The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1909-11-21
Sally ) Birthday GIFT.
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BY Abbis Tibbctts. VIZ

4 you have never given me a nice
birthday present yet. grandma" de-
.ciared Sally fractiUusip You've al
ways given me boxes lof thread or
packages ofineedles ortsomething OF
that kind. But you always give
Lucy MICA present.
Ny money Ia my owsn." returned
Grandma, Brooks, rebukangly And
my deap granddaughter Lucy is al
ways respectful toward pne."
II think I'm the one1 who takes
carelof you. grandma i take care OF
your house. anyhow. should think
iyou might give me sed of furs. or
so1aething." she adder disconso-
lately.
I'm afraid. Sally. You have in
herited all the, fmperfecEions OF your
mother. She was an amending trial
to me from the day sheSwss born TIL
she ran away to be MARI led"
II don't wonder my mother ran
away from YOU" flashed Sally. i
should run away myself only only
--" And then further speech was
checked BY a sob.
"Only Wesley Burbank Ii very
prudent young mah.'' Grandma
commented with a fhuck1e. He
prefers to walt; he thinks I'll prob
ably leave you lot .ok money some
time. But II r shpuM YOU would
spend It on furs and things. or lose 1t
as your mother used to do before
you. She actually host 81 900 lin bills
once which was sending by her to
the bank"
s'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.
.lou might get something from
the old cedar chest in the garnet;
there Is a nun and boa which your
mother used to wear"
And which moths have probably
devoured ages ago." declared the un-
appeased Sally. VIII.
"You can find out by looking" her
grandmother returned indifferently.
Sally did not feel very hopeful as she
presently assembled the stairs to the
mnyky little garret. 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
80 ravaged by moths AZ might be
presumed.
Il can trim OF the eaten edges and
make quite passable article OF
this" Sally unused as she twirled the
hig'mur In an interested Inspection.
.'Eut what In the world is in the
lining?" she asked herself. cautious
ly lingering something which was
neither fur nor wadding. and shrink
ing with little nervous dread OF an
amhushed mouse.
But that she wariiy csew forth at
1ength was not mouse. What she
gazed upon with incredulous eyes
was roll OF bills which. of course,
must DO the 81 900 which her moth
or had lost 80 long ago.
How long Sally stood da2ed In that
dim old garnet she nsv Or knew. 1t
was her hour OF temptation. BY the
right Of her long unpaid and thank
less drudgery, the money was hers.
With 1t she and Wesley could begin
life SO delightfully--hut all the same
the money belonged to her grand
mother.
II should like to know what ais
you?" Grandma Brooks cueried with
severity little later as Sally was
preparing the dinner You haven't
the minee pie warming yet, and
you're actually putting mustard over
the cranberry jelly. | should suppose
you'd be more heedfui 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 averted face, un-
mistaknhly crying.
She IL sulking about some furs."
Grandma Brooks shifted in her most
Rggravating fashion.
Sally turnad tmnulsiyaIv Nth