Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1905-02-17


ciety. It's in my room on two chairs
and the edge o. the bed. Come on
Roxy and Puss are there"
TN be chairman, because I'm the
only one in a chair-Puss has tum-
bled off hers" whispered Jess to the
assembled society. "Pll make teeny,
weeny little speech. Mothers the text
to it--let's send mother valentine!
There. that's it,"
Can't we've failed muttered
Andy gloomily.
Yes, we've failed--we can't" echoed
Roxy with a groan.
Where! Where. Where've we
sailed to-" Puss woke up to murmur,
drowsily.
You sailed to Noodles Island--bet-
ter go right back" said Jess. Then to
the others: But. honest, we can
send her one--Ive thought of way"
And in an eager little whisper she de-
tailed her plan. The others listened
gravely. In the little moonlighted
room they made a quaint picture that
angels, slipping down the path of soft
light to peep at, would have liked to
see. Three of them planning together
eagerly, the fourth little ghost curled
up on the floor asleep.
"Al right, then, We'll make 1t to-
morrow"
Yves, tomorrow. Don't anybody
tell"
NUNS the word"
And the Mothers Benefit society
went back to bed.
There are valentines, and there are
valentines. Some with lace fiounces
and veils some with wreaths of flow
ers, and some with little Dan Cupids
on them. There are five-cent and ten
cent and fifty-cent valentines, and dol
lar ones, like what Milly Pollock was
going to buy. But 1 wonder If there
was ever valentine before, or after,
just like Mothers? 1t was an original
one. 1t took two days to make 1t. In
the first place, there were four separate
handwritings to be practiced and per-
fected. Puss's was the worst, of
course, and then Roxys. Such wabbly
p's and as! The lines slid down hill
so. and then slid up hill. The capt.
tails got fastened onto the wrong words
in such a dlscouraging way! And,
then, Pusss clumsy little digits would
make inky trails in the wake Of the
pen.
I'm discouraged to pieces!" sighed
Jess, at the sixth trial Of her patience.
I'm discullidged, too. my shole!"
moaned little Puss inkily. Il feel sick
inside o. mel don't feel well! guess
I've caught something"
But in the end the valentine was
ready. Andy made an envelope for it
out of tinted paper, and Jess addressed
it in her best handwriting.
There ought to be a little Love oil
the outside with bow and arrow"
said Andy in critical tone.
"Or a red bleedy heart that he'd just
shot an arrow into" commented Roxy
Jess smiled.
1.-THE Love is inside" she said.
"Mother'll find it."
They slid it under the front door and
ran away. Mother answered the loud
knock and found it lying-pink- tinted
and big and mysterious-on the rug in
side. "Why!" She murmured and
picked it up.
made quite an imposing appearance.
Mother uttered a little low sound as
she read it. 1t was in four verses"
with a sort of prelude or Introduction
in illuminated text. Andy had done the
and Jess the "texting." as
she said.
This is to sirtify that we all love
Mother with our souls and hearts and
all that in us is. We will be her
Valentines from this time forth. God
Bless Her. Amen.
|. Andy will chop the kindling,
And fill the water pail,
And weed the flowers. in all the bow
ers,
And try to be Pompey intaH.
1.-THE legal term at the end was the
result of patient research. Jess said it
gave an air to the whole valentine.l
[. Jess. will wash the dishes.
From this time forth. forever.
As much as l can. like Sally Ann,
And try to break them never.
|. Roxy. win brush up under
The tables and the chairs.
And every week. willing and meek.
Ill brush down all the stairs.
ri dust with the feather buster.
q am called Puss, in play).