Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-05-09
The Charity Chapter.
'ritten for The Evening Star.

written Tor The Evening Star.
Hal and Edith were in great trouble.
School was over for the day; they had fin
ished luncheon and nothing seemed to
stand in the way of their having good
long frolfc. g
Hal strapped his bugle over his shoulder,
Edith put on her hat and Tig. the fox ter
rier fwho had a jet black spot over one
eye). capered about. ready for anything
that was going to happen. They reached
the hall and were just about to open the
door into the garden, when voice called:
children. remember your compositions.
Compositions! They had forgotten all
about them.
Both children stopped. Edith sank down
on the hall chair and put Tig on the table
beside 1t. with her arm around him to keep
him quiet.
She and Hal looked beseechingly up the
staircase as they replied: ''May'nt we
please be excused?" Back came the an
swer: No my dears, they must be ready
for me tomorrow morning." And that was
the reason the children were in such trou-
ble You would have felt Just as they did.
L am sure. for the spring sun was shining
SO brightly out in the garden. and compo-
sltions were a nuisance at any time, but
such difficult subject this could not be
written upon.
They loved their governess very much,
Out II seemed to them that she took pleas
ure In thinking of all the most difficult
thlngS Tor them TO write about, and l am
Gully " BAY tnaI Eultn Sneu lew angry
tears. and Hal said a few naughty words
about Miss Kate being mean to give them
such hateful old subject and they both
went into the school room slowly, while
poor I1ggy lay down on the door mat with
sigh. for his afternoons fun was spoiled
too
1t really did seem an almost impossible
task. for Miss Kate had asked them to
write composition about a certain chap
ter In the Bible. 1t is the one called the
charity CHAPTER" Ask mother where to
ind 1t. and when you have read 1t through
| l think YOU will feel sorry for this little
brother and sister. Edith had the more
difficult task. for she was obliged to write
hers in rhyme. but Hal thought he was
more to be pitied because he had double
| task to perform. The week before they
were to write a sermon and divide it into
three heads. Hal said that he could not
and would not do such crazy thing, and
that was all there was about it. After
ward he was sorry for having spoken
rudely and proposed, quite of his own
cord. to write that detested sermon and
hand 1t to Miss Kate when he gave her the
charity chapter"
So with many signs and groans the chill
dren set to work and by dinner time their
tasks were finished neatly copied and tied
with blue ribbon: and their hearts were
lighter for having done their duty. That is
the case with all of us; we always feel bet
ter for doing what is right, even if it costs
US struggle. Do not you think so?
Compositions always came after their
HiStol' ieSSoii. anu the next morning Edltn
ana hal were Just as eager for their COM
positions as they were not to have them
the day before. Miss Kate read Halls SER
mon first: of course you will like to read it
too. so here it Is. exactly as he wroteiit.
First Samuel. II chap. Verse
And the Philistines stood on mountain
on the one side and Israel stood on a
mountain on the other side and there
a valley between them
|. And the story goes as follows: The Phil
Estines sent man over to the Israelites
and In such strong armor that all the
lsraelites were afraid to meet this large
man or giant as he was well called.
Now there was young man whose name
was David. He went to the king and said
that he was ready to fight the giant and
then the king asked him If he was afraid
10 hsht such large man, for David was
| but boy.
But he answered the king and said that
he was not, and also what he was in the
army for, which was to bring a message
to his brothers So the king consented and
DAVID took some stones from the brook
and a bag and put the stone in his bag and
started with sling in his hand to fight
with the giant He came nigh to the giant
He put a stone in his sling and shot it,
The stone hit the giant in the forehead and
he fell dead When the Philistnes found
that their champion was dead they fled to
their stronghold, where the Israelites could
not get them.
This in the end and the only three heads
that / can think of are Davids head, Coli
aths head and Saul's head.
Miss Kate smiled she put a large ten
at the top of Halls first sermon: she said
| it deserved the highest mark for it showed
| that he had tried hard, even though some
words We're not spelled correctly and few
| commas and periods might have been used
| to advantage
| Next she took up Edith's composition
which was called: