Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1910-12-08

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Will and-and, now she burst into
such paroxysm of grief, that her
mother was at a loss how to comfort
| her
Hush, Gerty," she .said,. 'sYou will
cry yourself into headache, go to
bed now and tomorrow we will think
OF some way by which you can buy
your Christmas presents" Her mo-
theirs tone had that assurance in it
which is SO comforting to young. girls !.
when in trouble. 4. Who but; mother,
understood what all this meant. tosy
Gerty? sasss, + .sssses sssea. =.s2s3s<I1> s3s<1> Z
|, When she came down to breakfast
the next morning, one look at her
mothers face was sufficient. to con !;
vince sGerty that some plan had been
thought of; and. as she took. her q
place at the table her father wonder
ed. because she looked almost happy. z
Gertys could hardly wait until
breakfast was over, to hear her mo-
theirs plan. When they were alone =.
at last, in the kitchen, her mother
led her into the pantry, where to
Gerty's astonished eyes, were laid
out in rows upon the shelves, home
made candies of every description
oh, mother" she exclaimed, '*have
you made all these this morning?"
This was not all; her mother gave :,
her several 3 sheets of cardboard, =
pair of scissors ,and some narrow rib
bon. She showed her how to cut the
cardboard into shapes for little bas-
kets and boxes, and how to decorate
them with bows of the pretty ribbon.
How Gerty worked that day. Never
before had the day seemed so short;
never was evening more unwelcome.
eBfore the father came home from
work, everything had been cleared
away; because Gerty in her unselfish
little; heart had planned to surprise
him with gift, if this little under
taking would prove as successful as
she anticipated it would. .-
Her mother also bought some
bright net which she deftly cut into
shapes of stockings and when these
had been seWed up and filled with
popped corn, they hooked good enough
to tempt even the slowest buyer "
It WAS a very trembling little Ger
tie, who knocked at neighbours
door, a few days before Christmas
Altho she was sure of disposing of
| her goods, she dreaded somewhat to
| start ont on her task. There were
Elittle doubts and misgivings which
somehow crowded through her happy
thoughts "Perhaps no one will buy
after all, maybe my old friends, will
laugh at me and call me peddlar,"
and then another thought. perhaps
some will think it's for charity I'm
selling this and they will! buy for that
reason" Thus she thought to her
self, that it perhaps would be deceiv-
ing some who might buy on that ac-
count. These reflections depressed
her for moment, but soon vanished,
when, after removing the corn from
her basket, the exclamations of sur
prise and admiration which greeted
her were enough to assure Gerty that
her wares were salable. e-- -. -
Her basket was soon empty and
then she had to go home for another
supply; while in little purse tucked
!, snugly away in her pocket lay the
shining nickels and dimes, the return
of her sales. -. - x--.=
For two whole days the mother
was kept busy at home, preparing the
) baskets and filling the stockings.
Never had there been such perfect
. understanding between mother and
, daughter Is it not always so? A
;. common interest brings hearts in a
When the last basket had been sold
, and Gerty counted the many bits Of
J silver, she found that there were al
; most eight dollars in all. Half she
!. gave to her mother, through whose
! help and interest Gerty had been able
!; to earn this
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! A very happy little girl came
. downstairs that Christmas morning,
! with the pleasant greeting, "a merry
! Christmas to you ALL