Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1902-11-04


But when they've gone and left the whole
big shooting match to me,
Say, din't it fun to just wade in and help
myself? Oh, gee!
With no one round to notice what you're
doing-bet your lifeI
Boys don't use forks to eat with when
they'd rather use a knife;
Nor take such little bites as when they're
eating with the rest,
And SO, for lots of things, like the sec
ond table the best.
L. A. w. Bulletin.
The Hack-Driver's Little Girl.
Six little girls in Miss Rexford's
school were about the same ageACora,
Ethel, Sally, Edith, Jenny and Ruth.
Five of them were generally to be
seen together, at recess and going and
returning from school; but the sixth
one, Ethel Stedman, was not apt to
be included in the good times OF the
others. This was not because Ethel
was not as pretty or as bright or as
pleasant as the rest Of them, or be-
cause she did not wear as dainty
frocks. No, it was all on account Of
her fathers being hack driver.
Sally's father was a doctor, Edith's
was a clergyman, Cora's was law
yer, Ruth's painted pictures, while
Jenny's father kept bookstore. These
little girls did not realize that man
who drove a hack for a living could
be just as good as if he went around
selling books, or even preached SER
mons in a big church. So Ethel was
made to feel in some way she was not
quite their equal, though she didn't
understand what the reason was. It
would never have occurred to her that
her dear, kind father was the cause
Of all this snubbing.
Day after day Ethel went to school,
wishing she could do something to
make the girls like her better. Finally
her chance came.
1t was warm and sunshiny when
school opened one afternoon; but be-
fore long it grew cloudy, and, when
the children were let out, the weather
was so threatening that the five
friends hurried along hoping to reach
their homes before the shower. They
had only gone a few blocks, however,
when great drops began to fall; and
In a minute it was pouring. There
was no way but to scamper up on the
steps of a house, to wait till the rain
should cease; but the question that
troubled them was how soon would II
stop. 1t might keep on all night, and
they all lived a long walk away. II
thundered and lightened a little, and
Cora and Jenny began to cry. 1t grew
| darker, and rain came down in such
sheets that the girls could hardly see
across the street. Then a hack came
along, and, to their surprise, it stopped
right in front Of the steps.
"Girls! girls" called a familiar
: voice. don't you want to ride homer
| Before one of them could answer
Etheps father had jumped from hi.
high seat, and had poor little frighten
ed Jenny in his arms. He deposited
her on her feet inside the carriag.
door, and In a minute or two the five
were all there, half laughing, half cry
ing, and being whirled along TOWARD
home.
Father came after me, but you ha(
started on ahead, or should have ask
ed you to ride then," explained Ethel
and the five couldn't help feeling
little bit ashamed to see the eagernes
with which the girl whom they had al
sighted was ready to do them a ia
vor. AS for Ethel herself, she almos
! wished a shower would come up ever.
day, it was such delight to be righ
among the girls, and be one of them
"How did you get home" aske,
Edith's father that night
''Mr. Stedman brought me in hi
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