The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1905-03-12

which makes character. Some OF the
girls who belong to the fashionable set
and wear new frocks each week to scnooi
do not hesitate to do things that ! could
never bring myself to do under any CIR
cumstances. At the last exam" a num-
Der of my class copied their answers
secretly from their books, and manageu
in such way to pass. Had they peen
honest In their work they wouiq nav
failed. OF course, II they cheat IN Que
thing they will in others. Sc, mamma
plain. honest people. There Is no man ~,
more upright than my father, ano, ~
woman truer. nobler than you, dear.
"And no girl lives who has s,. more suep.
ling qualities than my own little oangn
ter" said Mrs. Johnston, warmly. But.
dear. n grieves me to see Others who are
not so worthy as yourself shun you. !
wish you might have comps MONS OF YOU
own 1ge Ii Is lonely for young per
son to be cut of from oil social pleas
ures."
.yeu mother, II | went TO all the
parties that my classmates give ana at
tend would never have my ~ lessons ~ nbe ss
Mt ssexams" or fail to pass. so, you SEE.
It is best as 1t Is; and ] am NOT a pr
worried over not being inyited 10 ahe
part in the skating carnival tnat an n sae
Juniors and a lot OF the seniors are neg
iccting their studies to arrange TOT.
And. kissing her mother, Hannah TOOK
her books and hurried OF to school,
The skating carnival just alluded to py
Hannah was being arranged 70. r rron,;sad
to be a great event with the nlgn scnool
set The greatest interest was oeing
taken in the designing or costumes, Ior
prizes had been offered for the nano-
Soonest costume worn by girl and the
most cornical one worn by boy. many
Of the readers will wonder how skating
carnival could take place on 81. fatric ~
Doy- SO the writer must explain that the
scene of this story Is laid In the rar
North where skating is good late into the
spring.
The day before the carnival the tenn
perature dropped several degrees and 2
sleet fell which caused the streets and
payements to become solid masses OF Ice.
As Hannah went to school that morning
she overlook two OF ner nangnv ps s,ass
The two girls, afraid OF slipping on tne
icy pavement, were walking very slowly
and cautiously: Fearing she might be
tariy IL she lOitered behind them Hannah
turned to one side and passed them. AS
she did SO she glanced into their fnces
with the intention Of bowling. 4 they
should should set the e eEnp wtb ou SoI Zen of
recognition in their eyes,
Just as Hannah had advanced some half
dozen steps her heel slipped and she fell
with awful force t t. the ground her soh hat
scattering In smother. For moment
she was unable to rise for the shock OF
the fall had almost stunned her. With
smiles at each other, as II ridiculing the
unfortunate Hannah, Lucy and Madge de-
liberately walked around the prostrate
girl and went on their way without
With some difficuIty Hannah got on her
feet again. reached her hat, gathered up
her books and went on to school. But
all day her head ached from the effects
of the fall and she was glad when the
hour to dismiss school arrived She said
nothing to her parents about the unkind
way in which she had been treated by
Lucy and Madge, for she knew 1t would
only wound them and cause them unhappi-
ness on her account.
The following day Hannah felt too lame
to risk going to school over the ley pave
ment and had to content herself by get
ting her lessons at home. The house the
Johnstons occupied was situated Mt the
end Of a side business street that ran
down to the lake where the skating cnr-
nival was to be held that night From
their windows Hannah and her mother
often watched the gay crowds skating