The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-10-11

(9l0 n Reader s1t reom. '"'o - 'ss
Once, head and foot had
meant Aunt Cordcla above the coffee
tray and Uncle Charlie below the carving
knife But at school head and foot meant
little girls bobbing up and down, de-
scendng and ascending the scale OF ex-
celency.
There were no little boys. At the Sc
cond reader the currents OF tho sexes
divided, and little boys were swept out
OF sight. Ono mentioned little boys now
In undertones.
But head and foot meant something
beside little girls bobbins out OF their
places on the bench to take a neighbours
place Head and foot meant tears-that
Is when the bobbing was downward and
not up. However, II one bobbed down
to-day there was the chance OF bobbinE
up to-morrow-that is with all but
Emmy Lou and little girl answering
to the call OF kitty Mckeoghany.'
Step by atep Kitty went UP. and hay
ing reached tho top. Kitty stayed there.
And step by step. Emmy Lou. from
= her original, alphabetically determined
position bcGIdo Kitty, went down, and
then, only because further descent was
Impossible Emmy Lou stayed there. But
snce the foot was nearest the platform
Emmy Lou took that comfort ont OF the
2 situation, for the tea cher sat on this plat
form. and Emmy Lou loved the teacher
Tho second reader teacher was the
lady, the nice lady. tho pretty lady With
white hair, who patted little girls on the
cheek as she passed them In the hall.
On the first day Of school the name OF
.'Emily Louise MacLauren" had been
called Emmy Lou stood up. She look
ed at the teacher. She wondered II the
teacher remembered Emmy Lou WAS
chubby and round and much In earnest.
And the lady. the pretty lady, looking
down at her, smiled. Then Emmy Lou
knew that the lady had not forgotten.
And Emmy Lou sat down. And she
loved the teacher and she loved tho Sc
cond reader. Emmy Lou had not heard
the teachers name, But could her crate
iul little heart have resolved Its feelings
into words dear teacher must ever
after have been the lady's name. And
So as II Irnpelled by her own chubby
weight and somo head-and.foot force OF
gravity. though Emmy Lou descended
steadily to the foot OF the second reader
foot was in the shadow OF the platform
and within the range OF dear teachers
emile.
Beside. there was Hattie.
Emmy Lou sat with Hattie. They sat
at front desk. Hattie had plnlts; small
behind each ear. And the part bisectinS
Iattes little head from nape to crown
was exact and true. Emmy Lou ad-
,1,ired plaits And she admired the little
pink spriss on IIatt!e's dress.
After Hattie and Emmy Lou had sat
together whole day, Hattie took Emrsy
Lou aside as they were going nome. and
whispered to her:
who's Your mos intimate friend?"
vas what Emmy Lou understood her to
whisper
Emmy Lou had no idea what n!nti-
rnate friend might be. She did not know
what to do.
tie.
Emmy Lou shook her head.
Iattie put her lips close to Emmy
Louis ear. 80
Lets us be intimate friends."5 said
~ Hattie.
Though small in knowledge, Emmy
Lou was large In faith. she confessed
herself as glad 10 be intimate frleEd.
When Emmy Lou found that to be q
ninumate friend meant to walk about the
yard with Hattles arm about her, she
+. was glad, indeed. to be ono. Hitherto.
~ at recess. Emmy lou had known the BIT
terness Of the outcast and the rar!ah.
and had stood around. principally IN cor
ners to avoid being swept OFT her little
feet by the big girls at play, and had
gazed upon the paired loft and sufficient.
unto-itsef world. 1 tf
Hattie seemed to know everything In
all the glory Of Its newness Emmy Lou
brought her second reader to school. Hat
tie was .candalized. She showed her
reader soberly encased In calico cover,
Emmy Lou grew hot. She hid her
reader hastily. Somehow she felt that
: she had been immodest. The next day
Emmy Louis reader came 10 school dis
~ creetly swathed In calico
- Hardly had the second reader begun
And after that he came every Friday and
81 stayed an hour.
lie was a tall, thin man, and he had a
:. point of beard on his chin that made him
look taller. He wore blue cap, which
he tossed on chair. And he carried
a violin. His name was Mr.. Cato. He
drew five lines on the blackboard, and
made eight dots that looked as though
they were going up stnirs on the lines.
Then he raped on his violin with his
bow, and the class sat up straight
This said Mr.. Cato. rs A" and he
pointed to dot Then he looked at
Emmy LOU Unfortunately Emmy Lou
sat at front desk,
"Now, what Is it?' said Mr., Cato,
ag "a" said Dmmy Lou, obediently, She
wondered. But she had met a IN SO
many guises Of print and script that she
accepted any statement concerning AZ
And now dot was A,
lana TINS, sdlu ME. CatO, rs -, ana
this Is G.. and this D, and II, u, g, which
brings us naturally to A again." and
50 Mr.. Cato with his bow went up the stair
way pupctuated with dots.
Emma Lou wondered why 6 brought
one naturally to A again.
But Mr.. Cato was tapping up the dot
ted stairway with his bow. Now, what
are theyc" asked Mr.. Cato.
'.Dots" said Emmy Lou. forgetting.
Mr. Cato got red in the face and rap
ped angrly.
d, r, r, e, H." and was going hurriedly
on when Hattie, with surrepduous
Jerk, stopped her.
.erhat is better" said Mr.. Cato, "a, B.
& G, D. y, =. &, A-exactly--but We are not
going to call them A, b.. Q. D. p, r, G.,
A" Mr., Cato paused impresslvely his
bow poised. and looked at Emmy LOU
1--WE are going to call them'-and Mr..
Cato touched a dot-"do"--hts bow went
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