Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1892-10-26


never doubling that she had taken the
child safely TO her destination.l
Willy looked up at the house and
thought that it didn't look bit like
Miss Mamie's, but there were children
going in at the door. so she thought
she would go, too, and see what this
kindergarten was like.
There were many other children there
and they all turned to look at the new
scholar, bnt Willy was an independent
little body and not easily abashed, so
she sat down in the first empty seat,
and begin to look about her. Miss
May seeing a new face came to ask her
if she was coming TO school. Willy
thought that n foolish question seeing
she was there already, but said, "Yes,
ma'am, as she bad been taught, and
gave her name as Willy 'hemina, but as
she did not speak very plainly. it was
entered by the teacher as "Willv
Heminway."
The morning passed swiftly, for
there were so many "gIfts" and merry
songs and marches, and so many busy
fingers at work that Willy did not have
time to feel strange.
When noon came, and the children were
preparing to go home, she stood.quietiy
watching them until the teacher ask ed
her If sue was going too. "No," she
said, mot uI my papa comes aftey
me-"
She WAS used to waiting and did not
stop to think that papa did not know
where she was. There were several
OF the children who brought I'll i
lunches, and staid ut noon with one
the pupil teachers, and Willy lookeu
wistfully at their lunch baskets for she
was getting very hungry.
4 rosy-cLeek little girl near her
seemed disposed to make friends and
said, 81 wish you'd brought your
lunch too. We like to stay at noon, and
by and by We have some nice games
with Miss Herman. I'll tell you what,
you can have part Of my lunch, don't
b'lieve your papa's coming anyway"
Willy accepted the protfered sand
wich and Thought it tasted wonderfully
good. The other little girls became
very friendly, too. and each one gave
her some special dainty out of their
lunch boxes so that Miss Willy Jared
royalty on ham sandwiches, cold
chicken and angels food She had II
delicious banana, too, and pretty
red apple which last she had TO pack
away in her bag because she could eat
no more.
Miss herman taught them some new
games and they had free gymnastics,
SO that Willy was quite rested and
ready %or school again at one o'clock,
but as she had never sat still so long
before, she was quite glad when the
two hours afternoon session closed.
She began to feel a little homesick,
however, zen she saw the other little
girls getting ready to go and nobody
had come yet for her. Her eyes were
beginning to fill with tears when the
teachers seeing that something was
wrong, tePan to talk 10 her and by
dint OF skIlful questioning managed to
arrive at the conclusion that Miss Willy
was long way from home and that her
pan ents did not know where she was.
She said she lived at "Oak'an which.
OF course, tney supposed meant Oak
land avenue. Miss May asked her If
she knew the number of the house and
she said ''o1 yes, cause when we come
home GeOrdie always sings. 'Twen ty-
four, it's our door
Miss Herman then offered to take
her home so they set off in the street
car for "a Oakland Ave.
When papa Kinney came home to
dinner he stopped at Miss Mamie's as
merry prattIe as they went along the
street together, and was surprised when
he found that the little girl had not
been in school that morning. Where
is Willy?" we're his first words on
reaching home. "Why didn't she &C
to school this morning."
You may be sure that mamma was
badly frightened and that Geordie was
questioned anxlously when he came in
a few minutes later, and that nobody
in the house wanted any dinner that
day.
Papa hurried to the nearest police
station, Mamma ran over to Miss
Mamie's in the vague hope of getting
some clue to the lost child, and poor
Geordie, who felt so badly that he
needed no reproaches for his careless
ness, ran arout the streets all the after
noon inquiring of everybody he met, il
they had seen his little sister.
About four o'clock Mr.. Kinney can't
home, having been unable to hear any
thing of lost little girl The distract
ed mother was walking the floor in an
agony of grief and he was vainly trying
to comfort her, when there was a sound
of hurrying little feet, and in rushed
Geord1e holding his little sister by the
hand.
'I found her, mamma, found her"
he cried, ''and you bet I'll never lose
her again.
Right glad was Willy to be home
again after her long days adventures,
but she conld not understand why the
tears were in her mother eyes, nor why
papa held her SO tightly when he kissed
her.
Wien Miss Herman had taken Willy
to no. "a Oakland Ave. and discovered
that the little girl did not belong there,
she knew that the only thing left to do
was to notify the police. As she walked
down the street with the child and was
about to turn the corner, boy coming
from the opposite direction on roller
skates, ran into them SO suddenly that
he lost his balance and fell sprawling
on the walk.
Willy gave one startled look at tn,
cause CT the collision and cried. "Why,
it's Geordiel it's GeordieI Were you
coming to bring me home, Geordie?"
Willy had much to tell of the new
kindergarten and what nice lunch she
had had. She showed her satchei full
of "girts" which the teachers had given
her for remembrance when she went
away and, indeed, almost thought she
would rather go to the new school
Geordle was cured of his impatience
,n1 navar AGAIN left his little sister
until she wes safe at Miss Mamie's, let
the boys tease as hard as they
might.
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