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ever to do anything wrong or. dishonor
able it would kill me."
No, she felt that she dared not take
the shawl. She need only close her eyes
to see the look of astonishment and ter
ror upon her mother's face, the fright
ened look in her eyes.
But then could she not pretend that it
had been given her?
No ; even then Sadie durst not face her
mother with a lie upon her lips. How
could she help but break down and con
fess before that penetrating look which
she knew so well? No, that would never
do. It would be better that her mother
should go cold than that she should
wear what did not belong to her.
Now you must understand that al
though it has taken such a long time to
write down all these thoughts, in reality
they had passed so quickly through Sa
die's mind that the little girl was still
looking at the monkey. He had on a
red hat and a velvet jacket, and he was
dancing on two legs and holding out the
hat for pennies. And while he was do
ing this another gust of wind lifted the
shawl clean out of the carriage and
twined it round Sadie's shoulders.
She thought again of her mother
shivering in their attic, and the shawl
felt so warm and comfortable that she
did not dare to hesitate for a single in
stant, or she knew that she would be
lost ; so, with an impulsive movement,
she stepped round to the other side of
the carriage and held out the shawl.
"Here is your shawl, Miss Annie," she
said.
"Oh," cried the little girl, "thank you.
It mast have blown out from the car
riage." Stie smiled so-brightly at Sadie that
Sadie felt happy, too, and just then the
old lady came out from the store where
she had been shopping.
"See, grandmamma," cried Annie,
"this little girl found your shawl which
had blown out of the carriage and has
brought it back.'
But Sadie could not bear to meet the
gaze of this old lady, who smiled so
kindly at her and iooked so warm and
comfortable in her winter clothes. Sti
lling a sob she hurried away, knocking
against all who stood in her path. Once
a man coming hastily out from a shop,
pushed her into the roadway and nearly
overturned her in front of a pair of
horses, but she picked herself up and
hastened on homeward. At last she
reached the little street, ascended the
high stairs and fell into her mother's
arms with a cry. Then she burst into
tears.
"Why, Sadie, what is the matter?"
her mother asked.
Then, piece by piecj, she drew from
her the whole story. And when she
had told it Sadie felt comforted again.
They ate their supper in silence, and
soon afterward Sadie went to bed.
In every other house but this children
had hung up their stockings before they
went to bed, knowing that they would
awake to find them filled with gifts from
Santa Claus. And even in this house,
among the very poor, there were not
many whom Santa did not visit. But,
of course the old gentleman cannot go
everywhere, and no doubt he occasion
ally misses a little boy or girl among
those crowded tenements. So Sadie s
mother sighed as she saw the empty
stocking hanging at the foot of the bed,
dreading lest her little girl should
awake on the morrow to find it empty.
About half an hour after Sadie had
gone to bed her mother heard the sound
of suppressed excitement in the street.
She looked out of the window and then
she saw that out of every other window
in the street a head appeared in view
and all were watching a magnificent car-t
riage and pair that drove slowly down
through the narrow passageway be
tween the tenement-houses. She looked
at it in breathless excitement. Was it
going to stop? Yes, it was stopping,
and at her door. And very soon after
ward she heard the rustling of silken
skirts and an old lady and a little girl
entered the room. Sadie's mother was
so astonished that she did not know
what to say.
"Are you Sadie's mother?" asked the
old lady.
"Yes, ma'am," said Sadie's mother.
"Your little girl picked up my shawl
in the street this afternoon," said the
old lady. "She went oil so quickly that
I did not h ive time to reward her, but
my footman followed her home and sent
me word of where she lives. Now I
intend to reward her for her thoughtful
ness and honesty ."
What she and Sadie's mother talked
about that evening I do not know, but
on the next morning Sadie found her
stockings full of all sorts of toys from
Santa Claus. And there was turkey
next day for dinner. And soon after
Sadie's mother became housekeeper at
the old lady's home, and they lived in a
warm room and had chicken once a
week and turkey every Christmas and
Thanksgiving Day.
Xniaft and Sew Year Cards.
Although the first Christmas card was made In
1846, very few were sent till the year 1862. Then
the fashion came in of sending cards, the size of
visiting cards, inscribed simply with the words :
"A Merry Christmas."
A myftterioiiR Santa Claim.
Did Jimmy eee Old Santa,
Or was it all a dream?
He thought he heard him talking,
Thought he heard his team ;
But when he tried to touch him
The room was dark and still,
So he keeps on wondering
And asking Uncle Will.
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