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April ax, igog. TH 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 E PRESBYTERIAN OF THE SOU1 , They wh SjK lands prom |||g| LU I J-^- *v II J the smooth coffee they GEORGIA TE "We predict that it is destined to b brand of coffee in the whole cvi in t (WHOLESALE GROCERS, ATLANT/ 25 cts. ? * THL ROLY-TAYLOR C( 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 * CH. 25 o have tasted the brews of many ounce ZIANN1L )rr LL est, most satisfying, most delicious have ever tried. 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.