| Show the artless child it it ivas was late the lampson limps of the car burned dimly imly 1 I in one seat was a lappy happy appy couple rejoicing in a carpet bag bap two band boxes an umbrella a basket a brown paper parcel and a sleeping cherub sud suddenly denly cherub a girl of some tome three years experience in this strang strange e worl awoke from one of those long g undisturbed slumbers I 1 that fiat are amon the llie inalienable prerogatives s of blameless alozo child childhood 0 d and climbed tip up so as to laok lack 0 over oyer ver the back of the seat two careworn care worn trae trave weary and half halt awakened men sat in front of the he innocent little creature they I 1 looked as a if it they had been on board of railia railway C clis clin caim cais lin kis tor a month arld arid uld nid had journeyed from the ie r y e gions about sui sul sunset gunset iset to Two great prest curious eyes fell upon she sh scanned carefully the faces of each arld and one would have deemed her to be an infantile orun nit presently one of them looked at her it was evident that she rather liked him of the two and had about made up her mind to speak to him hitt for instantly her little voice was heard as she pipes pipea out the query does daes you love little gills the man looked at her rather gruffly and then hen replied tallied ta plied piled no 1 I dont A A shade of unutterable disappointment appointment dig and fw ur prise was instantly typed upon the sweet and blooming face of the chile but passed aar away when she replied you vou dop dov fc I 1 ane man min roused himself and took another loock he was wat wa evidently both puzzled and interested aas aai he said how atlow do you know cause ju you look as if you didy this thawed him bim out some ard and ar ald d be he said it T have cot got a little girl at home horned the little questioner now felt that she was on the right track y and after a 1001 which showed ahat this intelligence presented d new and unexpected view of the affair renewed the conversa biazi earn earnesti ea estl esil y and me pie follon tol fol jon lon 11 colloquy ansu ensued 0 does groes you yon love your little eirl sirl 11 irly I 1 1 1 gli u Y yes f I 1 1 4 1 14 esthe Is she a ai real good little girl tirl sometimes she is gli ili 1 she sha naughty sometimes r 5 1 yei yes 2 oti ogi does she go down in the tim kitchen litchen when she badh ought to yes sometimes 4 do ado you whip your lit litile je girl when she is naughty 1 sometime I 1 does she cry when you yu talk to hev 1 her l er and tell her she is naughty nau Z lity yes yea P then do you whip herl her herr sometimes when she says she is sorry lorry so rry do you whip her then I 1 no nestr never the little creatures eyes danced aud and spall led at this and drawing conclusions and arii no doubt i 1 from her own experience she exclaimed 1 alys real glad I 1 asp is then looking at the other man who had refused to answer the question she had put tu to him bhe she said to lier newly made friend with a look of wonder that man won wont speak to me does daes he love little girls the man bad a heart somewhere and he thaw thawed out wit rousing homing himself lie he extended his brawny hand and said how do you do sissy simsy as pretty well how is you by this time lime all within hearing were moved to tear tears the eyes of the pare parents fits tits of the tile litile pratt prattle leo lei were tull lull to overflowing via vib and those who were I 1 nearest heard beard one of the thi men e n she had questioned say to the oilier other shea a little witch I 1 and so she was her blooming t beaufrand beauf beauty yand and infantile artlessness artless ness nesa were powerful powei tul ful enough to 1 break tilro the toughness the weariness ess esi the reserve and arid indifference e of the travel worn men of tiie the world arid and to in lt it them thern to tears exa 1 JOURNAL gives an amusing in instance of the dependence of society ill in the following I 1 domestic dialogue the father lather is i reading the newspaper and slid mutters I 1 no rise in the rivera rivers never going to rise I 1 believe wife little daughter ill tsi wish the rivers would rise father elv rily why what have you got to do with the rivers rising 7 little Daugn daughter ter ler eia IIA A great deal father for then tilen the boats bouts would run father and what have you to do with the boats bouts running my child eh ell little daughter Dau hiter athey ethey they would bring brina the booten dowd edther lif ther father looking looking over his spectacles and what have you to do dar lido with bales little daughter why it the tile cotton was down you would be able lu to sell it you know dear father smilingly father and what then little daughter dati liter itter sou you would have plenty of money father well little daughter Daug titer liter laying her litt little le hand on his shoulder and looking up into his lace then you could pay mother that twenty dollar gold piece you borrowed other you know I 1 father ther father and what then childr little daughter then mother could pay aunt sarah the ten dollars she owes her fathe 1 ay ili ill indeed deed and what ihen then little daughter vaughter and aunt sarah harah would pay sister jane the dollar she promised to give her on new neav years but because she have any cottun cotton any money I 1 mean father father well weli well weli and what else the he lays down the newspaper and looks at her cautiously with half haifa a smile little daughter sister jane would pay brother john his fifty cents back bark and ile he said when he got it he would give me the halftime half dime ne owes me and two dimes to buy marbles and this is is what 1 want the river river to rise rise for and arid the big boats to run and I 1 owe nurse the oth other r dime and must pay my debts Pa looked at bla bia ma ala there it is I 1 he lie said we are all big him and little 16 like ilke a row ot of cricks touch one arz ara an d away we all go even down to our little carrie here she has as a child as great an interest in in the rise of the river as I 1 have we are all old and young waiting for money to buy marbles A good lesson for debtor and creditor too and well enforced THE tim DARVEL calculating GIRL uirl the ayr advertiser 0 has an art account of a recent public examination at beth belli of the tile little girl whose wonderful powers of calculation have attracted so much notice the gentleman gent lemart lemait in charge of the he child allowed any one present to propose questions to her among the queries thus thu s submitted to her bar were liow how many times does a clock s strike in the month of june was the prompt reply ili in tle year 1855 1835 56 40 in a ifelice Ife time lime of 75 years she was now asked the value of yards of linen atas at as 9 34 3 ad 4 J per yard and in 35 seconds she gave the answer 44 44 Os 3 3 ad belli belll being requested to show the modo moda di she ghe began aloud with 34 3 4 make ibe tile as in in times tunes and 34 3 4 over and so of a arl all I 1 the other denominations she was now flow asked to cube and ele wie give eie the quotient of that product divided b by 19 the tiie product and th the P quotient 19 were both correctly given in the performance of this last heavy quest guest question guestion ion lon her tea teacher r begh begg begged ged tobe allowed to la give her the square upon be the board io to assist her me memory mamorv but she she did dia not avail avalt herself of the use of it ex E x |
