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may rest assured. Well, we just picked
up her little belongings, which wasn't
much, neither, and 1 brung her along
home with me."
"Well," said Mrs. Baxter, "It's my
opinion you've done the foolishest thing
in your whole life, Baxter, but I'll have
to put up with it. She's just another
child for me to worry about and take
care of."
but il did not so prove. Bessie Bright
proved herself very bright, Indeed, "and
most capable, and what she did not
know she learned In a single lesson, and
ihc way she made the work H.v-during
the two busy days nrecedine Thanks
giviug, was amazing, even to Mrs.
Baxter. But, most of ail, her sweet,
breezy, grateful spirit was infectious.
Mrs. Baxter was prone to faultfinding
and looking on the dark side of things,
and Maria was of a listless, unhappy
disposition. Nothing she possessed in
her own home was good enough for her,
and she was always sure that other
people were getting the best of things.
But Bessie's hearty enjoyment over
everything she had, deemed mean and
common, gradually opened her eyes.
"1 never get tired drinking this beauti
fill water," she would say, as she drew
the sparkling crystal liquid from the
depths of the old-fashioned well. "We
have got just hydrants in the city,'and
we have to pay for every drop, and it's
often just as muddy and nasty! And the
air out here makes me feel like dancing,
and I never saw anything but muddy
snow. Oh! it's all so beautiful, so
beautiful! The cows and the frisky
little calves, and?oh! I do want to thank
you so much, Mrs. Baxter, for tho
beautiful bed you let me sleep in. I do
wish my ma could have had such a lovely
bod to lie on when she was sick and
died; it would have rested her so! Her
bed was lumpy and bad; just some old,
bad-smelling straw, but it was the best
we could get, and we were thankful for
it. Some of the folks didn't have even
that."
"Did I ever!" exclaimed Mrs. Baxter.
"The idee of bein' thankful for a decent
bed and pure water, an' even the air wo
breathe. I want to know! I never
thought of givin' thanks for such things,
but I reckon I'd ought." Then, to Bessie,
"Your ma's been dead quite a spell, 1
reckon?"
"She died just one year ago," said the
child. "It was Thanksgivin' Day."
"I want to know!" said Mrs. Baxter.
"Pear& iike that warn't much of a
Thanksgivin' to you."'
The little girl hesitated a moment.
"Well, yes, ma'am, it was," she said
slowly. "You see, ma was a consumptive,
and couldn't live long anyway, and she
suffered so she was glad to be quit of
it. and I couldn't earn enough going out*
scrubbing and washing and ironing and
doin' odd jobs to get her the things she
needed; so I was thankful to the good
Hod that he took her up to his beautiful
nonie, where she could have everything,
and where folks never know what it Is
to be sick. Oh, yes, ma'am. I think I
ought to have been thankful, and. though
I've had a hard time this whole year.
I've always had something to eat every
day, and a roof of some kind to crawl
under at night, and I'm thankful for that.
But I think I never was so very thankful
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as I am right now. This is goin' to be
the most beautiful Thanksgivin' I ever
knew!"
"Well, I hope you'll have lots of 'em!''
exclaimed Mrs. Baxter, with sudden energy,
"but the folks'U be comin' along
right soon, now, and you go up stairs
with Marier. andt put on one of her
dresses and some of her things. I'll get
vnil cnniO i
J w? wvtitv ucvvrm UUllICb its SOOI1 AS I
can Marier, give her your red and black
plaid; she is a good bit littler'n you, and
it's a gettin' short. And tie a ribbon onto
her hair and treat her like a sister,
'cause that's what she's goin' to be."
Then, as they left the room, she said
to herself: "If that child has not
taught me a whole book of lessons since
she came here. Thankful for water and
air and snow, and a decent bed, and her
mother dyin'! I want to know! Well,
I'm goin' to be thankful for my hired
girl. I never had anything to come in so
good on Thanksgivin', after all. as this
Little Thankful, for that's what her
name ought to be, I do say!"?Herald
and Preshvter.
FOREIGN MISSION DEBT FUND.
Previously reported $11,546.63
L. F. M. S. Bethany ch., Augusta Pres
bytery, Ga., $7; W. M. S. Rogersville,
Tenn., including C.. O. stib., $3.25; L. F.
