. Ouina's canoe and Christmas offering : filled with flowers for the darlings of earth. 138 OUINA S CANOE. PART II. HE next morning Annie brought outthe contents of a very small box, allher earthly store, five dollars, hoarded*(o up from time to time; some portionwas a birthday present of one dollar,other twenty-five cents and fifty centswere little gifts of her papa at differ-ent times. Freddie brought Jiis little pennybank and found nearly two dollars. AuntHilda was called into the council. Now, said Annie, I want a nice warm-wrapper for mamma and a pair of invalid slip-pers, how much will t
. Ouina's canoe and Christmas offering : filled with flowers for the darlings of earth. 138 OUINA S CANOE. PART II. HE next morning Annie brought outthe contents of a very small box, allher earthly store, five dollars, hoarded*(o up from time to time; some portionwas a birthday present of one dollar,other twenty-five cents and fifty centswere little gifts of her papa at differ-ent times. Freddie brought Jiis little pennybank and found nearly two dollars. AuntHilda was called into the council. Now, said Annie, I want a nice warm-wrapper for mamma and a pair of invalid slip-pers, how much will that take? Well, saidaunt Hilda softly, I can get a very good onefor three dollars, and I will make it with Maryshelp, (Mary was a neighbor who always wasready to lend a hand to anything good,) theslippers I can manage alone. Then, said Annie, we want to invite olduncle Ben (the lame man you know,) and the poor widow and her little girl Daisy,and little Tommy the one-eyed boy, to tea,and we want a fire in the parlor so as not tomake too much noise for mamma. And,said Freddie, we want to invite
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