Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-03-29
Honor lifted her head and dried her


eyes.
That happened three years ago"
she said. 81 was just 70. My guardian
came to see me. He told me ! had
| plenty of money and he was Kind
enough. He let me choose where /
would go. | did not care. wanted to
go away from Santa Barbara. have
been in two or three schools. did
not like any of them. This has seemed
more like home than anywhere have
been-and yet I'm not a bit like the
other girls; they know it and ! know
it."
81 am very glad you have told me all
this said the principal gently; "it
is hard trying to be mother to girls
into whose hearts cannot look"
II did not know / had a heart. the
sort of heart grandmother used to
live in, till to-day. When | stood there
alone in the long white ward. without
a blossom to give to anybody and
watching the girls move about among
the narrow beds, ] saw myself in one
minute as am, selfish and hard and re-
bellious, | would have given every
penny | had in the world to give my
grandmother a happy half-hour, and
yet | would not spend dollar on these
| poor sick people. stood with a great
choking lump in my throat, when Miss
Mary came to tell me thee was some
body who had no lilies. 1t made me
happy all at once. When l saw the old
lady at the end Of the long white ward
i don't know when had done such
! thing-l bent down and kissed her,
| She had a sweet, patient old face, and
white hair like grandmother. We had
| long, long talk while she sat holding
my hand. She has no relatives. and
| for week she was all alone She did
| not tell me this, the doctor did. She
was alone and they found her nearly
| dying with pneumonia. The doctor
says he had a hard pull bringing her
through, She told me of one thing
she wants more than anything else in
this world. She was born and brought
| up in Arbutus. On Easter Sunday they
/ celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of
a little church there. Her father
built it. When she was a girl she sang
the dedicatory hymn and helped to
| decorate the church with flowers. She
was married there She told me all
about her wedding day. She wore a
wreath Of lily of the valley and
white muslin frock. / asked to see
the doctor before | came home. He
thinks on Saturday she will be well
enough TO travel. He said she would
soon grow strong with a change of air
and rest, and-if she was happy"
The girl turned away and touched
the golden daffodils caressingly.
well, Honor, dear, what can we do
for her." asked the principal.
The girls face famed with scarlet.
THAT is what | wanted to ask YOU. |
would rather 90 to Arbutus than New
York ! have plenty Of money TO take
good care of Mrs. Truitt and / would
like to have you be my guest heard
Miss Mary say she was looking for
place in the country where you could
go for vacation. They say Arbutus
is lovely"
The principal drew the girl to her
and kissed her. 81 will be very happy
to go with you, Honor. have old
friends in Arbutus and cannot think
OF anywhere could have such a peace
full two weeks"
What an Easter Sunday that was in
Arbutus' There was scarcely room in
the homely little hosiery for the
throng who had gathered from far
and near Every house IN the village
aao its guests, men aBd women to