The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1892-06-08
CHAPTER w.
WHIT 1EH IVs
/ FORM ONE FRIHNDsHIP AT E-As1

"You just be good and cheerful, and
make people love You"
II do try 70 be good" I cried II try
TO do everything l can to please people,
but it don't do any good. They won't
love me, they won't believe me. I
never try 10 have my way, but I give
up 10 my sister all the time, and yet
people say I'm stubborn. Oh, ! wish I
could die, and then I'd be out Of the
way and nobody would blame me and
mistudge me. I'm not, stubborn,
know I'm not, and I dont like for poo
pie 10 say am"
IT know you're NOT, /" he said, positive
ly, ''and II I were you I wouldn't care
what people said They DOM know
anything about H." '".
But It's so hard 10 be always blamed
when I'm not In fault, / sobbed. check
ing my tears little. "Sbe said people
didn't love me, and that was unhap-
py because I was mean"
who said that3" he asked
-She did Mrs. Brown
my aunt2"
THAT lady who was just here" re-
piled.
The boy Let my hand 60 and whistled
q little, and / thought I'd driven him
from me. and that he was going TO hate
me, too; and ! began TO feel more mis-
erable than ever. But after the lapse
Of a moment he came nearer, and
smoothing my hair with the greatest
gentleness. said: ,
Don't worry about what my aunt
said She didn't mean 10 hurt your
feelings She Just don't know, that's
all. I knew she didn't know, and that
| you wasn't stubborn, and II made me
sorry to hear her talk that way; so after
we'd gone little piece I told her
wanted to hunt some moro flowers, and
came back, because / knew she'd
made You feel bad. Ny hunts good
and kind. and she'll love you when she
gets TO know that you are not stub
born
"She won't ever know that OBJ
tected, ceasing my tears almost en-,
tirely.
"Yes she will,- he replied, quickly,
for Ill tell her. I'll tell her all about
It" he continued after pause, "and I'll
make her understand that you're good
girl, and that you amt 70 blame for be-
ing unhappy. She'll love you then, and
be kind 10 you, and maybe that viii
make you feel better"
l Istopped crying altogether after that
for in the prospect Of having some one
10 love me / forgot all my burdens Of
sorrow, and my heart was flooded with
happiness had never known before.
! felt that having the love Of ono per-
Son TO lean on I could bear all my
crosses and sorrows without feeling
their weight, and that however cruelty
Twas treated at home, the knowledge
that one heart beat In sympathy with
mine would make my life very happy
indeed.
Seeing that was recovering my spir-
Its, my companion exerted himself TO
advance my cheerfulness, leading my
thoughts away from my troubles with
tact worthy Of much older head, and
within a short time we were chatting
and laughing quite gayly.
What Is your nameT' he asked. rath-
er abruptly, after we had talked for five
or ten minutes.
Instantly tinge Of the old pain came
back 10 my heart, but II went with o
breath, and still smiling and happy
replied:
my name Is Agnes Owens"
That's very pretty name," he re-
marked. 81 like Agnes the best Of any
name l know for girl. Don't you like
it9"
"Yes, like Agnes" / replied, the
feeling of bitterness creeping into my
heart again, "and would be happier II
people would call me that But l don't
like to be called Ag, and that's what
everybody calls me-"
That's not 80 NICE" he said, slowly,
"and they oughtn't to call you that"
81 don't like for them 10, and I've
cried about 1t, and begged them to
quit, but 1t didn't do any good. You
won't call me Ag, will you2"
mo, shall call you Agnes. But II I
were you" he added, II shouldn't care
about my name. II doesn't matter,
anyhow. Now my name is William
Hanly and everybody calls me win, and
that's very nice, but II people wanted
TO call me Bill they could, and
wouldn't care"
SWELL" / said, little better salts
fed on that point, II wouldn't mind be-
Ing called Ag, so much, II people
wouldn't speak so slightlngly Of my
looks. don't like for them TO say I'm
red-headed, and call my hair 'wisps.'
You wouldn't like that, would you2''
II don't believe I'd care much. You
sec, boys aint particular about such