Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-09-10

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me we might look out for half dozen
little girls pretty easy. l would be
willing to give 'em their beds free, but
l don't believe we could feed them for
We haven't got the means"
81 agree with you, mother. l think |
I'd like nothing better than having
some little girls to look out for this |
summer. But I'm afraid it is as you
say, we couldn't afford to give 'em
their meals free, Molly" IL don't be-
lieve but we could look out for that, :"
said Molly. "At any rate We'll tell
the girls you're willing to give them a
lodging, provided somebody could give
them their meals" At the next sew
ing meeting of the girls Molly told them
what Mrs. Sabine and her daughter,
Sally, said, ending with, "Im afraid
that we'd find it pretty hard work to
raise money enough to pay for their
meals" why wouldn't this be good
way to do it, asked Carry. 81 will
bring them bread and milk and meat
and cookies enough for one day once a
week while they are here" That's
first-rate plan," said Molly, land I'll
do the same for one day, for I'm sure
mother and father d be glad to help"
And I'll take another day." said
Beatrice. So three days were provided
for, and now how should they arrange
about the other four. The other girls
had been whispering together, and one
of them spoke up and said, 1--WE girls
will take the other days. "We'll find
out how much is needed and then three
of US will club together for each day
and there are twelve of US, so you
see that will be all we shall want. 4"
Nearly every one in the village was in
crested in the chidrens plan, and the
entertainment they gave to pay for the
car fare was great success. They
raised at it more than enough money to
pay for six round trip tickets from New
York. Harold's aunt had friend who
worked among the poor in the city and
she wrote to her and asked her if she
could find six poor girls who would like
to come up to their village for three or
four weeks in the summer. The answer
soon came back saying that she could
find sixty girls as easy as six to whom
it would be almost the greatest blessing
! they could have. So the arrangement
was made to send up six on the first
Monday in July. 1t was merry group
of boys and girls who were at the sta
ton when six little girls got off the
train from New York They seemed to
be from ten to fifteen years old and
each had little bundle in her hands.
Their faces were thin, and there was
no color in their cheeks, and their dress
es were faded and patched and did not
fit them very well. They shyly answer
ed the greetings of the country chill
dren. Molly seized the hand of the
oldest, a girl about her age, saying,
Come! we will show you where you
are to stay" At the station platform
was hay wagon drawn by two oxer
belonging to Dicks father. The bot
tom was all covered with hay, and Dick
stood at the head of the oxen whip If
hand. The little city girls were over
whelmed with establishment when they
were helped into the cart, and all the
other children scrambled in when they
were seated. 1t was certainly the mos
wonderful day of their lives. Their,
was first the ride in the cars and thel
, this beautiful ride to the house wher,
, they were to stay. When they go
: there Miss Sally was at the gate ant
kissed each little girl as she helped he
out of the wagon, and said to the othe
= children: 'Now you had better g
! home, for these girls must be YER
Y tired. III show them their rooms an
e give them their supper and then we
2 sit out on the piazza little while befor
S they go to bed" So the hay WACO
, with its merry load, calling out goo
i night" drove off and Miss Sally too
e the children into the house where he
e father and mother gave them heart
e welcome. Then they went upstairs
d the three bedrooms, each of which ha
f two windows looking out on the garden
! On the mantelpieces were vases G
f flowers and on little table were som
2 story books and children's paper:
n They opened their bundles and sh
: showed them how to put their thing
e neatly away in the closets and tn
d bureau drawers. Then after they ha
e washed their hands and faces she too
e them down to supper. At each of tn
d six plates was beautiful great pans
/ to which slip of paper was tied, ar
G Miss Sally went to each girl with pei
Is Gil in her hand and asked her to writ
- her name on the paper. Then she toe