The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1906-07-19
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moralixed Family.
The Donnelly children and theii
father were stunned by the death ol
the mother aud wife. She had been
quiet little woman. but her force OF
character and devotion TO her every
day tasks had been the life OF the
household. Without her the father
and four children were lost. and all
their usual habits and comforts seemed
to have been buried with her.
For q month after the funeral they
found a bond In their common misery.
Then each began to 50 q different way.
The father. alasl revisited a saloon
which he had scarcely seen Tor ten
years. Tom. the Oldest boy. eonsorted
with a rowdy gang at a low ball
ground. jamie. who was fourteen, was
on the street more than In the kitchen.
which her mother had always kept 80
tidy. The vs. little children wore the
neglected look which comes so quickly
TO babies whose faces and hands and
clothes are not often inspected by
older eyes.
The Donnellys. In short. had entered
upon the easy. downward path which
leads to poorhouss and Sail. or to sven
worse places.
For the nrsk time that summer the
town OF Harrtek appropriated three
hundred dollars for a vacation school
The townfolk had little idea what was
to be done In IL but Kate Dunn. Just
home from college. had advocated the
scheme. and had offered TO teach II for
nothing IL abe could havs certain ap-
paratus and an assistant. She was
popular In the village. and 90 the
money was voted at town meeting.
and the school began ON the ffth Of
July.
TIE Douneily children were fair
prey for Miss Dunn's capture. for they
little enough at home. and ready
enough for any plan which would help
to forget their comfoFriess con
fition. So they all cama. and were
about IN me various classes
sewing carpenterfng. gymnastics.
work and cooking.
At the end OF month Miss Dunn
discovered In jamie Donneliy an en-
.husiasm for cooking. and fostered II
n another fortnight she was the best
.ook In the school. and when the ses
lion ended II was hardly too much 70
that she was the best cook IN
he town. She was proud OF her new
kill. and talked Of II not only to her
huns. but to her father and the chill
Iren. and TO anybody else who wouId
Now cooking IL not like algebra. m
accomplishment for the schoolroom
lone. II 10 known By It's frufssEpro-
need I'm the home Kitchen. The Dom
sllys tasted for the nrst time ~new.
sshioned~ cooking. jamie produced
sort Of gforfnsd hash. called
rngout~; she followed II with a re- !
iarkabls soup. which was a whole
inner in ttseIf. and gave the famiIy =
'onderful bot mufins for breakfast. :
-hich wcrs a. GOOD. o. better. cold for
INCH There wa actually icecr~sm.
with I've cents worth OF s~s.
nd far superior to the product OF the I
cal restaurant
1t Ia not hard 10 guess tbs sequel y
he story. jamie Donnslly's good
'od saved Tia family from disaster. 4
spt them together round her neatly "a
read tsbs, wafensd their curiosity. =
sir appetite. thssr ambition. and
owed for the thousandth time mat
mily, Ike nm army. moves forward
its stomach.
The vacation school and the vacation
chooima'sm~ deserve credit for much u
cd work, but perhaps for no better
of reform" than that wrought.
the Donnslly kftehsn-Youth's Com ha
nion- or