Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-01

where it jumped down on the other side
When Mary and her brother reached
the schoolhouse yard their teacher, Miss
Polly ki!nball. had not vet arrived Some
of the scholars We're there, however, and
these crowded around the new pupil.
They were all much amused Mary was
III d quandary. for she did not wish the
teacher to know the lamb was a school.
Finally She decided to hide it in the box
Ike desk at which she sat. After the
teacher had arrived and called the
classes the little lamb became tired of
it's close quarters and clattered with its
little hoofs out into the open where every
body could see it.
Then there was commotion among the
children They laughed and twittered
and twisted and turned i'll their seats. 1t
vas a strange sight to see a lamb at
school. Even the teacher could not re-
rain from laughing. but she soon com
posed herself and, realizing that she
must dispose of the lamb i'll order to
maintain discipline among her pupils, she
turned the little creature out of doors
1t fingered near the door, however, ana
alea,ed for its little mistress. The teach
er then allowed Mary to 80 out into the
yard and place the lamb in the Woodshed
When the noon hour came the little lamb
came again under her protecting care ana
young man whose name was John
Roulstone jr a friend of the teacher,
and i, member of the freshman class at
Harvard University. was visiting the
school when the incident occurred IN
order to commemorate an amusing
event he wrote and brought to Mary
three days after his visit the following
verses:
Mary had little lamb,
Its fleece was white as snow
And everywhere that Mary went
The lamb was sure to go
1t followed her to school one day,
Which was against the rule. ,,,.r
Il made the children laugh aud play.
To see lamb at school.
-, then the teacher turned it out,
But still il fingered near,
And waited patiently about
TIL Mary did appear
This young man. who was only seven,
teen years OF age at inc 'iihe' oi
February 20. 1882.
The fate of the little lamb was a SAD
one. Marys father had large num-
Der of cattle in his barn and Ihanks-
giving morning, 1916. Mary ana her
little pet were playing togther at the
barn, and the lamb placing itself IN
front of the feed box. which belonged
to the cattle. was suddenly gored py
a COW. The lamb ran instantly to Mary
placed it's head in her lap, and IN less
than an hour it died. with Mary's arms
around it. Mary grieved for a long
time over the loss of her little compan-
ion for TO her childish heart the death
of her little lamb was a severe loss
Mary lived on her fathers farm until
she was married to Mr.. Columbus Tyler
in 1895. Mr.. Tyler was superintendent
of the Mclean Hospital for the Insane
1T Someryille, Mass. a suburb OF Bos-
ton. She afterward became natron or
this institution, which position she
held for thirty-five years Mary out
lived her husband many years, and had
for her residence the house which he
had formerly owned
When the patriotic women of Boston
wished to raise money for the historic
old South Church, which became finan-
cially involved and was in danger of
being sold for debt, public sale hav-
ing been authorized to relieve its en-
barrassment. Mary took the stockings
which her mother had knit from the
lambs wool and which she had never
worn. but kept in memory of her de-
voted companion. unraveled the yarn.
cut it into pieces Of a yard and half