The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-22
~ do not like you, Doctor Fell!
The reason why cannot tell.
But this I'm sure know full well
do not like you, Doctor Fell"


This rhyme has become proverb,
which it never would have done, only that
dislike without a cause is state of mind
as common as it is foolish.
But said Sophia and Clara had a rea-
son for their dislike of the willing boy,
and it was this: They were very nicely
dressed and kindly cared for little orphan
girls. They had lived ever since their
parents died With an aunt in the country,
who had petted them greatly, and let them
do pretty much as they liked and now
their aunt being dead, they had come
up to live with an older uncle and aunt,
who had brought up and put out in the
world large family, and who knew that
it was not true kindness to let little girls or
boys to do exactly as they liked. They
loved their orphan neices, and resolved to
do their duty by them, and bring them up
well but they found it very hard task
indeed, for the little girls did not like CO.
ing to school, or learning lessons, or doing
any useful work. They were not ill-tem-
pered children-indeed, they loved one an
other very affectionately, but they were
self-wiled, and all the kindly intended
plans for their training and instruction
seemed hardships to them.
''Poor things! the real misfortune was
they had been spoiled, and every contra
dicton or disappointment set them crying
as If there hearts were broken. Mrs.
Thompson was very patient with them,
because she pitied them, but she was very
firm, and would be obeyed. "Children,"
she said, shave everything to learn how
can they learn unless they attend and
obey -
Now Jack Humphreys was a poor boy
xuhn liyaI with IL.
came to help Mrs. Thompson's servant for
few hours every morning and for the
whole of Saturday. Mr.. Thompson paid
for the boys schooling, because he knew
the poor mother was very sickly, and
could not earn much. But / think there
never was a brighter, merrier boy than
Jack. He was very short Of his age, SO
that the servant, when he came, said to
Mrs. Thompson, "Tm sure that scrap of a
boy won't be of much use-only to make
more dirt to clean up"
I'll he does that, he will be worse than
OF no use, the mistress replied.
PLEASE, ma'am, try me; Tn us strong
az strong-l am. Please do"
lie spoke so earnestly that they tried
him, and found "Liltle Jack" as he was
called, much stronger than he looked.
"He's 80 willing, ma'am; he puts his
strength out" the servant soon said. And
it is truth my readers cannot learn too
soon that willing spirit helps both body
and mind. How quickly willing boy
goes on an Grand he never idles, or
loiters, or gossips. How soon willing
child learns lesson he or she give their
minds to it, and the hard lesson becomes
clear to them. Happy is the teacher
whose pupil has willing mind.
One of Sophia and Clara's hardships
that winter was getting up in the morning
Although they had a bright fire and a
nice breakfast to come down to. Yet,
long before they rose from their snug bed,
they used TO hear the gate bell ring and
Jacks CHEEKY voice answering Betsy, "It's
all rights Jack" ..,..
Once the whole district was white with