The Rutland weekly globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-05-19

ooh, Ria" cried Jenny, sis the umbrella
gomez"
eyes" says I, "but never mind, don't
care"
was 50 cheerful that evening, everything
made me happy-and II did me good to see
how pretty Jenny looked, and what little
lady-like ways she had, when she talked to
the high school boy.
lie laid his books on the window-sill, and
while was setting the table for supper,
saw Jenny looking towards them, with a
very wishful face.
tIf you please" said I, "would YOU mind
letting Jenny see your book1 She's 80 fond
of learning"
"Certainly she shall" said he, and jump
ed up and unstrapped the books in a twink
ling.
How Jenny's eyes sparkled, as she open
ed them, and almost seemed to love the
leaves with her little white fingers.
While / was busy getting the supper,
came and looked over her shoulder every
few minutes, for whatever pleased Jenny
pleased me. She was all had, you know.
The high school boys name was written
in his books, in big, round, hourishing
way-"Harry Griscom."
SO his name was Harry He just looked
like Harry, so fresh and cheerful in ev-
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| Latin Reader.
ooh, said Jenny, edo you know Latin
How l do wish knew 1t !"
''Je-ru-sa-lem !" said the high school boy
staring at her. 81 beg your pardon, but
whoever heard of girl wanting study
| Latin? p
suppsse he truly meant, "Whoever
heard of shoe-strlng seller wanting to
study Latin ?" but of course was too polite
to say it, so he turned 1t into something
else. Jenny blushed good deal, but she
said, with little thin places in her voice
here and there:
"The reason l want to study it is because
| want to be doctor sometime, and cure
poor people that have hip disease, and 9TH
er lame places, and | know doctors have
to understand Latin, so they can call the
bones by their right nam's. ~
The high school boy didn't say another
word then, but looked at her for some time,
as if he wasn't sure he could believe his
own ears.
Didn't anybody ever try to cure you ?"
he asked softly.
"No," said Jenny, cit costs too much
money"
"A.ha :" said the high school boy, as if
he thought of something all of sudden.
A few minutes afterwards he said, I'll teach
you Latin, every day after school, an hour"
''Oh, said Jenny, and just shut her eyes
and lips hard, and folded her hands, she
was so glad
care you sure your folks won't mind ?"
said again.
"Not bit of it They always like to
have me help lift loads" said he, and laugh
ed and showed his teeth.
"What nice folks he must hsve!" l
thought to myself.
Supper was ready and we all sat down to
it. The cloth had three patches, that
Jenny had sewed on it, but it was clean
and the dishes were very common-but of
course he couldn't expect they would be
anything else, and us in the shoe-strings
and corset laces on the cuib-stone.
at amt much like what your folks
have, Mr.. Harry, guess" said |.
"Well, suppose it amt" said he, eve
don't want to have just what we get at
home when we go out to supper, you know
little more sugar in my coffee. Miss
Ria, please | do like lots of sweetening.
My mother says I'll ruin her some day, our
sugar bills are so large"
He laughed, and so did we. How well
acquainted we did get, to be sure, at that
supper! The coffee was SO nice and hot,
and the mullins SO light and sweet, and
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| fond of helping to Gift loads" you know.
did feel SO glad for Jenny, to think that
she was gong to have her heart's wish and
learn Latin.
"Well, Mr.. Harry used to give hez les
son every day, till he said she would be
getting ahead of him before longs but
mustn't get ahead of my story.
One Sunday morning Jenny and were
sitting reading, she with her Latin book "a
present from Mr.. Harry and l with a
newspaper wasn't 80 fond of learning as
Jenny.
1t was in May, and the window was open.
We could hear Mrs. Browns canary sing
ing, for she had hung the cage on nail
outside her window, SO you see it was Just
as good as if we had bird curse Ives, and
everything seemed so peaceful and pleas
ant.
Pretty soon we heard some rather heavy
footsteps coming up the stairs. They
weren't Harry's we knew, but they stopped
at our door, and we heard some one clear
ing his throat, and then he raped opened
the door and saw stout middle-aged gen
teman, with gold-rimmed eyeglasses, a
splendid suit of clothes, and gold-headed
cane. He looked as if he was very rich.
His eyes were gray and good natured, and
he had double chin, and dimples in his
cheeks.
Think of stout, midde-aged gentle
man having dimples but it is fact.
$50, so" said the gentleman, IN kind,
pleasant voice. "How do you do, my little
friends9 You don't know me, I've heard all
about you"
He walked in and laid his hat and came
on the table, went straight up to Jenny and
said;
80, so, this is the little maid with
lame side, is it Suppose you stand up, my
dear, and let us see what we can do about
it"
Jenny turned pale but she was trusting
little soul, and tried to do as the gentleman
told her. He made her turn first one way
and then another; all in kind, encourag
ing way, of course, then gave her one end
of his cane, while he held the other, to see
! how many steps she could take, and how
fast. He pressed gently on the bone, and
asked her If she felt any pain there, II she
said "No, sir, The touched another place, and
so on, till all at once Jenny cried out sharp
ly, and then looked white and ashamed.
"That's all right, my DEAR said the gen.
tleman. That's all right make as much
noise as you like. have found out what
l want to know, and i shouldn't wonder a
bit If could cure your lameness."
ooh, sir, said Jenny, and looked just as
she did the day Mr.. Harry offered to teach
her Latin. AS for me had to put my apron
to my eyes, and something buzzed in my
ears.
"And all this time you don't know who
am, my dears," said the dimpled gentle
man, in his kind. encouraging way. swell,
happen to be Mr.. Harry Griscom's father,
and as / have studied hip-diseases for the
last thirty five years, and happen to know
a little about them, think you will trust
yourself in my care, won't your
Jenny and / were so confused, we could
MT speak at first.
And he was one of Harry's "folks !" No
wonder Harry liked to 'help lift loads!" 1t
was easy 10 see how he came by it.
Well, to make long story come to an
end before you get tired of it, Jenny was