The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-09-12

had spent year primer where the
brusque energetic and had
along with her red hair and temper tinged with
Also that by its unexpected snap in
small sinner had caused Emmy Louis little
to times day Here Emmy Lou had spent
the in strenuousy guiding squeaSng pencil across
protesting slate singing in chorus Miss Caras long
wooden pointer went and down the rows OF words on the
spelling chart: At at; bat bat; cat cat or AN.
ba-n ban; can Emmy Lou herself had SO lit
what it all about that dependent on
her neghbor to give her the key to the rg pons
heading the various columns-"a-t, at or AN, an or
on; after that it sailing But
awful day. while the class stopped suddenly at MISS
Claras warning finger visitors opened the door, Emmy
her squeezed tight shut her little body rocking to
and fro to the rhythm went right on an man. p-a-n
panunt at the sound of her sing-song little voice
appalling the silence she stopped,
meantime had been turned, and
that the pointer directed to column beginning oyoy
Among things incident that first too, had
been At that time everybody was turned out into
girls the other And here waiting without the wooden
buckets each holding shiny tin
dipper Emmy would the sloppy outskirts for the
thirst the larger girls to be assuaged that the little girls
opportunity might with the dregs in the
along with the danger of being
by the larger girls at play and having the breath
body which it to
sequestered out thence there
be watched for and avoided-the low square,
black proved brandished broom
who dropped their apple and crusts
shook his fist at the jeering little
the forbidden top and sit sad
ding dividing Uncle Michael the jantor
getting rheumatic twinges indeed IN
Michaes but Emmy Lou did not know this and
her fear of great accordingly
BID: somehow primer year away; and one day,
toward it's close in the presence Clara
looking gentlemen little boys to cipher and
little girls SPELL and others to the blackboard
~ the chart while to Emmy Lou was handed primer
open at page IT, told to read Knowing
heart and identifying it by its picture Emmy Lou
How you, Sue?
my cat
And your cat?
My cat is as old as my dog.
how old is your dog?
My dog old
Having Emmy Lou sat down, not at
to find that she had been holding her
upside down.
jubilance of the other children
that be joyful Emmy Lou went home
elders her family that she had passed And
these aunties and uncle uncle who was
disposed Louis chubby self and her concerns
in ocular fashion, laughed; Lou went
dering about, which would have been
there been mother among the elders for
mothers understanding these things But to
Emmy Lou rnotner hao come 70 ne u lie.G.
faded it came vague consciousness OF encrcine
breeding, tender face OF yearnng eyes; and II
was only because told her that Emmy Lou remem-
bered mother had SOUTH one winter to gel
confused for aught she knew south ane
might be included in these points Of the
compass Emmy Lou had lived with the
three uncle and had been coming
hundred month to see her.
she was told in the first reader. If he
jumped at the sharp accents OF Miss Clara
now grew still the SLOW awful enunciatiol
of large black bombazine who regned over tn
of the first reader pointing her morals with
heavy forefnger lowered wit
every of conscious guilt Nor did Emmy Lou dream
that the large lady, black bobazne the visibl
sign of by had made for he
to school to living, was finding tn
reader almost strange and
picking as Emmy herself.
Emmy Lou first day, found herself descending
and there she remained
til the day. close of the first week, when tn
large realizing perhaps that she could no longer gnor
that lowly position made discovery tina
while to Emmy "d-og' might spell dog and f-r-o g
might spell Lou could not find either
printed page further could not tell wherein they dill
horEf that TOOr
figure "8s" by adding uncertain little 'o to the to
of another little co. and that while Emmy Lo
might copy smeary certain cabaistc signs
the blackboard point them off in tens hlr
reds their numerical values to save
lady sorely perplexed within herself
to the proper in the sight Of
condemnng finger at the mse
able object standing In front Of her platform and sal