M. S. Presb. ch., Bryson City, N. C.,
$2.60; Bethel M. S., West I^exington
Presby., Ky., $10; "A mite" from West
Hanover Presby., Va., $1; "A friend to the
work," Greenland. W. Va,, $1; From
Red Springs, N. C., $3; L. F. M. S., Mt.
Carmel ch.. Lex. Presby., Va., $10; W. S.
for Christiar Work, Westminster ch.,
Dallas, 0 ex.. tad.) $2; W. M. S. Central
Pres. ch., Little Rock, Ark., $15.25; Mrs.
L. Townsend, Blenheim, S. C., $1; Mrs.
M. F. McLeod Blenheim S P. S1 r a
S., Presby. ch., Florence, S. C.. (addi.)
$4; Benevolent S. Hoge Memorial ch.,
Richmond Va., $3; L?. F. M. S.. Nazareth
ch., Enoree Presby., S. C.. (addi.) $10;
Broadway ch.. Fort Worth, Texas,
(addi.) $2; M. O. B. Grace St. ch., Richmond.
Va., $1; L. M. 3. St. Paul Presb.
ch., Charlotte. X. C., (addi.) $5; L. M. 8.,
Presb. ch., Bardstown, Ky., (Presby. of
Lou.) $10; W. M. U. IvOttisiana Presby.
(add).) $16.00; First Presb. ch.. L. A. S.,
Galveston. Tex., Brazos Presb. (addi.)
$26; H. & F. M. S., Hutto Presb. ch.,
Central Texas Presb., $5; "A Friend, i
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STIMONY.
e?if not already so?the foremost
ry."?ADAMS, WRJGHT & CO.,
V, GA.
/ lb. can
D.t New Orleans, U. S. A.
Red Springs, X. C., $1; Mr?. Ada' Biggs,
Montvale, Va., $1; The Emm? Gray M. S.
isi rresu. cn? ureensboro, N. C., (Orange
Presb.) $80; "The Helpers," Alexandria,
Va., Chesapeake Presby., (addi.)
$6; L. A S. Catholic Presb. ch.. Bethel
Presby., S. C.. $10; W. M. S., Central
Presby. ch., Bristol, Va., $8.ii0; W. M. S.,
Junction City, Ark., $10.50; L. A.
S., Presby. ch., Lancaster, S. C., $1; W.
M. S., 1st Presby. ch., Brunswick, Ga.,
$I(?7~Gift from .Mrs. \V. B. Mcllwaine of
our Japan Mission, $6; Members Pres.
ch., Keyser, W. Va., Winchester Presby:
Mrs. Edgar Davis, .50; Mrs. A. C.
Feather, .25; Miss Sue Sheets, $1; Miss
Maggie Sheetz, $1. Central Tex. Presfcyterial
Union (Addi): Temple M. S. $<>;
Belton M. S.. $11; Waco 2nd ch., M. S..
$10. Transylvania Presb. Union, Ky.,
(Addi.): Mrs. Jennie Anderson, Danville,
$1; Mrs. Alcorn. $1: M.s ?i
, . , ? ? > ?*I
Mrs. Higgins, $1; Mrs. Reld, $1; Miss
Woods, 51; Miss Goggin, $1; Mrs Burch,
Stanford, $1; L. A. S. Pres. eh., Stanford,
$2.45. Indies Mite S.. Gerrardstown,
W. Va.: Mrs. I* M. West, $1; Mrs.
V. C. Warleld, $1; Mrs. W. L. Pitzer,
.50; Mrs, J. W. Shipper, .25; Miss
...a Gray, $2.25; Total, $14,871.83; From
W. F. M. S. First ch., Lynchburg, Va.,
(addi.) sent direct to Nashville, $150.
Mamie D. Smith, Treas.
Petersburg, Va.
Gentleness, when it weds with manhood,
makes a man.?Alfred Tennyson.
Privileges entail responsibilities; to
be denied the privilege is to be spared
the responsibility. Well may we thank
Rod for our exemptions.?Christina Rossetti.
Work?and pure slumber shall wait on
thy pillow;
Work?thou shalt ride over.Care's coming
billow;
Ue not down weary 'neath Woe's weeping
willow;
Work with a stout heart and resolute
will!
God was never more kind than when
I thought him most unkind; never more
faithful than when T was ready to say,
His faithfulness has failed.?Edward Payson.