St Nicholas [serial] . theymight send her home, and the beautiful tableauxwould be lost! No, she must wait until all hadbeen given, for she was to be an angel -in thevery last picture. So she never put her hand toher ear when anybody was looking, and did ex-actly as she was bidden, and even tried to smile. When her pretty wings were being fastened on,two great tears did roll down her cheeks, andthe girl who was dressing her said : Why, deary !Are you too tired? Are you ill? Oh, no! she answered cheerfully. My earaches; that s all. All! echoed the girl, pityingly. You poordarling! But just then
St Nicholas [serial] . theymight send her home, and the beautiful tableauxwould be lost! No, she must wait until all hadbeen given, for she was to be an angel -in thevery last picture. So she never put her hand toher ear when anybody was looking, and did ex-actly as she was bidden, and even tried to smile. When her pretty wings were being fastened on,two great tears did roll down her cheeks, andthe girl who was dressing her said : Why, deary !Are you too tired? Are you ill? Oh, no! she answered cheerfully. My earaches; that s all. All! echoed the girl, pityingly. You poordarling! But just then the tableau was called. When the curtain dropped for the third time onThe Guardian Angel, the rector took Patty inhis arms. You are a dear little angel! he whis-pered, and then the little angel put her headright down on the fatherly shoulder, and cried! Then how they all petted and cuddled her—wings and all! A doctor coaxed away the pain,and everybody said that Patty Graham was thebravest little girl they ever ^A/hun its©3f ]pip®uuy in sis® 397
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