The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1903-09-24
Pleasant Lending,


Oh. msmms, Pessy said, l wish
could lend something 10 somebody. too
| Well, Why pot2 msmms said, oheeriIy'
Peggy hurried to the door. bat Mrs.
Toomeys calico dress was jast little
blur Of dingy red 10 the distance. II
was too late TO call her back.
And there lent anybody else with
seven little mites o. children aud . land
lord. Peggy said coming back into the
kitchen slowly.
Besidee, she added slowly, ss an after
tbongbt. spent my ten cents Il for
got.
Mamma smiled. She had Just taken
ont . pan OF sugar cookies. and che
selected two OF the golden. .brownest once,
and tucked them, oil warm end spicy,
into Pesgy's hstls
Never mind, d. ar heart. she ssid. there
sre other people to lend TO besides Mrs.
Toomey, and ? soty of othsr thires TO
lend besides moley, Ran out on the
pisLEi steps and eat your cookies.
l. was cool and shady ont on the front
pie 2Ei. bnt outside the reach Of the great
lesfy branches OF the linden tree how sun
ny and ho,l Peggy muLohed her cookies
and pitied the people going up and
down the street, She made bslieve the
avenues was the Desert OF Sshsrs, and il
really did make . eood one. There was
such vide stretch Of glsring white dust
to GROSS from curb 10 curb. Oaly, Of
oourse Peggy laughed d the ides-oi
course, there wasn't steady procession
Of csmel's going up and down the Desert
Of Ssbsrai o. the avenue the csm-I
mean the horses and the cars went back
and forth always.
There goes that blind music tescber =
he's going TO cross the Desert Of Sahsrs,
unused Peggy lszlly, He always stops
the longest time sndl isteus, fret. l
shouldn't like 10 GROSS the Desert oi
Sshsrs 10 The pitch dark, either my. mol
Oat on the curbssone the bliod man
waited md listened, His face was turn
cd toward Peggy. sidewise and 1t looked |
srxious and uncertain. There we're 90
we're so many wheels rambling byI The
hot son beat down on bis hesd pi,ilessly, |
Hs's going 10 give Tillie Simmons
music les
Bat Peggy never foishsd that word.
A sudden wave Of pity swept over her.
The next moment the blind man on the
corner telt cool little hand clip into bis
and shy voice ~ss saying something 10
his esr.
LIS me I'm Peggy, II said. I'll lead
you cross the Deser. Of Babsrs. iost 80
soon % that electric Car goes by-,bere
nowl
Together they crossed the vide bot
.venue 10 whirl Of dust Pegsy's
bare yellow bead can. BIT the sunlight like
= bueget Of gold. Her esrneet care
stricken face vas red srd moist. On the
further corbing she slipped away and
ran scross again. bsok TO the rest Of bee
cooky 90 the pixz' steps. BY and BY
she remen bered the return trip the
blind msn must tsko.
I'n eoins back there. sod wait for
DIN .o's not 70 miss him. she decided
spd away she fsv.
Bat it ws hot my ON the other
side OF the svenutl There wss no linden
tree ever there, end Peggy thought IL
wouldn't be polite 10 cit on other peoples
TilIie 8 mmons tskes pretty long Eusic
lessons. shs thought, with de6nste sym
psiby for Title and . general comps
sion Tor every ybody else Who bad to wait
round oa sunny svennes wi.hout . bat
co
Tbs re,urn trip scros the Desert Of
s Slhsrs Vas made safely, snd the blind
usn plodded bis csrei4l ssy home With
: hsppy spot iu bis hssrt. And Pessy
Peggy vent home With . glad spot too.
sbe had never thought 10 be glad for her
eyes before.
M,mns opened the sindow and beck
oned TO Peggy. Well vss u ~ nice as
you thought. denf she sal. smiiInsly. i
Whstf- vas sbss ~ nice. msmmsi
s,ked ptxzIed Peggy.
L'ndips things 10 people
Why sby. ! haven't tended . single
.hips 10 spybody. nsmmsl
No, 10. single thing Two things
dssE l ttisk Jon nus. have enjoyed IL
very mach.