Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-01-02
A BRIGHT DAY.

1eIt tne pump mouse eager TO learn
Everything. We met the nurse carrying
my little cousin, and teacher spelled
baby" And for the first time / was
Impressed with the smallness and help
lessness OF a little baby, and mingled
with that thought there was another
one of myself, and was glad was nv
self and not a baby.
l learned a great many words that
day. ! do not remember what thev all
were; but l do know that mother"
father, sister and teacher" were
among them. IL would have been diff
cult TO find happier little child than
was that night as lay In my crib and
thought over the JOY the day had
brought me, and for the first time
Ionged for a new day to come.
FIRST DAYS OF FREEDOM
The next morning awoke with foy
In my heart. Everything / touched
seemed 10 culver with life. 1t was be-
cause / saw everything with the new.
strange, beautiful sight which had been
given NE. ! was never angry after that
because / understood everything nv
friends said TO me, and ] was very busy
learning many wonderful things. I was
never still during the first glad DAYS Of
my freedom. I was continually smelling
and acting out the words as speiled
them. / would run, skip, jump and sfnz
no matter where happened 10 be. Ey-
erythinz was budding aud blossomirg.
VIE honey suckles hung in long rarlanls
dellciously fragrant, and tho roses had
never been so beautiful before. Teacher
sod lived out of doors from mornfn-
until night, and ] rej0iced greatly I'm
the forgotten Light and sunshine found
again.
b did not b regular lessons then as
80 now. - learned about cvery-
about trees aud flowers. how thew
rthe dew and sunshine: au1utani
their names and all their secret Z.
v the beavers tuIIt thel-I lodges.
'hese Tue squire bio their Ic.-ns
w tle -.'r 4eer r4u -1 .4.r.t
hy tire Rabbit va. So lu.I.
Dnce ] went % circus, and teacher
described 10 ue the wild anima|4ard
the countries where they i've ] fed the
elephants and the monkeys. Datted "a
sleeping Jon and SAT- ON a camaTs back
] was very much Interested The wild
animals, and j approached ttrm w.th-
out fear, for they seemed % me ua-t
Of the great beautiful country Twas
exploring.
LEAENfSG rrAD.
The next step % my education. VIII. p
remember dist.ucty, wa. learning I'd.
read. As soon as learned 90 spell 4,
few words, teacher gayo us Sims o.
caro- board on which we're printed words
in raised letters 7 very quickly learn.
Cd that the printed words stood for
thiuas. ] bad frame BOO which could
arrange the words s1 th8t tho. wound
make little sentences: but before j var
arranged sentences Zoo the frame ...f
20 make hem with objects
I would fnd Che slips W peror which
represented "doi is on bed, % and place
them on The objects, thus making
sentence. Nothing Gel ghted me So
much az this game. ] would play lt f9r
hours together. often when egerg-
thing Zoo the room was ARRANGED 500 as
- make sentences ] would fnd toarrpr
aud show her what ! had done Then
would get the primer and hunt Tor
The words j knew, and when j found
one I would scream With oy.
read my frs. story on Nay DAY. and
ever since books aud j haYo been loving
friends and useparaols companions.
Ibey have made bright world OF
thougnt md beauty all around me-
4 viii here end tA,s little story Of my