The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1910-07-15


all the days of her life.
The good surgeon would give his
services, and at the hospital there was
free bed that she could occupy, but
there was her little girl-little Rosy
what would become of her?
The child was not particularly pre-
possessing. Slightly crippled from
birth and with a wild elfishness that
would appeal to few she had no great
friends among her own people. Still
they would have cared for her. but
the little mother cold not consent.
She had always kept Rosy innocent
and free from the roughness of the
quarter in which she had lived. AS she
sewed day after day, the child sat by
her side or played on the fire escape.
No, she could not trust Rosy to the
hands Of those about her. The doctor
urges, but she would not hesitate
which to choose when it was a choice
between herself and Rosy. -...
The doctor told his wife of the
struggle Of love and the wife told a
friend. 1t drifted to the ears of a
kindly old Holland grandmother and
she came and the little foreign woman
saw that she was sweet and true in
her nature. She carried the child
home with her and the little mother
went to the hospital. The kindly old
lady takes her charge to the hospital
every day, and there is a strong
friendship growing up between the
three.
But which of all OF us in our busy
lives would take strange child of
foreign birth and uneducated people.
and make her happy in our home?
In this day of clubs here is a chance
Of being little sister to the helpless
mothers that would count heavily on
the right side of the account of good
and evil. Many mother in the hos
pital worries herself into a relapse be-
cause of the child she fears is being
neglected.
Many man or woman would be
willing to pay board for such a child
when they would not be willing to
open the home to it. But such an
action would not count by the side of
this action Of the kindly Holland wom-
an
We give money to foreign missions
and allow our own ministers and
church members to suffer for the ne
cessities Of life. If you are one OF the
kind that discharge your debts TO
your Heavenly Father by liberal con-
tributions to the plate as it is passed
in church, search your heart and see
If you are doing an action which is of
true worth.
A woman who was struggling to
make her way and support her little
family longed above all things to own
her home. 1t was never possible for
her to save enough money to make the
first payment. One day man who
had heard from his wife of her ambi-
ton, offered to lend her the money
without interest to be repaid in the
regular monthly rent. He just do
mated the use of that money-not the
principal itselft--o fine big charity.
And the happy little woman is enjoy
ing every minute under her own roof.
Was not that bigger and kinder deed
than to give far more to some big
Home for Tramps" or other institu-
ton that rightfully belongs to the
states work? But there was no par
ticular glory before the world. Only
the deep gratitude of one little woman
and the knowledge that a helping hand
had been held out to a struggling fell
low being.
1t is this kind of giving that counts
in the long run. Life grows a finer
thing to those who give with thought
and honest purpose.
Don't do all your good deeds before
men, but some Of them before your
own soul. That is where 1t will count. |