Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-05-02
Sally 5 Birthday Gift.
by Abbic Tibbctts.

packages OF needles or something OF
that kind But you always give
Lucy a nice present"
MY money is my own" returned
Grandma Brooks. rebukingly- And
my dear granddaughter Lucy is al
ways respectful toward me-"
II think I'm the one who takes
care OF you. grandma take care OF
your house, anyhow. / should think
you might give me set of furs, or
something she added disconso-
lately.
I'm afraid. Sally, you have in
herited all the imperfections of your
mother. She was an unending trial
TO me from the day she was born till
she ran away to be married"
Il don't wonder my mother ran
away from YOU" flashed Sally 4
should run away myself only-only
-" And then further speech was
checked by a sob.
only Wesley Burbank is very
prudent young man" Grandma
commented with chuckle. He
prefers to wait; he thinks I'll prob
ably leave you a lot of money some
time. But If / should you would
spend 1t on furs and things, or lose 1t
as your mother used TO do before
you. She actually lost 1000 In bills
once which / was sending by her to
the bank"
'And Just because my mother hap
pened to lose that, ] suppose ] can
never have any furs," walled Sally,
recurring to the original theme OF
the controversy.
"You might get something f-om
the old cedar chest in the garnet;
there is a muff and boa which your
mother used to wear"
And which moths have probably
devoured ages ago." declared the un-
appeased Sally.
''You can find out by looking" her
grandmother returned indifferently.
Sally did not feel very hopeful as she
presently assembled the stairs to the
murky little garnet. And she felt
still less hopeful when she lifted the
lid of the cedar chest. And there,
near the bottom, wrapped in musty
paper, were the muff and boa-not
so ravaged by moths as might be
presumed.
81 can trim Off the eaten edges and
make quite a passable article OF
this" Sally unused as she twirled the
big muff in an interested inspection.
L.. arid fu IN a
lining?" she asked herself, cautious
w lingering something which was
neither fur nor wadding, and shrink
ing with little nervous Tread of an
ambushed mouse.
But that she warily G.ew forth at
length was not mouse. What she
gazed upon with incredulous eyes
was a roll of bills which, of course,
must be the 81 1000 which her moth
er had lost so long ago.
How long Sally stood dazed in that
dim old garnet she never knew. 1t
was her hour of temptation. By the
right of her long unpaid and thank
less drudgery, the money was hers.
With It she and Wesley could begin
life so delightfully."- but All the same
the money belonged to her grand
mother.
Il should like to know what ails
vou?" Grandma Brooks cueried with
severity a little later as Sally was
preparing the dinner. You haven't
the mince pie warming yet, and
you're actually putting mustard over
the cranberry jelly, / should suppose
you'd be more heedful when ! have
invited Wesley here to dinner
Just then the door bell rang. and
the grandmother went to the door.
A Moment later Wesley Burbank fol-
lowed her into the room.
Il hope Sally won't spoil our din
ner," she said, GROSSLY, for Sally had
dropped the luckless mustard bottle,
and stood with an ayerted face, I'M
mistakably crying.
.'She is sulking about some furs,"
Grandma Brooks shifted In her most
aggravating fashion.
Sally turned impulslvely, with
flaming cheeks. II could have more
than set of furs," she said, saucily,
''if had a mind to be as unjust and
wicked as you are, but l shall not
keep from you what is your own.
There Is the money my mother lost
years ago. 1t was in the notify old
muf you allowed me as birthday
present to-day"
For moment there was an i'm
pressive silence. And then Grand
ma Brooks turned slowly toward the
pair. II don't intend 20 have oul
dinner married by heroics nor any
other nonsense" she ayowed, with
her severest frown But perhap:
there will be no harm done. Wesley
Burbank, If you will look at the
dates OF the bills Sally found in the
muff. Then you will admit what was
lost years ago has not been so easil,
I. found. ! mean my granddaughters L
| share alike all have If / have beer
| strict with Sally, YOU have no reason
| to complain, for ] have trained T;
| clever housewife for you, and he
| honesty has been tested and proved
as you will know. The $1,000 Is M
birthday present to her Old folk
can outwit the young ones ever,
time"
And the yonng people admitte
with remorse that Grandma Brook
spoke the truth.
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