Sioux City register. [volume] (Sioux City, Iowa) 1858-1871, 1860-01-28

her. She rad u those Who Had overcome
great obstacles TO ob,sin their ends. Shs
knew very we'll what end she purposed to
herself-,o gain IN sducatios though she
very poorly comprehended what wss
meant By that inspiring phrase.
She looked about Der for sons msans
for earning little money to supply her.
self with books. Though disappointed
many times, she clung TO the principle Of
her iavorite little song, Try, try, again,
and at last found the long sought resource
in the braiding Of coarse palm-leaf hats
for the village shopkesper. lie gave her,
too, place il his family. for bsr esrvices,
thus spariug her all the time spent in her
long walks, and very m uch that had .roub.
led her young life. a' t.,. ma9 na
So she grew to tall girlhood in that vii.
lage-braiding, delving, sewing, and
securing, scanty bits Of knowledge that
she could pick up during . few months Of
each year. At last she resolved to hoard
her earnings until they should be suisicien,
to support her for year at an academy in
. neighboring town. Then she could per
haps he trusted by some committee to
keep country school. and gain far more
than in the braiding line.
So-but no m .tter how-enough, tha,
she accumulated tho money a, last, and
with proud heart, and very small trunk
presented herself among the pupils Of
Walton Academy. She obtained board at
cheap rate, in consideration Of some ser
vices to he rendered, and Of her claiming
no fire in her scantily furnished room.-
When she had paid her tuition, and pur-
chased the indispensable books-which
made cruel inrosds upon her cherished
treasure-she numbered the dollars over,
one by one she had left, as mother might
| count her children, and calculated how
exactly they would meet her necessary ex-
penses Cor the session. ..
She studied-how she studied that win.
ter! You rich boarding school girls know
nothing about il! With q bed blanket
wrapped about her shivering shoulders,
and bit Of candle in an old tin dippsr-
unsnufed. :ha, i. might burn more slowly
she used to sit, night after night, till the
twice heard cock growing told her that
day vas almost too near for sleep. Satur
days, the playmates plsy- day. brought no
recreation for her Here was dress u
be patched, and fitted together out Of mere
shreds: here was pair Of shoes to be
painfully cobbled or lesson to DO learn.
ed for the next week, from some borrowed
school book, too costly for her to purchase.
She was diIi.ent. and she reaped the
reward Of diligence. Her name was on
the lis, Of "prize scholars when their
yearly examination drew near. All the
pupils. according TO custom, from time i'm i.
memorial. were to dress in white, on that
grand occasion. with blue ashes and trim
minss. Especially VA. this uniform con.
sidered indispensable to this prize takers,
who were to stand out 50 conspicuously be
fore their large audience.
You may wonder, with your well filled
wardrobe, how such thing could be bu,
the truth is. she had but one presentabl.
summer dress, and that was. fortunately,
white musliu she had worked long
and patiently to bring il into fitting
shape, AID, though obliged to wear i. be-
fore the all important occasion kept the
sash intended to adore it. which she pur-
chased with the last half dollar of her
school money. safety rolled up in her trunk
On Friday evening, when dire necessity
had clothed her in this precious robe, the
Principal called her into his study. 10 con
Ter with her about her composition. In
the course Of conversation, as he reached
his arm across the table to dictionary,
he inadvertently overturned full ink bot
tie. whose Sygian contents flowed far and
free over the poor scholars lap, raining
how many hopes he little koew
| 'Oh! am very sorrow Win il spoi,
your dress? was the courteous query ;
aud be thought no more about il.
She forced back the tsars that we're
crowdi"g to her swollen eyes, and tried to
hear calmly what he had to say OF exami.
nation matters all The while feeling tha,
it would be no use to her How could
she face that crowd Of eyes, in faded
calico wrapper aa@
| As soon rs she conli excuse herself. she
hurried home, t. relieve her heart by cry
ing. 1t seem. a triile--we can smile a, i,
now-hut trihes make all what We arc
and this cost ,ne--'tis we'll 10 change the
person now as eve.-,he darkest hour o.
my life. aH
"Was il really yo". Marian :" inquired
Virginia. in an incrednlous tonA.
"Yes-and no! my personal identity, o.
c,use, | cannot doubt; but often, in look
ing back to those days. I Ssh myself in
voluntary, the same question. 'Was il
nyselfy or some other being. mysterious
y substituted fnr inine p
But 10 return. II VAS not only grief ai
being obliged 60 absent myself, from exam
ination. aud miss The prizes that darkened
my spirit so heavily more was at stake
than that. How could offer myself ~
teacher, with any hope for success, thought
!. II, u1exsssed. abssn.sd myself frou