The New Bloomfield, Pa. times. (New Bloomfield, Pa.) 1877-188?, 1879-07-08
A Little Girls Influence.

MTuy. rlhulnB ohc cholCc bettn III thO
centre of the audience-room already
taken, pressed forward, looking to the
left for vacancy. On the very front
row of seats found one.
Here little girl moved along to
make room for me, looking into my
face with large gray eyes, whose bright
ness was softened by very long lashes.
Her face was open and fresh as a newly
blown rose before sunrise. Again and
again found my eyes turning to the
rose-like face, and each time the gray
eyes moved, half-smiling, to meet mine.
Evidently the child was ready to ''make
up'' with me. And when, with bright
smile she returned my dropped handker-
chief, and 1 said "Thank you'll !" we
seemed fairly introduced. Other per-
sons, now coming into the seat crowded
me quite close up against the little girl,
so that we soon felt very we'll acquaint-
ed.
"There's going to be great crowd"
she said to me.
Yes,'' replied; "people always
like to see how sohoolboys are madeinto
men,"
Her face beamed with pleasure and
pride as she said:
"My brothers going to graduate he's
going to speak; I've brought these
flowers to throw to him.
They were not greenhouse favorites;
Just old-fashioned domestic flowers,
such as we associate with the dear grand
mothers; but" thought, they will
seem sweet and beautiful to him for
little sisters sake"
''That is my BROTHER" she went on,
pointing with her nosegay.
"The one with light hair?" L ask
ed.
"Oh, no, she said, smiling and shak-
ing her head in innocent reproof; not
that homely one, with red hair; that
handsome one with brown wavy hair.
His eyes look brown, too; but they are
not-they are dark-blue. There he's
got his hand up to his head now. You
see him, don't you ?"
In an eager way she looked from me
to him, and from him to me, as if some
important fate depended upon my iden-
tifying her brother.
C / see him. said. "He's a very
good-looking brother"
" Yes, he is beautiful" she said, with
artless delight; "and he's so good, and
he studies so hard. He has taken care
of me ever since mamma died. Here is
his name on the programme. He is not
valedictorian, but he has an honor, for
all that"
1t was in the little creatures familiari-
ty with these technical college terms
that she had closely Unidentified herself
with her brothers. studies, hopes and
successes.
"He thought, at first" she continued,
" that he would write on the 4" Romance
of Monastic Life"
What strange sound these long
words had, whispered from her childish
lips Her interest in her brothers.
work had stamped them on the child's
memory, and to her they were ordinary
things.
But then" she went on, he decided
that he would rather write on Histori-
cal Parallels, and he's got real good
grafton, and he says it beaut iful. He
has said it to me great many times.
1 most know 1t by heart. Oh it begins
so pretty and SO grand. This is the way
it begins she added, encouraged by the
interest she must have seen in my face
"Amid the permutations and combina-
tions of the actor and the forces which
make up the great kaleidoscope of his
tory, we often find that turn of Des-
tiny's hand"
"Why, bless the baby ~ 1 tho ught,
looking down into her bright, proud
face, can't describe how very odd
and selfish it did seem to have those
sonorous words rolling out of the smil-
ing infantile mouth.
The band, striking up, put an end to
the quotation and the condolences.
AS the exercise progressed, and ap-
preached nearer and nearer the effort
on which all her interest was concen-
trated, my little friend became excited
and restless. Her eyes grew larger and
brighter, two deep red spots glowed on
her cheeks. She touched up the flowers,
manifestly making the offering ready
for the shrine.
" Now, it's his turn,' she said, turn
ing to me face in which pride and de-