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For the (
WHEN THE \
A breeze came out of the west o
Keady for business and ready fo
Saucy and restless and misehie'
Wilder and gayer and stronger
Tossing the hat off a little mi
Oh_ Jhp wild rha.xtJ Uiof t1?a* oon
"Oh, wait, naughty hat," the lit
To think of the thing she had clr
Not stopping to comfort, on hur
It worried the passers and pla>
It hurried and hurried until in
It found itself boine on the wi
With wild clouds of dark'ning o
Quite hiding the inoon from th<
And the breeze, ere he knew, \
Alas for the hat whicii no more
Aias for tiie maiden who home
To tell dear mamma ot the bre
But mamma will comfort the tii
When she tells of the frolic the
And safe in her room soon fori
That worried the passers and l
MISS MATTIE'S I
By L. M. M
The third class was goin?
Mattie's yard for a pail of
the whole ten of the Thin
Ragland and Bobby Foster,
it, carried the pail and heac
hind them came four pairs of
each little girl wore a gay pi
plump feet.
The Third Class was alw;
over to Miss Mattie's. Mi
brown house just across the
It looked like nothing so m
larger than common, anion
bushes.
When- the Third Class w;
its visit to the well, Miss M
called to it. She had two je!
of it, and, besides, she gav
bunch of lillies of the valh
lilac bushes.
"Isn't Miss Mattie lovely
iney went aown tne lane.
"I wish we could do son1
show her how much we like
Everyone looked at Nann
Nannie would have an idea
was famous in the school for
Nannie felt that the occ
She thought very hard all t
house and the others were c
During the afternoon she
the neglect of her fractions
marks in dictation, but she
By the time school was ou
THE PRESBYTERL
y
Children
VIND BLEW.
ne day,
r play,
vous fcOO,
It grew,
aiH'o h Q-J H
cy wind led!
tie maid cried,
erlshed with pride!
ried the breeze,
ed with the trees,
its might,
ngs of the night
ver the sky,
i passers by,
vas with wild winds combined
i he can And!
trudges slow
eze that would blow.
ed little maid
naughty wind played,
gotten the breeze
jlayed with the trees.
?Marion Stuart Wonson.
JIRTHDAY GIFT,
[ontgomery.
; up to the well in Mis:
water. Not that it needet
.1 Class to do this; Teddj
who were the only boys ir
led the procession, and be
little girls, arm in arm, ant
int sunbonnet and had bar*
ays glad of an excuse to gt
iss Mattie lived in a litth
road from the schoolhouse
uch as a bird's nest, a litth
g its apple trees and lilai
is recrossing the yard aftei
lattie came to her gate an<
lly cookies for each membei
e each of the little girls i
;y from the bed under th<
?" said Rosella Brown, a:
lething real nice for her t(
her," said Tessie Baker.
lie Miller. They were sun
;r xt
*4 O.UJ Ullt wuuiu. i \ dllllM
her ideas.
asion called for reflection
he way back to the school
areful not to disturb her.
continued thinking hard t(
and spelling. She lost fiv<
had her reward elsewhere
t Nannie had her idea, an<
\N OF THE SOUTH.
the Third Class, understa
triumphant expression, si
ground.
"Let us make Miss Ma
Nannie.
"What on earth is that?
"I know," said Rosella,
rose jar."
"Yes; and this is my pla
Miss Mattie is always so j
she gives one of us anythi
one of us, let that one giv
for the jar as long as the
birthday comes in Noveml
tell her it's just all the nict
back to her in a rose jar."
The Third Class beame*
reputation. Little Ruth C
lief. She had been so afr
call for some money and
was all right now. There
cabbage rose bushes in tht
"Of course we must ke
time comes to give it to M
It was agreed that tin
charge because she lived
and siste/s, being told of t
Brown said she would givi
over to Nannie, a quaint,
> blue and gold. And Nann
1 would give the necessar
r tend to the curing of
i gathered.
The roses were just b<
1 rose jar started, and fron
- months scarcely a day pas
of rose leaves, rich red. o
) or yellow as sunshine W2
t and gold jar on the Miller
Little Ruth Clark put i
; Miss Mattie had helped 1
c one day when she was jus
big hopeless words. An
r Raglan dropped in the la
j Mattie sewed up a big rer
r ing a tree behind the sc
i work to find his rose leav
5 over. He tramped all ov<
noon, looking for them ar
3 white rose in Aunt Melind
Melinda let him have it wi
> was told what it was for.
Then Jessie Miller tool
i put in dear knows what
; was shut down and the j?
months.
Miss Mattie's birthday c
It was very cold and blea
den were all dead. Miss 1
5 and sighed. She felt ver}
e nobody to remember her
:. could not keep the tears c
I Just then a rap came at 1
)'
May 26, igog.
.ruling this by reason of her
urrounded her on the playttic
a jar of potpourri," said
said Teddy,
nodding sagaciously; "it's a
,n," said Nannie. "You know
yood to us. Well, every time
ng, or does anything nice for
e a big handful of rose leaves
roses last. Then, when her
)er, we can give it to her and
: things she did for us coming
d. Nannie had sustained her
lark sighed privately with reaid
that Nannie's plan might
she was so very poor. She
were ever so many big pink
; Clark yard.
ep it a dead secret until the
iss Mattie," warned Tessie.
p ipr slmiild Vi? i?-? Vini,!nV
in a central place. Mothers
he plan, approved of it. Mrs.
e them a ja-, and she sent one
dainty, old-fashioned one of
ie's big sister, Jessie, said she
y spices and oils, and atthe
rose leaves as they were A
e ginning to bloom when the <
l that time for the next two
sed that a chubby little fistfu^^^ 1
r creamy white, or pale ph^^^H ]
is not dropped into the
sitting-room table. "
n the very first one, because
lier learn her lesson at noon
it ready to cry because of the
d two months later, Teddy
St nnp r?n th<> rlav tViof A/Tioo
it in his jacket, torn in climbhoolhouse.
Teddy had hard
es, for the season was almost
ir the village Saturday afterid
at last found just one pale
a Moore's garden. And Aunt
th a right good will when she
< the rose jar in charge and
delightful things, and the lid
ir put away to ripen for two
ame on the first of November,
k, and the flowers in her gardattie
sat in her little kitchen
r lonely and sad. There was
birthday, she thought. She
?ut of her soft brown eyes.
Phe door. Miss Mattie opened