The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-01-26

MT. Walker has found work always, and has provided well for his family,
 but the point Is just this: it matters not how well a person may be getting
 along, so long as there is health to
 back it up, but things are very diff
 ferent when it comes to sickness and
 affiction Following closely on the
 first case of typhoid fever that attacked
 the Walker household, came five others. What were We to do? l set my wits to work and saw that it was necessary to have the children sent to hospital.
 People were all so good--you don't know how much really good, true Christianity there is in the world until you are confronted with such case
 as this. I went to Father Coyle and told him of the circumstances; he was so kind and so much interested, and he
 at once communicated with Sister Chrysestom at St. Vineents and soon we had, with the cooperation and
 kindness of the hospital, the Ambu-
 lance Man, the Doctor and all those
 who were connected with the case in any way, the children comfortably
 cared for at the hospital"
 And the poor little girlY' l said,
 gently.
 "Died last week." said Miss Fors- man, quietly. Awaiting her gentle, sweet little soul was the angel band. which holds out its welcoming hand to all of the pure In heart. She was such a dear little child. love to think how
 she talked to me just few days be- fore Christmas. Sitting up after her illness--apparently much invigorated, and on the road to recovery-she toyed
 with a little ring on her finger which asked her about"
 "'You seem so attached to that little ring said l.
 My father an dmother gave it to me
 last Christmas.' said she. This Christ
 mas I guess Santa Claus won't come, | cause there's been so much trouble and
 so much worry with us. i "What would you like for Christmas, fl | he should come?' I asked "Oh, l hate to tell you" said the little girl. Its too much. 1 know he wouldn't t
 bring it. But it's a bracelet" q said nothing" Miss Forsman went on with her story, but l made up my | mind that if 1t was possible that little | girl should have a bracelet to brighten | her Christmas Day. For brief period before Christmas on Father Coyle's desk there is a receptacle. arranged for con- tributions This Christmas a great, big, powerful looking China Puppy stood guard | over all the pennies and dimes that were | donated, and on Christmas morn when | 1t was turned over to me for the poor, to use as l thought best, I found inside the | China Puppy s67-all for my poor. Of course, l thought of my little sick girl at once, with happiness and misgivings as | we'll I knew that it seemed foolish to | put any amount of money, however small, | into a bracelet when there was so much
 else needed, but l only wavered mo-
 ment.
 Think of the happiness 1t will bring | to her little heart" said, and on l sped tC buy the little gift.
 The trinket cost only $350 but when l 1 took it to her if you could have Seen the | joy and happiness that beamed from her ! soft gentle eyes, you would have been repaid, as I felt repaid, an hundredfold l for being able through the generosity of 1 those who had contributed to my little l bank account at Christmas time to bring | the smile to her face and see her play | with the little trine and look at 1t as if 1t were the prettiest thing in all the world?"
 Quiet reiened among those of us who heard the Nurses Story-a quiet that | seemed more eloquent than words, for | each of us was thinking the same thing | the same old story-the world old creed | "IT IS MORE BLESSED TO GIVE THAN TO RECEIVE"
 | Just a word in conclusion,' said Miss Forsman. MT and Mrs. Walker have been so grateful for the kindness that Birmingham has shown them. When they sell their old homestead in Texas they are going to take that money and the
 money so generously sent them by new
 made friends in Birmingham and buy
 home here.
 And went they be a happy family" said she, when the five little tots who Lave the fever now are all restored to health and they are reunited once more
 loving, joyous household-save one, the
 vacant chair Of the dear little girl who
 has gone before to join the angel band?" Isn't 1t a beautiful work that Miss Forsman Is enabled to do through the District Nurses Association? Aren't you glad you are a contributor to it? Always cheerful, always busy, always patient, always ready to minister to the
 needy and the distressed, every day in the
 week, very little bit of a woman, in simple little froch, and an unpretentious tUnnet. goes on her way, practcng this
 Beatitude of Comfort.
 Only in an occasional explanation of her own purpose and high sense of duty does the light of her religious inspiration shine through her every day religion of help fitness, for she doesn't like to talk about herself or her motives-no, never, and when I could stife the tears and bring the words to my command to ask the question:
 How do you keep your patience through it ali?"
 Her lips seemed to frame the word
 DUTY" and her eyes looked as if they said:
 How does the Lord keep patience with
 me?"