Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1901-12-28

little lady alone If she wanted her.
What was she to do?
.Weu. miss. TIL be comm up every
now and then--wiII that do?"
sob. YES. that win do" said the child.
sally. don't YOU think ii was a kind
DE- d for mother to give s25 TO the or
phan ASYLUM for me?" she asked as
the Girl was serving her dinner.
"srre,, answered Sally "and twas
me heard her say She wisht it'd bin 50
vim she heard Mrs. Esmond Gray had
Give more.
"sallc dfd Won ever see any Of those
,itfle ori,baus >"
.sghat f;d. "a There's little
r-atte ebap.ag H. ornban and it's
e,cts, Tool, rs ~ tte Iarab',
REVERB sat tb'gkjnq.
..Ye aiqt eatin' iii for bird. miss"
ID usfrafod the girl.
ESQ. I'm thinkiuQ abort them. Sally.
DO YOU th.ak they have Christmas
tgrp?"
Il dunno. miss, they may have, but
they mostly needs close. That money,
tie Christmas fund there calm it,
Is o buy each wan something 10 wear,
ar each If them poor lambs wan
prisint apiece. That's what the
fra1ronloiGy told me-
''Ch, do you know the matron2"
Yves, an fine young person she is,
then. answered the maid.
"sa3y, oh, my dear Sally, why
couldn't we have some Of them here to-
n,rht to see my tree?" exclaimed Row
-aa. Sciieds.
""Fwonld niyer do. miss. WHATEVER
would ye're mither say."
Vow. Sally, YOU know she would
not care. She never cares what | do,
ard we could telephone now and have
them come right off, " and she was half
way up the stairs with Fritz barking
al her heels.
ITS not a sthroke Of the blame I'll
take, miss, sich an idee!"
May ] speak to the matron?"
Eowena was saying over the telephone
a minute later,
ooh, this is Rowena Marcus-C rewes,
of Fifty-frst street. and we. or |, would
like some of your children to come
and see my tree. It is very pretty, and
have lots of presents, too
The matron RECOGNIZED the name of
one of the fashionable women of the
"board." and. not understanding that
II was only the invitation of a child. |
said she would with pleasure. send
some of the children who were not in
bed.
'She asked If 20 would be enough,
and | said that would do" said
Rowena. dancing about with delight
while Sally just stood and looked at
her.
"Win. there's wan thing | do know.
an that's they must eat." and away
she went to prepare for this queer
party.
They came. Twenty of them. with
briobt. expeetant faces. and not one of |
them was ns embarrassed ar sbv as
was Rowena Marcus-Crewes. But the !
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we're zone. merry little troop and |
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