Year: 1873

"GIRLs, do help me to contrive some
kind of frolic that will be proper and
good enough not to shock dear old Mad
am; I'm just brimful and running ovel
with mischief and know I'll get into dis
grace by some foolish caper, unless you
can invent something to keep me busy to
day"


"Well, suppose we organize Benevo
lent Society, and have some real fun doing
good for once"


"Doing good" exclaimed another of the
bcvy of young ladies clustered around tho
register in one of the halls of Madam Ga
zin's boarding-school.


"Yes, doing good. It would be more
creditable for us to spend our surplus life
energy, and pocketmoney helping some
poor unfortunate endure the cold and
storms of this terrible winter than in get
ting ourselves into all manner of scrapes
as we generally do"


"But who in the world could we help?'
said another.


"WelL there is Granny Tweed, living
all alone in that hut of a house, trying to
bring up those two little orphaned grand.
children. She earns a little by knitting
and spinning, but it must be hard, indeed,
for them to get through this winter. What
a wonderful God-send it would be if we
should send her some warm hannels to
keep her poor old rheumatic bones more
comfortable, and pair of warm blankets
for her bed. And then, if we could only
fit up those poor little girls so they would
be fit to go to church"-


why, Grace Kimball you're real
Sister of Mercy How came you to think
of such a thingg"


"Oh! papa is minister, you know, and
we see and know more about poor people
on that account. think it would be lust
$pleHdtd fun to do it," said Florence
Percy.


do let's go to work at once" said an
othert"it's only nine O'Clock, and we have
the whole of this blessed Saturday before
us, How shall we begin, Grace?"


suppose we each give one dollar for u
1und upon which to draw for our supplies.
We will tell Madam all about it. 1 am
sure she will approve of the plan, and give
us permission to purchase the flannel this
morning, and we can be ready to com
mence work this afternoon"


agreed agreed" was the reply
from all as they hastened to their rooms
Tor the money, and to invite all the rest to
JON them If they wished, Half an hour
laIer nearly all the girls gathered in the
schoolroom. They proceeded to form


-~NNiNo iSSHCNOlCIl DOCltl1, DN
electing president secretary and treas
urer, and committee of six whose duty
would be to purchase material for the
work, cut and prepare it ready to make
up, and attend to all the business of the
society as they should direct. Permission
was given two of the committee to pur-
chase the flannel at once, by kind.hearted
Madam, who was delighted to find her
wild, frolicsome girls were planning some.
thing really useful and good, for once.
When at the appointed time they all gath
cred around the long table covered with
the bright scarlet flannel, there was such a
chattering, so much to say and laugh over,
il seemed as if they would never get to
work. But they did, at last, and the
bright needles flew in and out, until, to
their surprise and delight, the hannels
were finished, The day was finished too,
put they all declared it was one of the hap
pest they had ever spent.


MONDAY afternoon, during their walk,
three or the committee took occasion 10
pass by Granny Tweed's door. The two
little girls were playing outside the gate
Grace asked them how their grandmother
was and chatted with them so pleasantlv
they didn't notice that the other yolnSS
ladies were taking very accurate measures
of the length of Their poor little arms,
and their thin cotton skirts. They even