The DeLamar nugget. [volume] (DeLamar, Idaho) 1891-1900, 1897-02-26
PENALTY OF CHARITABLENESS.
After All Her Labor She Was snubbet
for Her Pains.


for Her Pains.
"Are you much interested in charita-
BILE work ?" asked the girl with the eye.
glaSes.
kas," returned the girl in the fur
cape. I'm afraid that hereafter my
charity will begin at home and go nc
further than next door"
"Ah, you are wrong there" said the
girl with the eyeglasses. "Of course,
il docs discourage one to have the wall
iHwhom she is interested pick her poclS-
etand the destitute widow for whom she
has been prosecuting her friends crit
icise her taste in millinery; still, the
broad principles of humanity"
Look here" said the girl in the fur
cape, fiercely, sit is all very well for you
who are engaged to young clergyman
to talk about the broad principles OF hui
manity-I'm surprised that you don't
use capitals in speaking of them-but
for my Part I'd like to see n little less
public Charity in some people and lit
tie more common humanity"
"Oh, if you mean in regard to pauper-
izing people by"
81 mean nothing of the kind. Now,
there is Harold"
81 was wondering how soon Harold
was coming into the conversation"
said the girl with the eyeglasses
softly.
"It-it wasn't Harold, exactly" said
the girl in the fur cape; sit was his
mother; she-is interested in charity.
you know"
"Of course, a woman with nose lil,'
Tint couldn't be expected to keep it GU;
of other peoples affairs"
81 think she has a very nice nose my
self" said the girl in the fur cape, stiff
1y. Harold is thought to look great
deal like her"
"Oh, THAT is. by the way, heard
that you bought gold thimble the
other day. Have you been doing much
eewing?"
"N-not very much. Oh, Elsie, If YOU
will never. never tell as long as you live
I'll tell you all about it. You see. 1Ior
ODDS mother has somehow gotten AZ
idea that I am frivolous person, ar
last week well, l decided that r.
show her how practical am"
"Well. and did you?"
at was this way-I was, of course.
anxious for her good opinion"
"M-yes; I understand that she has =
rood deal of money in her own right"
"She wants Harold to marry prac
teal girl, so gave up curling my hair
bought pair of boots a mile too Ion
for me and asked everybody TO call M
-Margarcct' instead of Daisy"
"Ycs. and what was the result?"
"She told Harold that she hopcd she
was the one, not she. who was mistal;c'
in NV character, and casra'lv r'rr
oned The fact that she thought ever
Young couple should own the house il
As<lich they set up housckeepirr!"
"Oh. Dali mean Margaret, how per-
fectiv lorciv."
Wasn't it? Then I heard that she
was Interested in an orphans home, so
] decided 20 become Interested in il,
too. I told her that l would make n lot
of garments for the orphans. and You
should have seen her surprise and pleas
ure!"
% you ''' 49,
the children? How did you go about
it?"
~ made one. bought lot of stuff
the people at the shop seemed 10 th'r'
il rather unsuitable for th" ~''rr""c
but it was so pretty that conldn'' r"-
sist II. I had expected r1Hmra to hcl''
RE. but she showed such lack Of ir-
tcrcst in it that just shut mvsGf L
alone and made a little dress all by m
self"
"You don't say so! How lon" DID it"
"Take me? A week. When 1t W.
finished decided not TO wait until ~
others were made, but take i ut ono
to UaroId's mother. When 7 ret tho
I was 50 proud md so excited that
could hardly open the package and hold
up the dress for inspection"
"Ard wasn't she surprised"
"She was. She-she held it in her
hands long time, turning il this way
md that. then she asked me-"
"Where you wanted to live when you
were married?"
"No: she-she asked me what on
earth il ,"-Chicago Times-fIerald.
QUESTION OF LUCK.
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