The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1871-11-16
SUSIE ALVORD'S PARTY.

shut ZIP in Jail, or anywhere else, to get
rid of them"
Susie Alvord was in the room, and
heard her father say this to Mr.. Brown, a
neighbor who had dropped IN for call
" s"-Mr Alvord went on-the little
wr-tches! l feel perfectly sure that it
was f"m Silbee who threw u stone at m!
COW, which made her so lame-.and no
matter whereabouts you leave q horse
standing, one or other Of the Silbee boys
Is on tbe spot to start BIN. It's my
opinion it the town was rid Of that faml.
!v, folks wouldn't So often loose eggs, or
things off the clothes line, And the
mother and shat girl are just as bad as
the boys. AS for old Slice, he can't last
tong if he k cps on drinking as hard as
he has latelv"
The next morning when S1sie AlvOrd
Went to school, she passed Jane Siibee,
who was leaning IN lazy sort Of way,
win her arms over the low, brokeu
fence, in front Of their house. She seem
ed TO have nothing at all to do, though
her hair looked as if it had not been
combtd III Il week, and her dress WAS
soll"d and very much torn besides. Alto
gether she looked quite diff rent from
Susie, with her clean pink calico dress
and pretty wife apron.
ION proudly dear me! [ guess we'~e
got a new dress, said Jane as Susie went
by,
| Susie did not speak as Jane said this
She was only afraid JAKE would take up
some mud aud throw against her, after
SIC bad pas>ed-but this Jane did not
DO, and half an hour after school began
| she came saunIering in.
Jane never tried to learn her lessons,
and this morning she sat as size always
lid, staring out Of the window, or else
scratching marks on her desk with q pin,
looking up occasionally TO make faces at
one OF tue girls Sometimes she would
pluch the little children, or else she
would pin the dresses Of two of the girls
together, SO that when they moved their
dresses would get torn. She was gener
ally afraid to do this, however, BECAUSE
she knew she would get punished but,
as you will believe, ssnOC one Of the girls
liz the school liked her, or had anything
To do with her If they could help 1t.
But, coming out OF school that after
noon, 1t happened that some of the little
boys we're crOwdlug SO they pushed Jane
OF the door step on to the ground.
There, now said Jaae, with an angry
face, "you had better look out
Susie Atvord was standing close by,
g oh, Jane" she said, "did you get
hurt % And she took hold of James
arm and helped her up
Ycs it hurt me-" said Jane; but as
she spoke she looked 80 kindly ut her.
" 1t was only those little fellows" said
Susie, " that crowded against you; they
didn't know any better"
"Weil, dent know as I'm much hurt,
said ine, as she picked up her book.
! Sure ran aleng then to catch up with
Fanny HalSey, VINO was her most partic
ular friend. Susies birthday would come
the next week, and her mother had told
her she should have party; So OIL
course, there was great deal to talk
with Fanny about.
Father is gong to town to morrow to
buy The oranges aud the candy" SAID Su
sic, and mother says she thinks it will
be preltier than to have the cakes made
IN little cakes, all frosted you know-and
then one large loaf, all frosted, and then
that, mother says, She'll trim with myrtle.
And mother says | may have some straw
berry C&cream, because it's pink, you
know, and will look pretty on the table "
Susie stopped and turned round; she
thought she heard step behind her. I'll
was Jane Silbee, hearing every word she
said.
All the girls knew that Susie was go
irg to have party, and SO Jane was
listening TO hear about it. Susie stopped
and looked at her.
"Oh ~ said Jane, {" | wouldn't talk so
loud If didn't want folks to hear" But
they had come now to Susie's house, and
she and Fanny went in, and Jane ran up
the street
Mother" said Susie Alvord that eve
ming, Il feel sorry for Jane Silbee; |
don't think any body likes her, and nobody
minds much ii she gets hurt. To day she
fell down, and nobody went to help her
up while Fanny Halsey and were talk.
! ing about the party-she liked to hear
all about 1t. guess she wishes she was
one Of the other girls, and was coming"
"Well, my dear" said Mrs Alvord,
laying Gown her work in her lap, "after
the party is over, you might take her an
orange, and some candy, and speak kind
ly to her"
HAoCh0A' uooI WISH sue rOuiu COME
to the party" said Susie. 81 have just
thought OF 1t guess she would like to
come"
Il am afraid she wouldn't know how
to behave" said Mrs. Alvord, looking
at Susie, but appearing to think.
"Well mother" SAID Susie, 81 don't
think she would really do anything out of
the way, and just as likely as not she
would behave real good"
81 don't much believe she has got a
dress to wear said Mrs. Alvord,