The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1884-07-13
Loto's Call on the Committee.

Frori Miss Phclps's entertaining Sc
rial story of "A Brave Girl in the
VIDE AWakc. we take the following ac-
count Of an interview between the
heroine, Lotto, and the Chairman of tho
District School Committee. Loto's
father had died recently. and the girl is
trying to find some way to support her
self and help the family:
ken We spell straight?' asked one
committee man in a neighboring village
whittier Lotto. one desperate Saturday,
had gone alone and without recommcn-
dations, in search of a school rumored
to have Il teacher with the whooping
cough. Browns Ferry was the name
of the village. Brown was the name of
the committee man. He did not look
like man who could have written his
own name without scrcwing his mouth
open while he dotted his is and crossed
his / ) and curled his v's-if he had any
is or Is or Us to dot or cross, or curl.
Girls air apt to be weak in spcilin'
and 'rithmetic. said Mr. Brown, loft
lily. I'VE had one apply for the High
spelled apology with two no. with one
p. that was it; she spelled 'pologv with
one p. and couldn't cal clate the inter
est on Il Cover mcnt bond. We re-
jected her. They give the place To II
distant connection of my wife, with Il
Moo YORK dedication.
II knew of II boy at famous acadc
my who was asked after whom the state
of Virginia was named he ought TO
have known. don't You think, sir?'
asked Lotto. mildly
The State OF Nirginia?' said Mr..
Brown, unca>ily. "Why. certainly, |
think boy had ought To know who Nir-
ginia was named for.
He said, replied Lotto, with vicious
gentlencss, ''that it was named for the
Virgin Mary. who WAS nj that time
Queen of England.
"Well,' said Mr.. Brown, after Il
grave pause. II admit that was an I'M
calcd-tor answer. | don't think we
should have required that Young man ;
services at Browns Ferry.
But across Mr.. Browns biz red face,
there did not fit the shadow of Il smile.
1t is doubtful if to this day he has be-
come fully aware OF the depth of singl-
larity in the reply of the young man at
the famous academy, to the question
concerning the naming OF the State of
Virginia.
"Wall,' said Mr.. Brown. four teacher
haS got the symptoms. If she whoops by
| Tuesday morniu we shall hey to hey a
supply. We've had thirteen applicants
Il ready. les on the chance OF that whoop.
Maybe 'twon' come To nuthin.
! On "Wednesday morning, rs She was
| la, h., ,laS Ia
crocheting Il roval-purplc lnitten for the
green old lady who bought the sky
blue hood. aud had miracuouSly turned
to the grocer with the news that hel
dentists bin was smaller than she eX-
pcctcd, and if She had a pair of mitten,
of the precise shade of purple sh,
thought Shc'd like to see along o that
hood. she didn't know but she'd take
'em-as Lotto was thus patiently sitting
nettcd within her web OF purple worstcd
with crooked fingers, and sweet, sac
face. and aching shoulders, and hcav,
heart S'rccny came up stairs will
some cookies. and the announcement
that man wanted to see the Doctor
daughterin the parlor.
II was Mr.. Brown. He came to il
form Lotto that the teacher at Brown
Ferry Grammar School had been e,
cused to have the whooping-cough. an
that he didn know but Lotto might q
well have the supply till Miss Mizcry &C
well.
"She begun To whoop come o Mon
day night said Mr.. Brown, IAN
along o so many scholars that yo
Amt sure Of and takin' in them vo
L., T. -, L..