Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1863-04-24
Why They Liked Lulu.
A STORY FOR THE CHILDREN

"A iew DAYS ago, as l was going by III
brick school house that stands on beaut
tul retired spot, few streets from m
house, saw six or seven little girls si,,in
on the steps all chatting away with an
mated faces and glib tongues. There wa
no sour face, no harsh voice among then
and walked very slowly, for wanted t
hear what they were saying.
Il think Lulu is the sweetest girl in on
''-hosl, don't you, Bell " said one of then
Yes, do. I've ne yer seen any girl 5
good TO kiss as she is"
"Good to kiss r." said the first littl
speaker, Alice Monroe. I" She's goo,
enough TO eat ! think. Ialways feel as if
wanted to eat her up. She always look.
as if she loved everybody"
"She's always smiling. That's what ]
like her for," replied Bell.
Il like Lulu because she's always so pa
tent and kind said Netie Graves, another
little speaker. One afternoon last week.
when was hurrying TO do my sums, and
was crying because it was late, and was
afraid | should have to stay after school,
she took cut her handkerchief and wiped
my eyes, and told me not TO cry, she'd help
me. | cried all the harder though, lust as
always do when any one is kind to me !;
cried all over the slate. and the figures run
together so that Lulu had to get my arith-
metic and set the sum over again. When
| saw how ii was rubbed out, said was
sorry, and she said, %, no matter. Come
on old figures. March on to this slate as
quick as you can She was just as good
as she could be to me, so that we were
through with the sum when the school was
,ut."
Do you want to know what I like her
orr asked Lizzie Morton. Il like her
because she's so good TO her mother. The
,tber night / went over to her house to ask
Ter to come out on the sidewalk and roll
.eop; but she said she couldn't, for her
mother wasn't well, and had gone out to
get the air, and she stayed at home to rock
he cradle. So went into the house and
iayed with her while she rocked little Will
lie in the cradle. She often stays at home
o take care OF Willie, and she leases her
mother TO LET her."
We're all telling what we like Lulu for,
o | will tell what l like her for" said
emma Hawley. 81 like her because she
ays the best thing she can for every body,
nd she never tries to make out that any
ody has done more than they have. Don't
ou know. the other day, when Mr. Lee
vas going to whip Charles Harlbrook for
hrowing stone and hitting boy. she told
i'm she thought he didn't mean to hit him,
D Mr.. Lee stopped and inquired into it,
nd said he was satisfied the boy didn't
,ean anything. She saves great many
oys whippings, because she always says
to Dir. Lee that sets him TO
linking"
81 like her because she's always good to
he poor little girls" said Mariana Stone.
She treats me just as well as if were
ch."
Little Marianas words had touched a
lord in her own heart, and she couldn't
~ any more, or sit any longer on the steps,
at stole away and cried as she thought
bout Lulu. Blessed little Lulu May
le long have place in the brick school
ouse, and may Alice, and Bell, and Nettie,
I'd Lizzie, and Emma, and poor little
Iariana, often sit on the steps and tell what
icy like her for. May 1 too, sometimes ,
: there to listen. And may all my young
'aders be like my darling Lulu.