Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1915-06-11

neG anything dDOuJ Ram anu hNi |
care of him at school. She thought
her mother wouldn't be interested, for
she didn like the place very much, and
hadn t got really acquainted with any
of the village folks. On the next
morning-it was Sundays asked her
mother if she.woud give her something
to take up thele, for she had nothing
to do but read. So her mother put up
some things in a basket and Garry went
up with it to the little cottage. She had
a very warm greeting from Frank $
mother.
"1'm real sorry my Frank isn't
here" said she, whilst taking the
things out of the basket "But he
thought he'd 90 to meetin' this morn
in, COS the minister is agon' to preach
to the Kindly Deed society, which
started year ago today. | believe
Frank ha, joined it, but don t believe
he Il be of much use. He's so little and
we are so poor suppose, of course,
you belong, don't you, Miss" she
added some surprised that Carry was
not at the meeting. Carry really felt
a little ashamed to have to say, 'No, |
don't" And to avoid any questioning
as to why not, she asked, Cant ! do
anything for you, Mrs. Stone?'
"Well, I'd dreadful like to have you
, read to me if you felt like it" "Oh!
I'd be glad to. Have you got anything
, can read?'' There's little story
book Molly brought up the other day
and read me some in it, and | liked it
} awful much, and | was real sorry she
? hadn't time to read the whole on it. "
"What is the name of it, 81 dlsre-
member, " but here it is, and taking a
I little book from off her bureau she hand
} ed it to Carry. Imagine, if you can, the
2 girls feelings when she opened it and
] read the title, "Jessca's First Prayer. ~
OH how could she read book ike that
| when she did not believe in prayer.
1 "Have'nt YOU something else that
E can read to you, Mrs. Stone?' she ask
e ed. "Nol my dear. That's the only
4 book there is in the house. For you
$ see father and | don't read and there
o are too big words in this for my Frank
t to be able to read it to me. But it d
e real nite story and I'm sure you'll like
t it. " "Well, I'll read it then, sale
r Garry. for disagreeable as it might be
3, and hard for her, yet she did want tC
X do something for the poor lonesome
d woman. How far did Molly yet?
Y she asked "Oh only little ways
5 You'd better begin at the beginning
r and then you'll catch on better" s.
h Carry began and, to her astonishmen
1t she was so interested that she read fo
: an hour and then her voice gave GU
Is and she had to stop "Will you e
n me take the book home with me?
e will bring it back next Sunday morning
r and read to you again" Sh.a wa
u very anxious to finish it. "Yes. YOU
in are welcome to, and am very nucI
70 obliged to you for a very pleasant visit
- don't wonder my Frank likes you $
le much.
as 1t was a different girl that wake
e. home that morning, for the slmpl
* story had gone right to her heart
,h Was she like that poor little slum cir
OF and did she need to have some such thin
ad happen to her to make her believe i
ed prayer. At that moment she was pass
t, ing the church and the sound of singin
g bo xrripA
to was summer time. Something whic
1t she could not resist made her stop an
ce listen to the singing. Then when tn
IL hymn was finished, she started fc
re home. She had gone only a few steI
an when again something, she did nc
v know what, made her stop, turn rounC
SIS and 90 back to the church. She creI
ur through the grass and standing undo
e, one of the windows listened. 1t W.
ar the minister voice she heard, and 81
e could hear distinctly what he said.
at was a simple talk, hardly sermon, c
Nv the kindly deeds Of Jesus when he W.
n upon this earth Carry listened il
lly tently as he told some stories from II
ms Gospels ending up with an account
'ul the time when Jesus stood on the shol
en- of the sea of Tiberias and helped Il
.e. poor, tired fishermen, who had workC
hit all night without catching fish,
at make a great haul. And then wht
lid they came on shore, almost tired o.
ok with their nights useless work, the
or found "a fire there and fish cooking {
10 it. And Jesus made them sit down al
ok he brought the fish and some bread
re- each one of them, just as if he had bee
xt their servant. Then when the minist'
he finished his talk he began to pray, al
Ike the girl under the window knet dow