EMMA'S CHOICE.
Three young children, Emma, Charles, and Arthur Payson, had been left to the care of their old grandfather, through the death of their parents.
Grandpa Payson was not rich: he was a day-laborer, and had to work hard for the support of a family, which would have been large enough without the addition of three hungry little ones.
But grandpa's heart was large enough to take them all in; and they proved such good and lovable children, that he soon became very much attached to them.
Little Emma was his especial favorite; and one December day he said to her, "What shall I get you, darling, for a Christmas present? A nice pair of shoes would be just the thing, I'm thinking."
"Oh, no, grandpa! Give me a book—a book with pictures in it: that will be better than new shoes. By going barefoot, I can make my old shoes last me a year longer."