The Newtown bee., 1897-02-26

Miss Daniel go home, and little later followed her.
 ''Come fn," called out Aunt Mandy in answer to her rap, walk right in." The voice was so extremely cheerful that Lucy smiled.
 "Why-ee, Aunt Mandy, she exclaim- ed admiringly st sight Of the valentines which that lady stnl had spread Out be- fore her. "How lovely! Those are good deal prettier than mine. Didn't l tell you you'd get some to-day"
 "Ain't they pretty though:" returned Aunt Mandy, never taking her eyes of them. They're the han'sumest l ever saw. I never was SO surprised an happy over anything for a goOo while. telt so blue before got these, an now feel good all over. I've been wonderful ever since l got 'em who they come from. You didn't send 'em did you?" she asked, glancing at Lucy suspiciOusly. "No, l didn't" returned Lucy honest ly. ''Your friends sent them. You don't
 know how many you have. l shouldn't
 be bit surprised if you got lot more | valentines"
 For the lands sake, child! Ain't
 this enough to satisfy any mortal bein' :
 don't expect another one. Land knows
 1 never dre'mt Of getEIn' these. I'm ashamed to tell it, but 1 really thought nobody cared about me. I'm truly grape- ful that 1 was mistaken" Nevertheless, valentines continued to pour in upon Aunt Mandy daily. All | sizes, shapes and designs were sent, but | there was not a solitary comic One among them. Aunt Mandy was an i'm
 portant parsonage that month, for never i had she so many visitors, to all of whom l she took great delight in showing her | valentines. Bob Allen sent one of the most gorgeous in the entire collection,
 and to procure the money for it he had
 te chop wood for his father one whole afternoon.
 Bob was kind-hearted fellow, in spite of his love of mischief, consequently when he saw Katie Moore, the village drunkard's little daughter, racing home like possessed, & week or two later, waving aloft large white envelope, he l stopped her and good-naturedly asked what she had.
 "Want to seeg" she inquired eagerly. "It's too lovely for anythIngi" and she drew forth from the envelope the valen- tine which he himself had sent to Aunt Mandy.
 He snatched it quickly from the girls | fingers. katie Moore," he said sternly,
 ''where did you get that? Did you steal it? Tell me this instant," ard he gave
 her an imperative shake. Katie began to whimper, ''I didn't l steal it," she sobbed. Aunt .Mandy give it to me-"
 "I don't believe ftp snapped Bob,
 "She didn't give it to you" "She did, too. l was going past her
 house and she saw me and told me to come in and she'd show me her valen- 1 tines. Oh. such & lot of pretty ones told her never had a valentine in my life, and she was so sorry for me. Then she said she had such a lot of lem she guessed she could spare one, and she told me to choose any one I wanted, and she'd give 1t to me, so I choosed this" Katie stopped to take breath and 10 dig her fists into her eyes. 'I guess she didn't want to give me this one," she continued. "because it WAS the prettiesf. She looked so sorry and didn't say A word when l choosed it, but st last she gave it to me and told me to wash my hands and take good care of it and keep 1t nice and clean. You ask her if you don't believe me-"
 Bob gave long low whistle. Then he patted Katie on the back. and said kindly: "weIl, all right. Run along home now and see that you do as Aunt i Mandy ssid."
 tt was the very last day in the month
 when Aunt Mabdy's heart was again gladdened by the rece pr of valentine, little more gorgeous, if anything. than the one she had found it so bard to bestow upon Katie Moore. IL was with a great sigh of pleasure that she placed it with the others.
 .fm afraid I'm gettin' prcud,- she said thoughtfuliy, to her only com panion, her cat. s'I got more valentines than anyone else in town. an vet I was so stingy I really hated to give that one to Katie Moore. An, here, to rebuke me for my uuwilliugness. some kind friends gone an sent me another. I guess I won't complain any more. This worlds pretty good place to live in after all D
 But Bob Allen felt fully thankful when the second lot of wood was all chopped Springfield Republican.
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