, 1870-08-21

Borrowing money to get ou1 Of Iowa.
Fur 1t.en must .'te1k 4 ~amcn wss.e.
And II costs deal to he "neorie OF TASTE
So 9oed-nye 10 the fools ahd.thrtr moaning,
-{1aeAi.tio.
s.Dnt mr. ItY.''
From Toung Futks.
Teacher. Crazy Poll Say Kin she an ELL
tome ter tchool, Flsase. naa'am 7"
was iurt closing the door OF my listls log
echocl-Lopse down IN Virgins, and il wss one
OF my scholars who spoke.
~ Who ,r Crazy roll 81 asked.
She crazy gal, lib ober yondcr in do
~ill woods
:. But what good will it do a crazy gitl to
come to pchocl: She can't learn nything.
" Deed Poll kin lsrn; she got good, hard
sense she ain't rsal crazy, on'E she jes' our-
landisA."
VERY we'll. tell her she can come
An ltll toos But he 7ot ter come ef Poll
come, fer eEe don't uetber so uowhars widout
him"
dit, not like to refuse any child who want
ed to come to school; and sinee Poll, it eeena.
to take Bill too. l went to school the ue2t
morning with considerable curiosity to see the
crazy girl who set vae not "faal crazy" only
'.o1l,'an,,ish-'' I found tho children gathered
round tiEure sitting aetnae the fence As
came near rheF ta'5. "G't down, Poll, daf's
de teacher ccmin'.e
'.Sroee ehe il, xhat gwtne git down fer +?
Spec she kin see me heah* good AZ ef Tse On
de- Eronn'."
The children, hor.ihsd At euch diarespect,
drew back, learing loli alone upon the fence,
where ehe remained, stariug 1t me ~ ap-
certainly she was very queer object She
wore h,ue lin-cy ircss aud \ blue cotton
apron. both clinging tightly sround her, with
out gather or fold. 70 that she looked Gks
= long parcel done ur in = blue wrapper. uar
lair =. separated into little locks, which wosa
wound ronud With red wors,ed aud etood ont
In knobs all over her hea', A psir Of shoes
with etEitgs, and vastly too large for tier,
completed hrr costume. Under her arm she
caszsel \ bundle rolled up in : rieee Of old
blanket spike to her, but eha only stared,
20 went into the house. the children follow
lpg. Poll watched Us through the window Tor
while. and At last came il. When she hal
taken seat, said s. Ia your brother coming
to-Jss;
she orencd her eyes wider than ever.
"'Ain'+ got no bru,ller."
t'The children said there was little hos,
was your brother"
She ouly stared at me with her grsat round
eyes a. soleiunly as ever. but the Children
e1gSleI. and little voice said. Bill .loue
cunie Fcll got him da.." And while was
Looking rorlHl for enme eign Ut little boy,
and Tapping Of wings, and with cas-cnt-
cut-cut dsh cut. grea: rooster st,lkeI into
the middle OF the room With All air OF feeling
| Lim-cls motarcI. Of ali he surveyed.
50 ,l;is was the bill thar Poll .'usbtsr xeLt
no"la.e wiloE:." aud that hal agreed To
70 funny since Ma1y's little lamb - iollosesl
| her TO tc.4ooi one day:' Mari. teacher
| turned the l7mb cut but 1:l't turn Di:l
| ont. for cre very good rcaso',,-I couldn't.
lie vas vcrv hand-on. fe,law, an,l he
knew it, too. Ii needed noncdy to tell him
am},er and Jet OF his neck, nul thu bright
| ve1tuiItion Of lis crest, were beautiful 60 any
tl,rg could be, nnll la.zcd the eyes VI every
tretk eyed lien that cllaucct! to behold hial.
li"ur- l,.. spent in dressing anl nlutnl:S him
s.lf. bes,oning particular attention upoa Que
Than the reet, perfectly lIack ar the t"'.
which Nsyeil III til. air after hi1u iiac pirate
iisg. llarieeme though he was. he was alt.,-
gc:her reckless, dlsrcputahle-lnaAiug bird.
aid of,e1 made it painfully eyilcnl that to
lad MT lcrrl brought up lu a se1teel. we'll.
regulated barn-yara.
| we,.t home w,tl, Poll one day to see he;
grandmother They Two llye.2 aio,," in . ls;ls
ios Lut ret close against fence ssi il ncels1
to lean OH il 10 keen from tu1n'linE down. 1,
front Of 1he door va an old clrrry tree, viii
Ct no use except Al family suoua for tht
l,eup. who were holding rociable III tht
| \ranches. Here I s4E Bill in all his glory
Ip school le uss ratEer doubtful
lust ulat course to take, and cirrusu.
stances were sometimes Too m".h fes b;
aid q; everybody else. How he stsg.se;. a:,l
crowed and plni1,ed and a4imi,.,d himself
| And how his family admired him. Ther.
WASN'T +srous-n,iulrl Leu III 1;i!rs family
EacL one walked in fear and meekness bet :,
nrye, iissamsI ot .sk:ns fus lights" otnei
than iii, close 10 give ihe1u; aud Bill cou
rilered that fns . sobes.u1iu,led, Lu;ilul le1
70 bring IN her chickens in the way the,
Should 70. and br way Of recreation to al
| mire lin, we're ..tjchte" enough.
! After the lint day or two Poll settled down
into regular eshcol ways, aud behaved profit,
much llLe. ,lle other children. Thu ouly yer,
..cuttantlisl thing abou, her was her treat
mtnt Of her 1,ok%, And for this she klway,
lIametl bill. II her booka wero torn. ''lat s.
till dooe ecrstch en-. Spec he t'o1Sht he VA
folks. an gwiue ter lsru ter read" II he
| pencil ra. broken, "dat IL nill done thawst
H." II hex lesson vas not learned. ehe ''coult
not stutty fer dat II I'ill foo!in' roun'. ''Da
AZ ELL" vas at the bottom Of everything. sn,
ye, loli loved him better than anything els
in the world.
In the spring friend In Vermont seat
boz OF mkl.le-euear fer the children. The
hal never seen auF before. and ''.sis ger NOT
tuEar." ~ the called it, Vas great c,1Yiosit
to them. 1t was nade in littls cakes wit
.calloned e2gte. Was there ever child tha
flS.. net enjoy biting round the edge Of q N,
ple-tug,r cake, takls.S each sca1iup in turn
, There children heGan to nibnle the ecAllops !
nstur.liy ~ il they had been little Yankee,
! ,,vetl TO maple-eugar ali their llver. Poll ca,
, i ,isa her case home, and eAt down AZ q,
; foot OF the hage-headed cherry tree to il
: ! e,'tct nna en1oC it nt leisure. 81
, hut of enc Of tho seallops very cal
tsouely, her eyes opened wider than evt
~ rl,e ta-tea its rich eTeetness. She VT
:. raising it for acot!.er bite. when sonethst'
asrred sgaiuss her fsce. the cake VI
!. tna'rhesf from her hand. and while shc s:oa
:, rptccllces ard ecNilletsd. Dlil nl!'ie on 'rit
:, t!:c trtnrn1e. wrvlnS his h!1'k .ai:-fsAtlaer
:, triumph. III u ,ulen: Iolwa- herself aga:l
= ard she started after him, screaming, y
! nss.y. nllzzahie, Eooi-fo1. .nuthin. steali
I niger. i-r done TUX de l'all % my 10
!. war '3inc Ter r;,, yer l1,sf Az vrr Inne +,
: ''e huh. aes yer f:o II bsch now, OF 80
j se1 sE9 ',s,i Fes oonn'
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