Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-03-11

brow. A bookseller had pressed upon M.
notice some Delightfully."- abrasive ehildrsn' |.
books and his heart ached because he could
not buy them. knowing that ArrAh could
not appreciate them. lie Sat readisg the
Newspaper. When she cane and leasing On
his shoulder, looked over Nth him Pres
enilv sbs placed her small forefngcr on the
page and began TO read slo~ly. hssitaiiag-
ly. bat correctly. little story for ehildren.
lie listened IN delighted ssrPri.e until she
had fnisLed. aad then e1elAialed-
Why. my daughter. ~hO tAashi yoa 70
rrais-
Mamma did and can play the piano
too j AN DOT A. idiot any more
Nv child ~ho ever told you that you
were an IDIOT -
"Oh. I have heard Aunt Benton sav 50
great many iiaes Bat an not Tor can
read
" No. indeed. yOa are not. There Is the
iSs-hsh. Mamma. dont you think "a is
about time Tor this great girl 70 have done
eating ih the nurssrys She is almost elev-
en- wears old
There vas an amused smile arouad Mrs.
Herbert, mouth At tAis evidence Of the
sudden rise ArrAh hal made in her father q
esteem. a. she quietly Ans~ered-
" Yes. have been thinking 50 for some
tiae
Accordingly. Arrah vas given a seat At
the table With her Parcnts. and her father
watched her movements with feelings quite
akin 10 those be- usight be Supposed - have
II she bad been Suddenly restored 70 him.
after having been lost for a long time. Az
Ter she had gone 20 bed. Mr. Herbert told
her father all about old Dennis's opinion.
a. oppressed IN the conservatory. Arrah'.
delight upon hearing lie piano. AM her A.
ternpts 90 pl,y herself.
90 soon discovered .aid she. that
she had good ear for music. and taught
bsr % play several little tune. and sing the
words Presently she became very much
interested IN the sheet music. and told her
that would Do her no good until sbs could
rsad. She ran a~ay. and soon rvturncd
wih Ittie book Der own mother hal used
IN teaching her. She lad Il on nv lap.
and pointed ost A and -. Ithoaght II she
lad remembered those two letters 80 long.
shc could learn more. I begaa with the
~ori method. asd Il took a whole week 10
learn her the relation bet~sen the two
words. dog and cat. AMI the objects which
they represent After that had COMPARE
lively little troable. She learns Slowly.
bot she never forg-ts anything. and in time
think she Will make good scholar She
IS beginning % learn % write nov
Why did yol not tel me BEFORE
ca. / thOught you wosld 6nd il cut.
jas; a. you have. Il would have tricd your
Patience somewhat 60 have watched her bro
gres- from thc FIRST
Mr. Herbert vas handsome a. vel a.
an amiabie lAey. but had she been .sre-i.A
a. Aantippe. and ugly a. Muckle Mou'd
Meg her husband would have seen moth
ing bat PcrfectiOa ia her after this. Ills
song q Thanksgiving took the shape Of
choice .ad costly gifts for bis -ile; aay
quantity of pretty books for Arab. and
large ueE new Bible for Dennis. Who vas
a. much surprised as pleased a. the girt be-
cause. honest old man. BE- hardly realized
himself. rn1ch les suspectci tbsi bis master
knew. q las instrumentaliiy in bringing
little Arabs hidden intellect 10 Hght New
erihcless. from that dsy De took great de-
light iu hearing hcr read the -ords % in-
spiisiion. when his days work va. done.
Ten more years passed away. and the
gem shi-h 90 had cost o. much time and Ia
bor Co polish. shone gioriously IN q most
lovely setting. No dsaghtcr ever compre-
hraied better any bu'ines. Perplesity her
father uiz z.i sei into. and sho~r8 usorc o.
curate isdg-asnt in helping him straisLtsn
hs sccou.fs. or wrote better bone lettrrs
o. sooihe the a1H isty a a. absent parent
No elder sistsr ever gave more psticnt and
tender love. - wissr and more careful 10
sirsction. than dil ArraL. o. the liitie rroup
arouni her mothers Knee. 40 dfauinz-
room belle ever enteruiucd her frieais
nth better grsce. and u,oro sound sense
than sle could. llrr conversaii0n as al
vass Pleasant. and. ai,hough sho never o.
tsmptei any brilliant dashes of-it. there
Vas 4uict Feiu of hum0r running thros9h
hsr thoughfs. whieh pleased vithout roaa-
ding any ore by any uniae sharpncss.
She had q r.ch and poserisl voice. ard
rreat masicai ta'eut and her playing aad
singing vo,.ld pea % ths biash many q pro-
i-ssignsl perlormer AL Aisogeiher eelipsed
the brst in the crowd 81 smsieurst o. 30 found
sseryshers. Tier piay uss nos con-