The Red Cloud chief., 1881-07-14
LiZZIE,s FIRST DAY AT School

"LixGie." again mamma repeated.
..if You'll mind baby for m h ur. to-
morrow yor msy go 10 s'hooi with
Cady."
"Apd wcar my new rufllcd apron
excis1nc Lizzie. throwing down all
her playthings. and. Jumping To her feet,
she clspped her hands in very glec.
Yes" returned the indulgeni moth
or .,bui you must not murmur during
the hour, or in any way be unkind 10
Baby Fred"
20. III be- the goods. little girl in
the wide world. mamma. the vera yooI-
est. and little Lizzie spun round and
round. until Grandma declared II made
her own head grow dizzy t0 watch her.
The low-sposcn. BE quiet. dear
by mamma. who was tying her bonnet
in front o! the large mirror. WAS an
swercd by:
IL cant mamma. Is 80 happy"
HAPPY happy happy" she kept
repeating. STOPPING over the cradle
where BABY Fred lay fist asleep.
First. she said happy" in a whisper:
then louder and louder. until grandma
had again 10 reproye her.
"Yes. dear" mamma once more
said. '.you must be quiet; rock the era
die every time baby stars aud she
kissed the little. rosy lips. and went
out.
Going to school mcan for Lizzie
what n Journey through Wonderland
might mean for you and me.
Over and over, until il did seem that
grandma's patience must be completely
worn out. had Lizzie said:
IF Cady q 90 10 school. why cant
~"
"'Causc I isn't oil enough she
would exclaim. when grandma tried To
explain the reason. as big as Cadyt
That 5 muffin. grandma; nuifin't all"
Now, she was really going 10 school.
If only for half n day, and in anticipa-
ton of the event she WAS quiet. after
mamma went out. and did not bother
grandma with n single question. When
Freddy awoke. she found for him the
pretty. bright-colorcd blocks. which
possessed great attraction for the blue.
eyed baby, and To- him also, she con
iided:
I'm going tn school tomorrow
600 900" replied Freddy.
Yes. l am" affirmed Lizzie. land
wear my ruf'cd apron. too"
Baby Fred crowed loud. then. and
threw down ever SO many blocks with
n bang. which made grandma jump. rs
she slept in her easy chair. But baby
did not cry. and when mamma returned.
she was convinced that Lizzie had
earned the favor.
Ii was only down one street, then
around the corner. and n few steps up
another street To the school house.
Take but n minute to get there"
Lizzie said, when they started.
So many girls, Why. in all her life
before Lizzie had never seen : many
ut one time. When the bell rang. how
ever, they dispersed themselves into
different rooms, so that by the time she
was seated ut the desk with Cady there
were not so many new faces.
IL was not like school rs she expected
to find il. though Lizzie little imagin-
alive brain had associated the school
room with her class ut Sunday-school,
and when the teacher assumed 8 COM
manding voice the dear little girl grew
frightened. and wished herself ut home.
But after she began watching the schol-
ars at their studies she forgot all about
it. only it was terrible to be quiet for so
long a time.
They read pretty stories that inter
ested her. and recited their lessons very
nicely. so it seemed to Lizzie. The
class in geography was the most aston
ishing of any.
When the teacher asked n little girl
about the shape of the earth. she told
her it was round. like n bali or an
orange" In reply to another question
concerning its motions. she said that ii
.'made we revolutions; n daily, the
other yearly"
Then followed explanations. There
was a big wooden globe. which swung
on pivots. that the teacher said repre-
sentea the earth. By turning it over
and over, she showed her scholars how
the earth turned on its axis and re-
yolved around the sun.
The little girls reciting their lessons
cculd comprehend it. but Lizzie could
not. She began wondering how it was
possible for the world we live in TO turn
over and over and not upset every body
living init.
Dear little Lizzie, She did not ron.
slider the number of years she had al
ready lived ard that papa and mamma
and grandma had lived a great many
more, and had never yet been upset by
the turning over Of the world
No; she did not reason at all. only
grew more frightened while they talked
about 10. Cady must now know IL,
Lizzie thought. soshe folded her arms
on the desk, making quite a comfort
able pillow for her poor little heal that
fairly ached with the amount o. knowl-
edge so shortly obtained There she
lay. until il was time for the school to
dismiss.
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
PRAYERS. now" and by the time she
fairly tucked up" IN her little
bed the blue eyes closed and she never
knew that mamma kissed her good
night.
How long she bad been asleep she
did not know. but the first thing she re-
membered when awaking was that the
earth turned over.
Likely rs not" Lizzie began 70
conjecture, Iii begins turning over in
the morning. cause It's > big. il would
take il ali day 90 roll over. Why, Of
course" she concluded. lit would
hsye to get turned w By nighttime
30 rs 70 be all resdy TO begin new m the
morning. And what il she should
slide of. or il the bed should turn up
side down.
s.Cadyr' she caiied; ..Cadyr'
But Cady was sound asleep. and the
door leading into mammAs room was
closed. too. What could she do, The
more she thought about It. the more
she grew. just then she
remembered that the under drawer Of
the bureaa pulled completely out IL
was big enough fox her TO get in and lie
down. and It's so low" she reasoned
..that IL the earth rolls over she
wou.dn'f be smo.hered. - she could by
the mattresses and heavy bed-ciothes
that would fall on her in ~ her Own
little bed went botsom-side up"