Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1872-06-12
Margery's First Day at School.

A chubby, swect-faced child came into our
Mibrook school house one morning, as visi
tor conducted with trembling eagcrness to my
desk by Ernest and Bessie Clapp, who intro
duced her as their sister, aud promised that
she would not disturb the school. She did
however, as much a. any other bluebird would
have dono, aud just as iunocenty so that |
could ouly smile with the children, and long
for tho time to come when could count her
among my little flock
She wore bright blue dress and cloak
which perhaps, as we'll as her song won her
the name bluebird, that day. A dozen times
she forgot where she was, and broke out in
little melodies, sometimes without words, so
truly musical that raised my finger to chock
Bessie as she was about to interrupt her
After few moments she would look up and
forget her song in her surprise at seeing 90
many children around her
After the first class | called her to me and
asked her name.
Named after dwanmamma,' she answered
quickly, and so comicaly that the children
laughed in spite Of my uplifted finger
Aud what is grandmammas name2"
Murgerwy smia'
Then you are little Margery Smith
Yes, is"
W DID sou want to come to school to see
what Bessie does here every day p
" Yes, and to drow bid lite Bessie" She
was in foolish haste, poor child.
" What will your mamma do to-day, with.
out you 2' | asked.
Wort, dess twy, maybe. tissed
her dood.by, for fear | shouldn't know her
/ tonight"
Her straightforward answer amused the
children so much that | shortened the inter-
view, asking if she had little lesson to say,
like Bessie
Oh, yes, here's the newest one aunt Tate
: - teach mo. 'tause | tut off my turl.' Fold
ing her dimpled hanls ste said
Dere wa, little drl,
Who bad lttle tur
That hung down on her iurri
When she was dood,
She very duod indeed
And when she was BAL she was horrid.
Her emphasis was funny to hear, her atti-
lude and expression funny to see. | dismissed
her with picture that made her blue eyes
/ twinkle
At recess no one wanted to play away from
/ Margery, and was almost jealous, wanting
to have the little pet to myself awhile. |
asked her to tell me another little story,
which she did in her own crooked little speech,
and which | translated to the following
Two little eyes, loving bright eyes.
shining rs bright aud blue as the skies
Two little ears 10 hear all the newsi
Two little hands busy All days
One little holy to get in tho wayi
one little mouth 20 give kisses 50 sweet
Mamma little lady, dainty mul neat
! With hve itte fingers and i've little toes,
And what she i be good for NOBODY knows.
" How did those yellow locks get bobbcd oifso
unevenly, on her forehead ?" someone asked.
"Oh, she did that her ownself," aswered
Bessie. Last Saturday Ernest was going to
mill in the big wagon with father, and Mar
gerry cried to 90. To tease her, father said
it was too cold for girls. Could she 60 if she
was roy she asked mother, and mother
said she supposed So She was awful busy
baking, and never thought another thought
about it, for n while. When she called
Alargery to come and get her little cake out
Of the oven, only Margery's voice came, SO
smothered that we ran to fnd her, and there
she was under mothers bed, with the shears
hagding her pretty hair, To make me a
boy. 50 tan do anywhere with papa she said. ,
When school was out, l sincerely begged
the little guest to come again, and | guess
she will, she had been so well entertained
wish the roatine Of the school room
| Wo asked Bcsaie the next day what hel
sister did when she went home.
why, she really thought she had been
gone long time, aud grown big too. Sne
went up the front stoop and rang the bell.
Erne aud | were waiting at the gate to see
what she would do She could just reach the
knob on tip.toe, but she managed to pull it
Mamma did not happen to come soon enough
to suit her, so she opened the door aud walked
into the parlor, where mamma found her.
Then what2" | asked.
"Oh, mamma hugged her and squeezed her
aud Ernest and ran in, and Tower ton, and
we danced about and laughed, aud Tower
barked, aud mamma laughed till she most
cried when we told her how Margery told tht
school mistress she was named after rrand-
mamma Mother said we had all better
come back to school to learn to be orderly
we had such a otn-MrS. E. E. MRler.