Los Angeles herald., 1910-09-04
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The next place they went was to see
a little cripple girl without father or
mother. She had a brother Is years
old, but he was a drunkard and did
not care for her. They gave her
nice bouquet.
The visited other sick children and
Ethel went home with light heart.
She told her mother she was going to
be like Aunt Helen when she was
lady. Let us all have this impression,
and the world would be better.
RACHEL BARGER.
Twentieth Street school. BS grade.
Age IA years. 144S East Twenty-third
street,
"There he is now!" she exclaimed,
nodding towards a little one armed boy
across the street. AT the same time
he saw her and cried out;
Hello, Aunt Helen"
"Hello, Johnnie" she replied. Are
you doing well this morning?"
mo" answered Johnnie sorrowfully
"L have been out with my papers
an hour and have only sold two"
my" cried Ethel, 'how can you
live?"
"Oh. it's easy" said Johnnie, "I get
my lodging at the newsboys' lodging
house for cents a week"
Although he smiled as he said this,
Aunt Helen knew that something must
be the matter
But Aunt Helen" said Ethel, who
had just noticed that the little cripple
called her aunt by the same title she
did. How can he be my cousin when
you are the only sister papa has and
all of mammals relations live back
east?"
ooh. don't think anything of that"
replied her aunt, "for all of the little
boys around here call me that"
What is wrong, Johnnie?" asked the
kind young lady.
"I would rather keep my troubles to
myself than to have others worry over
them. too" he answered modestly, but
if you must know it is that l haven't
had anything to eat since the day be-
fore yesterday. which makes me rather
cross and unpleasant. so that l have
had but little trade"
'Would some flowers cheer you up?"
asked Ethel extending a beautiful
little bunch of sweet peas toward him.
"Oh, thank you" he said, "they look
so bright and happy that could not
help but be the same when looking at
them"
After saying goodby and wishing him
better luck than he had had. they
passed on. down the avenue. Ethel's
face all aglow at having made someone
happy.
After distributing all her flowers she
came back with her aunt, happier than
she had been for months When they
were about to board a car they saw
little Johnnie coming down the street,
with nothing in his hands except the
flowers which they had given him. His
countenance was much brighter now
than before.
Where are your papers?" asked
Aunt Helen.
"Oh, Aunt Helen, thank you and that
little girl so much for helping me. I've
sold all my papers an bought some
dinner and still have some money
left One man asked me what made
me so happy and I told him that flow
e-s did. and I gave him some."
After that Ethel sent flowers once
a week to all her little friends in the
city as long as the flowers were in
bloom. And whenever she could she
went to the city with her Aunt Helen
to visit them. She always declared
that she had much more fun and
would much rather go to the city to
help her little friends there than to
go to any picnic.
SIGFRED WESTERHoLM.
III e. Fifty-fourth street, Los An
geles.
This story is fine and would have
received a prize had it not been so
long.
Dear Aunt Laurie:
After climbing many flights OF stairs
they reached a small room with no
window in it. only a small ventilator
nearly to the ceiling.
boy lay on a narrow couch; he
had a small, pinched face and one
sleeve hung limp
"Well. Johnny. how are you today?"
asked Aunt Helen. "And where is
Mrs O'Neil?"
"Shes went off," answered Johnny
ungrammatically. She'll be back"
But he stopped staring at Ethel in
bewilderment. She put a bouquet in
his grimy hand.
Amt is jest beautifuul!" he ex-
claimed lingering the flowers with a
strange, happy light in his eyes.
From him they went to little Mag
gle Brown, who lived in a basement
and had never seen a flower because
she was lame and no one had ever
brought her one before.
Then "blind Bessie" in the attic of