Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-08-13

surprise Sne 1OunO molly anu Odrry
putting some dirty dishes into the sink.
evidently being about to wash them.
"You dear girls" said she with a
choked voice, "have you come to help
me in my trouble? What nice girls you
be-, and she put her arms around them
and kissed them. "Show US where all
your things are, Mrs. Tappan," said
Molly, land We'll do all we can this
afternoon. Some one will come to-
morrow and help you about your dinner
things. And may we bring you some
thing, some bread and a little meat?
And what can Mr.. Tappan eat? We'd
like to bring him something. Anything
you like to bring my dear, | guess we
could use. Mr.. Tappan, he don't take
much of anything now, and l myself,
now that he's so sick. don't feel much
like eating" but you must keep up
your strength, Mrs. Tappan." insisted
Molly, land you ought to eat, even if
you don't feel hungry. Now promise
me you II eat what bring over to you
tonight. - Yes! l will, my dear, and
thank you ever so much for thinking so
kindly of me and my dear husband. "
AS the boys were working, spading
up the ground and cleaning up the dead
leaves and the winter rubbish, wagon
drove by with two Young fellows in it.
What on earth are those boys doing?"
said Jack Farrar, the one who was
driving. Il guess it's some of the
Kindly Deeds Society fixing up Fred
Tappan's land. You know he's awful
sick, don't your" said his companion,
Bill jenkins. But they really can't do
much of anything till the lands
ploughed, and they can't do that.
"Bill, why couldn't we do it? Do you
know that lately I've been feeling kind
of ashamed that our boys and girls are
doing so many nice things and we big
fellows don't ever help EN-" "All
right! I'll bring my horse and pillow over
tomorrow morning, and you might bring
some manure, and it won't take us long
to get the land ready for planting. We
could get one or two other fellows to
help US, and it wouldn't take us more
than two or three hours.
The next afternoon when Dick and
the other boys were coming over after
: school to work, they wondered what
! they could do, as they had cleared up
everything. "We'll think of some
thing, ''said Dick as they came round the
barn. why look at that! How in the
/ world did that come about?' All the
( land had been plowed and nicely rake
! over, and when they went up to it, they
g could see that manure had been put in
E it. "Well! if this doesn't beat every
e thing. I'll run over and ask Mrs.
> Tappan if she knows who did it. She
didn't, and she was as amazed as the
n boys We're when she saw how perfectly
S the land had been made ready for plant
: ing. 1T does almost seem as if angels
! must have come down from heaven and
d done it, "said she. 81 never saw anybody
Il here" The reason was the young
y fellows came very early in the morning
r and got the work done before she was
t up. 1--WE can begin planting right away
e Mrs. Tappan," said Dick, and | suppose
n we can find all the things we need in the
y barn" Eyes! and I'll trust you to dc
. all things right. Only I'd change thing:
Il some. Don't put the taters where they
a were last year in that piece nearest the
J. barn, but where the corn was. Yes
Il Mrs. Tappan We'll look out for that
t We remember how things were las
d season. She went into the house with
! heart overlooking with gratitude, anC
S going to her husbands bedside said
d Father, we've got another blessing t
p be thankful for. Somebody has beer
t here and ploughed and MANFRED oul
n land and its all ready for planting anC
S the boys are out there doing that now. ,
t "Well, never!' said he. at doe
d seem as if our Heavenly Father wa
d looking out for US as if we were the only
e ones that needed help" "There GER
o tainly is beautiful spirit here in tow
k now" said she. Seems as if mos
k everybody here was trying to do wha
" our Lord Jesus did when he was here OF
o earth, going about doing good. Two
S girls were here yesterday helping me
o and Molly brought me some nice things
e to eat, and they've promised to com,
it every day so long as you are sick Tn,
It work went on steadily. After the plant
y ing the boys came regularly and weedet
IS and looked out for everything. So wei
n did they do their work that Mr.. Tappar
e never raised so much on his land as tn,
d boys did. They were able to give ;
n good deal more time and work to it thai
d he could. There was harvest festiva
l. at the church one Sunday morning il