Piedmont High School - Tris Yearbook (Piedmont, WV)

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Zdettgfs Svacrifice Gertrude Wilson lived with her parents, brother. George and little sis- ter Betty in a city in Maryland. - Gertrude had graduated in the spring b-efore our story opens. She was a fine musician and wanted to take a series of lessons from a professor who was to be in the city only a short time. At the end of the Vwenty-five les- sons a Judge was to be appointed to select one to be awlalrded a prize. The DFIZQ was a purse of S500 or a course in any schcol she or he mright select. Gertrude asked her father one eviening at the dinner table if she could take the lessons. The twenty-five lessons would amount to one hundred and twenty-five dollars. b k Please, dad-dy, I'll work real hard and if I get the prize I'll pay you ac. . I am very sorry, my dear. I don't think I am able to pay out that a- mount at present. Your mother's illness and opetratiion have taken all I had saved up. Oh, daddy, I have told all my friends I was going to. and now what will they think? I must just get the money some way. Here is five dollars on it, sis, said George. I was going to get a foot ball, but I can do without it for awhile. Five dollars is only a. drop in the bucket. Thvankrs all the same. When are these lessons to begin? lasked mother. September 3, and this is August 25. Oh I can never get money to go as other girls. I think we have given you a good many advantages. Now there is yiour brother, for instance, he has givlen up a good many pleasures for you to continue your music. I would be ashamed to talk that way. If your fath- er isn't able to give you the lessons we W-on't say anythinig more albout it. Go to your room and remain there until you can talk better upon the sub ject. As the daughter left the room her mother said to her husband, What do you think of my pawning my pearls ? N-o indeed, We won't hear of such a thing, we will let the lessons go. Perhaps next year I'll be alole to send her myself. Now little Betty, five years old, was a silent listen-er of all this conver- satilon. She wanted to help her beloved sister very much. She made her way to the nursery and salt down by the fire. Taking her pug dog upon her lap she began to talk to him. Now, Beauty, we got to see what we can do. You are all I gwot I can call my own. Supposin' you and me go down and see the 'fesser man. May- be he will buy you, but oh, you d:arlin', I love you so much but I love sister Page .twenty-eight