Manchester Democrat., 1909-01-06

little milk r. she repeated, mechanic
ally. Then her voice changed. Il
Jest hate being poor!'' she exclaimed,
savagely.
Aunt Ellen's motherly eyes took It
all in-the ragged little figure, the
broken.nosed pitcner. the. outraged
pride.
OF course can let her have the
milk, and welcome" she replied.
I'm having more than / can use
now. And II l was you. Lizzie Biz.
by, I'd stop being poor and begin to
grow rich this minute
Lizzie lifted amazed eyes. eMe."
che cried.
Aunt Ellen nodded. ,why{ not?
'Taint havin things, It's sivin'- things,
that makes a body feel rich. You
just try It an, see.',
Amt got anything to give cent
one old black Shen. the girl returned,
contemptnously. Il!
We'll, that's beginning. The
black hen lays sometimes, doesn't
she ~
Huh!n Lizzie smiled.
But she thought all the same. All
unguessed by either, motherly Aunt
Ellen had touched the great need OF
the girls life Lizzie began to think
and plan; she was. as her shiftless
father often informed her. the only
one OF the family with brains. The
eager searching brain presently dis.
covered things all unguessed by Aunt
Ellen's simple philosophy.
Folks kin buy things with money. .
Lizzie decided, "bnt they can't buy
you-that's how you can give"
@ As the years passed, Lixzie found
plenty Of opportunity for giving; her
mother died and her father became
an invalid; all the others married,
and were continually coming to her
In every need. Once young farm.
er3 tried to take her away from ii
all. How much OF Temptation II
was Lizzie never let anyone know.
but q sisters husband had just died;
and Lizzie was taking care OF her
and the four children --as we'll as
her father
Maybe by and by" she said to
.sa. s.sen Das sne sknew Y ner ,neatl . Y
sna. we ~ suo py Would never
ouhe anu kraaua'ly tne WORK tsa! ioI
v.nels 7I save nsI us eidden peace anu ~
=, ,.s. 20 curious now many ways q: =
=. e.sns one. csn ma II one LOOKS
vi nsn LllAle slrllsn taleht az
ys'opeg an.o senlus py me time. shc
uas nluale'ss ssa All tne viHage
Saens - nel ,or . Thousand Inings.
..,l, Sne r.su wnen shs Vas my. qu,ts'
suaaen.y, =. .he Ilneral tne MN.
,sssl spohe " OUT dear sister ana
uoM sne nso SVEN from aer poyertS'
= YOUNG womsn gong nome after,
sWara WIN aer nusnand. repeated the
M,n's.eIs ~ ~oIds' 81
LIZZIE bixny poor sne said, IN
olk..sheiy. one vas tne ricnest wom- won
~ ! ever knew.
lz.le slAoy Wonid nave oeen giad
nad sne knoWn'--New YORK cal'.
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- 1ilss sys'o isi'1sl Z o5E f.s
Dear me-, sighed Edith's mother.
Il have never had SO much trouble
with any as have had with you
this morning, Edith. You have spill
ed the milk and broken my best
pitcher. Oh! will you ever be care
full! Now. to punish you, I will keep
you In the house all day
But Edith had something In her
mind, as we shall see later.
In a few minutes Edith's mother
left the room. leaving Edith playing
with Prince. the house dog. AS soon
as the naughty little girl saw her
mother leave the room she ran out
into the street.
Her mother had always told her
not to cross the street alone. for It
was always crowded with cars and
Edith did not stop to think Of this,
% she spied- some OF her playmates
acrcss the street, 90 she darted
across, and Just as she was nearly
over, the street being slippery, she
fell. A carriage turned the corner,
drawn by two black horses, It full
speed. &
She was such small child that
the driver could not see her. and
she would have been run over and
!; probably killed had It not been for
n man who rushed ont OF llis store