Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1872-10-24
, CuILDREN'S CORNER.
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But Frank only stared in the masters face,
With mouth agape, as though he feared dis.
grace,
And winked at tho long rattan.
-Four from eight come now how many left2'
But Frank stood like mummy still;
For though no could read, aud liked to spell,
Could c"unt like hero, and add as we'll,
TO subtract, was hey md his skill.
"Come hero, Willie. wrcn," tho master cried.
Your packets are full. soc!
Pass over some marbles, and we'll quickly find
A way to this stupid follows mind,
just as easy as A, b, CT"
"scc, Frank, there are eight in your open
hand,
Come, now, I'll take four away,
And how m ny'll be lefta" With > look oil
Fra k looks Mt his four, and his hand shuts
=, And but four on the shast.r's pain l.y:
"1gsY you how many Now, speak up, my
We viii see ifyou cannot know mcre!"
Apa ft once .hf sterp lookwa1e CHANGED for
! smile.
As frankie, his hand in his pocket, mean
whfle -
Cried out, "Ycu gaze me just fourl
:" That is right! Nov give Willie his marbles
~ again; 49, -
They have done US good service in thisl"
"Ah, no! Idon't think had better,
Don't you see I'd forget all abaut i again,
I'm so stupid, you knowl'' said Frank Bliss.
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~ MARGARET LEE: =
This il q story 81 little girl named
Sadie, who didn't see why people
kept Thanksgiving" Nov wasn't il
comical for Sadie to speak sol Why,
Sadie herself had ever so much to he
thankful for. just let me tell you all
abe had. In the frat place she had a
kind father and such a good mother;
then she had two little brothers, and q
baby sister inst learning to walk.
Then she lived in nice house with q
large garden around it. where flowers
and fruit grew in summer, and where
Gle played with her hoop and sled in
winter. = Inside the house were bright,
pleasant rooms, with thick carpets on
the floors, story books On the tables,
and pretty pictures on the walls.
Don't yon think that Sadie had a
great many things to be thankful for
I do. Besides all these she had pair Of
bright brown eyes, with which she could
see everything about her; a pair of
hands with which she could dress her
self, sew, dig in the garden. and make
all sorts of fancy-work; and q pair Of
strong legs that carried her Just where
she wanted to go, in the shortest time
possible; you should see her running
home from school, or up the street when
she heard drum beating -
Sadie was quite a;good: scholar, al
though she "didn't see Why people
kept Thanksgiving" She stndied bis
tory and geography, and oonld CIPHER
in fractions. She knew that the United
States was in the central part of North
America, and that Columbus discover
ed America; and yet she had never dis.
covered Why she ought to feel thankful
and say 20. 49,, -.
It was very cold THANKSGIVING Day,
and think the weather had something
to do With Sadie's ignorance. You see,
she was coiied up on n sofa in the sit
ting room, reading Cinderella, whom
her mother walked into the room and
asked her was ahe going to ohnrcha y
It was Hert cosy just then in the sit
ting room !; there was q bright fire in
the crate, Uncle Fred had brought her
a paper of caramels, and Cinderella was
just about to dance with the Prince.
Outside IN the street, tho snow was
lying on the ground. the keen wir d
was blowing the branches of the leaf
lesa trees against the frosted window!
panes, and the sky was a dull, leaden
gray. No sky blue was visible not d
ray of sunlight warmed the cheerless
scene.
So Sadie looked out Of the window,
shivered, forgot what was surrounding
her, and wondered, "why people kept
Thanksgiving" -.
Why, sadiel y, said her mother in
surprise. Grandma, who had come to
spend the day, shook her head at
Sadie, and remarked, "For shame,
So Sadie bungs'lheer.. head, and her
cheeks began to burn, and she felt like
crying. 81: ,-~
!" Who is that fumbling at the gate, -
asked Aunt. Kate. .
Sadie looked ont of the window
again, and saw . girl about her own
size entering the front garden The
girl'si feet were bare, and blue with
cold: her clothes hung in ragged folds
around her thin figure she had an old
calico hood on her head, and corneg
of a shawl pulled across her Shoulders!
She was carrying q basket ON one arm,
the other was stretched out in: front OF
her, as if she were feeling her way in
the dark.
!" The child must be blind =, exclaina.
ed Sadie's mother: aud followed by
Aunt Kate and Salie, book in hand,
she went to the door. b.:
)" Perhaps this little girl is also won
lering why people keep Thanksgiving -
said Aunt Kate in q low Tone, :. tn
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