Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1858-10-12
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The Calico Cloak.

asked Mary Lark, "a girl Of twelve qr
fourteen years, as she ran to meet agroulp
lof sehoolmates, who we've coming toward
| the school house ]; Z she cuts the most
(comicai looking figure you ever ssM.=+
Her cloak is made out Of calico, and her
shoes are brogans. such az men and boys
wear IL Is
oh yes, have seen her" replied
Lucy Brooks she is the new washer
wornan's daughter ! should not have
thought Mr.. Brown would haye taken her
Into the Academy but / suppose .hs
Hikes the money that comes through stids
as well as any. It is cleaner, ofIcourse!'s
Aid the air rang with the loud laugh
| Of THE girls.
:" Come, let US go and examine her, n
conf inued Mary, as they asceuded the
steps ofthe school-house II am thinking
she will make some fun foT as"
Tile girls went into the dressing room
where they found thenew scholaf. She
was ! mild, intelligent looking child. but
veryI poorly, though tidily. clad The
| girls went round her. whispering and
and laughing with each otheT,, while sha
stood trembling and blushing inI one corr
ner pf the room, without venturing I'd
raise her eyes from the floor.
/ When they entered school. they found
1.-The lhtle girl was far advanced Of those Of
her Ace in her studies, and was placed
ia classes with those two or three years
Eher senior. This seemed ION the whole,
70 make those girls who were disposed 10
ItreatEher unkindly. dislike her the more !;
land She being Of retiring disposition,
through their influence had no friends
but Went and returned from school alone.
/ /" And do you reall think, 4 shid Mary
L4rkb as she went up to the little GIRL a
flew weeks after she entered school, ..that
lyou Ire really going to getIthe medal p
Il would correspond nicely with your
fcloak, 7
/ And She caught hold Of the cape, and
lreld HI from her, while the girls around
| joineti in her loud laugh
|" Calico cloak get the medal! I guess
tshe will / should like % see Mr. Brown
giving ito her +" said another gill, as
she caught hold Of her arm, and pseped
under the chili's bonnet.
The little girltstruggled To release her
SELF. Ind when she was free, ran home as
last as she could go.
1 "Oh !! mother = she said, AS she en-.
tered her mothers humble kitchen, 4. do
answer Uncle Williams letter, and tell
him We will come to New Ybrkto live /
I dsn't like to live in Bridgevine. The
gulsIcall me Calico Cloak and bro.
gans. and you don't know mother. how
/ unkindly they treat me- NJ
/" Lizzie. my dear, Z said her mother.
| you must expect to meet with those who
/ will treat you unkindlv, pn account tot
yourHporerty. but You must not be dis
courased. Do right my child !, and you
fwillsventually come off coqqueror."
i Although Mrs. Lee tried toIeneourage
her child, yet she knew that she had. to
meetIwith severe trials for one So young.
/. But mother. they are all unkind to
me. II" replied Lizzie j; " there isn't one
that loves me-
I And the child buried her face in her
1hands, and sobbed aloud.
In Bridgeyille Academy there were a
few. ,sel6sh, unprincipled girls and the
lotherB joined them in teasing tie little
t' Calico Cloak. z as they called her. from
Ithoughtlsssness, and from love vi sport
but 1aey knew not how each sportiye
lword pierced the heart Of The little stran-
ger. snd how many bitter Tears she shed
il secret over their unkindness. +.
Mis-. Lee learning that The scholars
fstiil Continued their unjust treatment 10
waFdEher c hia,a resolved 10 accept her
brothers invitation, although he was
/ poor man. and become member Of his
family, hoping that while there, her. child
could continue her u lies. and perhaps,
through his Influence, lead d happier life
among her schoolmstes. Accordingly,
al the end Of the term, she left Bridge
willie, and removed To New York. Al
though Lizzia had been member Of the
school but one term. yet she gained the
medal and it was worn from the Academy
4 beneath the despised garment. aH5l
i Weeks, months aud years glided away
\ to tho students Of the Bridgev;lle Acad.
1 envy, and the little " Calico Cloak was
forgotten. Those who were at school
with her had left to enter upon the bust
4 ness oflife.
4 Twelve years after Mrs. Lee and bel
daughter left town. a MI. Maynard, 4
Young clergyman, came into Bridgeville,
land sSttled as the pastor Of the church.
lIGwab reported at the sewing circle. The
/ week following his ordination, that il was
/ expected that he would bring his bride
4 Into town in few weeks. There was q
great curiosity 10 see her, and especially
after Il was reported, that she was q tai
entedE young authoress.
/ Soon after, Mr.. Maynard gratifeG theil
Icuriosity BY walking into church with BIZ
Young wife leaning On his arm She was
4 lady Of great intellectual beauty. and
Everybody, dc they always are II first, wa.
deeply Interested in the young minister
and his wife.
| The following week the ladies Accked
To ses her, and she promised to NEE
them At The next gathering Of hesewins
7lcircle.
The day arrived; although twas quit
stormy. Mrs. Deacon Brpw1's parlol
was ilIed with smiling faces The Dea
\ con- sscarriage was sent to the parsonage