The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-07-02


grin Of perfect content on lis dirty lit
tie face.
The storekeeper, too. wac had boon
scolding his chore boy In a frightful
manner when Winnie opened the door,
now looked as mild as any lamb, quite
benevolent. In fact, and the chore boy
was whlstllng softly 10 himsef as he
wiped the dust from a shelf.
Winnie walked brislIly along. for II
was getting near school time. A good
many OF the people she met glanced at
her as they passed. and the glance
seemed somehow to have cheering ef-
feet on them, for their eyes Frightened
and they stepped more quickly ana
held their heads a little higher.
When quite near the schOolhousc
Winnie overlook one Of her classmates.
There was cloud on mis- face, but the
instant she spoke % him 1t disappeared,
and he actually smiled as he iurued to-
ward her, though the tone of his voice
was still somewhat lugubrious.
Have you done those two problems
In algebraf" he asked.
W. lhubntd W ihiitt nave 9N'''
81 sat up half the night trying and
| don't believe they can be done said
the boy, bitterly.
ooh. yes" answered Winnie. "W.n,
Bailey told me last night that ne had
done one OF them and mean to get ar
| them In good earnest Ms soon as | get
the history lesson off my mind. think
we can do them"
perhaps we can" SAID the boy, more
hopefully, and by the time they reach-
ed the schoolhouse steps he was net
only convinced that he could but resolv-
ed that he would do them, and was
quite cheerful in consequence.
As said before. It was a cold morn
Ing, and the schoOlroom felt the effect
OF IT, The heat didn't come as It should,
and the teacher and all the scholars
had blue noses and their shoulders
were drawn up.
Winnie and the boy were swo sec
onds late. and Miss Miller frowned as
shc heard their footsteps In the hall,
but when she saw Winnie her frown
faded out Moreover. as Winnie walk
ed to her seat nearly every pair Of
shoulders in the room went down n
trihe, as though her coming had. in
some mysterious way, tempered the
prevailing frigidity.
Nothing of particular moment hap
pened during the forenoon, unless II
was the falling out OF Nellie Patterson
snd Julia Davis at recess. Their eyes
were flashing and they were making
the most ill-natured remarks to each
other, when Winnie CHANGED their way.
| don't know whether she said any
thing or only looked in their eyes till
they couldn't help laughing. but do
know that two minutes later Nellie and
Julia were pacing the hall arm in arm
and on the best of terms.
There were seven scholars who lived
so far away that they always brought
their dinner, excepting when they for
got Il, as did Annie and Frank Carroll
on this particular day. Winnie spied
them standing apart from the others.
staring dlsconsolately out of a window,
and Immediately OWNED the trouble
Almost before you could say Jack
Robinson" she had gone to them and
before you could count fifty the three
were seated, with Winnie's lunch has.
ket in their midst. making merry over
the shortness of their commons. Then
the other four Joined the group and di.
yided their lunch also. and as the moth.
ers OF some of them had been particu-
larry bountiful In the matter of food
that day the whole seven Jared well
good for them.
On the way home from school al
night Winnie saw two boys on the side
walk ahead OF her slyly upset fruit
stand, behind which sat an old Irisl
woman. A policeman who had come
up unperceived seized one of the boys
the other took to his heels. and the old
woman gesticulated and stormed Will
rage and righteous Indignation.
Winnie FASTENED her steps, and. lay
ing her hand on the policeman's sleeve
asked him very earnestly II he woult
not please let the boys go. Just Ions
enough to help pick up the fruit, which
was rolling about the sidewalk and GU
into the street.
In an incredibly short time, II 70,
had been there. you would have seer
the policeman walking serenely dow
the street, a strange gentleman right
ing the fruit stand. Winnie and tn,
two boys picking up apples. oranges
bananas and peanuts, as II for ,
wager. while the old woman wa
, laughing to see so many working 70
her while she sat STILL and saying
lenlently, that "b'ys" would be "b'ys
she supposed. as long as the "wurruld
, held together
, The boy the policeman had let z
came running after Winnie when sh
had started on her way again. an,
r thrust n tremendous big apple. whicl
, he had just bought Of the woman. int
her hand. and then sped away with al
, ear-splitting whoop to join the othe
: boy
When Winnie came within thrc
; doors Of her own door she saw the tel
E egraph messenger leave a messag
4 with Mrs. Alden. Mrs. Alden stoo
In the doorway after reading IL. wit
e n perplexed and troubled expression
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