The Philipsburg mail., 1898-07-29
"hat Dora Did with Her Prize

What Dora Did with Her Prize.
Ten dollars, father. Just think Of
1t. and Dora Mansfield took the new,
crisp ten dollar note out of the en-
Velope, and held it up for her fathers
inspection.
m real proud of you, Dora. Some
now | had an idea you would get the
first prize. though | did not say any
| thing about it to you"
The father wa hoeing potatoes in the
lot, and as he spoke he laid down his
| hoe, took off his wide brimmed hat. ana
famed himself with it, for the day was
very hot
| Does mother know 1t. child?'
No. father; / saw you up here and
| came cross-lots to tell you. | will
run back to the house now, and tell
| mother"
Mrs. Mansfield was taking the fresh
butter out of the churn, and she looked
up to see her daughters round. smiling
face looking through the kitchen win
dow
II got it, motherthe prize. mean"
and again the ten-dollar note was
brought out to view.
why, Dora Mansfield. can hardly
believe it. How glad am, Does your
father know it?'
81 just came from the potato lot He
is as happy as you are over it, mother"
well, child. you deserve it, Walk
ing three miles every morning to
school, and three miles home again ev-
cry afternoon. and not missing sin
gle day or being tardy during the whole
year: and you don't make any fuss
about it, either
Dora ran upstairs to take off her
white dress. 1t had been made out of
good parts of two outgrown dresses,
but, nevertheless. was neat and pretty.
| The other girls had new dresses, but
Dora was very independent, and felt as
happy in her combination dress as they
did in their new ones. Her great re-
gret had been that her father and
mother could not go to hear her read
her essay. and see and hear all the in
teresting things that are sure to come
on the last day Of school.
Young people are not apt to appre-
ciate all the sacrifices parents make for
them. But Dora was the exception to
the general rule-she did appreciate her
good fathers and mothers endeavors
for her. She had already planned how
she would use that ten dollars
When the family were all seated at
the supper table, a younger brother
said: what are you going to buy
with your ten dollars. Dora"
Nothing" replied the sister I'm
going to give it to mother to go and
make visit at Aunt Ellen's."
you shan't do any such thing" ex-
claimed Mrs. Mansfield. You're going
to buy you new winter cloak with
that money"
Mother" said Dora, in a gentle tone
of voice, you are going to see Aunt
Ellen. | shall keep house, and you
must have an outing and a rest"
You can't make the butter, Dora,
and there is a churning every other
day"
But Dora carried her point. Mrs.
Mansfield was on the road to her sis
ter's the very next week They had
not seen each other for sixteen years,
Notwithstanding they were only two
hundred miles apart for the sum of
ten dollars could not be spared from
the family income to take such Jour
ney, and Aunt Ellen had intiammatory
rheumatism. and could not go to her
sister. Dora knew what a JOY it would
be to both those sisters, who were all
there We're left of the family, to see
each other again; and her mother, she
knew. was sadly in need of change of
air and rest Dora's sister Nell, eight
years old, entered into the spirit of the
occasion; she was very efficient in
helping with the work And Judge
Seeleys wife, who lived in the large
house on the hill, said Dora's butter
was as good as her mothers
When Mrs. Mansfield came home she
seemed so bright and told so many in
teresting incidents about her journey
and what good times she and her sister
had had. that the children were delight
ed to hear it all A week after her re-
| turn she said to Dora: Il didn't want
to say anything about it. but before 7
went to Aunt Ellen's, I felt that
could not get on another day, My work
seemed to drag. drag. drag; br' ncv