The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-06-04
LITTLE LIZZIE'S PERPLEXITY.

. est, and little Lizzie spun round snt
round, until Grandma declared it mad,
t her own head grow dizzy to watch her
The low.spoken, Be quiet, dear. .
BY mamma, who was tying her bonnet
in front of the large mirror, was an
swered by:
Il can't, mamma, rs so happy
= Happy-happy-happy" she kept
repeating, STOPPING over the cradle
where Baby Fred lay fast asleep.
First, she said "happy'' in Whisper
then lo1der and louder, until grandma
had again to reprove her.
Eyes, DEAR mamma once more
said, ~you must be quiet; rock the era.
die every time baby stirs," and she
kissed the little, rosy lips, and went
out. ST.
Going to SCHOOL, meant for Lizzie
what . journey through Wonderland
might mean for you and me.
Over and over, until it did seem that
grandma's patience must be completely
worn out. had Lizzie said:
III Cady can 60 to school, why can't
"'Cause' I isn't old enoughr' she
would exclainl, when grandma tried to
explain. the reason. ITS big as Cady!
That's muffin, grandma; nufin't ALL"
Now, She was really going to school,
if only for half day, and in anticipa.
ton of the event she was quiet. after
mamma went out, and did not bother
grandma with asingle question. When.
Freddy awoke, she found for him the
pretty, bright-colored blocks, which
possessed great attraction for the blue
eyed baby, and to him also, she con.
6ded:
I'm going to school to.morrow!''
"Co.oo.o," replied Freddy.
"Yes, l ann affirmed Lizzie, "and;
wear my ruffled apron, too"
Baby Fred erowed loud, then, and
threw down ever 50 many blocks with
q bang! which made grandma Jump. as
she slept in her easy chair. But baby
did not cry, and when mamma returned,
she was convinced that Lizzie had
earned the favor.
1t was only down one street, then
around the corner, and q few steps up
another street to the school house.
Take but > minute to get there
Lizzie said, when they started.
SoImany girls! Why, in all her life
before Lizzie had never seen 30 many
at one ime. When the bell rang, how
ever, they dispersed themselves into
different rooms. so that by the time she
was seated at the desk with Cady there
were not 90 many new faces.
1t was not like school as she expected,
to find ID Though Lizzie little imaqin,.
alive brain had associated the school.
room with her class at Sunday.school.
and when the teacher assumed com.
manding voice the dear little girl grew
frightened, and wished herself at home.
But after she began watching the schol.
ars at their studies she forgot all about.
it, only it was terrible to be quiet torso.
long q time. s .a
They read pretty stories that inter-
ested' her, and recited their lessons very
nicely, 80 it seemed to Lizzie. The
class in geography was the most aston
ishing Of any. 1
Il. When the teacher asked q little pirs
about the shape of the earth, she told
her it was Ground, like a ball or AN
orange" In reply to another question
concerning its motions, she said that it
made two revolutions; one daily. the
ether yearly"
Is Then followed explanations There
was q big wooden globe, which swung
on pivots, that the teacher said repre-.
sented the earth. By turning il over
and over, she showed her scholars how I
the earth turned on its axis and re-
yolved around the sun.
81 The little girls reciting their Lessons
could comprehend it, but Lizzie could
not. She began wondering how it vas
possible for the world we live in to turn
over and over and not upset every body
living init. sffras,3 : ~
Desr little Lizzie! She did not con-
slider tho number OF years she had al
ready lived, and that papa and mamma
and grandma had lived great MANY
more, and had never yet been upset by
tho turning over Of the world.
No; she did not reason at all. only
grew more frightened while they talked
about it. Cady must now know it.
Lizzie thought, so she folded her arms
on the desk, making quite . comfort.
able pillow for her poor little head that
fairly ached with the amount OF knowl.
edge so shortly obtained. There she
Icy. un:il It was time for the school to
dismiss. toss" t
"Too tired to talk about school to.
night, please" Lizzie replied to grand
ma, papa and mamma, when they ques-
toned her. A whole hour before her
bed time Lizzie declared she was
sleepy, and said:
:" Please, mamma, hear me say my
now,' and by the time she .
was fairly tucked upi'' in her little !
bed the blue eyes closed. and she never
know that mamma kissed her good {
night.
How long she had been asleep she
did not know, but the first thing she ~
when awaking was that the 1
earth turned over. u i
Likely a. NOT Lizzie began to
conjecture, It begins turning. oser in \
he morning, 'cshss it's 50 big, i would
AXE it al Day to roll over. Why, off
she concluded. lit would Il
have to get turned over BY nighttime e
10 a. to be all ready to begin new in the K