Show A TERRIBLE BATTLE it endla aGlor loui victory over nm A box papa ai he opened the mail buiu ajr from chicago too and from aunt emma I 1 do believe when the box was opened there in a nest 0 soft while cotton lay two largo cgee ornamented in beautiful colors and wonderful to tell these agga bud covers which when gilted lilted up showed them to bo full of sugar plums but these lovely boxes acro very frail and in their long rough journey ono of abo covers was badly crushed sister can have that ill have tho good one said ano little boy at once he was looked at with for he had always seemed a generous lettla fellow my dear asked mamma would you do so selfish 0 o unmanly a thing as that go away and think about it 1 I dont wish to think about it I 1 dont wish to think about it he ro plied excitedly 1 I want the good one after that no onoro was bald ha began to walk about the room his face was hushed and bo looked very unhappy if ho chanced to come near papa papa did not seem to eo him he waa BO busy reading ba newspaper after walking awhile ho wont to tho other side of the room where mamma was bathing and dressing bit lettla sister iio was very foud of bis mamma when the was sometime obliged to punish him as soon as it was over lie would gay wipe my tears I 1 kiss me so now when hla dear mamma did not seem to aco that she had a little boy any more he was cut to tho heart at last lie went into grandman grand maa room now ho and grandma were great friends many happy hours did he spend in her lap hearing stories and slie called him her blessed boy but now alas fac was go buy with her knitting that hc look no louco of him whatever this was dreadful climbed up n chaar and eat down an evil spirit teemed to whisper bont give up and BO ho began again his miserable walk for nearly one hour did this little boy fight his terrible battle with until at lat ho could aland it no longer annie to his mamma and said in pleasant voice 1 will take the broken one sister can have tho perfect one then when papa and mamma had kissed him and ho lad rushed into grandeas grandmas grand mas loving arms what a load of was lifted from his heart little man and domn |