The San Francisco call., 1898-10-09

ing late.
 "selfshness, get my hat" she said. But Selfshness wouldn't stir.
 "Selfshness, are you not mean? ana the face of the visitor grew angry.
 T will not get your hat; you can get it yourself"
 And Arna had to run into the nall and get her hat herself.
 T wish you would tie up my shoe facing and fix the back of my dress, It's all thready."
 Selfshness merely turned up her nose and refused to do any of these things.
 Won't you get my lunch basket, then?" she asked? And my Spellar and mental arithmetic there on the sitting room table. Please get them. too."
 1T won't, either. Do it yourself. I'm not your servant" replied Selfshness with peculiar hauteur. So Arna had to get them herself, and went into the sitting room for them. When she came back she found Selfshness already dressed.
 Where are you going?" Arna asked. With you to school" replied Selfish. ness Then they started for school, both on the run.
 Arna reached school just in time to get in her line, without her teacher knowing of her tardiness. Her line was just marching in. Selfishness pushed
 
 Arnas wrath was kindled. You mean old Selfishness," she cried, you had no business to do that. My place is before you" But Selnshness was fighting for another girls place. and while they were talking in loud tone about it Arna was surprised to near her teachers voice: "Arna Wmtely, please step out of the line"
 Arna was much surprised, but she obeyed her teachers order and stepped over to a bench and sat down. The girls looked back and giggled at her discomfort. When the aines had all marched in the teacher came to Arna and said: "Arna, what made you be- have so naughtily?"
 Tt wasn't I; it was Selfshness.' replied Arna, hotly.
 Yes, my dear, it was your own sell fishness. and l am glad to see you ac- knowledge you're wrong.
 When Arna came in her room she found the scholars all whispering, and talking about and pointing at Selfish ness, who LLd Ome in and sat down in a vacant seat, the owner of which would soon cole. She had taken an- other girls book and, crossing her feet, was humming to herself. Arna went up to her and corrected her, but Sel- fshness replied that she wasn't doing things to suit everybody else.
 When the teacher came in Seldshness
 
 teacher did not notice her. When the time came to recite SelhshneSs had her hand up for every question. The teach,r called Selfis-ness Arna and did not seem to notice Arna herself, al though Arna frantically waved her hand back and fort trying to attract Miss Browns attention.
 Even when the other girls knew their lessons Selfshness was always angry if she wasn't calle@ on to answer every single question, and WheL the other girls tried to liSper to her she would proudly turn away her head and say to Arna. 'tSee what a good girl l am.
 At recess the girls didn't appear to notice Arna, althour'' she passed Tn front of them time after time. She saw her old "toadies" were very nice to Sel- fshness' face, but, oh, how they talk ed behind her back!
 When it was time to go in and all were in the schoolroom again Selfish ness was WorSe than ever. It was gram mar examination. Mildred Adams pa- per wasn't ruled, and the teacher, in a great hurry, gave her minute to rule it nicely. Now, Selfshness didn't have hers ruled and she had taken N--ldred' $ ruler to rule it with. She had the ne cessary ruling on, and Mildred was in despair at her blank paper. But Sel- fishness, desiring extra credits to the loss of Mildred, kept the ruler for her own use and the teacher would not wait for the other girl, who thus lost the entire examination.
 At noontime, when Arna looked for her lunch that she told Selfshness to put up, she found that Selfshness had taken it. After quite a hunt she found her in corner of the yard surrounded by all her tends, eating her lunch.
 Where's my lunch?" demanded Arna.
 '.Humph! I guess I'm not going to nd of this, when you live only bl from school,'' said Selfishness.
 Afternoon passed. Selfishness was as bad as ever. She wanted to read all the lessons and write down all the home work on the board, and liked when Miss Brown ~ave it to Lucy Forbes to ~it0
 When Arna reached home she found her father there. He was i'll and had come home earlier than usual. He did not seem to see Arna. He called 10 Sel- fishness: 'Arna, please make me some strong coffee and toast" Selhshness was getting ready to practice on the piano. and she scowled. My teacher told me to learn my lesson" she an- swered, impatiently.
 Arna was shocked She rushed up to her father and said Papa, papa, Pm Arna. She's elf1shness, not Arna. 1 am Arna.
 But her father did not seem to hear h and Arna cried. Tn verv un- c~racious and sulky ood SelfShness made the coffee and toast. She knew MT Whitley didn't like anything but the best coffee, and that was kept on the top shelf and she felt too lazv to get up after it so she made the drink out of the family coffee. She burned the toast and then scraped the black ened part off very poorly; She sulked all the more 1en MT. Whitley pushed it aside and said he didn't care to eat.
 Then Arna tried different tactics. She spoke gently and kindly to Selfish ness. About sunset Selfishness came and. kneeling at Arna's feet, begged her pardon and told her to profit by her (Selfshness) experience, and then-she faded like specter, and Arna never saw her again.
 And Arna is now a generous little girl, and although people wonder why she is so changed in disposition, they love her much, and she has no ene- mics, for her selfshness is one.