New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1852-06-16

making an effort that shock her small frame
| like leaf on windy day.
| litter went around the class. The poor
child, seeing what a mistake she had made in
her fear. colored to the roots Of her hair, and
did not dare to look up again
| 1t was just so in the arithmetic class, where
| she set all in laugh by looking around with q
| distressed eye when she was asked, What ARE
four times nine'" and tremu1ously exclaiming,
sc sixty three
| The girl is green-horn and Ounce ~
|. cried Abby, after the recess bell had rune, as
| soon as she found herself outside of the school
| room
"Take care, Abby!" s' Hush she heard
you quickly whispered two, near her. Abby
| looked half around, saw Louise standing near
| a window, seeming marble statue, except for
! the tears that glassed over her dark blue eyes,
and the distressful, almost agonized, expression
| OF her face. She did not seem able to move,
| but stood as though the unkind words had
| turned her really into stone.
- What If she dill hear me " exclaimed Alb
by, little piqued. s'Ill repeat it again for
her benefit, if she stands there staring at me
| much longer"
"oh, Abby!" said Alice Come-come
away!'
eco yourself, and comfort the cry-baby
See she has gone to her bench to whimper
away again. DO hate nlnny W
Very few Of the girls were so hard hearted as
Abby; but they were, without really knowing
It, very much ruled by her opinion, because
they stood in great fear of her power of raising
a inugh against them.7vSo, instead of aeoina to
comfort little Louise and make her feel at home,
| they joined in a laugh at her expense, and went
on in troop, to follow Abby to the 's spring %
| One or two-Alice for one-gazed up timidly at
| the window, but did not dare to turn and 90 in,
ont tcohh l.. i
on her atlas.
'Oh dear!" she sighed. lifting her red eyes
| for moment into the sunshine, which fell in
golden showers over her head, as though it
longed to cheer her up, and call her out to play.
g Oh dear wish'-The very act of wishing
| brought q fresh burst of grief, and she dropped
| her face again.
Homesck, ell, little one ," asked one of the
| larger young ladies, passing by her desk
| Louise started up in confusion. and stared
| timidly at her, as though she did not know
whether she were an enemy or a friend
Want to go home, hey?'' added the other.
"N-no. ma a'am!'' stammered Louise turn
ing her head away to hide her tear -sprinkled
cheeks.
| ooh, well, I'll let you have your cry out, p
sald the other going away, and taking no
further notice of her.
| The day passed thus. Louise did not venture
to either the dinner or supper tables, but
crouched in a corner of the school-room, look
ing up into the sky, when the others were not
with her The teacher thought that she was
sullen, and not disposed to become acquainted
in her new home. The scholars had made ur
their minds that she was a very disagreeable
sort of girl, besides being s'green,'' and they
didn't care anything about her. So the poor
thing went uncared for until bed time, when a
servant was sent to show her to her sleeping
place.
She was taken into large room, where most
OF the girls of her age also had their beds set
against the wall, all in row. Hers was ex-
actly between those Of Laura and Abby.
The girls clustered into corner to whisper
and giggle, as soon as she came into the room
and expressed as plainly as they could do ii
without words, that she was very unwelcome.
stole along to her bed and stood leaning against
it, MS though uncertain what to do next
/" Well, are you going to stand there all
night''' asked Abby, at last, turning suddenly
upon her. 6 Because can tell yous the. .Aighs
will be taken away in five minutes, whether yo,
are dressed or undressed.''
Thus warned, Louise commenced hurried
nntying her clothes; but the girl came for tn
light before she had finished. She was to,
timid to ask for her trunk, which had not We
been brought up. She stole along to the win
dow, lifted the curtain, and stood unfastenine
the knots, by the light of the moon.
81 say, girls, did you ever hear that til,
moon was made of green cheese.' OF was il
made green cheese p which q" said Abby t(
Louise
'Whats the capital of Maine ~ chucklet
Laura, in another loud whisper.
why, sixty-three,' to be sure! Don't yo,
know it :" said Abby, very complacently anc
all laughed again.
Louise felt as though her head and heart
were bursting. But she did not shed any more
tears. She had T" had her cry out" and was tt
weary and hopeless to do any thing but stagger
to her bed. As soon as she lay down in it, how
ever, she sprung up as though bee had stuns
her.
Why, what's the matter now % inquire,
Abby. The others all kept silent.
"There's something in my bedr exclaimed
the terrified Louise, drawing up her feet.
A few Of the girls giggled under their coun
terpanes.
Something is there Well, you had better Ii
down and take up with something for CUES
hears you talking out loud here, after hours =
and Abby turned over on her pillow.
i Louise crawled out of her sheets, and rollin
herself up as well as she could, slept the nigh
away on the outside of her bed In the morn
ing, she was suddenly awakened from a swee
dream by a sousing dash of cold water. Sh
started up with a little scream; but nobod,
was near her; yet the girls We're oil laughing
Hope you rested we'll last night" observer
Abby. '' Come, girls, let US see what coul
have got into her bed,' said she, giving winl
to the rest.
Turning down the clothes, they found on
oy two punches of burdock burrs, stuck Jus
where Louise was to have lain. They tried t
} conceal their laughter; and Abby, seeming yer
much astonished, cried out
&c Dear me who could have done this Ho,
did these come here' Alice, do you know any
! thing about it :" For she saw that Alice, VIII
was the only one that had not laughed, was jus
on the point Of speaking.
: 'sNo, l don't; but | know somebody tbs
} does % said Alice, coloring with anger, unlik
her usual gentleness.
''Ah, the tell-tale blush betrays the guilty !!
| said Abby, pointing her fore finger at her wit
, a meaning look. ''It was very wrong of you
Alice! 1 feel it my duty to report you!'
Alice was quite tlustered, and did not reply
The others laughed as though they would XII
themselves
Louise was put into the small classes tina
day, with little girls head below herself. He
teacher told her She thought she could get hos
Q lessons, at least. She hardly seemed TO stud
t them, however, but sat with ller head on he
o hand, looking vacantly before her.
: Two or three weeks passed in this wa.