The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1899-09-14

mother. She put her arms arount
Gertrude. =" l will mako your jacket
sleeves smaller, dear," she said, "ant
make u now collar, and it will lool
beautiful !"
Gertrude took the money, bright
and early on Monday morning, and
wont down to MIR. Pattorson's store.
"Mr. Patterson" sho said, " have
come TO pay you that bill ol Miss Lub'
books, that fifteen dollars"
'Yon--havo ?" said Mr.. Patterson,
blanI1ly. You? What for.?"
"Bccsuse," said Gertrude, " | am so
sorry for Miss Lubbock. She would
have paid YOU, Mr.. Patterson, If she
could nave, and | want TO pay you for
her.
MIR. Patterson regarded her dumbly,
is it your money :" ho asked.
"Tcn dollars Of il. Father and
mother and Hugh gave tho rost," q er-
| trude answered.
Mr.. Patterson roddoned slowly. Ho
said he would give her the rccciptod
| bill, and turned to his desk.
~ s'pooo you'll take It to her ," he
said.
"Nes," said Gertrude, "'m going
now" But MIR. Patterson called hcr
| back when she WAS almost out 1T tho
door.
"lIook here" he said, 81 kind Of
| hate TO have you puy that money. 1t
seems funny for y little girl like you to
80 down and" MIR. Patterson
| trowncd downward at his fCct.
81 don't really know" he said, AS
| it buhoovcs you and your family TO do
| that for Miss Lubbock any more than
!, f,,, -
, you're any better ablu 70. | know she's
honest, and | know she's in poor cir
! Gums Lanccs, and didn't mean TO be
hard on her. Toll you what pll do; |
know hOr front steps want mcndiEE
! uV, aud | know her wOUUShGd leaks.
| III send luhu to fix up the stops, and
| III put Il tin roof on her WOUdShCd :;
! Iii DO that ior hcr--Or for you" said
| Mr.. Patterson, nud bent look Of &C
tual ~armLh upon Gertrude, and you
can tell hcr | will"
| Gertrude looked back at him with
| 4stunisnmcnt and JOY. For Dlr. pi.tter-
son IL was, she knew, great, very
great thing. "Oh, thank you !" she
| Si.in. And she "nu MIR. Patterson SHOOK
| hands.
Ben Stacey joined her, going homo
| from school AZ noon. " hear You are
| going TO pay that bill for Miss Lub-
Oook, Aida Corycll told me 50. She
; said yOI were going to do that instead
VI 'buylnEA u new Jacket nc aaiu, nash-
| 'uiiy.
Goodness gracious I" said Ger
uude, warmly impatient "lth Ana"
Ccrycil.
"Shc thinks you're aw(utiy funny ;
| bu, | lon't,' said Ben. think
| you're trstrutc was aN iuiiy sorry
\ Il l..
for Miss Lubbock myself Say, iGt me
give II httEe toward ~, GGrtruue'
can rs well as not, ana IA IKE lo'
"Thank you, Ben; but it's all Gone.
paid MIR. Patterson th!s morning,
and took the bill 20 Miss Lubbock, re-
cc!nt@u, and, oh, Sen You ought tC
hNvc seen her when | gave it TO her
She cHn'1n,: s"S "ny5hinE; sAG put he'
arms around me and cried; "nd crleu:
too, said G.rtrnd1.
:, Wei, Ben STACEY sad, tA"ugn,t'
| fully, AMI with drterminntion, " I'm
gong 10 90 somcth'ng Tor Miss Lup,
book anyhow. you can, | can, and
YOU see II don't !"
! " Ar@ yo0 sorry you dl"nt get your
! Ja.Xot G:rtruoe's mothcr'"sNcd ncr'
u week IhteN
No,' s"I0 tertruuc' aloutIy,
" You've NAco my oChcr one spicn'
! >Qluiy, mothef' NO. III HoI sorry one
bit" =,
| was Gown Z" ZEE Miss LuooocE
this morning. &"lu "Gr lnolher, ano
she TOOK ~" outside the nrst thlng tC
sho" III" AeE NJ" !foht 2tcPs anu M the
new TN roT, on her "0o0snca' lhat Il
What Mr. lht'er5"h N"S "ohe ior hcr
And there "as the corn OF woo1 INA
Ben Stacey ordered Tor her, and wcnl
uown himself ana nl!2u Iij n uer sheo
And sho said, what - rae, lhat IL mas
all come OF your paying Dir. patterson
that Dill"
1 suppose II mas, Gertrude al
\ omitted; ana there's one thlug more
3IAlida Corycli told me she'd been thlnk
ing IL over. and she asked her lathe
II he ~ouldn't t take Miss Lubbock some
: OF their red SpitzenDergs, anu het
going to take her bushel OF them, ant
some chobagcs anu turnips, too
1T is really remarkable. One young
! pir ~ said nOr mother, - does a Kln(