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afraid Of the girls than they we're Of Il. LOUISE
soon despatched it, by the help Of her stick, and
hanging it across the end, held it up, to cali
back the frightened troop. The girls scarcely
dared to approach, even when they saw their
enemy killed. But by degrees they came near,
touched it with the stick. and breathed more
freely. Abby was first among them.
If this snake hadn't been killed" said she.
I " we would none Of us have ever dared come to
the spring again! / declare, Louise, 2 and she
turned suddenly toward her., You are real
heroine, and right generous girl, and I'll
make friends with you!n
She reached out her hand, but Louise drew
hers behind her back. All, Louise there WIS
| o little Of the poison Of our fallen nature pride
fsing in your heart at that momentI But Ne
can scarcely blame you for doing, on first i'm
pulse, what many another, older and wiser than
you, would have done
All would have been lost, and the two would
perhaps have been enemies forever, if Alice had
not sprung forward as Louise halfturnsI away.
| "oh; Louise, stay with us-.,tiot" she ex-
| claimed, catching her in both arms q We
haven't liked you, know and we have called
you names, and laughed at you but we sre
sorry, az sorry; and won't You forgive us, snd
be friends, now -
You never have, Alice ? said Louise, as her
| lip auivered
But Ihaye,g said Abby, coming again to
tSA @At1S' A1VVh Alclcs lAualbG .StOG09TQ. like
you all the better for your sspunk. Pye calIex1
you a coward. over and over again. / Won't
say I'm sorry, but I'll tell you what / spuI do:
III leave it to all these girls to say which Of M
two is the biggest coward There, will that suit
you! Shake hands on it, then .
Louise did not refuse again. She Joined the
party, and all clustered around her as they pro-
ceeded to the sehool-house. Louise seemed ano-
ther being, by the time they reached the gate.
| Her cheeks were flushed, her eyes were lighted
| up, and bright smile made her once pale faGe
| beautiful. Alice walked beside her quietly.
with Louise's hand in hers, having fallen back
INTO her usual calm, sweet mood. Abby fal-
lowed; but. though Louise often turned 70 hee
| she did not look on her so lovingly and frnst.
| fully as on the dear girl ather side
| That night, Alice and Louise had long con
| fabulation at twilight, under the pear tree IN
the garden-a place celebrated in the annals Of
| Miss Stones school.
"oh. Alice" said Louise, fervently. !. why
didn't you tell me you liked me. that first day.
if you really did like me ~ Ne
!" 1t was wrong not to, | know, Louise re-
Piled Alice, sadly. &C But, somehow, Abby Boil
den always does make us do Just as she wants
US to- | didn't put the burdocks in your bed,
though You can't think would be 80 mean
as that didn't know anything about them,
until Abby pulled down the Clothes
| ssPll try to forget all that they've done, and
all the three weeks past" said Louise, wiping
her eyes with her apron. But, oh, Alice, i
never, meuer can forget what happened before
| thati' s. = ss
Did your mamma die 20 asked Alice, softly
and tenderly; for Louise had covered her eyes,
as if to shut out some horrid sight s9i
ss0h, Alice, I shall almost be glad when she
does die!' sobbed Louise.
Alice sat, silently wondering
My baby sister died-she went to Heaven,
| they said-haf year ago; and the s0rrOW,
and trouble, and sickness, made my poor mamma
crazy. And they say she never will get well q, II
Louise struggled to say. 6 They took her--oh,
it was two days only before Icame her-they
tied her hands, and took her Of to 4 great
stone house, an insane asylum, to shut her up
there; because, they said, she would kill ussal
| if she staid at home. She never, never would
have hurt me- sobbed the child. {. Oh Spamma
loved me so much and loved her much,
too. Before she was taken bad, we used alw1<n
to be studying and writing together the whale
morning Mamma would write, or paint, or
practice music, and would be close beside her,
studying, or sewing, or taking lessons Of her
l never went to school a day, before came here !;
and / never played with any girls. Mamma
played with me sometimes, and played with
the baby. Oh, was 50 happy.
She leaned her head on Alice's shoulder, re-
| lieved by this outp0uring of her sad hearts
troubles. .s.js LES
\ --ss sEAs. did you use to study with your mann
ma $ said Alice
ssoh, all the things that you study arith-
: metic, and geography. and history, and French,
, and all sorts of studies
} "Why, then you needn't stay in the little
classes, need you'''
&c l won't stay there day longer, said Lou
Use resolutely 81 haven't cared to study be-
fore; but now do. care That first day when
you were all looking at me and laughing, and I
was thinking so about poor mamma, couldn't
say anything nor do anything. l thought
would have to stay here, and be unhappy al my
life; because my papa is gone to Europe, and he
left me here until his coming back
g But you will be happy no,r, Louise" said
Alice, giving her an affectionate kiss, s. could
cry to think how we plagued you, when you
were feeling SO dreadfully ~
:" Never plague another new girl, Aice,'' said
Louise. 81 tell you, the very first scholar that
comes here after me- I'll make friends with her
the first day, if can. You won't be jealous ii
do, will you, Alice !"
!; s'No, indeed; I'll help You all CAM
Louise kept her resolutions. She rose in her
classes Immediately. She studied with such en-
ergy as even to rival Abby in her classes. That
tormentor was changed, SO far as respected
Louise, into an atfectionate friend. Louise
gained influence over her. after awhile, greater
than any other girl had done, because she was
the only one who would not be laughed out oi
what she thought right to do. She, the timid
child before, became the courageous, erect,
cheerful girl, whom every scholar, young and
old, admired and loved. Her teacher, too
) loved, praised and rewarded her.
Louise was also as good as her word, in
watching over every succeeding $ new scholar :
If ever she saw Abby Bolden disposed to shooi
her arrows of ridicule against one, she would
give her a laughing hint, such as
s'Take care, Abby! she may KALI a sRok.
yetr'
And Abby would reply
s'If she does, Louise, she'll kill me, that
sure! You half did that, you know Ihayn't
e been more than half myself since! But your,
t u jewel of girl y
But Louise is no longer q new scholar,,' s
J and we will leave her among her school mates
now, hoping that her story may win some young
' laughing eyes to look more tenderly than they
are wont to do on some other bashful Nstt
Q Scholar.
Congressional
u WAsEIseros, June s, 1852
e SESArE-Numerous petitions in favor of the Home
stead law presented
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