American messenger . ry. You know that Miss Wells alwaystells us in the Sunday-school class thatwhen a cause interests us and makes usfeel that we want to do something andwe fail to follow the good impulse, thesecond appeal will have less effect. Weall know how we would feel if there wasno chance of going to college after wefinish High School this year; how much Helen Carr. She was thinking of thegift she meant to buy for Grace was the daughter of wealthy par-ents and she always gave costly pres-ents, so her friends felt that expensiveones must be given in return. I will make my gi
American messenger . ry. You know that Miss Wells alwaystells us in the Sunday-school class thatwhen a cause interests us and makes usfeel that we want to do something andwe fail to follow the good impulse, thesecond appeal will have less effect. Weall know how we would feel if there wasno chance of going to college after wefinish High School this year; how much Helen Carr. She was thinking of thegift she meant to buy for Grace was the daughter of wealthy par-ents and she always gave costly pres-ents, so her friends felt that expensiveones must be given in return. I will make my gifts fit my pocket-book, if we decide to do this and I thinkwe should, explained Emma. It seemsto me that the knowledge of the need isour call to service, she unconsciouslyquoted Dr. Burch. Florence looked around the littlegroup. That would mean six dollars foreach of us. And because it is Christmas lets putin an extra dollar, then Maud can buy adress or something she needs, it wasHelen Carr who made the generous sug-. gestion. And after a little more discus-sion the matter was settled on this basis. Now I think I can whistle, laughedEmma, and she did whistle like a birdwithout a moment of hesitation or asingle mistake. That very evening, Emma sent themoney by post-office order to Dr. Burchso it would reach Maud Brewster beforeChristmas. A note was enclosed askinghim to say the money was from four in-terested High School girls, who knewwhat the opportunity to go to schoolmeant. It was on the Saturday afternoon be-fore Christmas that Emma Wright tele-phoned Helen, Florence and Alice tocome to her home. I heard from Dr. Burch, she an-nounced when they were all in the living-room in answer to the summons. Hewas going South himself so he just tookthe money and gave it to Maud. He saidshe cried for joy when she saw it. Listento the message she sent us. Tell those four girls, she said, thatI thank them for their good will to me,and I hope their Christmas will be ahappy one, as happy a
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