The Republican., 1897-10-07
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] BY Martha E. White. {
TENNIE! Jennie! Wait for mel"

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ing by the house on her way to school.
ooh, haven't you gone yet, Lizzie?
Thought it was late"
Late? No indeed" said Lizzie, rum
ming hat in hand TO meet her friend.
"'You must have queer kind of clock
at your house. It's only half-past
eight"
eve do have the funniest time about
.our clocks. We have four. The big,
ugly one in the kitchen loses half an
hour or so a day, and the grand marble
clock in the parlor is so fine we don't
dare touch it, for fear Wen do some
harm. And the other two-let me see
one stops every few hours, and the
other, being on high bracket in Wills
bedroom, nobody recollects to wind; so
it doesn't go at all. It's hard work tell
ing the time at our house. We're al
ways kept in practice, adding and sub
;tracting."
"Wen, I'm glad it's so early, for I
want to propose some fun. Mother told
me last night that when she was little
girl she used to keep Journal and
put down every day all the cross things
Gdldl were Sdlu TO neT. w ASH L lIldl Il
queer idea? She said she had the jour
nal still in the old horsehair trunk up
in the garret and she promised to get
1t out the next rainy day and read it
to me. I'll coax her to let you hear it,
TOO, for I know it will be jolly. That
made me think how funny it would be
for you and me to agree to tell each
other all the horrid things the girls
and boys said about us at school. Will
you do it? I won't get angry if you
won't"
"All right" assented Jennie. "OnIy
hope nobody says anything very
dreadful about me. I don't see as do
anything to make them
"No indeed! Neither do l." replied
Lizzie. with emphasis
So the girls agreed not to tell each
other anything until Friday night, for
they were both high in their classes
and they didn't intend to be distracted
from their studies.
Accordingly the next Friday night
they walked off together, and, sitting
down by the beach, began to compare
Notes.
"You begin first said Jennie, ''for
g'm kind of afraid. I won't say one
word till you are done, no matter how
angry 7 feel"
Every we'll" answered Lizzie.
But still she kept on drawing figures
In the sand and seemed in no hurry to
begin.
Then she thought:
"I can tell her the smallest things
first, and that'u make it easier to tell
the big things" SO she began: Tom
Melvin told me last Monday that he
thought a girl as rich as you might put
five cents in the Sunday school box
every Sunday to help the poor heathen.
only you were so stiEgy. He said Lula
Bowen put in five cents, and she wasn't
nalf so rich"
"Did Tom Melvin say that? Oh,
cheeks all ablaze.
81 thought you weren't going to say
anything until l got through?" re
minded Lizzie.
"Well, l didn't intend to; but I cant
help it. So there!"
81 know what will be BETTER" said
sympathizing Lizzie. Lets take turns.
You tell me something now"
ooh, that will be better. Let me see.
l didn't hear anything about you Mon
day; but Tuesday Augusta Gibson said
you were so stuck-up because You hap
pened to be Number 1 that she Just
hated you. She said you must have
learned straightforward performances
from your Uncle Joe, so you could look
In the history on the sly and recite per-
feet every time"
ooh, what falsehood." exclaimed
Lizzie, springing at an imaginary Au-
gusta. ''Why, l think she's toe mean
to live! Girls that are so awful stupid
are always thinking everyone else
cheats"
Lizziesa down again, feeling relieved
by her outburst.
"Of course it's a shame" said Jen-
ME, 'but it's comfort to know we
would never say such horrid things"
"Yes, it is" said Lizzie. ooh, it's
zRy turn, isn't it? | didn't hear any
thing about you Tuesday or Wednes-
day; but Thursday Eva Stanford said
~ou brought such big lunches to school
workers III gave anyone a single
Moon is a schoor1ther take home
tiring worker in the party, ~
been attending Republican priP
and conventions for seventeen
He comes from large family, =,
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all of whom are Republicans. u
an intelligent man and will Gr
best to carry out the wishes e.
people. Mr.. VI. H. Jacobs is AIT
porous farmer of District No. II a
conversant with the needs of Il
mers, and is a good man in le
sense of the word. He with Mr.oI
will do his utmost for the schOol
wili be faithful to the important,
devolving upon him. Republ
see to il that they both ~n+ a
81? Oh, L didn't say much because
well, because | hadn't ever happened
TO see you give any fruit to Susie, and
I'd seen Eva Stanford give her some
tots of times. But | stood up for you
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