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Burnham took the paper, and asked the woman to wait while she read it. There was something in the fact that these boys had passed resolutions of sympathy that touched her heart. She unfolded the soiled paper and read: Wee, the braker Boys of burnham braker in mass meeting met Did pass thease res'lutions. first the braker Boys is all vary sory indede Cause mister Burnham dide.
W'at we want a treasher for? we ain't goin' to spen' no money." "You got to have a treasher," broke in a youthful Gushing, "you got to have one, or less your meetin' won't be legal, nor your res'lutions, neither!" The discussion was ended abruptly by some one seconding the nomination of Ed. Williams, and the motion was immediately put and carried.
"Therefore, be it resolved that we will tell her so and tell her she'll never know how much, and we thank her and thank her and thank her. "And a copy of these res'lutions is ordered to be spread on paper and on her heart, and we will spread them on ours. "Kitty Mountcastle "Jessie Royall "Margaret Potts "And Me."
One of the boys spoke up and said: "Tell you what I think, fellows; I think we ought to pass res'lutions like what the miners they done." "Res'lutions," said another, "w'at's them?" "W'y," said a third, "it's a little piece o' black cloth, like a veil, w'at you wear on your arm w'en you go to a fun'al." Then some one proposed that the meeting should first be duly organized.
A kind-faced woman met them there, and Ralph said: "We've come, if you please, the breaker boys have come to to " The woman smiled sweetly, and said: "Yes, we've been expecting you; wait a moment and I will see what arrangements have been made for you." Joe Foster nudged Ralph with his elbow, and whispered: "The res'lutions, Ralph, the res'lutions; now's the time; give 'em to her."
"I don't wonder at it; he was more than generous to us all." But Joe, afraid that the resolutions he had labored on with so much diligence would be forgotten, spoke of them again to Ralph. "Oh, yes," said Ralph, with a wan smile, "oh, yes! here's the res'lutions. That's the way the breaker boys feel the way it says in this paper; an' we want Mrs. Burnham to know."
"Well, I don't b'lieve I'll sign it," responded Jack; "I don't like the res'lutions very well, anyway." "Why not? they're jest as you wanted 'em oh, I know! you can't write your name. "Well, I guess I could, maybe, if I wanted to, but I don't want to; I'm 'fraid I'd spile the looks o' the paper. You's fellows go ahead an' sign it."
"It's on here," she said, "what I'm going to say. A committee wrote it. Three of the girls they learned it to me. And it's to be yours, Miss Mary, forever and ever, because it's res'lutions." She held out the paper, then drew it back. "I forgot I wasn't to give it to you till I was through. I'll begin."
"We got jest time to 'lect a sec'etary and draw out some res'lutions." "I move't Jimmie Donnelly be sec'etary." "I second Jimmie Donnelly." "All you who want Jimmie Donnelly for sec'etary, hol' up your right han's an' say yi." There was a chorus of yi's. "I move't Ed. Williams be treasher." Then the objector rose. "Aw!" he said, "we don't want no treasher.
"Now," said another young parliamentarian, "I move't the chairman pint out a committee of three fellows to write the res'lutions."
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