Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1868-03-06
PARIS, MAINE, FRIDAY,


Her mans Car'iine. bu, ve call her
Cacky" was the answer; and Miss Murray
sent them to their seats.
In the course Of the forenoon she called
for Jane and Caroline Dow,lIe to come and
read. Jane Instantly got sp. but her sister
sat still, with that same ei6<h grin upon her
face anil l-rr fr,m her eyrs.
Come Caroline" the teacher called a.
gain. Jane took hold oi her arm and tried
to pull her up. but .h- drew back wih a
j'ik Miss Murray went up to her with n
picture book in her hand.
'Comr. Caroline, want 10 show you
these pictures. and see how man, letters
you can tell me-"
MY names Cacky. call inc Cacky. and
I'll come"
Il would rather ~alI you Carolirc. / think
tsmuch preiti-r than Cacky"
IL don't was the short answer.
James face meantime. was hot With blasb-
es. Tor the whole school were looking, and
listening. aud laughing Come. Cacky.
come. she whispered anxiuusly. but the
ch'id would no, stir. Miss Murra, thought
n was hest To huu,r the whin. SO .h. said.
We'll. C~ky. nov come sitn yoar sister
and r, al -
She immeJially rose AMI follow,,I Jane.
anil stood by b'r side. looking round and
making ia-es. while her sister was patiently
learning her a anil o and IA.
AT the noon Ircrs.. some OF the ru,i-st OF
the chIhtrrn gathered ronni and began TO
tease her. Some of them caeklr,i ike a h,n.
some crowed out ''cock dood--,oo.u
some ran up and t~itchcd her Sieve, and
then ran away again. Al first she did not
comprehend that they were making iun of
her. but ahen she did. the dull eyes flashed.
and she made clutch mt the nearest boy,
~h" was glad to &c, away leaving handful
OF hair behind him. jus, then. Miss Muir.
ray came up. and that sort of sport on both
sides was stopped. At once aud forever.
The weeks went by. and the two little
girls were At school punctuily every day.
jane was shy, sensitive child. evidently
AFRAID Of her sr,'er. giving up to her always,
and always folio wing her about and trying
to unto the mischief she had done But.
Caeky. Never in all the years OF her teach.
ing. had Miss Murray found her patience
and her temper So Iri-,i rs with ,h. child
Her chief delight seemed to be in annoying
aud torrneniing others. A suppressed
scream from on. or tears in the eyes of
another. was the signal that she had been
At her ptanks again, giving sly pinch, or
grip OF her nails. or twitch OF the arm TO
any unlucky child within reach Puui-h.
mrnt made not the slightest Impression up
on her II made 10 stand upon the floor or
deprived of her play time. she received il
with the same untaming grimsce. Praises
Tor doing we'll. Al the rare times when she
did do we'll. were received in like manner
All efforts to win her confidence or her
affection had been unavailing; all kindness
had seemed thrown away. The child learn
rd-hoS. her teacher could never IeIi-ior
she could never catch her looking upon her
book two minutes nj n time and al reel
iation b-r attention seemed anywhere else
raj her than upon her lesson; but ncver,he-
lees. shr did learn much faster than her
sister. /; was esilrn, enough that she had
an intellect. but Miss Murray wondered
sometimes il she really had cart. and IL
she bad whether there was any possible way
to rrach it She was fairly bsfilrd. Mean.
time. the chId's influence uron the other
children was so bad. that il began to be a
serious question With her tcachar. whether
the good she WAS rsce wing was sufficient to
overbalance the evil she wIs doing. and
whetlrr the good Of the school did 1ot re.
quire that she should be sent away entire
Iy.
Miss Murray herself iclt an unaccoun;a-
ble r'pngnlnce To the child. a. u she were
something more or less than human She
never likrI 20 90 near her never could bear
to touch her. aud though she had tried hard
not TO show the feeling. still IT was there
Add Il may be that Cack,'. Iu'l eve, were
sharper than they looked, and that slie {, Ia
instinciiysiy that all th" kinipcsses her
teacher had shown. were given from sense
oi duty, and not out OF love- aud go she
would be revenged At any rate she grew
so reckless and obstinate and disobedient
that Miss Murray determined 20 see her
parents and tell them tina; Caoky must not
come TO school any longer So she called
at the wretched bovel which vas their home
Beside the little girls. the family consisted
ofa drunken father. and ignorant. passion
a'e mother and baby brother Of two years
old. Ouly the mother was at home. nd
began Immediately 10 talk Of Cacky, said
shc wls tie torment Of her lite that she
couldn't do anything will her She had