The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1904-09-29

cod. Nay ! give htr paMYs ola rtl
CLOAK apa lslc her ore gtsbdmAs pump
{ lii pieIf
iIlr mother tnilea iondlT ard patted htI
hand. She wAs ,ccasitmoi 10 Catherine
! and tAstrfully eEeouragid her 10 her IN
sct,r,ia pAiA1ihopsy.
Catherine la too yearK 70 ttedy seeia
Ecleree, SIC told lhe teslldtred cousin
: II Is too large far her yet,
Ncs, think so dear, she said, AID vii
psck a nttie Thsfk'gyltg basket for her
She wos's be tff.rd,d Yea can tell her
thar your mo h r van,ed ycu 10 take 4.
Cstheiiac pos Ibly irh,IIled a little OF her
diplcmAtic ability from her ml her,
They psek,d the basket aud folded the
cloak, assisted by the anrts ard eantins
to whom Catherine hsd rot iarJd 70 relate
the ll.tle story Ct Rose and Seville.
Give the liitle Seville tiss, said The ure,e
handlag hr silsel a liar. FELL 1tc rRole
upon the b4leoBy" ttat I,y before hAyc
knowr, evea lpellscly, eny ote se.Ealiy
ntmsd for TIC h,fli.e ofs s.tfy.
How AID sos sIiatt sad CAlltrire,
She will do l}tti gopd IA thi' world,
said ber urc!r, cloitR tht So isr her.
She ii ili,d he lim Wltb sis trly loye.
She'll never patltrlze s cat.
No,siilcr cousl slC ytd ak ns
ai'iec or dis,uss lniieapei allh 4.
sse Is a,ar girl, sd ttr mothlr.
Mean bile b az sIil had found The
two r0Uus II vlieA R1a and her little
gi1 lig.d. $ klCektd tofly, ard The
little girl osu iousy opened he door
Catherine went into The ki chen and esger.
ly took The soman's h,nl.
Her eyes are lCyely she Whispered,
The kitchen vsa warn, but very bare
and cheorleis. Gatherine's roses made the
one bright spot IN L. Catherine, however,
appeared to be utterly obliyouS to It's q IA.
lor
She unwrspped H., cloak. Do try It on
her she sad. The woman amfz d herself
with her pleasant natter ard excite nent.
She texan to b. proud OF her ci lid. She
had been too busr. too miserable TO care
whether her eyes we're brown or bue, but
this girl seem d SO happy because the child
was pretty that the woman's natural
pride awakened.
We'll, now, she is file tight in +, ah't
she she said Walk over there, Seville,
till | see youl Now, It's real stylish your
lookicg. An its me as thaLks you miss, /
I'm glad to see it Oh one to whom it Il so I
becoming. Or, by the way, mama sent
that basket Ct Thanksgiving things I
Mama is always happy when she ls xiv. [
Ing away tbings, and thilk she ought I
to be happy on Thanksgi wing day. II you
eah't use them, ls. give them away. Ard ?
Uncle John sent this silver dollar to Seville 3
He never before bas known any one named q
for a story-book heroine, aud lie was so {
dl brought enc OF grand L
mas punpkin pi,s She makes such good 8
ones, and couldn'G resist bringing one. Il
Catherine put The baik.t ON the table as n
she spoke, and gave he dollar to the wo- b
man. b
The woman was almost verHhelmed. b
This girl hid such apretty way Of giving Il
She evidently did not guess ttat The little z
pantry was almost empty. Soft tears v
came into the mothers eyes. 81
don't know wha. to say to Sou, miss, CT
You've done that much for me. It's
lard TIMES I've bsd, but your like friend Il
an you lady and me poor woman CT
90. r.
I'm woman, tee, faid Catherine. We "
lave Just lived differently, dol'C you see h
Iguess we have, misc, guess we have
la the silence that followed, Catherite
ieard heavy breathing In the room behind lC
he kitchen. SIC instInctiYeiy locked at
he woman. st
la my husband. He's sleeplug { Il the ct
Iins, said the woman. I'd
Oa sad Catherine. You viii let me sy
&c your fri nd, won't you? AID let me hc
lake hard times easier for you? You DC
.ould for rae, | kuow, aud | would let "a
GU. b
AMI It's glad I'll be to let you, miss TO-
'ou've been q blessin this day, Now it's CO
cup Of tag you'll let me be making foI p
OF? II
Id low It Ard well cat somc Of ma We
as cake Catherine h artily rspli d. The un
esi,atior, mingled with etger hope, 10 hll
&c womab's suggestion was y5ry touching Ia;
ID Catherine understood tic brightness to
giving.
She asked 10 ques,iIns but over the N,
ick cups and the broken tespo. the wc- BET
an tod how hard Ter tlmes had been, he'
ID the girl seemed TO understatd. Now. me
lm your frisnd. she fsid, and you must der
me help. !
Whcn thc went, the little ghl arrsyed or
the rec CLOAK, accompanied her to the spr
rHer. The woman SIT alone, lsaDing on gro
e table. The sound cf the heavy breath Jan
Z In lhe room mex. the kitchen fell upon bin
r ears, and The shadoxs came again TO and
T, face, the shadow Of The too b. avy WI
rden thst will lot b. baLi,htd frCp bes
man faces Until eTcry person in Tie >
,rld remembers 10 do the little or tie I'd
eat services for others that he may do, wei
1t II Is bis privilege, bis blr,lsight to say
on,
The womsn biz her 10. H-r miserable ne
gs we're duli ard he6vg. Suddenly her )
.rce ftll upon Cahfrlae's roses. The nor
adoS lightened. The wonan's thopeh.s \
aycd TO the girl. she rtcol.Ce ed Cgthe. tEi
e's words about giving thaaks for fpeeial
.ssipEs. Again soft tears n!ltd Der Will
"a. She hostd her weary bead On the pan
,le ard Whispered. ,
3,d, | Epecisiiy tha,k yta-.o7 making q !
i girl. !
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