The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-04
A SchOOI.GirI's Studies.

looked scared.
"Tn call policeman" she said, pant
ingly, eff you insult me-"
She was only fourteen, and her pretty
thin face, with spot of carnation in
each cheek, and her little flaxen curls
hanging over her pale forehead as if try
ing to look into her blue eyes, gave her
the adolescent aspect of a French doll.
She had a bundle of books that must
have weighed thirty pounds.
"But l don't want to insult you, my
dear" said the reporter; II only want
to interview you"
Interview mep" she exclaimed.
80. don't, please; L haven't done any
thing. Go and see pa"
20, nonsense" said the reporter;
"we've been interviewing pa for years.
He doesn't know anything about it.
We've wasted our time interviewing
school superintendent and principals
and all the other people who don't know
anything about it. Now we're going to
interview you. Don't your head ache?"
"MineP Mol" with little astonish-
ment).
mot when you have to get all those
books into itP''
40, they don't make my head ache;
it's my arms"
40! Isee. You carry them in your
arms, not in your head"
Here the reporter made a mental ex-
clamation. Wonderful feminine instinct,
to carry the best things of life in its arms
and not in its head
"Will you let me read the titles Of the
booksP"
"Yes, if you will strap them up again"
"Trigonometry! Do you study thatP"
80, yes"
"And surveyingp" ...
She nodded her head affirmatively.
"And navigationP'
Another nod.
"Win you excuse me while swear a
httle?"
"Well. turn your head away"
Reporter and Marsm
(sotto voce). whats thisP French!
DO you study FrenchP"
80, I'm in the French and German
classes"
"You don't say so! But you haven't
got into the Italian and Portuguese
classes?'
81 don't think there are any Portu-
guese, sir.''
"Well, if there had been you'd have
got into them, wouldn't you?"
Eyes, sir; I hope so."
"Physiology-do you study that?''
"A little. I've only just commenced
that. After fiuxions we take half an
hour at biology, and then 60 to applied
mechanics and telegraphy. L am going
to commence organic chemistry on Mon
day after my music, but ma thinks it will
interfere with my painting in oil.''
81 should think it would. Don't you
ever sleep or play?''
80, yes; play the whole of Czerney' &
exercises for the piano every morning,
and l am learning the overture to Tristan
and Isole. used to go to sleep in the
classroom, but it was awful mean, and
! l got over it. Miss -, our princi
pal, says if we know the mission o.
woman in the nineteenth century, we
,wiHnet be caught nappinsa Besides; Il
went to sleep wouldn't pass.''
pass what?''
1.-The examination"
''But you might pass some othe1
things"
"What other things?''
"Why vertigo, nervous exhaust on
premature decline"
80, 1 don't study those yet"
''Let me go now, pleaseP'
"Wait moment. want to ask you
one other question. Don't you ever fee
tiredp"
20, what's the use of feeling tired.
haven't got time. If a girl got tired she
wouldn't pass, would she?''
81 suppose not. But after you've
passed you intend to leave this world
don't youP''
80, no; when I Ipass I'm going to study
for the stage, and get yacht and live
in Chicago; but you mustn't put that il
the paper, because l wouldn't like pa tt
know it."
Then the American infant picked ur
her books, gave her head little toss
and went off with saucy air.-N Y
Morning Journal,