Orangeburg times. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1872-1875, 1873-07-24
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It was not indeed. Have you ever
seen Q. picture called slovenly Peter2 It
was much like that.
4 M hair does not stick out In that
NlSay,o said Master Know Nothing, rather
shlliiy.
& Yes it does stick out pretty far" Miss
BPright Eyes informed him; "besides,
you are really too fat, I always thought
sp,and now I see it palmer than ever"
Then, I regret TO, say, they began to
lsaght at each other, getting more and
lore angry every minute; till at last
Hiss Bright Eyes declared that he was q
FsSrrid, rude little boy, and she meant to
Have nothing more to do with him and
,fssYer to speak to lrim again.
Little indeed, Miss ~ cried Master
'isnows Nothing, II am bigger than you,
ssps & ! don't care ifyou never do speak
sRfne again ] am going home right off,
a3sa g A don't 'wsnt you to show me any
q Of your ugly old sights.i
However, as he was turning round to
81 he caught sight of figure in another
ssaas which made him forget all about
about the quarrel. ,}
,si"yYhat q pretty little girl! Just. look,
NAary cried he; and ooh! what nice
little boy SEQ Crank !" exclaimed she,
TIE next timoment. .it
Why that is mel' they then both
cried out at the same time.
This looking -glass had been invented
to make people seem pretty. BY some
magic, nothing ugly could be reflected
u the ugliest people therefore looked
llsieasing in il, and pretty ones looked like
lovely little fairy not sign of q
fSeckle was to be seen on her face, and
hsr hair appeared ola beautiful golden
r|tllctr. AS for Frank, ,-he was just like
D ,ss of those dear little curly-headed,
Esaa faced cher1bs, you sometimes see
& s. avn from the roofsaf d church.
heV er saw cnIIuren Derter l,fes.suSs
fsa1 they we're with this looking-glass; !
thfik Miss Brigh. Eyes would have
stayed Mt least two hours before it. with
pat getting tired. Master Know Moth
ing however began to look wearied at
-last'for somezother amusement; peeping'
out of the door, of the room, he saw some
boys in another apartment who appeared
to be playing some noisy game. He beg
iged SO hard that Mary would go there
with him that she could not refuse -
though she told him he would find that
it was no pleasant game they. were at,
but learning Political Gymnastics.
"What are those ?" asked Frank.
..'Horrid rough exercises for boys"
said she: climbing creeping. jumping
over the things and bawling as loud as
one can. I am glad girls don't have to
do such things"
They went to the climbing room first.
Here there was a cap, with bel! fasten-
ed to the top, which was placed on
high pole; whoever could climb up and
take the cap of.was- to haveit to wear.
Some of the boys were trying to do this;
but many more were only looking on,
clapping their hands and hurrahing for
whoever appeared likely to win the cap.
Such pushing as there was around the
bottom of the pole for q chance to climb!
The bigger boys would not let the little
ones get near, and if any boy was SO
lucky as to get fairly on the pole, all
joined together to pull him down by the
heels. There was one little boy at length
who was SO quick and clever that he
managed to climb of the shoulders of the
crowd and get on the pole; after he was
once there, ne climbed so fast that no.
body lad time to catch hold of his heels
to pull him down, before he was out of
reach and SO high up that every one who
was looking on held his breath for fear
of seeing him fall. Now he had almost
reached the top of the pole and was
stretching out his hand for the cap, when
cunning boy crept up with a long fish
ing rod with which he managed to snatch,
the cap off the pole, and then he placed
1t on his own head.
"rhat was not fair. What mean