. Each and all; or, How the seven little sisters prove their sisterhood. ate; and thelittle boy looks out at the long, low hills,with their light-houses, and the beautiful 110 EACH AND ALL. city lying before him in the sunlight;and he wonders at seeing no tanka-boats,and no people living in duck-boats, asthere are in his own country; and thenhe has no time to wonder any more, forhe finds himself on land, and is hurriedalong with the crowd to the companieshouses, where he will stay until work isfound for him. What kind of work ? do you ask ?There are many kinds of work fromwhich to choose: ther
. Each and all; or, How the seven little sisters prove their sisterhood. ate; and thelittle boy looks out at the long, low hills,with their light-houses, and the beautiful 110 EACH AND ALL. city lying before him in the sunlight;and he wonders at seeing no tanka-boats,and no people living in duck-boats, asthere are in his own country; and thenhe has no time to wonder any more, forhe finds himself on land, and is hurriedalong with the crowd to the companieshouses, where he will stay until work isfound for him. What kind of work ? do you ask ?There are many kinds of work fromwhich to choose: there is digging at thegold-mines, but that is too hard for aboy so young; and the work on the newrailroad is also too heavy for him. Hecan go to the great laundry to do wash-ing ; or, if he prefers, he can go out toservice with some family. Poor boy!he is so homesick, that the thought ofa family seems almost like a home, andhe timidly suggests that he should likethat best; so he is sent to the house ofMr. Leighton, who came yesterday tothe laundry to look for a boy. When. NEW WORK FOR PEN-SE AND LIN. Ill Mrs. Leighton looks at him, she says, Oh, you are too little! you are notstrong enough to do the work. Towhich poor Lin, only half understandingher, answers, Me muchey workey, mewash dish; and then catching sight ofthe baby, who lay crowing and kickingon the floor, he added, thinking of hisown little baby-brother at home, Meplayey baby, me jumpey he.: So the mothers heart softens towardshim, and she says that he may comeand try. And pretty soon it happensthat little baby Margie begins to delightin Lin more than in any other memberof the household. He lets her playwith his pig-tail, and sings her littleChinese songs, and talks to her in thefunny language which she thinks a per-petual joke. And at last, one day, whenher mamma is trying to have her photo-graph taken to send to her far-awayaunties, nobody can keep her still, untilLin, all dressed in his best suit, stands 112 EACH AND
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