The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1857-04-09
KIzzY KR1NGLFs STORY.
A sTOHY FoR LITTLE GTRLs.

bureau WlJh 8IGlk CldW lGCIs ana Chalr
whose cushion is stuffed with cotton bat
ting; wash-staud and a table and a
looking glass over It, At the side of
the looking-glass is picture Of Daniel
| Webster, which Hook at oftener than in
the looking-glass-for I am am ugly old
maid, and Daniel was one of a thous-
and
Old maids like TO have q good time, as
well as other folks; so I don't shut my
self up moping in my little salt-box Of
room. When the four walls close too
tight around me, there arc four or five
families where l go visiting, sometimes
to breakfast, (for Tn an early riser
sometimes to tea, sometimes to dinner.
and sometimes to all three, sometimes
I stay all night.
Everybody is glad to see me, because
I pay my way. IF the baby has the col
lie, [ tend il; if johnny wants new
tail to his kite, make it if Susy has
torn her best frock, 1 mend it; if Papa
comes silly up to me and slips a dickoy
into my hand, l sow the missing string
on, and say 1othing
I have lately made the acquaintance
of new family, by the name of Tomp-
kins; and very clever people they are.
too They have a whole housefull of
chi'dren-not one too many, according
to my way of thinking Louisas and
Jcnnys, and Marthas and Marys, and
Tommys and Johnnys, besides a little
baby that its mother has never had time
to name.
love to watch little children. Tloyo
to hear them talk when they don't think
1 I'm listening. 7 love to read to them,
and to watch their eyes sparkle j love
to play with them, and walk with them.
They are often much ploasanter compa-
ny than grown people-at least 50 Kizzy
thinks. But that is only an old maids
opinion
I hadn't visited at the Tompkins
long, before 1 noticed that little 'LUly"
as they called her, was one by herself;
that is she was not a favoritc with the
rest of the family At FIRST I did not
not understand how it was and 1 felt
very much like saying l didn't like it;
for Luly seemed to be a nice little girl,
and playful as little kitty. She was
always laughing singing, and dancing,
now in Mt one door, and now out of the
other, like a will-o' -the-wisp or a jack
O'-lantern. Why on earth they didn't
like Luly, I could not see Being an
old maid, Of course L could not rest easy
until found out the reason of this .
and I soon did it, as you'll see, if you
read on to the end of my story
One day Luly came to me, saying
"Tell me story, there's good .
Kizzy, I'm tired of running round"
Well, 1 knit to my seam needle |
and then I took her on my lap, and .
began:
Once there was a little girl whose
name was Violctta She had never kept
still five minutes since she was born, and
suppose the shoemakers were very glad
Of it. She was as much of little sduir-
rel as a little girl could be-nibbling
from sunrise to sunset.
Whenever Violetta came into the
room everybody looked uneasy IF her
papa was writing, he'd lay one hand
over his papers, and push his inkstand
as far as possible into the middle Of the
table; mamma would catch up her work
basket and put it in her lap; her little
brothers and sisters would all scramble
up their playthings, and run; even the
little baby would crawl on its hands and
knees as fast as it could, and catch hold
of its mothers gown.
You might bo sure if you laid a thing +
out of your hand, you would never find
it in the same spotwhere you left it, if
Violetta were in the room She would
rnn off with your scissors your bodkin,
your needle-book, and your spool of cot
ton; she would stuff your Handkerchief
in her pocket by mistake; she'd try your
5pectacles on to her kitten, and tie your
new tippot on the dog Ponto's neck.
Then she would run into the Kitchen
md dip her finger into the preserves,
and upset the egg basket, and open the
)ven-door, and let the heat all out when
.he pies were baking, and leave the COW
pr off the sugar bucket, and dip into
.ho milkto feed her kitty and disturb the
cream, and nibblo round a loaf Of fresh
cake, just as a little mouse.
Well, Of course everybody dislikod /
ler, aud hated to see her come where
hey were, She never got invited any !
where because nothing was safe from !
ler Paul Pry fugers; and when compa- Is
ly came she generally got sent out Of d
he room, 1t was great pity, because
he was a pretty little girl and bright ]
me, too, .-.I
"Oh, Miss Kizzy,' said Luly, Il new Is
n will do so any more, II
"Why, Luly / didn't say you did SO; {
was talking about Violctta." Z
"Oh, but it is just like me, said the j
lonest little girl; 81 have done all those q
hings, Miss kizzy-oyory one Of them; /
,ut did not think it would make every G
,ody hate me. want to be loved Miss
\izzy; but you'd not know how dread
al hard it is for little girl to keep Z
till '' q
" Yes / do, Luly; and you needn' keep Il
TIL as you call it, bud you mustn't "
neddlo with what don't belong TO you I
see bow II is: you are worry active lit- {
lie girl, and want something to do all ,he g
ime. k'll ask your mother 10 let you /
20 to sohool-(Luly frownod) to' me, q