GOOD-NIGHT STORIES.

Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 47, 25 February 1927, Page 15

GOOD-NIGHT STORIES.

UNSELFISH LITTLE BESSIE. I .Told l.v BLANCHE SILVEK fJr I'ETEH I'.VN.j "My. my!" laughed Bessie'? n:.'.::i.i. b<« '-iie plaiK'e.l a; the many doll* •>.•.:. around the p:ayiiou*e. "I .'. >n"t «ec wh.t: | .n ::ie w.irM Santa I laur. can you. You iiave everything ; at an} ! 111''.? pirl could posiii'ly ask :■:'." "You're mams, dear." i.r.ij;.--.! [ Be-.-ie. ■Bii: da Mm know. Id j.:-: l.uej ■.•j make ejiiHiuii , e'.se happy. Now there's the children at the Orphan*' Hume. I i:ue-- Santa I !.u> won't f.irgo: them. 1) . you think i.-. , mijr'.i;. mania*" "Well, pour .■';.! "-Jinn ( '.a'i* hai- ai '.■':>; pa.-k. hut taere are »n many ii , . , .'..- v i..! .1 r> , ii I d'-:i'i kii.iv, whether -.e u~.il ] iiave anyt'iiii-. , left : • g.ve the ii:tle iirpiuin* wiien ie d->ei« ffet liu-re. repiie.i i:t r m.iiiia. ra'.iu-r piu/.e.1. "U iiy. v. H.it i made you t-iink of that, my dear;" J i "lie-Mil*!.-, mama, if ' ;!i .;i_'h: Santa I ( !,iu< v> .if..in'; iiave do"* and :.iy- to ■.'" round f> ■.•veil iiu- orphan ! ciiiidren i-.'uld liave <-omethinf> in : i-.-.r ' p'.ut'kinj!*. I would i-hare my toys «i;':i ; them." replied Ue-s:e. her ey.v. fairly dan.-in , .' at the til iiijrht. "D.. y.iu rllpI p.w they ivnuKl like i > have i«>iue of my ' tiiy-*. mama ':" Bessie's mama i-mi'iel sadly aii-1 .'. ii>«.-.l ,f tear ironi her •■>•■- v. itii .n-r apron. "I'm sure, my dear, tln-y would ln\e !■. h.ivo i-.imc of \.iur t.>y< if y nt t-u>ugiit \ .ii eoiil-l i-paiv them." i-.ie i-m/iel. "Then we'll ti\ up a jfna: '■•'.•j: i">\ ■ ■;" !i.v«!" la'Jglied lle-«-ic. "" _\ll»3. m.i:ii.i. ma \ 1 fjii vxitii y.iii ti> deliver ". iicni ':" ! Hi»-ie's mama prom her tlie m_'a: I l;o if dadd> woiilil lake them, so H.---:e : -pe'it all th.i! day gatliering up the 1 !.i\» fir the fiift l.o\. S i> made new I .1:~.—. - for her .i.illt-. hriir-hcil tin-ir hair i and ]>ut <-• ii rililiMiic an.l lii.nnet-. and I when daddy came home and wa* t.dd "i I the plane lie was very lia|>py.

"And mama and 1 will give then all a lowly Christmas dinner b.ir-ki- , vviih evcrvthing good to at in it." h< Time wen! very quickly from liia , day until Ciiris-inia* live. Daddi

h.upc-J tlio :rj.-k f i" c>. :,>.•.- an.! g>K«J ' •.::.;.;:- u> eat .iiivl Ue<eie a:i-i .iit mauu f : i..k ;!ie::i ; > the happy _\ !<■:.-. Thai nigh: when B.«-*ie .-ra« '• ! .":.■ .v.i -ho ■..'. 1 iii r man , a r».~v a". In-: k:;o» « -at ?..•.- wanted Sa.'iia Clatk- ~. j bring i her. ••Wf'.l," iaugiic-1 ii.-r nrvutaer. "i'.V rather ;<ite to u- asking >ar/. a L.a.;> :\>r :■•>>." V,;." girled Be~.e. ;::. mama . dear, it ir-i't u :■ y. I'd U-w- : ■> :..ive j .1 i.::i-- ->:■■;. :i.i- !.:t!e one n::.i yti.-.u i . urip ..t »,i'.v a: t'.,e «'rp)ia:j<' Home. 1'" '.••ii think >«»nt:i i lau- would Imni: lu-r here i: ! ~'.»k-.-l i-.-ii : ■ Mayl-e .: :-ri't ;-i late. l"ii ar-k him :•> ■•li'-rr.". - ."' « en 1 M'l- him." and -:.\;^l ,- . ' -' d.-v-n in her !.:tif white !«•.!. l;—it- «••• -n dr.ipp-.-i oil He--:-* mam i •■• I "... r .!.ii.:\ » h..t Bi'-eii , wanted >ai!ta ( ...•.'■■ ;.• >:.:.,: her. a-il BtT.?ii-'« da-'..!\. «.:ii iear e in :..i- ---••>.--. |>u: ii'! iiin i.a: miii went Jouir. >wn. And 'A.' V.'.i \ nil '■elu-ve jt. «hen U.'m-.v aujM<;'.i'l .ii L..i- m>r:;:iij; theft , in tin t »t -:■• -:■'.•■ uf !!»• r.-:n i-iiri- hi-: .i-ii-t-j'. Im---:v u.t- t...i ii.ij.jiv f«T w T.ic.. Sinthey :i.:-i ..ii.- •■:" 'iu- iia;.;.. .«•: t ir:-:ina-di!_\p any i-iiii.l i-viT I>a<.!.