Red Lodge picket. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1889-1907, 1893-03-18
said to Gloria, and she went eff With

big bundle.
Lane jim, too, had gone some
where.
Mrs. Grady answered Gloria's cues.
honins lcok. Yes, they all work,
said sic, "but you coul.l not leave
your mother. and ycu ere not old
enough u Me pc.snet frames, like
Ks,:.. >
- So! s.;;or;a sadly. and she
thought, {, what viii become CT me?
And Dow Fac caught sight Of jim
in tie ;.;irDpi. Ita was busy over q
pile Of something that looked like
old rope
Even Jim there earns his salt, :
said Mrs. Grady; he picks oal1u1n. y
"Couldl't I do that asked Gloria
eagerly.
1t is dirty WORK. :"
Il shouldn't care, if it would only
buy mother grapes and jellies
''Law!' cried Mrs. Grady. ''It
wouldn't buy her mush, let alone
them illegances. I only have Jim to
do it just to keep him busy and get
MIN into industrious habits
She can't live without them, "
said Gloria firmly.
Mrs. Grady shook her head.
It's q hard case, ). said she, but
I'll be thinking over what can be
done"
Gloria vent up stairs with a heavy
heart. mctae,' was still sleep
ing, and sc went and took g look at
the leather wallet. It had shcilnk
and silriyeled up eorIily; there was
nothing in it. Only a very little
jelly in the dish, just a few grapes
in the plate.
What will manma Go when these
are gone!' said size, and then thought
how kind it was of Mrs. Grady to
give her q breakfast.
THAT was the reason l tainted, y
said she, because | was hungry y
Indeed the Ioor child bad pirched
herself for some time as much as pcs
sible, SO as to get things for her
The tears dropped from her eyes as
she went slowly across the room.
Il hope" said she, that mamma
will sleep till late, fer must tell her
how the last cent is gone.
The sun streamed in at the win
dow, but it wasn't that that blinded
her. There We're some pigeons COO
ing outside. Could they have startled
here
Not at all Something pink and
gold was swinging above her. Was
it the bud that had b!ossomed2 Yes;
just that. The ragged century plant
had fowered.
At first Gloria felt nothing but de-
light, and then she thought:
Dear, dear; after ell it is no good
It is neither victuals nor drink. II
it was only q gold dollar or even u
silver quarter hanging there it would
be better
However, size drew UP q chair, and
On it pulled down tho sweet
scented flower to & level with her
nose
1T is better than cologne said
;he Il wish l could get it over by
mother S., tie minute she wakes she
could see it and have a snuff: y
Then she measured the size Of the
1owerpot with her eye.
II mean to try it, y said she.
She could just clasp the two clumsy
handles. She t11ggcd away ct it. It
vas pretty heavy, but, thanks to the
Dig, buttered potato she had eaten,
;lle managed to Lift it.
Then slip, and away it wentl
The crash woke her mother, who
started up to see the great vase
broken in two upon the floor and
4loria on her feet crying.
DO you see, mother? The bud has
Look st the pink flower
md the river of gold
Gold, gold, gold: Il tumbled and
oiled from the great crack in the
7ase. It chi1lked and clinked aid
made merry music I think. At any
ate Gloria and her mother thought
We are happy now. We will not
iced to wait fol. q letter It is no
natter though the brown wallet IS
said Gloria, heaping up the
lollars in her hands.
"Oh, my dear, good uncle.' cried
L1ss. Reggio with clasped hands.
Now I know why you SO charged
ne to keep this, your gift. Oh, that
'ou could only see the despair you
AVE saved us from. y
Not long after all the Gi,.adys stood
N the doorstep, for Gloria and her
mother had just hidden them goodby
hey walked away up the street, and
man wheeled the century plant in
wheelbarrcw- by the side of them.
It's the eEd ov EN- says Mrs.
5rady.
And so it is, to the Gradys, and to
America, and to us-Nev York
News.
Some A.isnsmed Drugs.
Some 1nis1oners of the drug store:
)il OF v1trol is not an Gil Copperas
3 an iron salt and contains no cop
'er. Salts of lemon has nothing to do