The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-06-19
when Helpnn Was Puzzled.

"Yoou couldn't help loving little He
lena, even if you tried, she is so sweet
and lovable and loving. And just be-
cause she is so sweet and lovable and
loving nobody ever tries. One Of the
sweetest things about little Helena is
here sincere unselfishness, and the way
she tries to make other people happy.
One of the things that trouble her most
is the knowledge that all the little
girls in Chicago cannot have the nice,
pretty, comfortable garments and tri-
fes her parents so dearly love to buy
for her. If she had her way-but lis
ten to what she did last week.
Last Monday her mother went shop
ping, and when she came home she
brought for Helena one of the dearest,
prettiest little fur sets-muff and collar
and little fur-trimmed nlittens-you
can think of. And the pretty things
were as warm as they were charming.
Helena fairly danced the first time she
put them on, she was so delighted.
Then Wednesday came, and the
washerwoman. And when the washer.
woman's little girl came, about o
O'Clock, to walk home with her mother
she had no muff, no tnitten and nothing
at all about her neck, she was so cold
and shivering that the sight of her
worried little Helena terribly. So He
lena left the candy she was making
and flew off upstairs in search of her
new fuf ''pretties." That evening when
Helenas mother came back from an
other shopping trip Helena told her
that she had given the new "pretties"
away.
Jessie needed them worse than l
did 3 mother" said Helena, earnestly.
1--WE will give the poor child some
thing else to keep warm with" said
Helena's mother, "but l can't let you
give those things away dearie. I had
only just bought them for you"
But she took them away with her,
mother" cried Helena. "She must
have done for gave them to her
mother, and just rushed out Of the
kitchen so that she couldn't give them
back to me. And it seems as if it
would be just awful to make her bring
them back"
well, we'll, WE'LL" said Helenas
mother. She really couldn't think OF
anything else to say.
But next morning she sent little
note to the washerwoman, explaining
that she would like to see her, and the
washerwoman called on her way home
that night.
"It's about those furs you'll be want
in to see me, ma'am," she said quietly
"Sllre / clean forgot to say a word to
anyone about them, but I couldn't LEI
my gurl take them from your dear little
baby. So l slipped them inside the tor
drawer Of the kitchen dresser, maam
an there you'll find them!"
And there they were sure enough
when Helena's mother went to look fol
them, and when she took them out ol
the drawer she couldn't help thinking
of the poor little girl to whom Helena
had tried to give them, and-well,
dare say you can guess what happened
can you mott
She made the washerwoman take
them home to her little girl after all
and the next day she went down towr
and bought another set for Helena, an6
Helena who is doing without the new
doll buggy that had been promised he1
to pay for them, likes the last set much
better than she did the first. Don't
you think you'd be likely to. feel thai
way if you were in Helena's placer
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