The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-06-03
LITTLE LIzZIE,S PERPLExITY.


LITTLE LIZZIE'S PERPLEXITY.
"Lizzie!''
How the little girl started!
Lizzie" again mamma repeated;
eff you'll mind baby for an hour. to-
morrow you may 60 to school with
Cady."
"And wear my new ruffled aprons
exclaimed Lizzie, throwing down all
her playthings, and, jumpingto her feet,
she clapped her hands in very glee.
eyes," returned the indulgent moth
er "but you must not murmur during
the hour, or in any way be unkind to
Baby Fred"
80, I'll be the coolest little girl in
the wide world, mamma, the very good
est" and little Lizzie spun round and
round, until Grandma declared it made
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:
81 can't, mamma, rs so happy"
"Happy-happy- happyp' she kept
repeating, STOPPING over the cradle
where Baby Fred lay fast asleep.
First. she said "happy' in a whisper;
then louder 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.
"Going to SCHOOL, meant for Lizzie
what a journey through Wonderland
might mean for you and me.
grandma's patience must be completely
worn out. had Lizzie said:
"If Cady can 60 to school, why can't
I?"
"'Cause 1 isn't old enoughr' she
would exclaim, when grandma tried to
explain the reason. ITS big as Cady!
That's muffin, grandma; nuffin'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 single 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-
fded:
"rm going to school tomorrow
"Co-oo-o," replied Freddy.
Eyes, 1 am" affirmed Lizzie. "and
wear my rutlled apron, too"
Baby Fred crowed loud, then, and
threw down ever so many blocks with
a 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 a few steps up
another street to the school-house.
"Take but minute to get there"
Lizzie said, when they started.
So many girls! Why, in all her life
before Lizzie had never seen so many
at one time. 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 so many new faces.
1t was not like school as she expected
to find it, though Lizzie's little imagin-
alive brain had associated the school
room with her class at Sunday school,
and when the teacher assumed a COM
handing 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 for so
long 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 a little girl
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
other yearly"
Then followed explanations. There
was big wooden globe, which swung
on pivots, that the teacher said repre-
sented the earth. By turning it over
and over, she showed her scholars how
the earth turned on its axis and re-
volved around the sun.
The little girls recltlng their lessons
could 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 everybody
living init.
Dear little Lizzie! She did not con-
slider the number of years she had al
ready lived. and 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 frightenedwhile they talked
about it. Cady must now know it,
Lizzie thought, so she folded her arms
on the desk, making quite q comfort
able pillow for her poor little head that
fairly ached with the amount of knowl-
edge 50 shortly obtained. There she
lay, until it 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: . 'f9,,s5l.i
"Please, mamma. hear me say my