends to get Jennie admitted 10 the
Cancer hospital. bur the physicians there
said that it was no cancer. ANA 80. With
that cruelty which sometimes marks the
conduct ui our hospital attendants.
sworn To mercy and kindness. poor Jen-
ME was driven from institution to
another. and none would have her. None
would have her. Shame he II on the
am Of every one.
AMI 80 She rrtrGatei to the poor litiie
tenement behind another enenle and
PREPARED to live ont her life as best She
might.
And then BEGAN her Sunday schoo2
She did not seek for scholars. TIL
came to her IL, the sparrows did to loo
for crumbs nfon the window sill. Thy
were the Children OF til" very poi
Som. OF them were of Hebrew blrtll
like Jennie. others were Roman Caft~
lies. Others did hot know if the. ial
been born ~ any creed. unless it "~.e
the creed Of poverty aud anguish.
low they crowded into that litIe
room. What comfort the, found thor
under t!lg spell of the blind girl, wiz
seemed rs them 10 talk with the ,ongl.e
of angels. How they awakened IL.
echoes Of a region which usually L.
.oun,lcd to the songs and curses Of the
drunken and the vie.
Two Sundays in Jennie.s week-Sat-
urday for lie Jews and Sunday fer the
Gcntiles.
One day IL little girl came up to the
Il want TO rome to Sunday school
she said.
Int there Is 10 Sunday school till
after dinner"
Well. | amt going to have no dinie-
today. SO | guess III stay and wait"
You may he sure that she was made
welcome. and that she did have Dime,
that day with Jennie and her mother.
And that is the kind Of child who be.
longs to PENNIES Sunday school. There
are fully 80 who belong to it, and who
attend either one day or the other.
Jennie,s knowledge Ut the Scriptures
and Of the hymns sung in the mission
and at her home is marvellous. Ii the
words of q hymn whose music attracts
her are read to her several times, she re.
members them forever after. The sing.
ing is one of the great attractions to the
little ones
The members of Jennie's class do no;
meet at stated hours. but run in When
ever they desire.
All. what a glorious thing it was tina;
the hospitals turned Jennie from their
inhospitable doors: She would have
been SO useless i'll those warm and cheer.
full roo,ns--a recipient Of their aims and
nothing else. whereas she has turned hel
teneInen. into ii temple and filed one
of the darkest corners Of the city will
the light and the grace OF God.
Hope Mission chapel keeps its eye on
Jennie and her mother and keeps the
wolf from entering at h door, as il
would do soile-iines if they were left
absolutely unaided. The good people
who are not oyerrich themselves, hell
them out with the rent and the coal man
, A few days ago the missionary went
shopping tor Jennie. and this was wha1
he bought after paying out - for thu
rent: OMIT. sl.5o: cot. Sl.s5: Under
clothing. sI..a: pillow. "A cents: sheets
IS cenis: two cups and saucers and twt
, knives and forks. 81 cents. and wash