Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1895-04-11

eyes, It will just mean paste board to
You couldn't expect@-iitS to preach her
the same sermon that it does me. And
can't very we'll add a footnotc to say:
BE happy and you willr,be goel,s and
will give those 2poo,Arlflii lld1rc I, a more
Christian idea of Eastcr,s..,,''
She changeC@ her mind half Il dozen
times; but finally put the pictaare, with
one of her own cards, intO an envelope,
and directed it, Il .sssls sss5 So: 5$s~
There. What harnl5ean it db;;4a t
any rate? And t4vh y$sh ot1ltln.t:Is follow
an impulse when It. comes and fhave
faith in interpreter who anexp1ain
| without footnotes:' #&l.''.a = :;:.::% B.
In Saturday nights mail the card
went to Miss Martha" She admired it
for moment, her mind perhaps dis
tracted a little by her surprise that a
young girl should have remembered
her and her wonder whether the send
ing of plain Easter cards were not a
somewhat antiquated fashion. Then
she proceeded to dispose Of the matter
by straightway writing a formal note
of thanks, which was dispatched that
same evening by her brothers office
boy, and which made Helen, as She ex-
pressed it, feel ''aguish." -.
The following afternoon Miss Martha
was reused from the solid religious
work she was reading by the sound Of
! voices in the next room, the door into
| which had been left ajar They were
the voices of her eldest nephew and
niece, Teddy and Grace, commenting
on llelen's Easter card
Isn't it lovely" Grace was saying,
land it isn't sorrowful bit, even if it
has got grave in it."
81 don't like graves" responded Ted
dy, gruftiy, nor funerals, nor any of
that. But it seems as if we were at
such things all the time in this house. :"
"When have funeral said Grace,
81 want to have a nice one, if L can,
that will be pleasant, you know, to re-
member me by" The little girl paused
and then added, in a lower tone: Not
like mothers.
1T was all Aunt Martha's fault"
broke in Teddy, with quick indigna-
ton, about mothers. Father didn't
want it 80. He just let her have her
own way, because she was company
and doing us favor to come"
And mother DESCRIBED happy flu
neral mourned poor Grace; she was
good and lovely, and just as Christina
as could be. 1t wasn't right to bury
her as if we couldn't feel any comfort
about it, and then never to talk Of her
any more, as if we'd like to forget her
as soon as we could. If I'm Christian
when die, l want them to let all the
sun in and the air, and | want the
singers to sing out loud, as if they
knew was going to Heaven to be glad
forever and ever. And then every body
that loved me, I'd like them to say so
to each other sometimes, and talk over
the ways used to have, and wha t. (
said. 1t isn't anybody's fault to lie
dead Mother couldn't help dying when
God wanted her to, even if she did
leave four poor, young, helpless chill
dren behind her. And, anyway,
guess God can take care of us children
for her"
IF Aunt Martha will let Him." said
Teddy.
There was moments silence before
he went on to ask. with some embar-
ru ssment:
but, l say, what makes you talk
about if you're Christian when you
die? l thought you told mother you
were going to be one. for certain"
Il wanted to; but Pm getting good
deal discouraged from the idea. 1t
isn't Christian to get SO hot and angry
in your mind till You jerk Your buttons
Off, and slam doors and things, and
don't care
Its just Aunt Martha that makes
you. She ought to be ashamed. l
wonder how would she feel if, when