The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-04-03

Win Tue eACepllOu Oh tne lUHuebCe OF
the night before, which naturally
enough she could not dispel and which
| could not keep from arising occasion
ally We sat on log and ate our
dinner, and Munettes remarks gave the
additional insight into her close habit
of observation. When evening came,
we stopped at a farm house, where the
sad story Of the little girl awoke such
sympathy that the kind hearted house
wife begged me to allow the child TO
remain with her.
at is question that she must de-
eide" l rejoined. "Wbat do you say,
Munette p"
81 arm surprised that you should ask
me such question: she replied, APP
preaching the chair where | sat and
taking my hand. "Would it not be un-
grateful in me to desert you so soon, or
to ever desert your
"She's got more sense than an old
woman right now," said the host, ad-
dressing his wife. sour twenty eight
year old daughter that married last
month amt patchin' to this girl"
ivy, Jesperson,' said his wife, in
mild censure, Margaret amt twenty
years old"
"She's mighty nigh it,
can besides that" continued the
woman, 'she never had chance"
"Ddn't go to school three months
outen nearly every year, eh ? What
show does gal want I'd like to know!
This little creetur, warrant you never
has been to school.
"Oh, yes, sir. My whole life has
been school. The old house where
used to live contains many books. If
you want them you may go there and
get them. | shall never 60 after them.
l could never read them again"
"Well, blast my buttons if l don't
mosy up, that way. amt much of a
scholar, but l reckon l can worry
through with lot of them"
CHAPTER II.
My mother welcomed Munette, when
| related the sad story OF how l found
her, the sympathetic woman took the
child in her arms and kissed her. A
few days afterwards, when returned
home after short absence, she flashed
upon me In gay red dress. She was
more of child than l had ever seen-
more so than | had thought it possible
for her to become. My mother was
delighted to see her innocent prarks,
and |, for the first time, kissed the
child.
"You have kissed me at last she
said. SIS it because | look better in
this dress p
sit is because you look more like a
child. Before you reminded me so much
Of a woman
'Do not women like to be kissed9"
laughed and my mother, shaking
her head can see her gray hairs now
said "Ah, Ambrose, our young girl
has very old head"
We sent Munette to school. The
teacher, man who had the reputation
OF being profound, met me one day aud
said:
''Look here, Munette is the most re-
mari kable child | ever saw. She has
read so many books and makes me
such wise observations that | am con-
stantly surprised. To tell you the
truth, cannot advance her. Not that
| am not intellectually able-ahem-
but-because | do not think that at her
age it would be safe. Therefore
would advise you to take her from
school. know the effect that too
much learning has on youth. Iknow
how narrowly | escaped
When | spoke to Munette, she said :
"That school is very dull place. 1t is
constant hum of arithmetic. | don't
like to cipher, as the children call it.
Fractions make my head ache and mis-
cellaneous examples make me sick. Let
me study at home.
took her from school. She was a
devoted student, but was never so alb
sorbed that she was oblivious to the
little attentions which a woman of nv
mothers age prizes so highly. Nun
ette grew rapidly and l was pleased to
see that she was daily becoming more
graceful
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